Established by the Docking family in the 1950s, Wodonga Joinery once occupied a large footprint on South Street.

Trevor Miller bought the business from the Docking family in 1997, and was still running it when Mr Wright moved from South Australia with his family in 2013.

"The Millers sold to Tim Gilbert who owned it for a short while," he said.

"When Tim wanted to move out, I wanted to keep on going so I took it over."

Mr Wright and his brother-in-law Daniel Clark also added on Albury Timber Mouldings.

"We're solid timber specialists, so we do solid timber doors and windows ... and a lot of heritage work," he said.

"There's been a lot of people in here over the time and Ian (Docking) has popped in."

The history of the building, nearly 800 square metres in size, is clear in its features including an old tin roof with glass shutters - which don't bode well in the rain.

Mr Wright is moving to 963 Garland Avenue in North Albury and understands a builder will use the space on South Street for storage.

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"It's been good here, but the new place we're going into has better conditions," he said.

Although a timber shortage has increased costs of supplies by 10 per cent or more, Wodonga Joinery has been kept busy.

Mr Wright hoped the business' loyal customers would follow him.

"It's been great. You never do the same job twice," he said.