Oran Park is a new town built on the old raceway, and most blocks here come with design guidelines about what the front yard has to look like and when it has to be finished. We build to those and get it signed off.
Oran Park sits about 59 kilometres south-west of the city in the Camden council area, built over the Oran Park Raceway, which operated from 1962 until 2010. It had 17,624 residents at the 2021 census, making it one of the fastest-growing places in the state, and almost every yard we quote here is a first-time build.
Estate blocks here typically come with design guidelines covering the front yard and a window for completing it after handover. Building something that meets those requirements first time, rather than being asked to redo it, is a large part of why people call us.
The streets here are named after racing drivers and laid out on the circuit's old footprint, with houses sitting close together on compact lots. What is left outside the house is a perimeter and a modest rear space, so the layout has to be drawn rather than filled with whatever is at the nursery.
A town of 17,000 people built inside about a decade has street trees that are still saplings. Nothing shades anything yet, which means the yard you build now has to carry its own shade, and the planting you put in has to survive its first few summers unprotected.
Most jobs here are a front yard to guideline, a rear yard build, or both together.
Lawn laid to the standard the estate guidelines expect, over ground opened up and graded first. Guidelines here often specify how much of the front must be turfed, and we set it out to meet that rather than leaving you to argue it later.
How we lay new turfFront paths, entries and alfresco areas paved to a level finish, using materials that sit within what your release permits. Several estates here restrict colours and finishes at the front, which is worth checking before anything is ordered.
How we approach pavingWalls to recover the flat yard a boundary step is taking up, built with drainage behind them. Where a wall will be visible from the street the finish usually has to satisfy the guidelines too, and we allow for that in the specification.
How we build retaining wallsMulch at a depth that holds moisture on an exposed block with no shade. It is also usually a requirement of the front yard guidelines, and we finish it to a standard that passes.
More on mulchingShaping and maintaining the screening hedges these compact blocks need along the boundary, where houses sit close together with nothing else between them.
How we trim hedgesShaping young trees so they grow into the form and the shade you want, rather than needing heavy correction in five years. Early pruning on a new block is cheap and worth doing.
More on tree pruning and trimmingBeds, paving joints and gravel cleared back to a clean finish. A bare new block grows weeds quickly, and clearing before planting saves doing the job twice.
More on weedingBuilder's debris, offcuts, excess fill and green waste taken away. Clearing the leftovers from a new block is usually its own load and we size it in the quote.
See our rubbish removalRemoving a tree or large stump left on the block, or one planted too close to the house. Where approval is needed through Camden Council we flag it at quoting stage.
About our tree lopping workThe guidelines and the ground conditions set most of the price.
Three steps, a fixed written price, and the block left clean.
If you have the estate's front yard requirements, send them. That plus a couple of photos is usually enough for a realistic range.
We check the ground, the levels, the fall and what the guidelines ask for, then put a fixed written price and a staged plan in front of you.
One crew from start to finish, all debris and excess fill removed, and the driveway and paths swept down.
Terry and his team are fantastic to work with.
The team have been very professional with their work, communication and they were also fast paced.
They use very high quality materials and workmanship is flawless.
Oran Park sits in the Camden council area with Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Narellan, Gledswood Hills and Catherine Field around it.
For upkeep rather than a build, see our garden maintenance in Oran Park or everything we do across the Camden council area, and browse every Sydney suburb we service.
Yes, and it is a good share of what we do here. Send us the guidelines with your enquiry. They are usually specific about surfaces, planting and timing, and we quote against them so the finished yard meets the requirement first time.
It is also how people end up redoing it. Beyond the fact that it rarely survives, most releases here set a standard for the front lawn, and turf struggling over untouched construction ground is exactly what gets flagged at inspection. Preparing the ground first is cheaper than doing it twice.
It depends what your deadline is. The guidelines generally apply to the front, so if the clock is running we would get that finished and compliant first and come back for the rear. If there is no pressure, doing both at once works out cheaper per square metre.
Quite possibly, and the step at the boundary is where to look. If it is holding back usable yard a wall recovers it, and if the wall will be seen from the street the guidelines may have something to say about the finish. We measure and tell you what your block needs.
Usually, because on a lot this size every decision is visible at once and there is no spare ground to absorb a mistake. Getting the levels and the layout right is what makes a small yard feel deliberate instead of left over.
Yes. We work across Oran Park 2570 and the surrounding Camden suburbs including Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Narellan, Gledswood Hills, Catherine Field and Elderslie.
Send us the basics, and the estate guidelines if you have them, and we will come out, check the ground and the levels and give you a fixed written price. The visit costs nothing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0451 267 287.
Whether there is a guideline deadline coming or you have been living with dirt since handover, we will come out and price it properly.