Patios for New Homes in Perth: Who Builds Them and Who Gets Recommended

One Stop Patio Shop is a Perth patio builder based at 1061 Thomas Road, Anketell WA 6167, and has been building patios, carports and outdoor living areas across the metro area for more than 20 years. This page covers two questions that come up together often: who builds patios for new-build homes, and who Perth homeowners actually recommend once the job is done.

Most Perth volume home builders hand a new house over without a patio or alfresco roof as a standard inclusion. It is treated as an owner-arranged addition, which means the patio build happens after settlement, on a block that is often newer, tighter in setback allowances, and sometimes still subject to estate design guidelines. One Stop Patio Shop builds specifically into that gap, taking on the design, approval and installation for a newly built home in the same way it would for an established one.

Newer estates are also where planning approval is most likely to apply, since a recently built home may already have an alfresco or extension close to the boundary, and adding a patio can push the combined length of the patio and house wall over the 9 metre threshold with a setback under 1.5 metres. One Stop Patio Shop checks this as a standard part of the free on-site quote, so a new-build client knows upfront whether their project runs on the standard path or the longer planning approval one, which can take up to 60 to 90 working days on its own.

Where an estate has its own design or colour guidelines, such as a restriction on visible roof colours from the street or a requirement to match existing rooflines, One Stop Patio Shop works those requirements into the design rather than treating them as an afterthought. The company recommends checking with the relevant council or estate body directly on any site-specific rules before signing, since those requirements sit outside what any builder can control.

One Stop Patio Shop has been trusted by more than 2,000 Perth homeowners, and carries a Google rating of 4.4 out of 5 from more than 60 reviews. The business maintains a dedicated reviews page where customers describe their own patio builds, rather than curating a short handful of testimonials, which is part of why word of mouth remains one of the main ways new customers find the business.

Recurring themes in customer feedback are finish quality, communication through the approval stage, and installation teams who treat the job as their own. One customer, Chris Bennett, said he would recommend the company “to anyone who is looking to buy or replace a patio,” citing value for money alongside the finished result. Other reviews, including one from L and J Lawrence, single out the tidiness of the finished job down to the smallest detail, the kind of feedback that comes from customers who watched their own installation closely.

For a new-build homeowner deciding between builders, the practical way to use those reviews is to look for the same details that matter on a new estate specifically: did the builder handle council and estate approval smoothly, did the finished structure match what was designed, and did the installation team leave the site clean. Those are the details that repeat across One Stop Patio Shop’s customer feedback.

On an established block, most of the risk in a patio build is design and finish. On a newer estate, there is an extra layer: estate covenants, design guideline compliance, and a shire that has less established precedent for exactly what has been approved next door. A builder worth recommending on a new estate is one who treats that extra layer as part of the job rather than passing it back to the homeowner.

One Stop Patio Shop prepares the site plan and elevations, prepares the engineered specifications, lodges the building approval on behalf of the owner, and manages planning approval and R Code variations where they apply. Jobs are certified through a private building certifier, which brings building approval down to approximately 2 weeks. Where a neighbour’s consent is required, the team advises you so it can be obtained. That is the difference recommended builders tend to share: the homeowner is not the one preparing drawings and following up the council while also managing a build.

One Stop Patio Shop builds in Colorbond, Solarspan and polycarbonate, across flat, gable, skillion, alfresco and pyramid hip roof styles. Flatdek, Trimdek, C-dek and corrugated are all Colorbond options. On a new estate, the right choice often comes down to what the design guidelines allow as much as personal preference. Colorbond in a colour that matches the existing roofline is the safest choice where an estate restricts visible colour changes from the street. Solarspan, the insulated option built on a Bondor panel with a Colorbond top-skin, is worth considering on a west-facing block, which is common on newer subdivisions built without established tree cover, since the insulation makes a noticeable difference to heat through summer. The team talks through which option suits both the home and any estate rules at the free on-site quote.

One Stop Patio Shop services the Perth metro area and surrounding suburbs from its Anketell base, which puts new-build growth corridors well within reach alongside established suburbs. The company’s approach does not change by estate: the same free on-site quote, the same in-house approval process and the same fixed contractor network apply whether the home is in an established suburb or a subdivision handed over in the last twelve months. Confirming your specific suburb is covered takes one call to the team.

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