Most of Rose Bay lives in apartments, so a lot of the landscaping here is courtyards, entries and common areas that a committee has to sign off. We work that way as readily as we work on a private garden.
Rose Bay sits about seven kilometres east of the city on the harbour, mostly in the Municipality of Woollahra, at around 11 metres above sea level. Close to 69 per cent of dwellings here are flats, against a national figure nearer 14 per cent, with the remainder split between separate houses and semis.
On a block of units the entry planting, the driveway edges and the shared courtyard are what every resident sees daily. Getting those right lifts the whole building, and it is work that has to be specified clearly enough for a committee to approve.
Ground-floor courtyards here often sit on a change of level running down toward the water. Levelling those into usable space, with drainage that works, is most of what makes them worth having.
On a harbour slope, planting height is not a cosmetic question. Choose wrong and you block the outlook you paid for, or your neighbour's. We set heights deliberately and say what each plant will reach.
Private courtyards, strata common areas and period gardens, each scoped to who has to approve it.
Courtyards, entries and shared paths paved to a level, free-draining finish. In a common area the surface has to handle constant foot traffic and still look right, which narrows the sensible choices.
How we approach pavingLow walls to level a courtyard or hold a change of grade on a harbour slope, built with drainage behind them so they do not stain or push.
How we build retaining wallsBoundary screens and the clipped planting common around unit entries, cut to a clean line and to a height agreed in advance where an outlook is involved.
How we trim hedgesMulch in beds and planters at a depth that holds moisture through a dry, breezy summer and keeps common areas looking maintained between visits.
More on mulchingSmall lawns and common-area grass over prepared soil. Where a courtyard sits in building shade for most of the day we will say so rather than laying turf that thins out.
How we lay new turfThinning and lifting canopies to recover light and outlook, and keeping growth off roofs, gutters and shared boundaries. Woollahra controls significant pruning of many trees and we check first.
See our pruning and trimmingBeds, planters, paving joints and entry paths cleared back, roots included. In a common area this is the difference between a building that looks managed and one that does not.
More on weedingOld paving, cleared planting and green waste taken away, with lifts, driveways and common areas left clear. Removal is planned around the building's access rules.
See our rubbish removalRemoving a tree that has outgrown its position or is damaging a structure. The Municipality of Woollahra controls removal and significant pruning of many trees, and we check before quoting.
About our tree lopping workWho approves the work shapes a Rose Bay job as much as the work itself.
Three steps, a fixed written price, and the site left clean.
Private courtyard, common property or a house. That decides what we need to supply and who signs it off.
We measure up, check the levels, the light and the building access, then put a fixed written price in front of you, in a form a committee can approve if needed.
One crew from start to finish, lifts and shared areas kept clear, and all waste and old material removed.
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.
Rose Bay sits on the harbour with Vaucluse, Double Bay, Bellevue Hill, Dover Heights and Bondi around it.
For everything we do across the eastern suburbs, see our work in the Municipality of Woollahra, or browse every Sydney suburb we service.
Yes, and a good share of our Rose Bay work is exactly that. We supply a written scope and a fixed price in a form a strata committee or managing agent can put to a vote, and we work to the building's access hours.
Usually yes, and it is normally what makes the space usable. Depending on the grade that is either edging and fill or a proper low retaining wall with drainage behind it. We measure it and price both where both are viable.
Not if the heights are chosen deliberately. That is the main thing we think about on a harbour slope, and we tell you what each plant reaches at maturity so it is agreed in writing rather than discovered later.
More than you would expect, though generally not lawn. Turf laid in deep building shade thins out within a season. We plant for the light the space actually gets.
Often yes. The Municipality of Woollahra controls removal and significant pruning of many trees. We check what is permitted before quoting rather than starting and stopping.
Yes. We work across Rose Bay 2029 and the surrounding eastern suburbs including Vaucluse, Double Bay, Bellevue Hill, Dover Heights, Point Piper and Woollahra.
Send us the basics and we will come out, measure up, check the levels and the access, and give you a fixed written price. The visit costs nothing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0451 267 287.
Whether it is a courtyard that has never been level or an entry that lets the building down, we will come out and price it properly.