South eastern Melbourne · REC 29126
Rewiring older homes in Melbourne's south east.
Old rubber or cloth-insulated wiring, too few power points, lights on the same circuit as everything else. We rewire older homes and renovations properly, staged so you can keep living there, and hand over a home that's safe, labelled and ready for modern appliances.
01 / The job
Safe, modern wiring, without wrecking the house.
Many older Melbourne homes still run on wiring that was never meant for today's load: rubber or cloth insulation that has gone brittle, no earth on some circuits, and a handful of power points feeding everything through double adaptors. A rewire replaces it with new cabling, properly sized circuits and safety switch protection on every one.
The best time to rewire is when the walls and ceilings are already open. If you're renovating, bring us in at the start: we run the cabling while the frame is exposed, which saves patching and cost, and lets you put power points, lights and data exactly where you want them.
Period and heritage buildings need extra care. We plan cable routes to keep damage to original plaster, cornices and timber to a minimum, and we talk you through the options before anything is cut.
What a rewire includes
- New cabling to lights, power points and appliances
- A new switchboard with every circuit on its own RCBO
- Extra power points, USB outlets and data where you need them
- Hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms
- Testing, a labelled board and a Certificate of Electrical Safety
Signs it's time
- Rubber, cloth or very old TPS wiring in the roof space
- Ceramic fuses or no safety switch
- Lights that dim or flicker when appliances start
- Not enough power points, and adaptors everywhere
- A renovation, extension or sale coming up
“They fixed the defects identified by United Energy at the front of our 100-year-old building. James came up with clever ways to run the wiring with minimal impact, and treated the building as though it were his own home.”
02 / How we work
Four steps, no surprises.
The same process whether it's a single power point or a full rewire.
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STEP 01
We come and look
For anything beyond a simple repair we attend in person. Quoting a switchboard from a photo helps nobody.
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STEP 02
You get a fixed price
Itemised, in writing, with what's included and what isn't. If we hit something genuinely unforeseen, you hear about it before we proceed.
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STEP 03
We do the work
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.
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STEP 04
You get the documentation
Certificate of Electrical Safety, a labelled board schedule, test results, and warranty details. Filed, not verbal.
03 / Coverage
Where we work.
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.
- Malvern
- Caulfield
- Carnegie
- Bentleigh
- Brighton
- Hampton
- Sandringham
- Mentone
- Cheltenham
- Moorabbin
- Mordialloc
- Oakleigh
- Clayton
- Mount Waverley
- Glen Waverley
- Mulgrave
- Springvale
- Noble Park
- Keysborough
- Dandenong
- Narre Warren
- Berwick
- Frankston
04 / Questions
Rewiring questions.
How long does a full rewire take, and can we stay in the house?
A typical three-bedroom period home takes 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.
Will a rewire damage my walls and ceilings?
We plan cable routes through the roof space and under the floor to keep cutting to a minimum, and in most homes only small access holes are needed. If you're already renovating, we run everything while the frame is open, so there's nothing to patch.
Do I need a new switchboard as well?
Usually, yes. An older board with ceramic fuses can't give each new circuit its own safety switch protection. We quote the board and the rewire together so you know the full price up front.
Do you charge for quotes?
Quotes for planned work, including rewires, are free and given in writing after we've been on site.
05 / Also
Other work we do.
See photos of recent jobs on our recent work page.
06 / Contact
Tell us about the job.
The more detail you give us here, the more accurate the first conversation is. We reply to every enquiry.
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- Phone
- 0414 157 006
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- Email
- info@npjelectrical.com
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- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7am – 4pm
After hours and weekends by arrangement -
- Registered electrical contractor
- REC 29126