BerwickBerwick, from the switchboard up
Most of Berwick's housing is estate-built since the mid 2000s, in the City of Casey corridor about 30 minutes from Somerville. Good roofs, modern wiring and, in the newest streets, no gas connection to begin with. That makes Berwick a solar, battery and EV suburb first, with heat pumps and induction for the earlier estates that were plumbed for gas.
Because Berwick is on mains gas and inside the VEU area, the typical order of works is heating and hot water first for the rebates and the running-cost drop, then solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, then the cooktop, then the gas meter abolished. We plan the whole sequence at the first inspection so nothing has to be redone.
Berwick is regular territory for our crews, and a site inspection there is usually within the week. We design every job as one system, so the solar is sized for the heat pump it will run and the switchboard is checked before the EV charger is quoted.