The newest Officer homes were built all-electric. The 2010s estates were not. We take ducted gas heating, gas hot water and gas cooktops out of Officer homes and add the solar, battery and charger to run them, with the switchboard checked first.
Officer has two kinds of house when it comes to gas. Homes built through the 2010s mostly have a gas ducted heater in the roof, gas hot water and a gas cooktop, with an evaporative cooler or a single split for summer. Homes on the newest streets were built with no gas connection at all, so heating, hot water and cooking are already electric. Home electrification Officer style is mostly about getting the first group to where the second group started.
The good news is that the houses are young. Switchboards are modern, roofs are simple tile or Colorbond, and the gas appliances are not hidden in awkward places. Many homes are single phase and some newer builds are three phase, and either can usually carry reverse cycle, a heat pump and induction once the board has been checked. The ducted gas heater is replaced with reverse cycle on new R1.5 insulated ducts, even in a 2010s home, because gas ducting was never sized or insulated for cooling.
For the all-electric homes, the job is the other half: solar to cover a bigger evening load, a battery, a charger, and extra splits where the builder fitted only one or two. Either way we draw one plan at the first inspection, alongside our other work in Officer.
Home electrification Officer homes need depends on which side of that line the house sits. These four cover most of it, all done by our own trades.
Braemar, Mitsubishi Electric or Hisense on new R1.5 insulated ducts, typically one to two days, with upstairs and downstairs zoned on AirTouch 5. A Dominator only where ground-floor ducts cannot be reached.
Emerald, Reclaim, iStore or Haier, placed to suit a narrow side path and swapped in one day by our plumber and electrician together.
An induction cooktop on its own circuit. Once it is in, no gas appliances are left and you can stop paying for a gas connection you no longer use.
A home built without gas has a bigger evening load. Solar, a Sigenergy or GoodWe battery and a solar-first EV charger carry it, and extra splits fill the rooms the builder skipped.
The full range is on our products page.
Ducted reverse cycle on new R1.5 ducts, or split systems, in place of ducted gas or a wall furnace.
A heat pump in place of the gas storage or instantaneous unit, usually changed over in one day.
The last gas appliance in most kitchens, replaced with induction on its own circuit.
Solar and storage sized for the new electric load, with an EV charger on the same system.
None of these is in Officer. One is an all-electric home a few suburbs west, the other two are full changeovers from gas.
An all-electric house like the ones on Officer newest streets, with 13.775kW of solar, 40.3kWh of storage and a three-phase EV charger. On a 35 degree day, one of the hottest of the year, it drew almost nothing from the grid.
One team replaced the gas ducted heating, gas hot water and gas cooktop in a single job: 23.5kW ducted reverse cycle feeding 12 vents across seven AirTouch 5 zones, a Reclaim CO2 heat pump and an induction cooktop.
Heating, hot water and cooking went electric and the gas line was removed. Thirty-two Jinko panels, a 10kW Sigen hybrid inverter, 24.18kWh of SigenStor and a new flush-mount switchboard went in on one day.
Do it in stages or all together. The plan and the prices are set at the start.
First we confirm which kind of Officer house it is, and list every gas appliance if there are any.
Single or three phase, spare capacity, and anything the board needs before new circuits go on.
Often solar first so later swaps run on it, or the oldest gas appliance first if it is close to giving up.
Each swap with its own fixed price and its own discounts, so staging does not change the numbers.
Commissioned, explained and signed off with a Certificate of Electrical Safety for the electrical work.
Different parts of the house carry different incentives. We apply the ones you qualify for on each quote.
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount, around 30 percent off an approved battery with no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan now.
VEU discounts apply to both, and heat pump hot water also earns STCs. See heating and cooling in Officer.
The Solar Victoria rebate and interest-free loan cover solar panels and inverters for eligible owner-occupiers, with STCs on the panels. Induction cooktops and EV chargers have no rebate and are fixed price.
Heating, hot water, cooking, solar and charging, planned and fitted by one company.
More than 5,000 Melbourne homes started on electrification, and more than 10,000 products installed.
New R1.5 insulated ducts as standard, even in a younger home, because gas ducting was never meant for cooling.
A-Grade electricians under REC 32300, plumbers, and ARC licensed technicians under AU 065299. Nothing subcontracted.
Officer is a short run from our Somerville depot, which keeps a staged plan easy to schedule.
Live Google reviews. Look for the whole-home and off-gas jobs.
Common Officer questions. Anything else, call 0466 355 441.
Many owners swap for the cooling as much as the heating. Reverse cycle heats for around a third of the running cost of gas heating and cools properly on humid days, which an evaporative system struggles with.
Usually solar, a battery and an EV charger, plus split systems for the bedrooms the builder left out. The evening load in an all-electric home is exactly what a battery is built for.
Often, though reverse cycle, a heat pump, induction and a charger together can use up the spare space. We check it first and include any upgrade in the price.
Yes. Many households start with whichever gas appliance is oldest, or with solar, and work through the rest over a few years. The plan is drawn once, so each stage fits the next.
Not in most cases. Many single-phase homes go fully electric. We add up the load at the inspection and only suggest a supply change if it is genuinely needed.
In a gas-heated home, usually the heating, because reverse cycle runs for around a third of the cost of gas heating. A heat pump uses about a quarter of the energy of a gas storage hot water unit, so it is close behind.
One inspection of the house, the switchboard and the roof, then a written plan with a fixed price for each step. No obligation.
