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Autumn Planting Tips & Gardening Ideas

Posted 08/04/15

Autumn is the perfect time to plant almost any type of plants and trees, it's an especially good time to put down new lawn and is the only time you can plant spring bulbs... As you will agree, a garden without any trees and shrubs feels pretty desolate and lonely when winter arrives. With a

6 Smart Tips for Hiring a Gardener You Can Use Right Now

Posted 15/09/16

Hiring a gardener may seem like a luxury for some, but having your garden tended to on a regular basis can be a game changer for many homwowners. Freeing up time and allowing space to do the other jobs our modern lives demand... We’ve gathered our best 6 tips to make hiring a gardener

Stage 5 Life Stages Home Ownership - Getting Your Home Ready for Retirement

Posted 30/11/17

Thinking about whether the house you're currently living in is suitable for retirement is an important to consider. Many downsize, but should you?... While your house remains your castle, there comes the time we need to adapt it. Getting your home ready for retirement is all about thinking

Ultimate Autumn/Winter Checklist

Posted 30/04/18

Autumn is a great time to get stuck in with preparations to get your home in the best shape and be a healthy place to be during the challenging winter months. Mould & mildew control Prevention is easier than treatment. Check around your house for spots that are prone to leaks, condensation

Successfully Incorporating Retaining Walls Into Your Landscaping

Posted 27/10/16

Retaining walls play an important role in our landscaping efforts. Every wall is carefully planned and constructed to ensure it is able to withstand the required load. But all too often, the aesthetic aspect of it is not considered. This leaves many homeowners with unattractive landscaping featu

Achieve Success with Our Spring Landscaping Guide

Posted 04/08/16

Spring is the perfect season for undertaking landscaping projects in your garden. The soil is still soft, weeds are easily treated before they multiply, transplanting conditions are right. Most importantly, it is a fabulous time to start a landscape design project for your outdoor entertainment

Stage 6 Life Stages of Home Ownership - Caring For Your Home During Your 80s

Posted 07/12/17

Owning a home at any age is a commitment, but when you're caring for your home during your elderly years there are more things to consider... In our final article of our Home Ownership Article Series, we discuss the types of decisions you'll need to make and how to get the best value for

How to Fix Your Retaining Wall Aesthetics with Landscaping

Posted 10/10/16

Retaining walls are often perceived as uninspiring or an eyesore. But a little landscaping can go a long way to improving the aesthetic appeal and/or blend a retaining wall in to the surroundings... Blending existing retaining walls into your landscaping Many of us have existing retaining

Planting Bulbs for Spring

Posted 22/04/15

The autumn months of March, April and May are the best bulb planting months. The more effort you can put into planting bulbs for spring, the better the rewards during winter and spring... Planting bulbs for spring If you’re planning to planting bulbs for spring, look out for bulbs arriving

8 Ways to Protect Your Trees Before Heading Into Winter

Posted 29/04/15

Many homeowners are under impression that the vast majority of winter damage to their trees comes as a result of unusually cold temperatures. While this can be an aspect, there are other factors at play and we explore them... What causes most damage is the drying due to cold air and the u

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Outsourcing Housework Freed Up Precious Time For This Busy Homeowner

Posted 27/11/18

Busy homeowner Michelle holds down parenting, full-time work and studying towards her PhD. She shares with us how she used Builderscrack to outsource her housework so she could focus on the important stuff... How It Started To say Michelle is a driven person is an understatement. Sitting across from a woman that packs so much into her days is inspiring, not only because of that drive but the clever way she has arranged her life to make it possible. She tells me "I’m doing a full-time PhD and I’m doing full-time work, so for me, I have lots to do and absolutely no time. I also have a teenager who’s almost 16, who is extremely social. Every weekend there are at least five to seven friends invited, and they are having a sleepover. I come home, and I'm like, “I left it nice and tidy, what happened?”. Michelle and her son moved into their home three years ago, and with a laugh explains “how things were starting to fall apart and in need of repair”. It wasn't only hard findi

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hill section clean up

Posted 1 year ago

need a hilly section cleaned up.

Green Waste Removal Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Garden Clearing (Front Bank of House)

Posted 3 months ago

I am looking for an extra pair of hands to help me clear the last section of the front bank to my property. I have done most of the work myself it is just the last section to finish. It has got away and needs trimming back and clearing of the scrubs, ivy, and small trees (not the stumps). I would like to have all green wasted removed and taken away.. Although it is clearing a bank it is not too steep and has easy to access by a concrete pathway. The area to clear is approx 12 metres square....

Green Waste Removal Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Regular Grounds Maintenance

Posted 3 years ago

We are looking for a gardener keen to maintain these gardens every few months; mainly shrub trimming, ideally someone in the area please.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Zephyr Hills

Posted 9 months ago

Keeping a native garden maintained. Weeding, sweeping drive and deck, and some limited weed spraying. This is for an ongoing period. Needs to be someone with experience, can communicate well including email.

Gardening Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula

Section Clearance - Akaroa

Posted 3 years ago

We have a section is Takamatua (near Alkaroa, which needs a tidy/clearance. There is some rubbish (timber etc) that needs to go to the dump as well as tree prining and a general garden tidy. Its quite a big job. The section os 1500sqm.

