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Tempe owners near the Cooks River foreshore, Unwins Bridge Road, Tempe Recreational Reserve, the Princes Highway strip and the lanes behind the railway station can claim this month’s deal. Say you saw the Tempe offer when you phone us, and we will apply it to your booking.
Tempe is mostly freestanding homes: 67.5 per cent of dwellings were separate houses in the 2021 Census, and another 26.6 per cent were semis, terraces or townhouses, with flats a small 5 per cent. Three-bedroom places make up 47.1 per cent of the stock. Streets off Unwins Bridge Road still hold Federation cottages and Californian bungalows, and a few much older survivors such as the Barden Street slab cottage. We rewire these properly with full or partial rewiring, then add circuits for rear extensions.
Commercial activity in Tempe runs along the Princes Highway: pubs like the Tempe Hotel and the Riverview, medical and dental rooms, a camera retailer and a picture framer, with light industrial units stretching north toward Sydenham and the big IKEA. We service these premises with business electrical work, fault repairs and lighting refits.
Low ground beside the Cooks River means storms here find tired junctions fast. Our same-day service handles Tempe calls such as a bungalow losing lights after heavy rain, a smoking power point in a semi near the station, or a highway shop’s main breaker refusing to reset.
Tempe families are our main clients here, and with 42.2 per cent of homes carrying a mortgage, many are young owners renovating in stages. A typical brief: swap the old ceramic fuses, run fresh circuits to a back kitchen, add LED downlights and outside lights toward the garden. As your Tempe electrician we also look after the Princes Highway shopfronts, pubs and trade units near the canal.
Geography shapes the work. The suburb sits only a few metres above the river, the Alexandra Canal marks its eastern edge, and the 1988 fire at the old Tempe Tip is still part of local memory. Homes on Hillcrest, Gannon and Station Streets often need earthing checks and moisture-damaged fittings replaced. When something fails without warning, our emergency electricians cover Tempe along with neighbouring suburbs across the Inner West.
Tempe streets mix Federation cottages with interwar Californian bungalows. We replace perished rubber cable, add earthing where it was missed and route new circuits through roof spaces without disturbing ornate ceilings.
Over a quarter of Tempe dwellings are semis or terraces. We trace cable that crosses party walls, separate shared circuits where earlier owners joined them and fit a dedicated board to each side.
Much of Tempe sits a few metres above the Cooks River. Damp subfloors and wet storms corrode outdoor fittings, so we replace them with sealed, weather-rated gear and check earthing stakes for decay.
Along the Princes Highway you find pubs, clinics, retailers and light industrial sheds. We install three-phase circuits, workshop lighting and signage feeds, and plan shutdowns outside trading hours.
Our licensed team understands Tempe housing, from brick semis along Unwins Bridge Road to Californian bungalows near the reserve, and how their original cabling tends to be routed.
One visit, one inspection, then a written fixed figure. A Fanning Street cottage and a townhouse near the railway get individual quotes because roof access and cable runs differ.
When a storm rolls up the Cooks River and trips half a house, Tempe callers get moved up our day so a family is not left sitting in the dark.
Across our 250+ customers are Tempe homeowners who found us through a neighbour at the station, a school parent at Tempe Public School or a shopkeeper along the Princes Highway.
Every circuit we wire inside a Tempe home or highway shop carries labour cover for life, including hidden work behind plaster in renovated Federation cottages.
Ring or message with your street and whether you have off-street parking or a rear lane. We then offer a Tempe booking that fits around school runs or trading hours.
First we open the board, look into the ceiling space and test circuits, then explain the findings in plain terms and send a written fixed figure before any cable is pulled.
Princes Highway traffic can be slow, so our crew plans its route around peak times and texts you if the arrival window needs moving at all.
We sweep up plaster dust, remove old cable and packaging, test every circuit, and leave your compliance certificate with a note on what changed in your Tempe home.
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Back in 2017 Spyro launched the business, and today five-plus licensed electricians spend a good share of the week between the Cooks River and Sydenham. Tempe jobs suit us well: solid family homes that deserve careful upgrades, owners who want clear answers, and a highway strip of shops and pubs that cannot afford long shutdowns. From a single outdoor light on a Barden Street verandah to a complete board change, one team handles the job from quote to certificate.
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It’s Spyro. Still on a fuse box in your Tempe cottage, or seeing lights flicker whenever rain comes off the Cooks River? Ring 02 8999 3691 and one of my licensed electricians will come round and check it properly.
