One licensed crew for solar, batteries, heating and cooling, hot water, induction and EV charging for Research homes, 70 minutes from our Somerville base. Rebates applied on the quote.
About 70 minutes from our depot, Research is hills country: bigger blocks, gums over the roof, and houses that were built for gas or wood heating. We design solar around the shade rather than pretending it is not there, and we replace a lot of ageing gas ducted systems with reverse cycle in Research and neighbouring Eltham North, Eltham and Diamond Creek.
Most Research 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.
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 Research specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
Cold winters and shaded roofs set the order in Research: reverse cycle heating first, then solar designed around the trees.
Research 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 Research, 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 MelbourneFor Research properties a heat pump hot water unit is usually the second thing we install after solar, because it turns midday generation that would otherwise be exported into the hot water you use at night. Reclaim, iStore, Emerald or Haier, VEU and STCs applied.
Hot Water Systems across MelbourneFor Research properties the electrification plan is generation first: solar and battery big enough for the house and the sheds, then the appliances that run on it. One design, one crew, every rebate applied.
Home Electrification across MelbourneEV charging on a Research block is about the cable run and the switchboard. Both are checked at the inspection and included in the fixed price. Tesla, Sigenergy or Zappi, integrated with your solar.
EV Chargers across MelbourneInduction in a Research kitchen usually means no more bottled gas at all. We supply and install the cooktop, run the circuit from the switchboard and cap or remove the gas line, with the VEU discount where eligible.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneInfill and knockdown-rebuild work is steady across Research, 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 MelbourneFor landlords and property managers in Research: mandatory electrical safety checks, compliance upgrades, pre-sale inspections and gas-to-electric appliance replacements, reported per property.
Real Estate across MelbourneSomerville to Research is about 70 minutes, which is why site inspections are quick to book and follow-ups are a phone call.
Based in Somerville, 70 minutes from Research. Inspections are quick to book, and if something needs a second look the same crew comes back.
We have worked in Research and the suburbs around it for years and can usually tell you on the phone roughly what your job will cost after rebates.
VEU, Solar Victoria rebates and loans, STCs and the federal battery discount, all applied before you see the price and lodged by us.
REC 32300, VBA registered, ARC authorised, CEC accredited. Every job signed off by the licensed tradesperson who did it.
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Yes. Research 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 Research 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 70 minutes from Research.
Usually, but shade is the issue in Research. We design panel placement from a site visit and use optimisers where trees make a difference.
All of them. Eltham North, Eltham and Diamond Creek and the rest of the Banyule and North East 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.
