We Got The WOW Factor

Susanne & Darren Ross

Gentlemen, and I mean that, you are truly a rare breed. Susanne and I, and our three kids who all adore you, all wish to thank you for our backyard that you have worked so hard to give us.

When we finally decided to undertake what was a massive undertaking for our backyard, we really had no idea where to even begin. We phoned a few landscape designers who we had pulled out of magazine articles to start with, and found in reality they were just overpriced draftsman that actually had never installed a block of paving in their life.

My confidence was low that we would actually get someone who could take our pretty basic ideas, and turn them into something that we would enjoy for a long long time.

Between viewing your website and the Scoop Magazine articles we found on your past work, I contacted you for our first appointment.

You were prompt, on time, humble, and we found your design fees very reasonable given the scope of our design. My brief was simple; I wanted something stunning that would give us the WOW factor. Importantly, I didn’t have any time to manage the several other trades that would be on site and was looking for someone I could trust to manage this aspect if needed.

The key selling point for me was the approach you took; nothing was too much trouble and you listened to what we had to say. It was a huge undertaking, yourself and your team were at our home for almost 3 months, and in that time worked incredibly long and hard through the heat of summer for something you deserve to be immensely proud of.

Yes, we get to enjoy it for many years to come, but you created something from nothing. We love the outdoors now and our functioning backyard that has actually brought our family closer together.

To yourself and your construction teams, my family and I would like to thank you for the efforts you went to and the commitment you gave to turn our backyard into the thing of beauty it is today. I would have no problems what so ever in recommending Principal Pools + Landscapes to anyone.

Darren & Susanne Ross

Functional Summer Party Pad

Brian & Craig

Principal Pools + Landscapes remodelled our boring, under-utilised and average garden into a stylish, low-maintenance, functional summer party pad!

Cullen was able to take a few of our general ideas, and craft them into a beautiful design. When things were not just right, we were able to adjust the design without any fuss or bother. The design process was so easy, things just fell into place.

The Principal Pools + Landscapes team were awesome. Demolition was surprisingly swift, but yet the remaining garden was kept as tidy as possible. The installation process was also painless, with great attention to detail and quality craftsmanship.

18 months on the garden looks as good as the day they finished – better, in some ways now that plants are maturing!

We’d highly recommend Cullen and the Principal Pools + Landscapes team if you need a new pool or landscaping.

Brian & Craig

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We Got Everything We Asked For

Tina & Mike Parish

When we moved into our new house, we knew we wanted a pool, and somewhere for the kids to play, but above that we had no idea how to fill up a 900 sqm block which closely resembled the building site it had recently been.

Fortunately for us, we were recommended to Cullen and he took on our project with commitment and enthusiasm from Day 1.

The result? We have a backyard that elicits a “WOW” from all our visitors.

We’d like to claim some credit, but really Cullen designed it all – from the pool and surrounds to the sunken retreat with pizza oven, the feature plants with up-lights and the Bali-style bar area we asked for.

Cullens’ construction team toiled away building retaining walls in 40 degree heat and everything flowed smoothly from there.

Above all, he took the time to ask what we wanted and built this into his design and we were absolutely delighted with the end product.

We would unreservedly recommend Principal Pools + Landscapes to anyone considering a landscaping or pool project – large or small.

Tina & Mike

View the project photos here.