Gardening Akaroa, Banks Peninsula

Ruth1

Posted 1 year ago

1/4 acre steep property needs a mow with weed eater and by hand around young flax. Two woody shrub piles need chipping or removed - one pile up the hill the other down the hill

Lawn Mowing Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula

Section clean up.

Posted 1 year ago

Neglected home section on hill-side needs a clean out. Steepish block, with problematic access. You will need to take green waste to the dump. Probably take a couple of days.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Shambles of a yard

Posted 1 week ago

Desperately needing someone to come and deal to my yard. It isn't very big, there is no grass but there is a hell of a lot of weeds. Looking for someone to come and haul all the rubbish, dog poop, and weeds away. Ideally, I want a clean slate so I can eventually plant grass or a garden. Currently the main front part of the yard is covered in weeds and rocks which I think they put in as a type of rock garden or weed deterrant at some stage but is now just a big mess. There is also an area...

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Fortnightly gardening work for gardener with their own tools

Posted 2 years ago

I am looking for a reliable gardener who has access to their own tools to do my garden every fortnight in summer and occasionally in winter. (In the past it has taken about an hour and a half.) My garden is very small (the whole property including the house is 300 square metres. I need hedges trimmed, lawn mowed and just general tidying up. The critical requirement is than it can be done at regular intervals.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Garden maintenance

Posted 1 year ago

We need a yard clean-up as soon as possible as we will be selling soon. It is a small property in Lyttelton but the garden is overgrown. We need weeding, cutting back, hedge trimming and garden waste removal.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Section clean-out

Posted 3 years ago

Steep section. Has been weed matted but is now over grown. Needs to be cleared up, have green waste removed, and weed mat remediated.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Gardening

Posted 5 months ago

Gardening, weeding and general outside tidied up including windows washed etc

Lawn Mowing Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula

Regular fornightly gardening job for an hour and a half

Posted 2 years ago

I want a gardener to tend to my very small garden (whole property is 300 square metres) includes mowing lawn, trimming hedges, pruning roses and weeding. can be done in an hour and a half. Gardener must have own mower and hedge trimmer as I don't have.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Section clean up

Posted 2 years ago

hi, need a hilly section cleaned up for sale.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Keith Kemp

Posted 3 months ago

Need someone to finish a job I started before snapping a tendon. Trim a hedge which is approx 4-5m high back to 2.5m most pittosporuem. approx 10-15m and easy access of ladder. Can supply pole chainsaw etc.and will dump green waste myself. Plus a bit of trimming. Would think about a days work, don't need to be expert job just tidy.

Gardening Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula

Garden Clean Up

Posted 3 years ago

We have a rental property in Lyttelton with a tiered garden at the back ( 15m2 ?). Over the last few years it has become very over grown. We are looking for someone to clear the grass up & remove weeds. Trim some small trees & roses so we can lay bark & stones to make it more manageable. Possibly some one who can continue afterwards an keep the garden under control & cut lawns every month etc. Prefer only organic sprays used if necessary.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Garden clear-up

Posted 7 years ago

Smallish but steep section in Lyttelton that has been neglected for some time needs to be cleared of weeds (e.g., deadly nightshade, convovulus, thistles, etc.), weedmatted, and weeds taken to the dump.

Gardening Banks Peninsula

Tafshan

Posted 1 year ago

landscaped ground maintainance includes lawns, edging, weeding, vegetable garden weeding, shrub and tree pruning occasionally and green waste removal

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Lyttelton garden clean-up

Posted 3 years ago

Section on a steepish block needs a bit of a clean up. Mainly weeding, but could require some weed matting as well. Will need to take the green waste to the dump.

Gardening Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula

Section clearing

Posted 1 month ago

clearing very long grass on steep section and removing same. Approx half to one acre in area.

Lawn Mowing Governors Bay, Banks Peninsula

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Our trusted tradies will respond to your job, often within a few minutes. You decide who you want to communicate with. You’re in control the whole way.

Infinite concrete & landscape

Joined July 2018

Here at Infinite Concrete & Landscape LTD We pride ourselves on our quality of workmanship. We strive to meet your desires in & around your property. Our team is very skilled & acknowledges your wants in getting the job completed to high quality standards Driveways Patios Paths House & Garage Foundations Vehicle crossings Our landscape division can handle your wants & needs arou...

H-T services

Joined October 2017

Hi H-T services is a new company specialising in driveways and landscaping. We are also involved in handymen work and cleaning services. Look forward to hearing from you.

Murrell Contracting

Joined January 2014

A Team of Qualified Tradesmen inc a Registered Builder and a Drain layer we are based in Christchurch and service We offer6 Excellent rates and Prompt service on Odd Jobs New builds Repair work Odd jobs

Mana Softscapes & Maintenance

Joined April 2018

Specializing in all areas of residential, commercial and civil excavation. We are a family owned business with 15 years experience in the industry. We have the machinery to handle small and large projects. We pride ourselves on efficient and high quality work.

