A Fremantle holding point, not a Dan’s office
Containers sold into the Perth metro leave a depot in Fremantle that belongs to a third party. Dan’s does not run that yard, and this page does not give its street address. What we can say is that metro orders are loaded there and driven out across the suburbs, rather than being described as stock sitting in a Dan’s shed.
If you want to look at a unit before it moves, ask and an inspection at that Fremantle depot can be lined up. If a visit is awkward, ask for pictures of the particular container allocated to your order and we will send them before the truck is booked. Those pictures are of the real unit, not a catalogue shot.
The date the truck rolls is set once the order is placed, after the unit and the vehicle are both known. A building site that needs the box gone again at lock-up should say so at the start, and name the person who will meet the driver.
Suburbs and postcodes we are asked about
Inner and middle suburbs that come up often include Perth 6000, Fremantle 6160, Bayswater 6053, Morley 6062 and Innaloo 6018. North of the river, Osborne Park 6017 and Malaga 6090 are regular trade addresses. East and south-east, Kewdale 6105, Welshpool 6106, Canning Vale 6155 and Bibra Lake 6163 are where a lot of business drops land.
Growth corridors show up as Byford 6122, Ellenbrook, Piara Waters and Brabham. Midland 6056 sits at the foot of the hills. O’Connor 6163 is another industrial pocket close to Fremantle. If your suburb is not in that list, put the postcode in the form anyway. The metro run is quoted from the address, not from a short menu of names.
Greater Perth is split across many local governments. City of Stirling, City of Vincent, City of Canning and City of Cockburn each look after their own road reserve. A rule a neighbour heard in a different council area is a poor guide to yours.
Private land, a shared driveway, or the verge
Older Perth streets were laid out with wide verges, which is why a delivery truck is often easier here than in terrace cities. Infill has changed the useful part of that story. A former quarter-acre in Morley, Bayswater or Innaloo may now be two or three townhouses on one common driveway, and that driveway may be the only way in.
Work out the landing spot before you pick a length. Your own land is a conversation between you, the planning rules for that council and the truck. A shared strata driveway usually needs the strata company, and even a two-lot survey-strata is calmer if the other owner has agreed in writing where the box sits and for how long. The verge, in almost every Perth local government area, is council-managed land. Most councils expect to be asked before anything stays on it.
If the verge is refused, the fallback is often the front setback or the driveway itself. A 20ft across a driveway can leave the car on the street. A 10ft sometimes does not. Sorting that in the enquiry beats a truck arriving at a spot it cannot use. Photos from the footpath looking in, and from the intended spot looking out, show the doglegs and the low eaves.
Before you book, it helps to walk the route the way the driver will. The guide Walk the route before the truck does is a plain checklist for gates, branches and the last few metres.
Malaga, Kewdale and the easy industrial drops
Trade and warehouse deliveries are usually the straightforward end of Perth. Kewdale, Welshpool, Malaga, Osborne Park, O’Connor, Canning Vale and Bibra Lake mostly have hardstand, wide crossovers and room to line a truck up. The useful questions there are about opening hours, whether forklifts will be moving around the drop, and whether the lease treats an extra container as something the landlord has to sign.
A container opened every day wants its doors toward the loading area, with room to swing both leaves back. One that holds seasonal stock or archive cartons can sit further out of the way, as long as there is still an aisle so the far end is not lost behind pallets.
Sand is the other metro constant. Much of the Swan Coastal Plain is sandy, and a loaded box set straight on it can settle out of level. Firm pads under the four corners keep the frame square so the doors still shut. On a house build that is often a few blocks or sleepers set out before the truck arrives, spaced to the corner castings.
Estate builds, clubs and short hires
Builders working Byford, Ellenbrook, Piara Waters and Brabham often want a lockable site store for the length of a build. Hire matches that pattern. Place it clear of the slab, the brick packs and the scaffold line, and where a truck can still reach it once the fence and the crossover are in.
Sporting clubs, markets and event crews use a hired box for bar stock, timing gear or staging between weekends. On an oval or public reserve the land manager is usually the council or a state agency. They will ask where the truck drives, what the ground is like, and when it will be collected. Irrigated turf after winter rain is a real limit, so a path or hardstand route is worth agreeing first.
Cargo-worthy used units are the usual site-store choice and are checked wind and watertight before they leave the depot. An as-is container is offered without a watertight claim, so it only suits gear that can cope with some damp.
How a Perth enquiry actually gets quoted
Start with the landing spot, not a size you saw on another job. A 20ft that fitted a mate’s place in Canning Vale can be impossible on a battle-axe block in Bayswater where the only straight line is the common driveway. Write down whether the box will sit on your title, on common property, or on the verge, and which council that verge belongs to. That single note stops us pricing a truck that the street cannot accept.
Photos do more than a paragraph. One from the kerb showing parked cars and street trees, one from the crossover looking toward the spot, and one of the ground itself. If a power line crosses the driveway, include it. If the strata manager has already said yes or no, attach that note. Business yards in Malaga, Kewdale, Welshpool and Osborne Park should add the hours a truck may enter and the name of the person on the gate. Building sites at Byford, Ellenbrook, Piara Waters and Brabham should add the lot number, because new streets are easy to miss.
Sand pads are worth setting out before the day, not after the driver has the box half off the trailer. Four firm bearers, lined up with the corner castings, keep the frame from twisting once tools or furniture go in. On a house build, keep the position clear of where the bricklayer will stack packs and where the scaffolder will need a bay. A hire that cannot be collected at the end of the job becomes a problem for the next trade.
Clubs and weekend markets on council ovals should name the land manager and the dates the ground has to be clear. Winter irrigation makes turf softer than it looks on a dry Tuesday photo. A route that stays on a path or a car park is kinder than a diagonal across the pitch. Say if the doors need to face the clubroom rather than the road, because turning the box later means another truck.
Condition follows the load. A site store for hand tools is usually a cargo-worthy used unit, checked so wind and rain stay out before it leaves the Fremantle holding point. Household furniture wants the same dryness, plus pallets so nothing sits in condensation. Gear that can cope with a drip is the only sensible match for an as-is unit, which is offered without a dryness promise. If you want to see the steel before it moves, book a look at the Fremantle depot or ask for pictures of the allocated container. Dan’s does not run that depot and does not print its address.
None of this is a promise about a particular day until the order is placed. Stock on the ground and the vehicle the street needs both move the date. Tell us the deadline you actually have, such as a settlement or a slab pour, and we will say whether it can be met rather than guessing in the first email.
A few Perth patterns are worth separating so they do not get mashed into one quote. Infill in Morley 6062, Bayswater 6053 and Innaloo 6018 is usually a strata or a verge problem. Trade drops in Malaga 6090, Kewdale 6105, Welshpool 6106, Osborne Park 6017, Canning Vale 6155 and Bibra Lake 6163 are usually a lease and a forklift problem. Fremantle 6160 itself can be a narrow-street problem even though the holding point is in that city. Midland 6056 and the hills fringe add slope that the coastal plain does not have. Byford 6122 and the northern estates add lot numbers that maps have not caught up with. O’Connor 6163 behaves like the other industrial pockets. If your suburb is none of those, the postcode still goes in the form. We quote the address. Dan’s does not claim a staffed office on any of these streets, and the Fremantle holding point remains a third-party depot without a published address. Pictures of the allocated container are the way to see it if a depot visit is impractical.