Back yards
Combine a useful seating area, lawn, planting and clear access in a layout suited to the household. Existing surfaces or plants can remain where they support the new design.
Outdoor Makeovers Inner West Sydney
Create a yard you can enjoy, with outdoor seating, garden beds, lawn and paths brought together in a practical layout.
- The whole yard planned together
- Levels and drainage resolved first
- Structural landscaping licence #457664C
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Overview
Bring the outdoor space together
A makeover gives the garden a clearer purpose: somewhere to sit, space for everyday use and planting that belongs with the surfaces around it. Sound paving, established plants and other useful features can be retained where they fit the new layout.
Balmain brought artificial lawn, a pergola and stepping stones into one backyard. Rozelle shows a compact courtyard transformation, while Tempe combines a deck, lawn, planters and concrete access paths. Each started with a different space and a different set of changes.
- Licensed and fully insured for the landscaping work undertaken
- The whole yard planned as one project
- Old surfaces removed where the scope requires
- Ground re-levelled and drainage resolved first
- Suitable established trees and structures retained
- Design, construction and planting in one scope
What the work covers
What a makeover covers
Seating, surfaces, lawn and planting for the way you use the yard
Courtyards
Compact spaces where every square metre is visible. Drainage, shade, privacy and the size of the furniture you actually own drive the layout.
Front yards
The path from the street to the door, where bins and cars go, and planting that holds its shape without constant attention.
Entertaining areas
A surface, a level and a connection to the back door that make the space usable. The surrounding planting and screening are planned with it.
Pool surrounds
Paving or decking around an existing pool, with grip, drainage and planting that will not drop constantly into the water.
Reducing the upkeep
Where a yard has become more work than it is worth, surfaces, artificial turf, hardier planting and better mulching can bring the workload back down.
Completed work
Our outdoor makeovers work
Explore the work, materials and before-and-after photographs from these Outdoor Blitz projects.
How it works
How a makeover runs
One scope, from stripping back to the final planting
- 01
Look at the whole yard
We walk the space, check levels, drainage and access, and work out what is worth keeping and what has reached the end of its life.
- 02
Set the layout
Zones, levels, surfaces and planting are settled together, because in a makeover each one constrains the others and deciding them separately is what leaves a yard unresolved.
- 03
Strip back and rebuild
What has reached the end of its life comes out, then the excavation, drainage, structure and hard surfaces that the rest of the yard has to sit on.
- 04
Planting and finishes
Turf, beds and the detail work go in once the levels are settled and the ground beneath them has been prepared.
Customer reviews
What customers say
Read customers’ experiences of working with Outdoor Blitz.
Sam came to our place to replace our old, cracked and ugly concrete garden edging with corten steel edging. I could not be happier with his service- he came on time, thoroughly explained my options and his work was clean and meticulous and I am thrilled with the job. Finally, I will have the garden of my dreams. I highly recommend his work and expertise. Thanks, Sam.
Sonia GiannasSam and the team at Outdoor Blitz did an excellent job transforming our backyard. I wasn't sure where to start, so I discussed my backyard ideas and the required maintenance with Sam, who helped lay out options, plans, and estimates. Work included: • Building a new timber dividing fence (plus removing old, damaged fence) • Building a levelled trampoline area in the back corner, including relocation of some established plants • Re-turfing the backyard Sam also helped co-ordinate some dependent tradies' work (investigating existing sewage, with some replumbing required before the trampoline site was worked on). The team completed all the work in time for the trampoline delivery for my Son’s birthday – we are very happy with the outcome and would love to work with Sam and the team again if new projects arise :)
Matthew HallWe used Sam from Outdoor Blitz to replant neighbours garden bed which was damaged during our construction of our house on the boundary. Very satisfied with the service, neighbour was happy with the results and plants were matched to existing photos. Roughly 40m of planting in total.
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Common questions
Outdoor makeover questions
What can stay, what can change and how the work fits together
Is design part of the makeover?
Yes. The layout, levels, materials and planting are worked out before anything is built, because a makeover starts from the whole space rather than from one corner of it. Any design documentation included is agreed as part of the project scope.
Can you keep what is already there?
Where it is worth keeping. Established trees, sound retaining and usable paving are usually better designed around than removed. Sometimes keeping something costs more across the job than replacing it, and that is worth saying plainly.
Does the old garden have to come out?
No. A makeover can renew selected areas or rebuild the whole yard. The condition of existing features and the proposed layout determine what can stay and what needs to change.
Do council approvals apply to a makeover?
Most planting and surface work does not raise them, but structures, level changes and work near boundaries can. Those requirements come from your council, so the current position for your address is worth confirming with them.
Planning guides
Planning your outdoor makeovers project
Practical guidance on layouts, materials and the care your outdoor space will need.
Where we work
Areas we cover
Explore our landscaping coverage across the Inner West and surrounding suburbs.
Talk through the whole yard
Send photos of the space as it stands and tell us what you want it to do afterwards.