Chippendale sits on the southern edge of the Sydney CBD, a tight grid of brick workers terraces running off Abercrombie St and Cleveland St. In the last decade it has filled in with new apartment developments, led by the Central Park precinct on Broadway with its towers, retail and shared spaces. Between the heritage terraces, the student housing near the University of Sydney and the cafes around Kensington St, the building stock changes block to block.
Pull the cover off a switchboard in a single-fronted terrace off Abercrombie St and there is a fair chance you find a porcelain fuse board and rubber wiring that has gone brittle, which is the first thing we flag when a buyer or new tenant calls us in. Those older terraces are where most of our rewire and RCBO upgrade work comes from, often done in stages so the household keeps power to the kitchen and fridge while we move circuit by circuit. The newer towers through the Central Park precinct on Broadway are a different job again: load-managed EV chargers in the basement, six-monthly exit and emergency light testing, and switchboard work that has to be booked around the building manager and the owners' corporation. Along Kensington St and the Spice Alley end we handle cafe and shop fit-outs, three-phase supply for kitchens, and after-hours faults so a venue is not turning customers away the next morning.
A mix of older brick workers terraces in the side streets, new apartment developments through the Central Park precinct on Broadway, and ground-floor retail and hospitality around Kensington St.
The most frequent calls from Chippendale customers cluster around:
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Overhead and underground mains, point-of-attachment work, Ausgrid connections.
Switchboard upgrades, smart-meter changeovers, defect notice rectification, power reconnections.
Power out, sparking outlet, burning smell, RCD that won't reset. We answer the phone any time.
Renovations, lighting design, smoke alarms, smart-home wiring, full rewires.
Shop fit-outs, three-phase, emergency lighting, RCD testing, ongoing maintenance.
All major EV charger brands installed (Tesla, Ocular, Fronius, Wallbox, EVSE, and more), 7kW and 22kW chargers, load assessment, three-phase upgrades.
Yes. We hold strata accounts with apartment buildings around the Central Park precinct and Broadway, covering scheduled emergency lighting testing, common-area lighting and switchboard maintenance.
Yes. We work with the owners' corporation to install a dedicated metered supply and load-managed charger, fully compliant with AS/NZS 3000.
Yes. Older workers terraces off Abercrombie St often still have perished wiring. We do full or partial rewires and fit a modern RCBO-protected switchboard.
Yes. Full commercial fit-outs including three-phase, lighting, data, exit signs, emergency lighting and CCEW.
Yes, 24/7. We are about 32 minutes from Chippendale via the Harbour Tunnel and answer the phone any time.
Yes, 6-monthly testing per AS 2293 with log books and certification.
Usually overloaded circuits or a faulty appliance; we test loads, replace the board with RCBOs and split overloaded circuits.
Yes. We handle the full Level 2 scope including service mains, point of attachment and metering.
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