Solar and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle and EV charging, designed as one system and installed by our own A-Grade electricians across Spotswood, Newport and Yarraville. About 60 minutes from our depot in Somerville, rebates applied before you see the price.
Spotswood is a small suburb by the West Gate and Scienceworks, mostly workers cottages and postwar homes with a growing number of townhouses. Blocks are modest, roofs are simple and there is very little shade, which makes Spotswood straightforward for solar and quick to electrify.
Because Spotswood 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 Spotswood specifics, the fastest answer is a phone call.
No ducts, small roofs and heritage streets set the order in Spotswood: split systems and heat pump hot water first, then solar on the right roof plane, then the rest.
Most Spotswood cottages are heated by a gas wall furnace or space heater. Split systems or a multi-head replace it and give the house cooling, with the VEU discount applied. Every system is installed by our own ARC-licensed technicians.
Heat pump hot water is the easiest electrification win in Spotswood: 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.
Simple, unshaded roofs mean 3kW to 6.6kW on cottages and more on the postwar homes, with the array sized to the heat pump and splits it will run. We lodge the Solar Victoria rebate and loan and the federal battery discount for you.
Once heating and hot water are electric, the cooktop is the last gas appliance in most Spotswood kitchens and the reason the supply charge keeps arriving. We supply and install the induction cooktop and run the dedicated circuit, usually in half a day.
Induction Cooktops across MelbourneTaking a Spotswood 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 MelbourneSpotswood is mostly single phase with older switchboards. We check both before quoting a charger and set it to charge from solar first. Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on every install.
EV Chargers across MelbourneWe do the two-yearly electrical safety checks Victorian rental providers need in Spotswood, plus smoke alarm and switchboard compliance and the heating upgrades landlords are asked for. Per-property reports and tenant access handled by us.
Real Estate across MelbourneTownhouse infill and renovations are steady in Spotswood. New Victorian homes are all-electric, and we deliver the fit-out and the full electric package as one contractor.
Builders across MelbourneSomerville to Spotswood is about 60 minutes, so we plan every job to be done properly the first time.
Somerville to Spotswood is about 60 minutes, so we design the whole house at the first inspection: heating, hot water, solar, battery and switchboard, on one fixed quote.
Solar sized for the heat pump it will run, switchboard checked before the EV charger is quoted. One design for the whole Spotswood house.
Spotswood qualifies for the Victorian and federal incentives going. They are on the quote, and we do the paperwork.
REC 32300, BPC registered (132072), ARC licensed (AU 065299), SAA accredited. Every job signed off by the licensed tradesperson who did it.
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Yes. Spotswood 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.
Yes, and it is one of the cheapest homes to do. A heat pump, two or three splits and an induction cooktop is usually enough to abolish the gas meter and drop the supply charge.
Usually within the week. Our depot is in Somerville, about 60 minutes from Spotswood, 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. Newport, Yarraville 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.
