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Welcome to the website of The Grapevine Magazine. The most popular, free, direct response magazine for home improvement contractor and renovation advertising in Durban and KwaZulu-Natal.

The Grapevine Magazine was established in 1992 and since then has established itself as the leader in it's field. With it's variety of advertising categories, from home improvements contractors through to health and beauty, and its interesting little mix of editorials, the magazine is extremely popular with the public and has proved to be an effective and powerful marketing tool for the advertisers.

We envisage this website complimenting the printed home improvement contractor magazine and hope it will provide an online connection for our existing readers, as well as attracting new potential customers (people who may not receive the printed magazine at their homes) for our advertisers.

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Find Home Improvement Contractors Search for a contractor by clicking on the relevant tag below.

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Airconditioning Automation Awnings
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Balustrades Bathrooms Bedrooms Blinds Building & Alterations Burglar Proofing
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Cabins, Cottages & Huts Canopy Carpentry Carports Cars / Vehicles wanted Cartage Ceilings Cladding Coatings Computers, I.T & Web solutions Concrete Products Cupboards
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Damp Proofing Decks DIY Home Improvement Drainage DSTV Installations
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Electrical Products& Electricians Energy Saving Products Entertainment Areas Extractor Fans
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Fences & Fencing Flooring Foundation Problems Furniture Furniture Restoration
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Garages and garage doors Garden Services Gates Geysers Glass Granite & Stone Gutters
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Handyman High-Pressure Cleaning Home Decorating
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Improvements & Maintenance
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Kitchens
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Lattice Leather Restoration & Cleaning Linen Suppliers
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Medical devices and equipment Mirrors
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Outdoor Blinds Outdoor Furniture
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Painting & Painting contractors Patios Paving Pergolas Pest Control Pet Products Plastic Products Playground Equipment Plumbing Pools & Pool Products Precast walls & Fencing Pubs & Bars
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Records Recycled Products Retaining Walls Retirement Roof Rooms Roofing
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Screens Security & Security Services Showers Shutters Skip Hire Skylights Slabs Solar Products Space Savers Staircases Steel & Steel Work Sun Control Suspended Flooring Swimming Pools Synthetic Grass
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Tarring & Asphalting Thatching Tiles & Tiling Timber & Synthetic Timber Products Tree felling Trellis Tyres
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Underpinning Upholstery
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Washing Line Waste Removal Water Storage & water related products Waterproofing Windows & Doors Wood & Wood products

About Us The Gardener's Grapevine was established in 1992. It is headed by Rose McDonald as Owner / Editor, assisted in the following spheres by:

  • Operations Manager - Philippa Armstrong
  • Credit Controller - Gypsy Clothier
  • Sales Consultants - Diane Shuttleworth
  • Distribution Controller - Christine Hornik
  • Graphic Design - The Creative Factor
  • Knock & Drop - Vibrant Direct
  • Printers - Paarlmedia KZN
  • Website development - Bluemunky

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Editorials

Rose's Backchat
Back Chat
Kitchen recipes with Gisele Turner
That Wild Green Kitchen
Home improvement gardening
Indigenous Plant Of The month
Eco friendly articles
Other

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Distribution Below is a breakdown of the suburbs to which The Grapevine Magazine is distributed EVERY MONTH.

  • Total monthly 130 000 distribution.
  • 111 780 copies distributed Knock & Drop in the Greater Durban Area.
  • 6 516 copies distributed to the northern suburb of Pietermaritzburg.
  • 9 500 copies distributed to selected Post Office & Cluster Boxes.
  • 1 130 copies for Admin and Administrative distribution..