Mark Smith Builders

Joined February 2012

Mark Smith Builders established in 2009, with 13 years experience we specialise in all aspects of residential buildings, architectural homes, hill sites, alterations and repair work. Mark has developed strong relationships with the people of Canterbury helping with the Christchurch rebuild. As a licensed building practitioner (LBP) you can rest assure your home is getting built by a qualified bu...

ZM Contracting Ltd

Joined January 2019

Hi, we are a small contracting company we specialize in underground services, earthworks, water reticulation, driveways/ paths, landscaping, foundations and small building work. We pride ourselves in being efficient, providing competitive quotes and completing jobs with high quality standard.

Ridge Landscapes Ltd

Joined April 2018

Hi, We are Ridge Landscapes, established in 2017, we are your complete landscape specialists. No job is to big or to small. We are very professional and work hard to meet deadlines for project completion. We pride ourselves on providing competitive quotes and then completing jobs on budget to the highest quality

Dando Fencing Limited

Joined April 2018

We are a family owned business located in Christchurch, NZ. We specialise in residential and commercial fencing. Our goal as a company is to provide a neat and efficient service and offer helpful and friendly assistance with all your projects.FREE MEASURE & QUOTE

Kept Under Wraps

Joined August 2015

We have been in the signwriting industry for many moons and have adapted to the changes in the industry. Our current focus is vinyl wrapping vehicles and we have launched a new business tapping into a niche market of wrapping heat pumps, and anything else you can imagine. We also have a firm grasp on anything else signage from design to installation to anything hand painted. We carry a current Sit...

Ladies Who Garden

Joined June 2013

Hi. We are a two person garden and design team and have worked on old established gardens as well as creating new contemporary gardens. We will work with your input to get the result you require and are happy to advise,source and plant as well as tidy up and clear out. We have worked on several properties in the Christchurch area, can provide references and are reliable and trustworthy.

BNH Ltd

Joined October 2014

I am a family man and I have been painting and plastering for over ten years. We have created a unique quoting system which gives you control over your project down to the last dollar. We are competitively priced and enjoy having many happy and satisified customers.

EcoTec

Joined September 2015

Hi, we provide full lawn care services. We specialise in preparation and rejuvenation of lawns, small or large we can help you. Using spealised equipment we can deal to lawn weeds and lawn pests. Hydro seeding and laying of rollout lawn. 8 tonne tipper truck and Bobcat equipped with power rake to remove debris and prepare your lawn. We also provide a range of landscaping services. We pride ourselv...

Sculptural Landscapes LTd

Joined January 2018

Sculptural Landscapes has been beautifying Canterbury yards for over 5 years now. We will take on anything from putting in a few grasses to entire lifestyle block landscaping and management. We work very hard to keep out clients happy. We pride ourselves on providing competitive quotes and completing jobs on budget and time. If its outside we can manage your job to a high standard. If your looking...

Gintas Renovation NZ

Joined October 2016

I've been renovating houses for 15+ years. I focus on getting the job done fast and in high quality while maintaining reasonable prices. My main goal is to understand my client's vision and manifest it as they wish. There are no big or small jobs, all jobs accepted. To see my work you can visit gintas.co.nz

Fowlertrades

Joined January 2017

Im a small family bussiness operating for 5 years now that Does a variety of jobs inside and out of your property including removing all rubbish and clearing all property rubbish left from tenants! Tree trimmimg, hedge trimming, tree felling, stump Grinding also lawn mowing. Or needing a tidy up before sale.

dandi contracting

Joined May 2018

Hello, We are a building team with over 30 years experience, be it carpet laying, tiling or outside doing Landscaping, Decking and Masonry work. We are LBP and keen to help you. Please give us a call. Cheers Dave

cameron construction

Joined May 2010

Hi, I am an experience builder with over 15 years experience in residential & commercial building. Fully qualified Builder . I offer a professional hands on service for all areas of your building project to allow the job to be completed to a high standard in the time required. New houses, units, renovations, extensions, commercial building, farm buildings, landscaping & property maintenance are...

DG Roofing & Building

Joined November 2018

We understand your problem/requirement accurately and then we discuss with you the solution to your problems/ We discuss the right approach to achieving your requirements. If you agree for us to proceed, we do our job at cost, in a satisfactory timeframe and highest possible quality and value for you... Try us and you will not regret.

Grasshopper G&L

Joined July 2017

Hi. I have worked within the trades industry for the last 20yrs both in the uk and here for the last 13yrs. I Have worked in the following industries : Landscaping & Gardening Painting (inc exterior & roof work) Building (site manager in Chch rebuild) I also do design work and consultations I am prompt, punctual, polite and will keep you involved throughout the process. So if you have some...

GCM Construction

Joined March 2013

Hi my name ia Gary I'm a fully qualified carpenter , I'm 43 and started in construction when I was 16 . I am not limited to carpentry , I also Own excavators and tipper trucks . I have a very broad spectrum of work which can be concrete driveways , decking , kitchens , bathrooms , demolition work aswell as building work I take pride in all the work I do and my company moto is "My aim is your...

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