Charlie Sparks works across Leichhardt every week, from Norton Street and Marion Street through the terrace streets to the Lilyfield, Annandale, Petersham and Haberfield boundaries.
Half the Leichhardt jobs we quote involve a house that is mid-renovation or about to be. That changes the sensible approach considerably. A rear extension usually adds a new roof plane with a clean orientation and no shading, which is often better solar real estate than the original front section. Cable routes that would otherwise mean lifting floors or chasing double-brick walls are open and accessible. And the switchboard is frequently being upgraded anyway, which is the expensive part of adding a battery later. Get solar into the plan at that point and you avoid paying twice for access you already have.
And because we are local, we are still here when you need a service call, a warranty claim, or a battery added down the track.
Sydney power prices keep climbing, and a renovated house with induction cooking, a heat pump and air conditioning puts more of its energy use onto the electricity bill than it used to. Solar is what keeps that shift cheap.
The federal STC incentive takes thousands off the upfront cost and comes straight off your quote. NSW battery incentives can stack on top, and we run every eligibility check and lodge the paperwork so nothing is left unclaimed.
Your own generation insulates you from retailer increases and network charges you have no say over, and it matters more once a house is fully electric with no fallback. Add a battery and the essentials keep running through an outage.
A renovation locks in how a house performs for decades. Building solar in while the walls are open is the most effective decision available at that moment, and every unit generated on your own roof is one less drawn from fossil fuel generation.
We have kept the process straightforward, with no high-pressure sales calls and no surprise charges along the way.
Our crews are through Leichhardt and the surrounding Inner West constantly, so a fault or a monitoring dropout is handled in days, not weeks. You are dealing with a local operation that answers the phone, not an interstate call centre.
Every installer on our team holds current Clean Energy Council accreditation, which is what makes your system eligible for the STC rebate, and every system is installed to AS/NZS 5033 and AS/NZS 4777 with proper isolation, labelling and handover documentation.
Slate and terracotta on the terraces, metal and membrane on rear extensions, tile on the Federation homes, we have worked across all of them. Because we are electricians as well as solar installers, we can tell you on site what your switchboard will carry and what should be done now while the walls are open.
Every electrician we send out is fully NSW-licensed and our solar installers hold current CEC accreditation. Full public liability and workers compensation cover is in place on every job from the moment we arrive.
We install equipment with a proven Australian track record: Tier 1 panels backed by local support offices, and inverters from Fronius, Sungrow, SolarEdge and GoodWe. No obscure imports that leave you stranded when a warranty claim comes up.
Our quotes are scoped properly the first time. Switchboard condition, cable routes, roof access and any coordination with other trades are all checked before we price the job, so there is no surprise extra on installation day.
We work the way tradespeople used to: straight conduit, torqued and labelled connections, a swept site, and a proper walkthrough before we leave. Call six months later with a question and you will get an answer, not voicemail.
Leichhardt sits in the middle of our Inner West service area. If your suburb is on this list, our team is already working nearby most weeks.
Most Leichhardt homes are completed in a single day. On an active building site our work is staged around the program rather than done in one visit, and slate roofs or rear-lane-only access can add time. Your quote states the timeframe clearly.
Terraces on their original footprint typically suit 5 to 6.6kW, but a rear extension often adds enough clean roof area to push that to 10kW. Size for the house you will have after the renovation, not the one you have during it. We size from your actual bills and your plans.
They are. Every installer on our team holds current Clean Energy Council accreditation, which is what makes your system eligible for the federal STC rebate and compliant with Australian standards.
Yes, and you will never see a form. The rebate comes off your quoted price before you pay anything, and we lodge the assignment paperwork on your behalf as part of every job.
Expect a 25-year performance warranty and a 10 to 15 year product warranty on Tier 1 panels, and 5 to 10 years on inverters depending on the brand, with extensions often available. Our own workmanship warranty covers the installation and any electrical work we carry out.
