Doubleview paving, about 13 km from Landsdale
IBP Paving takes on paving in Doubleview from driveway replacements and front entries to back yard alfresco areas and the soakwells that drain them. The suburb is about 13 km south west of our Landsdale base in a straight line, and it falls inside our inner north and coastal service area. We bring over 20 years of Perth paving experience, and the workmanship on every job is covered by a lifetime warranty.
Views both ways, and a suburb that started slowly
Developers Dudley and Dwyer chose the name Doubleview because the high ground looks out over both the Indian Ocean and the Darling Range. The suburb is bounded by Newborough Street, Grand Promenade, Williamstown Road and Huntriss Road. Subdivisions offered from 1910 sold poorly, and real growth only came after the Second World War, when the State built timber framed houses for returning soldiers in the north of the suburb. Brick and tile homes followed.
Post war homes, infill and rebuilds
That history means much of Doubleview's older housing is now around seventy years old, and many original lots are likely to have been split or cleared for new homes. The paving work that follows falls into three groups:
- Replacing worn driveways. Old concrete and early pavers on a tired base are past fixing, so a full paving replacement on fresh compacted limestone is the usual answer.
- Infill blocks. A subdivided lot often needs a new driveway to a rear dwelling, with trafficable soakwells under it.
- Rebuilds and renovations. New homes and extensions bring back yard alfresco paving, often in limestone or large format pavers.
On a split lot we plan the paving and drainage together. The front house and the rear dwelling each need their own soakwell capacity, the shared driveway has to carry cars over any unit beneath it, and the City generally allows only one crossover per street frontage, so the layout of the new access is worth settling before the builder pours slabs. We are happy to walk the site with your builder or designer at that stage.
Sand over limestone on the dune ridge
Most of Doubleview is thought to sit on yellow Spearwood sand over Tamala Limestone, and its high dune ground is likely to keep the water table well down. No lake or wetland is recorded within the suburb. The sand drains quickly, which suits soakwells, but the limestone below may turn up when a deep hole is dug. When that happens we either break through or switch to wider, shallower units that still hold the required volume.
The coast is roughly 2 km away, so westerly winds are likely to bring light to moderate salt. On exposed lots we steer owners towards dense pavers and stone that handle salt air, and we recommend sealing natural stone to slow staining and surface wear.
City of Stirling drainage, verge and crossover rules
Doubleview is in the City of Stirling, which requires all rainfall inside the lot boundary to be held on site by soakwells or an approved alternative such as an infiltration basin. Sizing uses a 15 mm storm over the site: impervious area times 0.015 equals the cubic metres needed. A rebuilt home with 220 square metres of roof and 90 square metres of driveway and alfresco therefore needs 3.3 cubic metres for roof water and 1.35 for the paving, because the City wants the two stored separately. Units go at least 1 m from structures and boundaries, the smallest roof water soakwell is 900 mm by 600 mm, and any under a driveway must be trafficable. A Drainage Management Plan applies if groundwater is within 1.2 m of the surface, which is unlikely on this ridge. Our soakwell cost page turns these volumes into unit sizes, and the City of Stirling soakwell requirements page has the full criteria.
Out the front, verge paving, synthetic turf and in situ concrete need the City's approval and may cover only one third of the verge, at least 2 m from a street tree. A new or changed crossover needs a Crossover Installation Application, and the City subsidises half the cost of a standard 3 m grey concrete crossover for a property's first crossover if claimed within 12 months.
Sources: City of Stirling, On Site Stormwater Drainage Criteria (June 2024); Verge Treatment Policy; Crossover Policy.
Doubleview's neighbours
We also cover Scarborough towards the beach, Innaloo to the east, Woodlands to the south east, Karrinyup to the north and Wembley Downs to the south west. See areas we service for every suburb.
