Edwardian roofs with chimneys and valleys, 1950s tile, and compact townhouse roofs all need a different layout. We design each one properly, fit the battery where the block allows, and can swap the gas cooktop for induction on the same job. SAA accredited, with our own A-Grade electricians.
Mordialloc sits where the creek meets the bay, and the housing has been built and rebuilt for more than a century. An Edwardian or a Californian bungalow can stand beside a 1950s brick house, and both can back onto a set of three new townhouses. For solar, that means the roof next door tells you nothing about your own.
Period roofs are the interesting ones. They have more faces, steeper pitches, chimneys that throw a moving shadow, and terracotta tiles that have been up there a long time. The panel count on any one face is modest, so the design is about using several faces well and keeping each clear of shade. Townhouse roofs are the opposite problem: simple, modern and small, sometimes with a box gutter or a skylight in the best spot. The 1950s and 60s homes in between, with plain hipped tile roofs, are the easy ones.
Our written-up Mordialloc job was one of those tile roofs. It took 28 Jinko panels for 13.3kW, with 24.96kWh of GoodWe storage on the southern wall beside the switchboard, and the gas cooktop came out for induction while we were there. Closer to the beach we add salt-rated mounting and outdoor gear. See everything we do in Mordialloc.
Four parts of the job that change most from one Mordialloc house to the next.
Jinko and Aiko panels set out across several faces, kept back from chimneys, valleys and hips. We look at the condition of old terracotta before anything is fixed to it, and all-black panels are available where the array faces the street. If a face is not worth using, we leave it bare.
A smaller roof still earns its keep when the panels are efficient and the battery captures what they make. We work around skylights and box gutters, and for two and three-level townhouses we bring the access gear the height needs.
Older Mordialloc homes often have no garage, and townhouse garages are tight. The battery usually goes on a shaded side or southern wall next to the switchboard, as it did on our Mordialloc job. GoodWe, Sigenergy, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow are all options.
An induction cooktop needs its own dedicated circuit, and a period home's switchboard may need replacing before it takes a battery, let alone a cooktop. Doing the board, the battery and the cooktop circuit in one visit saves paying for the same work twice.
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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.
One job in Mordialloc and two from a little further down the bay.
28 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a tile roof, a 15kW GoodWe inverter, GoodWe storage on the southern wall beside the switchboard, and the gas cooktop replaced with induction on its own circuit.
In Chelsea, 26 Jinko Tiger Neo panels across two planes of a tile roof, with a Sigenergy hybrid inverter and a 16.12kWh SigenStor battery.
A smaller roof used well: 16 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a double-storey tin roof in Chelsea Heights, with 24.96kWh of GoodWe storage and a 7kW GoodWe EV charger in the garage. No switchboard upgrade was needed.
On an older or smaller roof, the design is the job.
Every face is measured. We note the pitch, the tile type and condition, chimneys, skylights and anything that casts shade.
A wall that is shaded, close to the switchboard and clear of windows and gas fittings as the rules require.
You see the panels drawn on your roof, face by face, with the expected output and one price after discounts.
We lodge the network application and rebate paperwork, and give you drawings if an owners corporation needs to sign off.
Panels, inverter, battery and any cooktop circuit by our own crew, then app setup and the Certificate of Electrical Safety.
Our Mordialloc job used the Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan on the solar. Here is what each program covers.
A rebate and an interest-free loan for eligible owner-occupiers, on solar panels and inverters only. Eligibility depends on the household and the property. It does not extend to batteries or cooktops.
The Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent off an approved battery, with no income test. This is the only battery incentive now: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025.
Small-scale technology certificates reduce the price of the solar panels at the point of sale. They apply to a small townhouse system as much as a large one.
Half an hour up the Nepean Highway from our Somerville depot, and worth the drive for work done properly.
A panel in the shadow of a chimney earns little and can hold back the rest of its string. We would sooner quote fewer panels that all work.
Our own A-Grade electricians do the lot, so the switchboard is built once for everything going onto it.
Accredited through Solar Accreditation Australia and a New Energy Tech Approved Seller. Nothing is subcontracted.
Solar and induction leave heating as the main gas appliance in most Mordialloc homes. We size the system knowing that load is coming. See heating and cooling in Mordialloc.
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Terracotta, usually yes, once we have checked the tiles are sound enough to work on. Slate is assessed case by case and some slate roofs are better left alone. We look at the roof in person and tell you which faces we will and will not use.
It will shade something at some time of day. We plot where the shadow falls through the year and keep panels out of it, or wire that face separately so it cannot drag the others down.
In most cases, yes. A compact array with a battery can cover a large share of an efficient townhouse's use. Our Chelsea Heights job put 7.6kW and a 24.96kWh battery on a double-storey home.
If the roof or the wall is common property, yes. If you own your roof outright, usually not, but check your plan of subdivision. We provide the layout and equipment details to support an application.
On an outside wall that is shaded and close to the switchboard, with the clearances the rules require. On our Mordialloc job it went on the southern wall down the side of the house.
Yes. We run a dedicated circuit and fit the induction cooktop in the same visit, which is what we did in Mordialloc. Incentives such as VEU do not apply to cooktops, so that part is priced as a straightforward install.
We inspect the roof and the switchboard, then send a drawn layout, the battery position, the brands and one price after discounts. No obligation.
