Split-level homes, hip-and-valley roofs and tall trees towards Olivers Hill and Sweetwater Creek. These roofs need designing face by face. We do that, add a battery sized for the house, and install it with our own A-Grade electricians.
Cross from Frankston into Frankston South and the land starts to tilt. The blocks fall away towards Sweetwater Creek or climb towards Olivers Hill, and the houses were built to suit: split-levels stepping down the slope, two-storey homes dug into the high side, roofs with hips, valleys and short faces pointing in four or five directions. Add fifty years of tree growth and you have a suburb where a standard panel layout rarely fits.
None of that rules solar out. It means the design is done properly before anyone quotes a number. We check each face for size, pitch and the hours of clear sun it gets, then spread the array across the ones that earn their place and wire them so a shaded face in the morning does not limit a clear one. On the Frankston South system we have written up, that came to 30 panels and 13.72kW, with a 40.3kWh battery, installed in one day.
Two more things come up on nearly every visit. The homes are 1960s to 1980s builds, so the switchboard is often original and sometimes in an odd place: that job had it inside a wardrobe. And these are houses people care about the look of, which is why all-black panels are a common request. More about our local work is on the Frankston South page.
What goes on a Frankston South home, and the decisions behind each part.
Jinko Tiger Neo and Aiko panels divided between several faces, each group wired on its own so east, north and west faces all contribute at their best time of day. On a hip-and-valley tile roof this recovers space a simple layout would leave empty.
Black cells, black frame and black backing, so the array reads as part of the roof from the street. Our Frankston South install used 30 all-black Jinko panels. Output is close to the standard panel, and we show you both on the layout.
Bigger houses with more people in them use more power after dark. Sigenergy SigenStor in stacked modules is the usual choice, with GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow available. The battery goes in the garage or on a sheltered wall, with the cable route to the switchboard planned first.
A board in a wardrobe, a hallway cupboard or under the stairs is normal in homes of this age. We either upgrade it where it is or relocate what needs to move, and leave space for the circuits that follow, such as an EV charger or reverse cycle heating.
The full range is on our products page.
Tier-one panels with 25-year performance warranties, laid out for the roof faces you have.
Hybrid and string inverters, chosen so a battery can join the system now or later.
Home batteries sized to the evening peak, with backup circuits set up for outages.
Home chargers wired into the same system and set to charge from your solar first.
Our Frankston South install, a difficult roof in Mount Eliza and a switchboard job in Frankston.
A stock shortage meant switching to Jinko all-blacks and adding two panels to hit the target, 30 in all. A 12kW single-phase Sigenergy inverter and five SigenStor modules sit in the garage, five metres of cable from the switchboard in the wardrobe.
Next door in Mount Eliza, cathedral ceilings made for a large, complicated rooftop that the owner describes as difficult to work with. We fitted 12.35kW of Jinko Tiger Neo and 24.18kWh of Sigenergy storage in one day, with no conduit on show.
Down the hill in Frankston, 26 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels, a GoodWe inverter and four GoodWe battery modules. The old switchboard was replaced with a new one that has room to spare.
A sloping block and a complicated roof are planned for in advance, so install day runs to time.
We look at the roof from the ground and above, note the trees and the slope, and find the switchboard and a battery position.
Every usable face is measured and checked for shade. You get a layout showing which faces are used and what each contributes.
Steep driveways, high gutters on the downhill side and split-level roofs all affect how we set up safely. This is sorted before the day.
One after-discount price, then we lodge the network application and any Solar Victoria paperwork.
Panels, inverter, battery and switchboard work by our own crew, then monitoring set up and backup tested with you.
Eligibility for the state program depends on the household and the property, so we check before quoting.
For eligible owner-occupiers, covering solar panels and inverters. Our Frankston South customer used the rebate and financed with the loan. Neither covers a battery: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025.
Small-scale technology certificates on the panels, taken off at the point of sale whatever your income or property value.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery through Cheaper Home Batteries, with no income test. On a large battery it makes a real difference to the total.
On an easy roof most installers get a decent result. Frankston South is where the design and the workmanship show.
The system size comes out of the roof study. You are not sold a number and then told it does not fit.
All-black panels where you want them, cable runs kept out of sight where the building allows, and a battery position chosen with the look of the house in mind.
The same company installs reverse cycle heating and EV chargers, so the solar is sized with them in mind. See heating and cooling in Frankston South.
SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, own A-Grade electricians, and a depot 11 minutes away in Somerville.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. You will get an electrician, not a salesperson.
In most cases, yes. Several smaller faces can add up to a full-size system when each is wired to work independently. We measure them all and show you the total before you decide.
Enough that we check them first. Shade that crosses one face for an hour is managed in the design. A face shaded most of the day is left empty, and we tell you that plainly.
Slightly less per panel than the standard version in some models, and the difference is small. Many Frankston South owners choose them for the look. The layout shows the output either way.
It takes more planning for access and safety, and we allow for that in the quote. It does not stop the job. Our Frankston South install was completed in one day.
Not always. We check its condition and capacity. Some boards are upgraded in place and others need work to take a battery safely. Any of that is included in the fixed price.
No. The Solar Victoria battery loan and rebate closed in 2025. The loan and rebate are for solar panels and inverters. Batteries receive the federal discount of around 30 percent.
A site visit and a face-by-face roof design, then a written quote with the layout, battery, brands and after-discount price. No obligation.
