Rewires & Switchboards in Kew

Electrical Work in Kew

Kew has some of the largest period homes in Melbourne, and size changes the electrical job in ways people do not always anticipate. A grand Edwardian or interwar house on a big block through Studley Park or the streets off Cotham Road is not simply a bigger version of a two-bedroom cottage — it is more circuits, longer cable runs, often a second storey and an outbuilding, and a switchboard that was never designed to carry any of it.

So the work here skews heavily toward rewires and supply. Homes that have been added to over decades tend to accumulate wiring in layers: some original rubber-insulated cable still live, a 1970s extension in early TPS, a 2000s kitchen on its own circuit, and a board that has been extended sideways until nothing is labelled. Untangling that and putting in a single properly designed board is a genuine project, and it is the one we are most often called for in Kew.

Large homes also reach the limits of single-phase supply sooner. Ducted air conditioning across two storeys, an induction kitchen, a pool, heat pump hot water and an EV charger is a serious load, and three-phase is a real conversation here rather than a theoretical one. Gardens matter too — lighting, gate and intercom power, pool and shed circuits are ordinary requests in Kew and are far easier to run while other work is happening.

What We Do Most in Kew

• Full and partial rewires — staged room by room so you can stay living in the house
• Switchboard upgrades — ceramic fuses and asbestos backing boards replaced with a modern board and RCBOs
• Renovation and extension fit-outs — new circuits, board relocation and consumer mains sized for what you are actually installing
• Supply and mains upgrades for induction cooktops, heat pumps and EV chargers
• Lighting design — period-sensitive pendants, wall lights and discreet downlights
• Three-phase supply upgrades for large homes with genuinely heavy load
• Garden and facade lighting, gate and intercom power, pool and outbuilding circuits
• Data cabling, Wi-Fi access points and CCTV — essential in a large double-brick home where one modem will never cover it

Being Straight About Where We Are

We are based in Newport, which is about twenty-five to thirty minutes from Kew depending on the freeway and the time of day. We are straight with people about that. For planned work — a rewire, a switchboard, a renovation fit-out, lighting, an EV charger — the drive makes no practical difference to you, and we come out for jobs of any size. What we will not do is promise to be at your door in twenty minutes at midnight, because we cannot, and we would rather say so now than have you waiting.

Kew is a straightforward run for us and we are there regularly. On larger properties we would always rather do one thorough site visit before quoting — on a house of this size, the difference between a guess and a proper assessment is thousands of dollars, in either direction.

The other thing worth knowing is that we quote one number after looking at the board and the supply, not a cheap figure over the phone followed by a variation once the wall is open. On older homes especially, what is behind the plaster changes the job — and we would rather find that out before you have committed than after. Ring 0418 583 097 and we will give you a realistic answer about timing and cost.