The short answer
Yes, McDermott Plumbing covers North Perth, Mount Hawthorn, Leederville and West Leederville for licensed plumbing and gas: blocked drains and toilets, hot water, burst pipes and leaks, leak detection and gas fitting, for homes, cafés and strata. Call (08) 6187 3999 or text 0406 882 648. It’s a run south-west from our Ellenbrook base into Vincent and Cambridge, and we’ll give you a real ETA when you ring.
North Perth and Mount Hawthorn
Developers sold former wetland as ‘high and healthy’ estates with names like Toorak and Woodville during the gold boom, and the tram network from the city made North Perth a working suburb early. The Rosemount Hotel (1902) and the old North Perth Town Hall (1902/1910) still mark that civic core. Between the wars the suburb kept filling; today’s mix is early cottages, inter-war brick homes and later flats.
Mount Hawthorn residents formed a Progress Association in 1904 to push for the tram beyond the Oxford Hotel and for scheme water. A North Perth Council rule that only brick homes could be built in certain streets was lifted after 1914, when the area joined Greater Perth, which opened the door to cheaper timber houses. Anzac Cottage in Kalgoorlie Street was built in 1916; the Art Deco Ritz Theatre on Scarborough Beach Road seated 1,200 when it opened in 1938. The suburb sits in the City of Vincent today.
Leederville and West Leederville
Leederville takes its name from William Henry Leeder, who took up land near Lake Monger in the 1830s. The Roads Board District of 1895 became a municipality in 1896; Leederville Primary (1894), the post office (1897), hotel (1897) and police station (1898) followed quickly. Piped water arrived in 1911. The northern suburbs railway in the early 1990s, and the rebuild of the Oxford Street shopping strip into today’s café strip, brought a denser mix of food businesses and apartments onto streets that still have early cottages behind them.
The Mitchell Freeway’s completion through the area in 1973 physically split Leederville. In December 1998 the Geographic Names Committee approved West Leederville as the official name for the portion west of the freeway in the City of Cambridge — about 2,200 properties at the time — while the Vincent side kept Leederville. Cambridge’s activity-centre planning notes large residential flat buildings and townhouse complexes held under strata title through the centre.
What we see around North Perth and Leederville
Older houses and busy commercial strips share the same drains:
- Early-1900s clay property sewers under street trees that have had a century to find every joint. Water Corporation’s 15-year root-risk warning applies many times over here. Slow floor wastes and a gurgling toilet are worth checking early.
- Café and small-commercial fit-outs on Oxford Street, Scarborough Beach Road and Angove Street: staff amenities, grease in kitchen lines (we clear blockages; we don’t pump grease traps — that’s a liquid-waste contractor job), and after-hours leaks. Tell us about access and alarm codes.
- Strata apartments and townhouses in West Leederville and along the Leederville strip: shared stacks, meter cupboards and hot water in tight plant rooms. Confirm who authorises the work when you book.
- Timber and brick cottages with original or part-replaced supply pipe: pinholes, flexi-hose failures and hot water units due for replacement.
- Renovated character bathrooms joined to unrepaired under-floor drains — a common surprise when a new shower wastes into an old branch.
Jobs we do around North Perth and Leederville
- Blocked drains, toilets and gullies
- Hot water repairs and replacements (gas, electric, solar and continuous flow)
- 24/7 burst pipe and leak call-outs
- Leak detection and high water bill checks
- Gas fitting and gas leak checks
- Small commercial, café amenities and strata maintenance
Common questions
- Which suburbs does this page cover?
- North Perth, Mount Hawthorn, Leederville and West Leederville. Mount Lawley and Inglewood have their own page, and so do Osborne Park and Scarborough. Wembley and the Perth CBD are on our list. If you’re not sure, call (08) 6187 3999 with the street.
- Do you work on Oxford Street cafés?
- Yes, for licensed plumbing and gas on small commercial tenancies: blocked amenities, leaks, hot water and gas connections. We clear kitchen-line blockages; grease-trap pumping is a liquid-waste contractor’s job, not ours. Tell us about access hours when you book.
- Our West Leederville unit has a smell in the bathroom. Is that strata or us?
- It depends whether the fault is inside your lot or in a shared stack. Start with our shower drain smell page (often a dry floor waste). If several units are affected, talk to the strata manager and we can inspect with their approval.
- Our North Perth cottage keeps getting tree roots in the sewer. What next?
- We clear the blockage and tell you where the roots are getting in. On a house this age, a cracked clay section under a big tree is common. Our tree roots page explains the pattern; a lasting fix is a decision for the owner once you’ve seen the cause.
- How far is Leederville from your base?
- It’s a run south-west from Ellenbrook into the inner north. Traffic on the freeway and Vincent streets varies, so we’ll give you a real ETA when you ring.
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Last updated 9 October 2026. General information only. Every property is different, so call us to talk about yours.