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Patios Fremantle
Fremantle is one of the places our Perth patio builders put up custom patios, including on homes in the City's heritage areas. Each one is made at their Welshpool factory before it's built at your place.
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- From $55 a weekinterest-free
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Older homes and courtyards
Patios for Fremantle Courtyards
Many Fremantle homes are older cottages with a small courtyard out the back. A patio there has to fit a tight space, sit well against old walls and cope with the salt air off the port.
A slim roof edge
A flat roof keeps a low, neat line against an old wall, and it can be freestanding if the wall can't take a fixing.
Downlights in the ceiling
Insulated panels such as SolarSpan and Cooldek can take LED downlights, so a small courtyard works at night.
Epoxy-coated steel
Close to the port and the ocean, you can choose steel with an epoxy coating, a tough protective layer against salty air.
Freestanding or joined to the house
Fremantle patio approvals
Do You Need Approval for a Patio in Fremantle?
Most Fremantle patios need a building permit, and on a heritage home a patio can also need planning approval from the City of Fremantle.
What's handled for you
- Site plans showing where the patio sits on your block
- Engineering certificates, an engineer's sign-off on the design
- The building permit application to the City of Fremantle
Most homes: no planning approval
A patio on a single house doesn't need planning approval if it meets the R-Codes (the state's rules for homes, such as setbacks) and the home isn't heritage protected. It will usually still need a building permit.
Heritage homes
A home listed as Level 3 on the City's Heritage List can skip planning approval for a patio out the back. The patio must be no more than 3 metres high, meet the R-Codes and be freestanding or only fixed to the wall. Homes with a higher heritage listing need planning approval.
Keep it behind the house
In Fremantle's heritage areas, the City wants patios and other add-ons behind the main wall of the original house, screened from the street. Carports go behind the house too, unless the home isn't individually listed and there's no other spot for one.
Sources: Planning exemptions, deemed provisions (clause 61); City of Fremantle, LPP 1.7 Development exempt from planning approval; City of Fremantle, LPP 3.6 Heritage areas.
Across the City of Fremantle
Patios Across Fremantle's Suburbs
All eight suburbs in the City of Fremantle are covered for patios, pergolas and carports, from North Fremantle to Samson. Homes just outside the City are covered too, as long as they're between Yanchep and Mandurah.
Port and coast
- Fremantle
- North Fremantle
- South Fremantle
Inner east
- Beaconsfield
- White Gum Valley
- Hilton
Further east
- O'Connor
- Samson
Nearby areas we cover: Patios Rockingham, Patios Mandurah
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Patio Styles for Fremantle Homes
For an older Fremantle cottage, the low skillion and flat roofs are the ones to look at first, and a newer home can take any of these styles.
Skillion patios
A single slope that sits low against the back of a cottage.See the style: Skillion patios
Flat roof patios
A level roof that fits a narrow courtyard or side path.See the style: Flat roof patios
Pergolas
An open frame of beams that keeps a courtyard light, with room for a vine.See the style: Pergolas
Louvre roof patios
Blades you open for sun and air, and close when it rains.See the style: Louvre roof patios
Insulated patios
Insulated roof panels for a courtyard that gets hot in summer.See the style: Insulated patios
Gable patios
A roof that peaks in the middle, for extra height if your backyard is bigger.See the style: Gable patios
Carports
Carports have open sides and no roller door. In a heritage area it usually goes behind the house, with the roof and Colorbond colour matched to your home.See carports
In a courtyard, Zipscreen patio blinds can be added to shade the open sides of your patio.
How it works
Your Fremantle Patio, Made in Welshpool
Before anything is made in Welshpool, your Fremantle patio is designed around your house and courtyard. The City of Fremantle permit is part of the job.
Free measure at your home
Your space in Fremantle is measured up, and you can talk through styles and how the patio will meet your house. Then you get your quote.
Design and engineering
Your patio is designed to suit your home, and the engineer's sign-off on the design, called the engineering certificates, is arranged for you.
City of Fremantle permit
The site plans, engineering certificates and building permit application go to the City of Fremantle for you.
Made and built
The steel is made up in Welshpool, then your patio is built at your home.
Pay for Your Patio Over Time
From $55 a week. Interest-free finance makes a patio more affordable, spread over up to 60 months.
Subject to approval. Ask about it when you get your quote.
Fremantle FAQs
Questions About Patios in Fremantle
Answers on heritage rules, carports, small courtyards and cost for a patio in Fremantle.
Can I put a patio on a heritage home in Fremantle?
Yes, and on a Level 3 listed home a rear patio doesn't need planning approval. It has to be no higher than 3 metres, meet the R-Codes and be freestanding or only fixed to the wall. Homes listed at Level 1A, 1B or 2, or on the State Register of Heritage Places, need planning approval first.
Do I need planning approval for a patio in Fremantle?
Not usually, if the home isn't heritage protected and the patio meets the R-Codes. A building permit is usually still needed, and that application is handled for you.
Where can a carport go on a heritage home?
Behind the house where possible. The City may allow one in front of a home that isn't individually listed, if there's nowhere else for it. It has to be open on three sides, average no more than 2.8 metres high and have posts no wider than 150mm.
Can a patio go in a small courtyard?
Yes. A flat or skillion roof suits a tight space, and a patio can stand on its own posts if an old wall can't take a fixing.
How much does a patio cost in Fremantle?
The size and roof style set the price, and so does epoxy-coated steel if you choose it for the salty air. Once the patio is measured, your quote shows the figure, and interest-free finance is available from $55 a week, subject to approval.
Which Fremantle suburbs do you cover?
All eight in the City of Fremantle: Fremantle, North Fremantle, South Fremantle, Beaconsfield, White Gum Valley, Hilton, O'Connor and Samson.