How to get a free new laundry when you purchase a new kitchen!  As a RenoSave Card devotee, now that I'm undertaking a reasonably sizeable renovation on my PPOR (principal place of residence or 'own home') I'm replacing a very tired old (and rat-smelly) kitchen with a brand new one from Kitchen Connection.  With the 25% discount that RenoSave Card Holders get with Kitchen Connection, I saved $3,391 on my kitchen, without any compromises in my needs and wants whatsoever.  My house badly needs a new laundry as well, so I asked Kitchen Connection to design me an attractive neat and functional one, and according to the design, gorgeous it is going to be!  The cost of my laundry is $2,278 (including cabinets, benchtops, laundry tub and mixer), so it's essentially free!  And I did choose Caesarstone benchtops for the laundry.  Some people might go on holidays with a spare $3000.  Some might buy some great home theatre equipment, or have a fashion spending spree.  Me, I buy a laundry.  Perhaps my love of renovating has gone a little to far!  Still, the value of the house will have increased nicely by the time these all-important areas have been beautifully remodelled and improved by Kitchen Connection, and that's a pretty good feeling.

Just a classic example of how RenoSave saves you serious money on your renovations and home improvments.  The full details of the design, the process, the cost and results, all accompanied by photos and videos, will be available to RenoSave Card Holders in the Card Holder Secure Log-In vault as the project progresses. 

It's not the first day of Spring until the 1st September, but the weather warmed up in Brisbane today!  It was sunny, warm and balmy and beautiful.  It must know that the 2011 Courier Mail and The Sunday Mail Spring Home Show starts shortly.  The Spring Home Show runs from Wednesday 31 August through to Sunday 4 September.  Held at the RNA Showgrounds, 600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, it's really easy to get to and there is plenty of parking - even some undercover.  The Spring Home Show is open from 10 till 5 daily and until 9pm on Thursday.
And best of all, RenoSave are going to be there on Stand 1013.  Come along to say 'hi' and check out our great deals (and a very special Spring Home Show deal) and enter our draw to win a bottle of Moet Chandon Champagne.  Now wouldn't THAT be a treat for Dad on Father's Day!
If you need more information on the Spring Home Show, visit http://www.brisbanehomeshow.com.au/ 

To watch this Video on YouTube, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8FDqAdb4Os 

 
This video shows you why the RenoSave Card is the most important item you can have in your toolkit.  This unique discount card is jam packed  full of bargains that will revolutionise the way you do your home maintenance, home improvements , DIY projects and renovations. If you live in a house, a flat, a unit or an apartment (and  doesn’t that cover most of us?), you will make your renovation dollars go further with the RenoSave Card.  By watching this short video you’ll know how to save buckets of money on everyday stuff for home maintenance & renovations.

The RenoSave Card Saves You Money
Need to paint something? Get a genuine trade discount with Wattyl Paint.
Need a new kitchen?  Get 25% off top quality kitchens with the latest international innovations in kitchen design & fast turnaround.
Got leaves clogging up your gutters?  Making them overflow & rust & your ceilings leak? Get 20% off Guttershield products.
Need electrical goods? Get ‘lowest price guarantee’ with Clive Peeters , nationally!

Having a RenoSave Card leaves More Money in Your Pocket
More money in your pocket allows you to spend the money you’ve saved on life’s little luxuries. There are heaps and heaps of these fabulous deals and they are only available with the RenoSave Card.   We’ve done all of the leg work and haggling for you – all you have to do is get on with your project.  We save you valuable time and reduce the stress of home renovation projects for the whole family.  And what’s more…

We Guarantee It
That’s Right.  RenoSave offers a 100% money back guarantee.  If you don’t save the purchase price of your RenoSave Card during your 12 months of membership, we give you your money back.  You can’t get better than that.  So you have nothing to lose, and much to gain.  It’s a win-win for you!

So start work on your home maintenance and renovation projects.  Pay less for your maintenance and renovation materials with your RenoSave Card, and you will more than likely increase the value of your home.

Go to www.renosave.com.au and get down to the nuts ‘n’ bolts, click to purchase a RenoSave Card now and start saving right away!

Someone I know just recently saw the local hardware store having a closing down sale - a massive 25% off all floor stock.  He happened to have to go to the hardware for some minor home maintenance items anyway and whilst there noticed a garage floor painting kit - at 25% off.  Knowing that painting gives the 'biggest bang for your buck' and knowing how happy his wife would be to have a contemporary-looking, easy to keep clean and attractive garage floor, he snapped up two kits for the double garage and got to work over the long weekend.  (Keep an eye out for the Case Study in an upcoming RenoSave newsletter . . .) No one likes to benefit from someone else's misfortune. However in the case of a closing down sale, if customers don't purchase the discounted products then the store owner hasn't recovered any money for the stock and someone further down the process will benefit from low-priced products.  Keep an eye out for business closures and closing down sales.  Snap up any well priced, quality renovation products and deals and take the opportunity to improve the value of your property with some renovations.

Look out – they’ll eat your house.  And no, I’m not talking about termites.  Well, yes, termites will eat your house, but everyone knows about them – don’t they?  I’m talking about birds.  Evidently in some areas of Australia, sulphur crested cockatoos think that timber houses provide a great beak sharpener and decend on them in great flocks, doing enormous damage to the homes.  Apparently people feeding flocks of these birds in residential areas attract more birds into the area than would perhaps normally hang around, and easy to access household scraps provide a ready food source for them as well.  This problem is particularly well known in some Sydney areas – is it a problem elsewhere in Australia as well?  What a value destroyer THAT would be.  Not only the damage the birds have done to the house/s, but the public knowledge that ‘that area of town’ has ‘that ‘ problem.  A bit of a disaster if the value of your home is of importance to you (and isn’t it to everyone?)  Look out for those house-eating birds...and the people feeding them!  Check out the full story here :

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/animals/there-goes-the-neighbourhood-as-tearaways-move-in-20110324-1c8lv.html

Interestingly, our landlord when we lived in the United States advised us to look out for the squirrels – don’t feed them on the deck, he said  – ‘they’ll eat the house’.  Well, we didn’t see any evidence of the squirrels eating the house (they were too stuffed from all the food we fed them), but a great spotted woodpecker pecked a huge hole in the chimney to make a nest.  He had no trouble getting through the vinyl siding and continued to try to perforate the metal chimney tube . . . fortunately he gave up after a while.  What a racket - right next to the sleeping quarters!  Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong....