Vinsan Salvage

As the climate continues to change, this place is a must for anyone trying to do their bit by reusing materials and keeping a continuity with the past so we can have confidence in the future. Karen and the team at Vinsans endeavour to enrich our imagination and provide a service which is not just a commodity but a global necessity.

Karen and the team at Vinsan Salvage have been amazing. Particularly as we are trying to renovate remotely. Karen was always ready with her measuring tape and phone to take multiple photos from multi angles and further still provided numbers of people who could assist further with the restoration of led light matches etc. We feel strongly about the environment; and wanted to up-cycle where possible but didn't want to compromise on quality either, so aimed for beautiful thick pieces of jarrah hardwood that only needed minor restoration given our constraints of distance, tooling and time etc. To date we have been very pleased with our purchases hence we are repeat customers and have been for years previous. They are honest, very helpful and I'm super glad they don't post all the good stuff on Gumtree. FYI- If the paint is flakey half the work is done for you :-) don't be put off its the wood you want, fittings can be easily replaced.

I Patiently waited for over 25 minutes to ask about the price for a simple item (that i could buy brand new for under 20 dollars)I was ignored and then rudly informed that they were closing so when i replied asking about the price i was abruptly snapped at and told $50. There was no one in the store the entire time and He remained seated with not so much as a hello, . The customer service was despicable. I wont be returning. Just completely rude with no customer service. I understand that staff need wages but lowering your price for items they recieve for free or even labelling item costs might help with the lack of communication so people dont waste their time waiting until the person devides he is ready to approach them. Yes i could have approached him but trying to manuever through the junk in bad lighting wasnt something i was willing to do with my daughter with me.

I used to buy cheap demolition firewood here and take it home to cut, but Eric out the back doesn’t want my cash. He’s not happy. You’ve lost hundreds from me. Cash.

You need to update your trading hours. Got there at 3 30pm on saturday, only to be told you were closed even though website had closing at 4.30., and told to come back Monday.

Great place if you are doing a reno on a old house and you want to keep your theam and looking for matching stuff. most probably you would find them. Guys are extremely helpful and show you around. pricing is appropriate I would say. Saying that, I have walked away at times and may be not that project friendly for you!!

I wish to acknowledge the extraordinary team at Vinsan Salvage for their outstanding service, in my opinion they are a 6 Star business. I especially recognise Richard who called before arriving with the truck to collect the old federation roof tiles left over from my home renovation, there were over 500 tiles!!! Richard is friendly, thoughtful and a perfect gentleman. Richard is organised, worked efficiently, even though it was 37-degree heat, he was still able to happily smile while working. Their amazing receptionist Megan was just lovely on the phone. I highly recommend Vinsan Salvage if you require any salvageable items to be picked up, send a photo to Vinsan Salvage first.

Friendly excellent service from Tony and the huge variety of stock is fantastic. Great prices and I thoroughly recommend a visit. As a lover a reuse, recycling and repurposing this is The Place to come.