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From power points and ceiling fans to full rewires and commercial fit-outs, we handle every job with care and turn up when we say we will. Book your free quote today.
The 2021 Census found 67.5 per cent of Tempe dwellings are separate houses and nearly half have three bedrooms, so boards are carrying far more than they were built for. Ceramic fuses and meter panels without residual current protection remain the most common upgrade we quote here.
Each Tempe visit ends with a CCEW lodged in your name, which is the state’s proof that our work was tested before we packed up. That matters in a century-old cottage: any original wiring we disturb gets fixed or noted on paper for you. Opening up a board also triggers the AS/NZS 3000 rule that every final subcircuit needs RCD cover, and we skip Type AC switches entirely, since new installs lost that option on 1 May 2023.
Our Tempe quotes come as a fixed figure in writing, only after we have seen the property. A single-storey bungalow near the reserve with an open roof space is quick to wire, while a two-storey semi on Unwins Bridge Road with a party wall and no ceiling access takes far longer. Inspecting first means the figure is accurate and it holds unless you add extra work.
Fuse box in a Gannon Street cottage, dim lights in a semi near the station, or a highway shop short of capacity? Dial 02 8999 3691. We inspect in Tempe, hand over one written fixed figure, and our labour on the finished work stays guaranteed for life.
Tempe homeowners, landlords, renovators and Princes Highway business owners regularly raise the following. If yours is not covered here, call us on 02 8999 3691.
Quite often. Our vans run Monday to Friday from 7am until 5:30pm, plus Saturday mornings from 7am to 2pm, and Tempe sits right on the roads we use between the city and the south. A morning phone call to 02 8999 3691 gives the best chance of a visit that afternoon. A burning smell, a hot switch or a main breaker that trips straight back is treated as urgent and moved ahead of routine bookings.
We give a firm figure only once we have seen the work. In Tempe, a new power circuit in a bungalow with easy roof access is straightforward, whereas the same job in a two-storey semi with a shared brick wall takes much more time. After the inspection you get a written fixed price, and it changes only if you ask for something extra.
In most cases, yes. Many Tempe homes are Federation or interwar builds that have been patched by different electricians over decades. We commonly find ceramic fuses with oversized wire, perished rubber insulation, missing earths and no residual current protection. We test every circuit, show you which parts are sound and which are risky, and quote a switchboard upgrade that suits the house and your plans.
It can. Tempe is low-lying along the river, with the suburb only a few metres above water level in places. Damp subfloors, humid air and heavy storms corrode outdoor fittings, junction boxes and earth stakes faster than on higher ground. We fit sealed, weather-rated outdoor gear, check earthing resistance and recommend moving vulnerable connections out of subfloors where practical.
Yes, it is one of our most frequent jobs here. With 26.6 per cent of Tempe homes being semis or terraces, many owners add a kitchen, bathroom or living area at the back. We plan the circuits with your builder, confirm the board has capacity, run cable before plastering and fit lights, power points and exhaust fans once the rooms are finished.
They shape how the work looks rather than stopping it. Tempe has listed items such as the timber slab cottage in Barden Street and Nelson Lodge on Unwins Bridge Road. Internal rewiring is usually allowed, but we keep new meter boxes, conduits and external lights discreet and avoid damaging original joinery. Check with Inner West Council if you are unsure about approvals for your property.
Usually. Tempe households average about 1.4 vehicles, and plenty of houses have a driveway, carport or rear lane that suits a wall charger. We measure how much headroom the existing board has, lay a separate cable from it to where the car parks, and fix the unit somewhere sheltered from rain. If the board is too old or full, we explain that upgrade first.
We do. The highway strip includes pubs, medical rooms, retailers and light industrial units, many in older buildings with limited capacity. We add circuits for new equipment, replace failing lighting with efficient fittings, fit exit and emergency lights, and plan noisy or disruptive work before opening or after closing so customers are not affected.
Every storey needs an alarm that works. Once a tenant reports a fault, the landlord has two business days to fix it, and no alarm may stay in service past ten years from its date stamp. Hard-wired units need a licensed electrician. About a quarter of Tempe homes are rented, so we do regular landlord visits to replace expired smoke alarms and leave dated records for your agent.
All of Tempe 2044, including the Princes Highway, Unwins Bridge Road, Station, Gannon, Fanning and Barden Streets, Tempe Recreational Reserve, Mackay Park and the Cooks River foreshore. We also work every week in Sydenham, St Peters, Marrickville, Mascot, Enmore, Alexandria, Dulwich Hill and Newtown.
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