Softwoods
About the company
Softwoods is a family-owned business that has been operating for more than 40 years. It designs, supplies, and builds timber and composite decks, pergolas, screens, carports, and fences. The company offers a 25-year warranty on its pergolas and uses plantation-grown timber. Softwoods has three showrooms and timberyards in Adelaide and provides a free measure and quote service.
What customers say
Based on genuine customer reviews
Softwoods is a deck builder in Croydon, South Australia, holding a 4.8-star rating across 227 reviews. The company supplies and installs timber decking and related outdoor structures for Adelaide homeowners. Its sister Softwoods Modbury listing elsewhere on this site suggests a multi-branch operation serving several parts of greater Adelaide.
Reviews
Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.
We are very happy with our new car port, adam the sale person, to mitch the building team to the BEST builders goes out to amazing father and son ROCCO AND JESS, what amazing guys, on time , great manners, over all these 2 guys did such amazing job in a short time it was so good to have fantastic tradie, we couldn't have ask for anything better, Well done to everybody who was involved , my husband Darren and myself are so happy with it .once again thank you
We’re very happy with our timber order from Softwoods. The online ordering experience was smooth and efficient, communication and prices were great, and delivery was prompt (thank yoiu, Dave!). Highly recommend for anyone looking for quality timber and hassle-free service for your project! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We are very happy with how our project has turned out. Thanks to Gary - an understanding person who was able to take our ideas and create beautiful plans & drawings! Thanks to Peter & Luke - talented, professional craftsmen who brought the plans to life, working hard through unrelenting heat in our record breaking Adelaide summer ("we don't stop we just slow down a bit" 😉) And finally to the "back-office" team - everything from organising approvals in a jiffy to smooth delivery of materials and everything else in between! A well-oiled machine bringing dreams to fruition..
If you are looking to build a picket fence, pergola, deck or carport, before taking a trip to Bunnings, go and see Jak at Softwoods Croydon. Jak helped me design and work out all of the materials I needed to build a 23m picket fence across the front of my property. Material costs were comparable, if not cheaper than Bunnings and Jak was able to provide guidance along the way, answering any questions. Highly reccomend. Thanks Jak.
The brief - a 7m x 4m skillion roof pergola designed off plans from when our house was built 7 years ago. Taking up the challenge - Nathan from Softwoods Croydon. Great communication, great eye for detail, nothing is too much hassle. Timbers delivered to site with plenty of time to paint them prior to install. The install - Shaun, a Softwoods contractor. Practical, down to earth guy, just jumped in and got on with the job. Another great communicator and he definitely knew his stuff. The result - we're ecstatic with the result. It's opened up our outdoor area, covered with Laserlite Frost sheeting to allow plenty of light, as well as being available for all year round use. Highly recommend reaching out to Nathan at Softwoods for your next project.
Nathan assisted us from a custom three side attached pergola design all the way to completion with great punctual communication. As someone who has never built a timber structure, it was a challenge but I was supported all the way through. We now have a beautiful white pergola which will get so much use all year round. Thanks Nathan and the team at Softwoods!
I'm not one for writing reviews, but I am happy to make an exception here. I ordered a custom-designed pergola kit from Nathan at Softwoods during 'lockdown' in 2021. Everything, and I mean everything, was first class - from the initial phone contact by Nathan to the finished product. The kit was VERY well priced ($4,000 compared to $57,000 from a well-known supplier of metal pergolas!). It arrived quickly. All the timbers, fixings, roofing, gutters - everything - was in the kit. The timbers were first class and the cuts were precise. My local Council did not fault the product (or my construction work). The finished product is better than I had ever hoped for. I highly recommend Softwoods to anyone. You do need to have some skills to put it together, and some basic tools, or a competent DIY-er could construct it quite easily. I am happy to recommend Softwoods to anyone!
Decks & pergolas in Adelaide compared
Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 11 businesses in this category in Adelaide are compared.
| Rank | Provider | Rating | Reviews | Open Sat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Superb Pergola N Decks Adelaide | ★ 5,0 | 94 | Yes |
| 2 | Adelaide Deck Revival | ★ 5,0 | 54 | No |
| 3 | Blackwood Decks | ★ 5,0 | 28 | Yes |
| 4 | Flip Decks and Build - Deck Builder Adelaide | ★ 5,0 | 18 | Yes |
| 5 | Mid Coast Pergolas and Decks | ★ 4,9 | 70 | No |
| 9 | Softwoods (this page) | ★ 4,8 | 227 | Yes |








