Project Name: Dunlin
Location: Burleigh Waters
Project Duration: 15 Weeks
Completion Date: June 2026
Project Cost: $360,000
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Set on an 803sqm waterfront block in Burleigh Waters, this property offered uninterrupted east-facing water views from the living areas, kitchen, and master bedroom, but no usable outdoor space to match.
In fifteen weeks, Lynx Landscaping delivered a full-scale outdoor build: a custom swimming pool, curved feature block walls, glass-panel fencing, and an integrated outdoor space designed to open the site rather than close it in.
On waterfront sites like this, preserving the connection to the water is often more valuable than maximising built form. That principle shaped every decision made on this project.
The outdoor space needed to reflect both the quality of the home and its waterfront setting. The site presented constraints at every stage of the build, particularly around access and level change.
The backyard was heavily terraced and inaccessible, leaving no flat usable area for outdoor living. Existing boundary conditions restricted machinery access, making even basic excavation a staged demolition process rather than a straightforward build. The clients wanted a pool and an outdoor area that felt genuinely open, not a yard that traded one set of constraints for another.
Access constraints are often the hidden driver of design outcomes in premium residential builds. Here, solving that problem first was what made the rest of the project possible.
The design brief called for a clean, modern outdoor space that visually and functionally extended the perceived space of the site.
The first critical move was resolving site access. With no clear path through for machinery, the team removed the side boundary wall to create a working entry point. That single decision unlocked the entire build sequence: demolition of the yard, excavation, and the pool dig could all follow.
Due to the 1.2-metre rear-level drop, the design met Australian Standard pool safety requirements, allowing the boundary fence to be removed and the outlook to be fully opened. The back of the pool sits unobstructed, with nothing between the water’s edge and the view beyond. That outcome was designed for, not arrived at by accident.
Along the sides, curved custom block walls were constructed. The curves soften the geometry of the space and avoid the hemmed-in effect that straight boundary walls can create on a constrained site. The glass-panel fencing holds the height without sacrificing light or outlook. The pool, paving, walls, planting and surrounding areas were unified through consistent detailing, with a layout that flows naturally from inside the home to the outdoor area.
The completed project delivers an outdoor environment that matches the quality of the home and its waterfront setting. The custom pool sits open to the sky and the water beyond, framed by curved block walls and glass panels that give the space definition without closing it in.
Where the yard was once terraced and inaccessible, it is now an outdoor space the clients can move through and enjoy from every angle. The interior water views that existed before now extend to the outside, and the property reads as one unified space.
This Burleigh Waters landscaping project is an example of Lynx Landscaping’s ability to resolve complex site conditions and deliver refined, high-performance outdoor environments. As a premium landscape design and construction company, Lynx Landscaping specialises in transforming challenging sites into outdoor spaces that feel effortless, functional, and enduring. The result is a space that finally aligns with the quality, position, and potential of the home.
