Original houses and what goes in behind them
There is no new land here, so the building that happens is behind and beside houses that are already standing. How the supply gets split when that happens is worth getting right the first time.
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Your Local Electrician in Newcomb 3219
Newcomb sits about 3 km south-east of Geelong, next to East Geelong, with Eastern Park running down toward the bay on one side. It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, and there is no travel time on the bill for it.
We cover the whole of 3219, and East Geelong, Whittington, Thomson and the rest of Geelong with it.
No call out fee, a fixed price agreed before anything starts, and a lifetime workmanship warranty. REC 346464.
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Electrical Work in Newcomb
From an original board in a three bedroom house to a supply for a unit built behind it. Here is what we do most in Newcomb.
Why Newcomb locals choose us
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We come out, look at it and price it. That visit costs you nothing.
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If our work is not right we come back and put it right at no charge. No expiry.
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Electrician Newcomb FAQ
Do you actually cover Newcomb?
Yes. It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, and there is no travel time on the bill for it. There is no call out fee and no distance loading.
Which parts of Newcomb do you cover?
All of it, the whole 3219 postcode, and the neighbouring towns with it. Across the whole of it, and nowhere in Newcomb is far enough from us to be worth charging you extra for.
How quickly can you get to Newcomb?
It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, and there is no travel time on the bill for it. We do not promise a set response time, but you get a straight answer on the phone and a time on the day rather than an all day window.
Is there anything particular about the housing here?
Two things, and they pull in opposite directions. The suburb is essentially a 1955 to 1975 creation that grew when Alcoa opened at Point Henry in 1963, so the original housing is mid-century and three bedrooms is far and away the most common size. But Newcomb has no room left to expand, so what is happening now is subdivision behind and around existing houses. Between 2016 and 2021 the dwelling count rose while the suburb got no bigger. That means a lot of the work here is either an old board in an original house, or a new supply to something built on the back of one.
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Suburbs near Newcomb we also cover
East Geelong, Whittington, Thomson, St Albans Park, Moolap, Breakwater, Geelong, South Geelong, Newtown and Belmont. See the full service area.
About Newcomb
Newcomb was West Maloop until 1956, when the local progress association asked for it to be renamed after Caroline Newcomb, a pioneer pastoralist of the Drysdale district. The post office opened in 1962 as the suburb was going up.
Its growth was industrial in origin. The suburb expanded rapidly through the 1960s, particularly as heavy industry established at nearby Point Henry, with Alcoa arriving in 1963. The institutions date the housing precisely: primary school in 1959, Anglican church in 1962, Catholic church in 1964, a Catholic school in 1965 and the high school in 1969.
It peaked early. The population was 5,412 in 1981 and 4,704 at the 2021 census, so it is smaller now than it was forty years ago. There is no capacity for new estates, and what building happens is subdivision: flats and units going up behind existing houses or replacing them.
That shows in the numbers. At the 2021 census about one dwelling in six was an attached unit or townhouse, up from 2016, while the suburb itself did not grow outward. Three-bedroom homes make up nearly six in ten occupied dwellings, and the rental share is above forty per cent, well above the state average. The council identifies Newcomb among the suburbs with a significant concentration of social housing.
The practical version for a Newcomb owner: if the house is original to the suburb and the board has never been changed, that is the first job and everything else depends on it.
If you are building or buying a unit behind an existing house, how the supply was split matters. It is worth checking before the plans are final rather than after.
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