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Fruit & veg delivered fresh from the markets to your door
If you live in Sydney, this website will be a GodSend for you! You can place a one-off order as required or set up an automated delivery option and have a huge box full in-season fruit and veg delivered fresh from the markets to your door - all for less than $60. You can also specify anything you particularly do or don't want, and order extras like free range eggs, nuts, herbs and spices. The quality and value is absolutely fabulous! And best of all, you'll be able to avoid the supermarket and you don't even have to be at home when they delivery - they'll happily leave it for you at a specified location.
http://www.flemingtondirect.com.au/
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25 Tips to Make Your Apartment an Eco Friendly, Sustainable, Green Paradise!
Renting an apartment should not make you feel exempt from doing your part for the environment and saving yourself some money while you are at it. It may seem like most of the world is talking about “Going Green” but they are talking about their own homes and their cars. What about the apartment dwellers among us? Luckily, if you take a look at the basics of green living, you will find that there are many simple things that anyone can do no matter where you live or who owns it.
http://pyrmontvillage.com.au/25-tips-to-make-your-apartment-an-
eco-friendly-sustainable-green-paradise/
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Only Australian Groceries - buy Australian and support Australian companies
In Brisbane, Howard and Katie Hooker were so concerned about the lack of Australian products on supermarket shelves that they finally decided to start a grocery business themselves and stock only Australian goods.
Only Australian Groceries sells Australian owned and Australian made grocery items and delivers to anywhere in Australia (or the world) so that everyone has access to Australian products.
From the website, you can buy all your grocery needs AND enjoy the quality of Australian made products, while saving Australian jobs at the same time.
http://www.onlyoz.com.au
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Complete concierge can do it all for you
Think about how much time your errands take. A simple task such as obtaining quotes on car insurance or organising a tradesman can take hours. Complete Concierge will give you back this time by managing the backlog of errands that need attending.
Services available from $60ph include lifestyle errands, home relocations, house & pet sitting, corporate relocation, yearly date reminder service and gift buying service.
Find out more at:
http://www.completeconcierge.com
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Need help around the house?
HelpAroundTheHouse.com.au is an online meeting place for people who need help with their housework and people who can provide those services. The website provides free search, free membership and free ads. Service include cleaning, babysitting, lawnmowing, tutoring and many others.
Find out more at:
http://www.HelpAroundTheHouse.com.au
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Love your Garden? Then make it "green"
Sydney Water has launched Love Your Garden - a service designed to give its customers access to expert advice about garden watering needs.
Once you register, Sydney Water will arrange a time for their specially trained horticulturist to visit yor home. They will evaluate all the factors that affect the amount of water your garden needs and in an hour you'll have everything you need to make sure your garden gets the right amount of water throughout the year. All for just $33 for blocks 1200m2 or less and $55 for larger blocks of land.
Contact Sydney Water on 1800 354 106 - you'll need your Sydney Water account details when you book.
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Service Central
Service Central's unique job matching system makes it easy to find providers for every day jobs about the home or office
Consumers list their jobs with Service Central, and relax. Our sophisticated job-matching system automatically identifies quality providers and notifies them of the request. Available providers that are interested in the job will then respond and contact the consumer. Its often said that it works like a dating site, mixed with a taxi service.
Once the consumer and provider are in contact, the job proceeds, and consumers are able to provide feedback to Service Central
http://www.servicecentral.com.au/
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Tradespeople you can rely on
Did you know that AGL provides a one-stop-shop for gas appliance repairs, home electrical services repairs and hot water replacement or repairs? If you need a qualified tradesperson in the NSW, SA or VIC metro areas, you can call AGL Assist on 131 766 or use their easy online form to log a new job, request a quote or make an enquiry - to access the online form visit:
http://www.agl.com.au/AGLNew/At+your+service/AGLAssist.htm
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Need a set of helping wings?
If you need a helping hand with home based services including housekeeping, child care, gardener-hanyman services or pet care, look no further than Dial-An-Angel. All Angels are professionally screened and personally selected in line with your needs. For more information, phone 1300 72 1111 or use the comprehensive online booking form at:
http://www.dialanangel.com.au/index.php?About_us:CONTACT_US:
Booking_Request_Form
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Buy a new property, without the hassles
If you are in the market for a new home or investment property, have you considered using the services of a buyers agent? Buyers agents take the stress out of finding, inspecting, negotiating on and buying property - saving you time and money. You simply specify your requirements - such as location, prospect, aspect, bedrooms, carparking and so on - and your buyers agent will go to work putting together a portfolio of properties for your consideration. From your shortlist, they will then take care of negotiations and land your new dream home or investment property. The process can take some time to set up initially, but think of the leg work you will save from trekking around town on your precious weekends on the "open inspection" trail. Google local buyers agents in your area, shortlist and select, and then leave them to do the hard work for you!
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Spoilt for Choice?
Want to buy a washing machines that is energy efficient? Not sure which digital camera to buy or thinking of buying a car GPS system? From insurance to bank fees to consumer goods ?Choice provides trusted information for Australian consumers. Visit www.choice.com.au and search on a single topic or subscribe to receive regular magazines and updates.
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