One licensed crew for solar, batteries, heating and cooling, hot water, induction and EV charging across Highett and Moorabbin and Cheltenham. About 40 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
Highett is City of Kingston bayside, about 40 minutes from our Somerville depot along the Nepean Highway. The housing is older and more varied than the outer suburbs: interwar and 1950s homes, plenty of them renovated and extended, on generous blocks with good roof area. Gas heating is near universal in the originals, and heritage or neighbourhood character overlays affect where panels can go on some streets, which we check before quoting.
The gas heater and the hot water unit are where a Highett home's energy money goes, and both are in the Victorian Energy Upgrades area, so replacing them attracts VEU discounts on top of the running-cost saving. Ducted reverse cycle usually connects to the existing ducts, and a heat pump hot water unit goes in on the same day the old tank comes out. Solar Victoria rebates and loans cover the panels and battery that follow.
Everything on this page is done by Powerband employees, not subcontractors, and quoted as a fixed after-rebate price after a free site inspection. For the full picture of how we stage a house off gas, see home electrification; for Highett specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
Big roofs and high evening usage put solar and battery first in Highett, with the gas heating swap close behind.
Large roofs and high evening usage make Highett a strong battery suburb. We check heritage and character overlays before designing panel placement, specify salt-rated hardware for the bayside air, and size the battery to your actual usage. Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow, with all rebates lodged.
Solar & Battery across MelbourneReplacing a 20-plus-year-old ducted gas heater with a Braemar or Mitsubishi reverse cycle unit on the existing ducts is the job we do most in Highett. The house gets cooling for the first time, the gas bill drops and the VEU discount comes off the install. Where ducts are not practical, split systems from Panasonic, Mitsubishi or Haier cover the living areas and bedrooms.
Heating & Cooling across MelbourneWe plan the whole switch for a Highett home from one site inspection: what goes first for the fastest payback, what the solar needs to be sized for once the gas appliances are electric, and when the meter comes off. One crew for all of it.
Home Electrification across MelbourneHeat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in Highett: one visit, old gas or electric tank out, Reclaim or iStore heat pump in, gas capped, VEU discount and STCs on the quote. Timed to run through the middle of the day it heats almost entirely on solar.
Hot Water Systems across MelbourneOlder Highett homes often need a switchboard check before a charger, and detached garages can mean a longer cable run. We quote it all as one fixed price and integrate the charger with your solar so the car fills from the roof.
EV Chargers across MelbourneOnce heating and hot water are electric, the cooktop is the last gas appliance in most Highett kitchens and the reason the supply charge keeps arriving. We supply and install the induction cooktop, run the dedicated circuit and cap the gas, usually in half a day, with the VEU discount applied.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneHighett has a steady rental market, and we do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need, smoke alarm and switchboard compliance, and the heat pump and split system upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneInfill and knockdown-rebuild work is steady across Highett, and new Victorian homes are all-electric. We provide the electrical fit-out and the complete electric package for builders as one contractor, priced from the plans.
Builders across MelbourneSomerville to Highett is about 40 minutes, which is why site inspections are quick to book and follow-ups are a phone call.
Based in Somerville, 40 minutes from Highett. Inspections are quick to book, and if something needs a second look the same crew comes back.
We have worked in Highett and the suburbs around it for years and can usually tell you on the phone roughly what your job will cost after rebates.
Highett qualifies for the Victorian and federal incentives going. They are on the quote, and we do the paperwork.
Electrical, refrigeration and plumbing for hot water all done by Powerband employees. No subcontractors, and the same faces from quote to handover.
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Yes. Highett 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.
Usually the ducted heater or the hot water unit, whichever is older. Both carry the largest running costs and the largest VEU discounts, and both are one-visit jobs.
Usually within the week, often sooner. Our depot is in Somerville, about 40 minutes from Highett.
Nearly all of them. A standard Highett home takes 6.6kW to 10kW comfortably, and larger blocks take more. We size to your usage and to whatever gas appliances you are replacing.
All of them. Moorabbin, Cheltenham and Hampton East and the rest of the Bayside and Inner South 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.
