Crows Nest packs a lot into a small footprint on the Lower North Shore. The Willoughby Rd strip runs through the middle, lined with cafes, restaurants and small shops, while apartment towers and older walk-up blocks sit on the streets around it and the Pacific Highway. Add the office space near the new Crows Nest Metro station and you get a dense, busy patch where homes, hospitality and commercial tenancies all sit on top of each other. That mix means we move between strata jobs, shop fit-outs and apartment refits, often on the same street.
A lot of the residential work here comes from the brick walk-up blocks on streets like Hayberry and Shirley, where the building's meters and mains often sit in a shared cupboard off the entry stairs, so any switchboard or RCBO upgrade means booking access through the owners' corporation before we lift a screwdriver. We fit out the cafes and restaurants along Willoughby Rd, run three-phase to kitchen exhaust and cooking lines, and wire the office tenancies near the Metro station with power, data and LED lighting. Basement EV charger installs in the apartment carparks are steady, almost always needing a dedicated metered supply and load management tied back to the building's main board. The hospitality strip also means a fair share of after-hours fault calls, since a tripped board on a Friday night stops a kitchen trading mid-service.
A dense mix of apartment buildings and older walk-up blocks wrapped around the Willoughby Rd retail and hospitality strip, with office space and commercial tenancies running along the Pacific Highway and near the Metro station.
The most frequent calls from Crows Nest 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 Willoughby Rd and the Pacific Highway, covering common-area lighting, emergency exit light testing and switchboard maintenance.
Yes. We work with the owners' corporation to install a dedicated metered supply and a load-managed charger, fully compliant with AS/NZS 3000.
Yes. Full hospitality and retail fit-outs including three-phase, kitchen exhaust circuits, lighting, data, exit signs, emergency lighting and CCEW.
Yes. We handle office fit-outs and refurbishments, covering power, data, LED lighting, emergency and exit lighting, and three-phase distribution where needed.
Yes. We replace it with a modern RCBO-protected board and coordinate access through strata if the meter is in a common area.
Yes, 24/7. We are about 22 minutes from Crows Nest via Warringah Rd and answer the phone any time of day or night.
Yes, 6-monthly testing per AS 2293 with log books and certification for apartment blocks and commercial premises.
Yes. We handle the full Level 2 scope including service mains, point of attachment and metering, and we coordinate the connection with Ausgrid.
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