Landscaping in Doubleview is mostly about reworking established home gardens in a suburb that has stayed largely residential. Typical jobs are a tired front yard, a backyard the household wants to use more, a verge, or paving that ties the whole block together.
Front yard and verge work for Doubleview streets
A Doubleview front yard is what neighbours see, so many owners start there. Front yard landscaping can swap patchy lawn for native beds, mulch and a clear path to the door. Verge landscaping works the same way, but the City of Stirling sets verge rules, so check them first.
Backyard and pool landscaping jobs
Backyard landscaping in Doubleview often means deciding how the space will be used: lawn for play, a paved entertaining area, garden beds or a pool surround. Pool landscaping adds paving that stays comfortable underfoot and planting that keeps leaf drop out of the water. Settle the use first and the layout follows.
Native garden and small garden help
Native garden landscaping suits Doubleview owners who want a garden that copes with Perth summers on less watering. Small garden landscaping helps where a side strip, courtyard or rear corner is all there is, using layered planting and one paved spot rather than squeezing everything in.
Paving and landscaping as one plan
Planning paving and landscaping together in Doubleview avoids digging up new beds to lay a path later. Decide where people walk, where the bins go and where a table sits, then let garden beds fill the spaces between. Choosing paving that suits the house keeps the block looking settled.
Why Doubleview owners ask the City of Stirling first
Doubleview homes sit within the City of Stirling, not the City of Perth, so council questions about verge planting, paving or anything built near the boundary go there. Checking before work starts avoids redoing a front feature later, and a clear plan of what is changing makes that check quicker.
Next step: the three things to fix first
List the three things that bother you most about the yard now, such as a bare verge, hot paving or a corner nobody uses, plus the one feature you want to keep. Then decide whether the front, back or pool area comes first. Those answers shape every Doubleview plan you compare.
Local facts for Doubleview
- •Doubleview takes its name from views to both the Indian Ocean and the Darling Range, so on higher lots it pays to keep tall screening plants and structures away from any outlook worth keeping.
- •The first homes, built in the northern part of the suburb after the Second World War, were timber-framed, so garden beds and mulch are best kept clear of timber cladding, with sprinklers aimed away from the house.
- •Later Doubleview houses are mostly brick and tile, so paving colours and garden edging can be chosen to sit comfortably with the brickwork rather than clash with it.