Solar and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle and EV charging, designed as one system and installed by our own A-Grade electricians across Seddon, Yarraville and Footscray. About 60 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
Seddon is a tight grid of Victorian and Edwardian weatherboard cottages around the Charles Street shops, most on narrow frontages with a lean-to kitchen out the back and a heritage overlay over much of the suburb. The typical house we see has a gas space heater in the front room, a gas storage hot water unit by the back door and a switchboard that has not been touched since the 1970s.
Because Seddon is on mains gas and inside the VEU area, the usual order of works is heating and hot water first for the rebates and the running-cost drop, then solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, then the cooktop, then the gas meter abolished. The west also runs hotter in summer than the bay and eastern suburbs, so the reverse cycle system that replaces the gas heater earns its keep twice a year.
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 our home electrification page; for Seddon specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
No ducts, small roofs and heritage streets set the order in Seddon: split systems and heat pump hot water first, then solar on the right roof plane, then the rest.
Very few Seddon cottages have ducts, so the upgrade is a high-wall split in the living area and small splits or a multi-head system for the bedrooms. Outdoor units go down the side path or on a bracket where they will not be seen from the street. Installed by our ARC-licensed technicians, with the VEU discount on the quote.
Heat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in Seddon: one visit, old gas or electric tank out, Reclaim, iStore or Emerald 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.
Seddon roofs are small and often split by chimneys, and where the heritage overlay applies we keep panels off the street-facing plane. A 3kW to 6.6kW array on the rear roof is typical, and a battery makes sense once the heating and hot water are electric. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
The induction swap is the smallest job on this page and the one that finally lets a Seddon home cancel the gas account. Dedicated circuit, cooktop supplied or yours installed, gas capped by our plumber.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneTaking a Seddon home off gas is a sequence, not a single job: heating and hot water for the biggest savings, solar and a battery sized to the new electric load, induction last, then the gas meter abolished so the supply charge stops. We plan it at one inspection and quote each step with its rebates.
Home Electrification across MelbourneMost Seddon cottages are single phase with no off-street parking, so we look at whether a charger can reach a rear lane or carport before quoting. Where it can, it is a dedicated circuit and a charger set to solar-first. Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on every install.
EV Chargers across MelbourneSeddon has plenty of rented cottages, and we do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need, smoke alarm and switchboard compliance, and the split system and heat pump upgrades that help with minimum rental standards. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneSeddon work is mostly renovations and rear extensions. We rewire, upgrade the board and install the full electric package during the build so the house comes out the other side off gas.
Builders across MelbourneWe are not the closest electrician to Seddon. We aim to be the one that does the whole job, once, for a fixed price.
You call the office in Somerville and get the people who will actually do the job in Seddon, not a call centre that passes it on.
Electrical, refrigeration and plumbing for hot water all done by Powerband employees. No subcontractors, and the same faces from quote to handover.
Seddon qualifies for every Victorian and federal incentive going. All of them are on the quote before you see it, and we lodge the paperwork.
Switchboard upgrades and duct replacement are priced into the quote after the site inspection, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
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Yes. Seddon is inside the VEU area, so heat pump hot water and reverse cycle heating and cooling both attract discounts, with the largest when you are replacing gas. We apply them on the quote.
Not usually, but they shape where the panels go. On a heritage-overlay cottage we keep the array off the street-facing roof, and we check with the City of Maribyrnong before quoting if a permit might be needed.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 60 minutes from Seddon, and we plan western suburbs inspections so the drive does not hold your job up.
Most take 3kW to 6.6kW on a rear-facing plane, which is enough to run a heat pump and split systems through the day. The battery mounts on a wall, so it needs no roof at all.
All of them. Yarraville, Footscray and Kingsville and the rest of Melbourne's western suburbs, 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.
