Demolition Palm Beach

Palm Beach, in short

Palm Beach is the stretch of coast between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek, south of Burleigh Heads. The Gold Coast Highway runs down the middle and the Pacific Motorway forms its western edge, with Elanora and Currumbin Waters beyond it. The streets off the highway are numbered, First Avenue at the southern end up to Twenty-eighth. It's also in the middle of a wave of new apartment buildings.

A 1920s estate, a 60s building boom

The first Palm Beach blocks went on sale in 1922, and early owners built timber or fibro beach houses. Most of the homes you see now came later, in the late 1960s and early 70s, and most are brick veneer homes on generous blocks. That's why most jobs here are brick home knockdowns and old beach houses making way for new homes or townhouses. Anything built before 1990 gets an asbestos survey before work starts.

Creeks, canals and low ground

Both creeks shape the suburb. In the 1960s a low-lying inlet off Tallebudgera Creek in the north was formed into lakes for a canal estate, and heavy rain in the Currumbin and Tallebudgera valleys has brought flooding to the southern Gold Coast before. So blocks near the water are checked for flood and site overlays. Slabs and footings are removed completely and the ground is backfilled and compacted for the new build.

Council, avenues and Jefferson Lane

Palm Beach is in the City of Gold Coast. Most demolitions need building approval, and in 2019 council lowered the height and density allowed near Jefferson Lane after saying the lane had limited capacity. Gold Coast Demolitions checks what applies to your lot before quoting. Trucks come in off the Gold Coast Highway or the M1, and loading on the short avenues and laneways is planned around parking and neighbours.