KNOCK & DROP

Amanzimtoti 1:Amanzimtoti; Athlone Park; Umbogintwini.3 269
Amanzimtoti 2:Illovo Beach; Winklespruit; Astra Park; St Winifreds; Doonside; Illovo Glen; (Kingsburgh) Warner Beach; Doonside; Doonheights; Shulton Park.4 328
Berea North:Musgrave; Essenwood; Windermere; Morningside; Overport; Stamfordhill; Greyville; Puntans Hill; Kenilworth.8 944
Berea South:Glenwood; Carrington Heights; Bulwer; Westridge; University; Manor Gardens; Umbilo.6 541
Bluff 1:Brighton Beach; Grosvenor; Ocean View; Fynnlands; Wentworth; Fynnland; Wentworth.7 905
Chatsworth:Mobeni Heights; Havenside; Umhlatuzana; Kharwastan; Silverglen; Burlington; Shallcross.8 628
Duikerfontein:Greenwood Park; Effingham; Avoca.3 306
Durban North 1:Somerset Park; Prestondale; Herwood Park; Upper Umhlanga; Lower Umhlanga; Upper La Lucia; Lower La Lucia; Sunningdale; Glen Anil; Glen Hills.5 850
Durban North 2:Virginia; Glenashley; Broadway; Athlone; Prospect Hall; Umgeni Park; Parkhill; Redhill; Rosehill; Briardene.7 420
Highway 1:Crestview; Crestholme; Waterfall; Forest Hills; Everton; Assagay; Botha's Hill; Hillcrest; St Helier.5 570
Highway 2:Gillitts; Winston Park; Emberton; Kloof; Maytime; St Mary's.5 903
Highway Bulk Drops: 197
Isipingo:Isipingo Beach; Isipingo Hills1 500
Merebank:Merebank East; Treasure Beach.1 135
Montlands:Montclair; Woodlands; Yellowwood Park.3 790
Newlands:Parlock; Bakerville.1 100
North Coast:Ballito; Westbrook; Bulk Drops.2 500
Old Main Line:Bellair; Hillary; Mt Vernon; Memorial Park.2 300
Pinetown 1:The Wolds; Berkshire Downs; Cowies Hill; Cowies Hill Park; Central; Manors; Padfield Park; Bamboo Lane; Stapleton Road.5 836
Pinetown 2:Caversham Glen; Marianhill Park; Ashley; Pinelands; Hatton Estates; Farningham Ridge; Highland Hills; Glen Park; Sarnia; Moseley Park.4 975
Phoenix 1 and 2:Cambellstown; Centenary Park; Starwood:1 850
Phoenix 3:Sunford; Broadlands; Mt Edgecombe.1 683
Queensburgh:Northdene; Escombe; Malvern; Moseley.7 300
Umgeni South:Sherwood; Westriding.700
Westville 1:Atholl Heights; Chiltern Hills; Dawncrest; Grayleigh; Beverly Hills; Berea West; Essex Terrace; Dawncliffe; Devon Terrace; Mottramdale; Jan Hofmeyr.6 172
Westville 2:Reservoir Hills.4 300
Pietermaritzburg:Athlone; Northern Park; Chase Valley; Oak Park; Montrose; Wembley; Clarendon; Blackridge; Boughton; Hilton; Leonards; Hilton Gardens; Worlds View; Winterskloof.6516

POST OFFICE DROP

POST OFFICE BOXES: Ballito; Bothas Hill; Scottburgh; Umhlali; Umkomaas; Zimbali.

CLUSTER BOXES: Salt Rock. Tongaat - Westbrook. Umdloti - Mt Moreland. Mount Edgecombe - Broadlands; Kindlewood Estate; Mt Edgecombe Country Club. Botha’s Hill - Drummond. Gillitts - Everton. Hillcrest - Aintree Lane Estate; Augusta Country Estate; Brayfield Estate; Camelot Estate; Chacely Estate; Clifton Hall Estate; Croft Estate; Everwood Estate; Highmead Estate; Kingswood Estate; Kirklington; Polo Pony; Queens Bridge Estate; Sandalwood Estate; Silver Oaks Estate; Waterford Estate. Winklespruit - Panorama Park.


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Advertise with us Distributed thoughout Durban and Kwazulu Natal

Ten benefits of advertising in our Grapevine Magazine.

  1. The Grapevine is a specialist product - the first publication people pickup when they are looking to improve their homes, holiday homes and business premises.
  2. A household name and in business for 25 years, the Grapevine is the most comprehensive free publication in Durban.
  3. Our long shelf life and convenient A5 (handbag-size, the smallest magazine is always on top of the pile) have proved to be a winning formula.
  4. A proven, monitored, FREE distribution of 130 000 copies per month.
  5. Distribution is staggered, giving our clients a steady source of leads throughout the month.
  6. Free design of full-colour adverts and no charges for changes.
  7. Informative and relative editorial content makes us unique.
  8. The printed magazine is replicated online, thegrapevine.co.za is our user-friendly website for greater exposure.
  9. Regular, long-term advertisers (some since inception) are proof that advertising in The Grapevine works - and their testimonials back that claim.
  10. The Grapevine is committed to service excellence in all departments from the quality of the adverts, printing and distribution, to the relations we build with each advertiser.

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Contact Us You can contact us on weekdays from 8am to 3:30pm using the contact details below.

Physical Address

18 Cartledge Avenue
Rossburgh
4094
Durban
South Africa

Postal Address

P.O. Box 41120
Rossburgh
Kwazulu-Natal
4072
South Africa

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Telephone: (031) 4653-431
Fax: (031) 4653-416

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