Eden Hill paving from Landsdale, about 12 km away
Eden Hill sits on the Bassendean side of the Swan, about 12 km in a straight line from IBP Paving's base in Landsdale. We replace tired driveways, relay paths and courtyards, and fit or upgrade soakwells so a new paved area does not send water where the Town of Bassendean says it cannot go. Clay brick, concrete and natural stone are all on offer, every job carries our lifetime workmanship warranty, and the crew brings over 20 years in the trade.
What the Town of Bassendean asks of a driveway
Eden Hill falls under the Town of Bassendean, and its stormwater policy starts from a simple position: water stays on the lot. The only way around that is a geotechnical investigation, permeability testing and a site classification showing the ground will not take infiltration. Where a system is built on site, the policy wants it approved by a qualified stormwater engineer and designed for a 1 in 20 year event, counting run-off from the roof and from hardstand such as a driveway.
The crossover specification is blunt about driveways. Water from a private driveway has to be held in a detention system on the property, with soakwells given as the example, and none of it may run out onto the crossover. A single house crossover is 3.0 m to 4.5 m wide excluding the wings, and the driveway has to match that width where the two meet at the boundary.
Source: Town of Bassendean, Local Planning Policy 14 Stormwater; Crossover Specification (December 2016); Crossover Policy (November 2024).
Before a crossover is built or changed, an application goes to the Town for assessment, and the approval holds for one year. If it is the first crossover to the lot and is built to the Town's specification, the Town pays half the cost of a standard crossover, up to the cap in its Fees and Charges. We set it out 0.5 m off the side boundary, 1.0 m from any drainage pit, 0.6 m from Western Power poles and at least 2.0 m from a street tree, which takes precedence over the crossover. Our Perth soakwell requirements guide compares Bassendean with the other councils we work in.
Sand on the rise, damper ground toward the river
Most of Eden Hill usually sits on grey Bassendean sand, part of the dune country that runs north from the Swan. On the higher streets that sand tends to drain freely, which suits a soakwell and keeps base preparation simple: we strip the topsoil, compact the sand, lay a limestone or road base course under anything that will carry a car, and screed bedding sand on top. Lots that slope down toward the river are a different case. The water table is generally several metres down in the dunes but can sit shallower near the river flats, so on those lots we dig a test hole and time how fast it empties before choosing a unit size or depth. Where a lot struggles, grated drains and pipework can carry water to a larger soakwell in the best spot on the block.
Brockman's 1892 subdivision and the homes that followed
Henry Brockman subdivided the land in 1892, but Eden Hill was not approved as a suburb until 1954, and most houses standing today typically date from the 1950s to the 1970s. That age shows in the paving. Original driveways are often cracked concrete or a thin brick course laid straight onto sand, with no soakwell at all, or one long since silted up. The usual answer is a full paving replacement: we break out the old surface, rebuild the base and lay a new driveway in 60 mm clay or concrete pavers, then add drainage sized to the new hardstand.
Infill is the other source of work. Where an older block has been split, the rear dwelling needs a battleaxe or shared driveway and both homes need their own drainage. We plan the levels so each run of paving falls to a grate on the correct side of the boundary, and we keep brick paving colours consistent where the owners want the two driveways to read as one.
Jubilee Reserve, Mary Crescent and the street trees
Eden Hill's open space is mostly in its reserves, Jubilee Reserve and Mary Crescent Reserve among them, along with the Ashley Shave Skatepark. On the street side of the fence, the verge belongs to the Town. Anything beyond the verge garden treatments the Town lists needs its prior written approval, so we do not pave a verge without that letter in hand. Where a mature tree stands on the verge, the 2.0 m clearance rule can mean a new crossover shifts along the frontage instead of the tree moving. We check that at the quote, not on the day the excavator arrives.
Bassendean, Guildford and other suburbs close by
Eden Hill is close to Bassendean, and the same crew covers Guildford, Caversham, Morley and Bayswater. The full list is on our areas we service page.
