South eastern Melbourne · REC 29126
A licensed electrical contractor working across Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. Switchboards and rewiring, EV chargers, split systems, smoke alarms, CCTV, fault finding, and taking a whole house off gas.
Every job is priced in writing before we start, carried out by the electrician who quoted it, and handed over with a Certificate of Electrical Safety and a labelled board schedule.
01 / Services
Residential and small commercial. We keep the job list narrow on purpose — it means the person who quotes your job is the person who does it.
Old ceramic fuses and shared RCDs weren't built for the load a modern house puts through them. We work out what the property actually draws, replace the board with individually protected circuits, and upgrade the mains where the supply can't keep up.
Supply and install, or install a charger you've already bought. The part most people get caught out by is capacity — we check whether your supply can carry a charger at full output and tell you before you commit to a unit.
Reverse cycle units sized to the room rather than to the cheapest box on the shelf. We supply the units ourselves, so there's one price and one person to call if anything goes wrong, or we'll fit one you've already bought. Either way we handle the electrical and the install, including the runs nobody wants to do — through roof cavities, around heritage cornices, up to a second storey.
Nuisance tripping, flickering lights, hot switches, a circuit that's dead for no obvious reason. We test methodically to find the actual cause rather than swapping parts until it stops — and we tell you what we found.
From a single room to a full rewire of a period home. We'd rather sit down with the plans early — lighting layouts and outlet positions are cheap to change on paper and expensive to change once the plaster is on.
Smoke alarms have a use-by date — ten years from the date stamped inside — and most people have never looked. We replace expired units, add alarms where the building code says there should be one, and interconnect them so a fire at the back of the house wakes the people at the front.
Cameras are only worth having if the footage is worth watching. We spend the time on camera positions — faces at head height, plates at the driveway, every way in covered — then run proper cabling to a recorder on site, so the system keeps working whether or not the internet is. Homes and small commercial premises both.
Shops, cafés, studios, clinics, childcare centres and warehouses. We work around opening hours and keep the site presentable, because your customers are usually still walking past while we're in there.
Taking a home fully electric is one project with an order of operations, not four separate trades. We start at the switchboard, size it for the finished house, then bring the gas appliances across all at once or in stages, so nothing is installed twice.
02 / About
I'm James, and NPJ Electrical Services is my business. I started it in 2019 after years on the tools, and I've now been in the trade for 12 years. I hold an A Grade licence, and NPJ is a Registered Electrical Contractor (REC 29126).
I run it the way I'd want a tradie to treat my own home: a fixed price in writing before we start, the site left clean every day, and a Certificate of Electrical Safety when we're done. On larger jobs I bring in licensed subcontractors I trust, and I stay responsible for every job from start to finish.
03 / How we work
The same process whether it's a single power point or a full rewire.
For anything beyond a simple repair we attend in person. Quoting a switchboard from a photo helps nobody.
Itemised, in writing, with what's included and what isn't. If we hit something genuinely unforeseen, you hear about it before we proceed.
Arriving when we said, drop sheets down, dust managed, and the site left clean at the end of every day — not just the last one.
Certificate of Electrical Safety, a labelled board schedule, test results, and warranty details. Filed, not verbal.
04 / Standards
The person who quotes your job is the person who does it. Nothing gets lost between a salesperson and a subcontractor.
Quoted in writing and itemised. Variations are agreed in advance, never added to the final invoice as a surprise.
Certificate of Electrical Safety, board schedule, and test results for every job. It matters at sale time and at insurance time.
Drop sheets, dust control, and cable runs planned to minimise patching. We work in occupied homes constantly and behave accordingly.
Backed in writing, on top of the manufacturer's warranty on anything we supply.
I had an excellent experience working with James. His expertise, professionalism, and attention to detail was outstanding. He completed the job efficiently and took the time to explain his process, ensuring I understood every step. He communicated clearly and consistently from start to finish. I highly recommend James for any electrical needs and will definitely be reaching out again in the future!
05 / Coverage
We're based in Melbourne's south east and work right across it, from the bayside suburbs through to the outer south east. If you're just outside this list, ask — we often are.
06 / Questions
Sometimes, and it depends on the finished load rather than the charger alone. A house with gas cooking and gas hot water often has room for a 7kW charger as-is. A fully electric house with an induction cooktop, heat pump and three split systems usually doesn't. We do a capacity check before quoting so you know either way before you buy a unit.
A typical three-bedroom period home runs one to two weeks depending on access and how much of the floor and ceiling we can get into. Most clients stay put. We stage the work room by room so you always have power and lighting where you're sleeping and cooking, and we agree the sequence with you before day one.
Yes, and most people do. The usual approach is to upgrade the switchboard and mains first, then replace each gas appliance as it reaches the end of its life. We design for the finished house from the start, so circuits are run once and staged work doesn't cost you more overall.
We coordinate it. The abolishment itself is done by a licensed gas fitter and your retailer, and we make sure it happens in the right order — after everything is running on electricity, and not before. Once it's done, the gas standing charge stops appearing on your bill.
Yes. NPJ Electrical Services is a Registered Electrical Contractor, REC 29126, with full public liability cover, and we issue a Certificate of Electrical Safety for every job. Our licence and ABN are in the footer and on every quote we send.
Quotes for planned work — switchboards, EV chargers, splits, rewires and electrification — are free and given in writing after we've been on site. Fault finding is charged, because the diagnosis is the work; we'll tell you the call-out rate on the phone before we book anything in.
Call us and we'll tell you honestly. Genuine safety issues — burning smells, hot switchboards, exposed conductors — get priority over scheduled work. If we can't get to you quickly enough, we'll say so rather than leave you waiting.
07 / Contact
The more detail you give us here, the more accurate the first conversation is. We reply to every enquiry.
