One licensed crew for solar, batteries, heating and cooling, hot water, induction and EV charging for Cockatoo homes, 50 minutes from our Somerville base. Rebates applied on the quote.
Cockatoo is in the Cardinia Shire foothills, about 50 minutes from Somerville. Sloping blocks, tree cover and homes from the 70s through the 90s, most of them on ducted gas or an old wood heater. Shade is the design problem for solar here, so we spend more time on panel placement and optimisers in Cockatoo than almost anywhere else, and reverse cycle heating is the biggest win for the cold winters.
Most Cockatoo properties skip the gas conversation entirely and go straight to the question that matters: how much solar and battery does this place need to run itself. We size for the real load, including sheds and pumps, and we configure backup circuits properly because power outages are a fact of life out here.
Cockatoo 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.
Cold winters and shaded roofs set the order in Cockatoo: reverse cycle heating first, then solar designed around the trees.
Cockatoo winters are cold and a lot of the houses heat with wood or bottled gas. Reverse cycle from Braemar, Mitsubishi or Hisense heats for a fraction of the cost and cools in summer. We size it to the house, not the brochure, and the VEU discount applies.
Heating & Cooling across MelbourneShade from established trees is the design problem for solar in Cockatoo, and it is why we specify SolarEdge optimisers or careful string design here more than anywhere else. Get the layout right and the hills produce well. Batteries with backup are popular for the outages that come with the trees.
Solar & Battery across MelbourneElectric storage tanks and bottled-gas hot water are the norm in Cockatoo, and both are expensive to run. A heat pump does the same job on about a quarter of the energy, qualifies for VEU discounts and STCs, and set to run at midday it heats on the solar. One-day changeover.
Hot Water Systems across MelbourneElectrification in Cockatoo rarely starts with gas removal because there is little or none. It starts with a solar and battery system sized for the property, then heat pump hot water and reverse cycle running on it, then EV charging. We design the system as a whole so nothing is undersized later.
Home Electrification across MelbourneLonger driveways and detached carports in Cockatoo mean longer cable runs, and the older boards often need work. We quote the whole thing fixed, and with the solar and battery systems common up here the charger is set to fill the car from the roof.
EV Chargers across MelbourneBottled-gas cooktops are common in Cockatoo and induction replaces them cleanly: faster, safer, no bottles to swap. We run the dedicated circuit, fit the cooktop and remove the gas connection in half a day.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneFor builders and renovators in Cockatoo: electrical fit-out plus solar, HVAC, heat pump, induction and EV pre-wiring designed together at plan stage, from one licensed contractor.
Builders across MelbourneFor landlords and property managers in Cockatoo: mandatory electrical safety checks, compliance upgrades, pre-sale inspections and gas-to-electric appliance replacements, reported per property.
Real Estate across MelbourneWe work in Cockatoo regularly enough that most of the crew know the streets and the houses.
You call the office in Somerville, 43 km from Cockatoo, and you get the people who will actually do the job.
Solar sized for the heat pump it will run, switchboard checked before the EV charger is quoted. One design for the whole Cockatoo house.
Cockatoo qualifies for the Victorian and federal incentives going. They are on the quote, and we do the paperwork.
REC 32300, VBA registered, ARC authorised, CEC accredited. Every job signed off by the licensed tradesperson who did it.
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Yes. Cockatoo is inside the VEU area, so heat pump hot water, reverse cycle heating and cooling and induction cooktops all attract discounts, with the largest when you are replacing gas. We apply them on the quote.
Mostly not. Most Cockatoo properties run on electricity with bottled gas for cooking at most, so electrification here is about solar, battery and heat pumps rather than gas removal. We confirm what your property has at the inspection.
Usually within the week, often sooner. Our depot is in Somerville, about 50 minutes from Cockatoo.
Yes. Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow, sized to your evening load, with backup circuits configured. Solar Victoria battery rebates and loans and the federal battery discount are applied on the quote.
All of them. Emerald, Gembrook and Menzies Creek and the rest of the Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley area, and across Melbourne. See the locations page for the full list.
Tell us what you are thinking about. We will book a free site inspection and send a written quote with rebates applied. No obligation.
