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Luke did a great job and was very flexible and understanding of our needs. He listened and was very helpful in explaining answers to our questions. I would highly recommend his work.
Luke was on time, considerate upon entering the house, and has a pleasant, friendly manner. He also gave excellent advice and suggestions/options for solving the problem, without "pushing" for one or the other. NEXTPOINT Electrics is to be highly recommended.
Luke at NextPoint was fantastic. Arrived on time both times he's done work, texted first to say he was on his way. Very quick, efficient and tidy with both jobs and a great guy to deal with. Highly recommend and will definitely use him again.
Luke was super efficient and communication on point. Came around the next day to quote for all ceiling fans replaced and was all done in less than a week. Highly recommend Luke and Nextpoint Electrics!
Absolutely terrific to work with. Luke’s professional manner coupled with friendliness, all the while keeping us updated on progress. Have no hesitation in recommending Luke.
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Across Geelong, no distance loading
Newtown sits on one of the highest points of urban Geelong, immediately west of the centre, with the Barwon River curving around it and Queens Park on its western side. We come up from Ocean Grove, which is a straightforward run, and there is no travel time on the bill for it.
We cover the whole of 3220, and Geelong West, Geelong, Highton 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.
What can we help with?
From a 1920s bungalow that has been added to twice to a new townhouse next door. Here is what we do most in Newtown.
Why Newtown locals choose us
The heritage survey of Newtown West found that a good number of the houses in it have been substantially altered over the years. What is in the walls is often not what the age of the house suggests, which is why we look before we price.
Registered electrical contractor REC 346464. Whoever turns up is licensed and working to the same standard.
On every job, no exceptions
We come out, look at it and price it. That visit costs you nothing.
One number, agreed before anything begins, GST stated. It does not move.
If our work is not right we come back and put it right at no charge. No expiry.
Got questions? We have answers
Yes. We come up from Ocean Grove, which is a straightforward run, and there is no travel time on the bill for it. There is no call out fee and no distance loading.
All of it, the whole 3220 postcode, and the neighbouring towns with it. Including the heritage streets west of Latrobe Terrace and down toward Chilwell, and none of it far enough out to charge you extra for.
We come up from Ocean Grove, which is a straightforward run, 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.
Sometimes, and it is worth knowing before you start rather than after. Three heritage precincts in Newtown West were brought under the Heritage Overlay in March 2018, and overlay controls in Greater Geelong can extend to external paint, outbuildings and fences as well as the building itself. Wiring inside a wall is usually not the issue. Anything that changes what the building looks like from the street can be. We will tell you plainly where that line sits on your job.
Complementary services
Geelong West, Geelong, Highton, Herne Hill, Manifold Heights, Belmont, Drumcondra, Newcomb, South Geelong and Waurn Ponds. See the full service area.
Newtown is one of the oldest parts of Geelong outside the centre. Land sales started in 1839, it became a borough in 1858, and it sits on some of the highest ground in urban Geelong, which is exactly why it became a desirable address. The council describes hundreds of Victorian and Edwardian houses and several historic mansions.
The heritage survey of Newtown West puts numbers on the mix. The earliest surviving house dates to around 1851, there are a couple of Victorian-era examples and around nine from the Federation period, but the majority of the precinct is interwar, from the 1920s and 30s. Construction is a mix of brick and timber, with gabled and hipped roofs, timber-framed windows and corbelled chimneys.
Three precincts in Newtown West came under the Heritage Overlay in March 2018, along with five individual sites. That matters practically, because overlay controls in Greater Geelong can extend beyond the building to external paint, outbuildings and fences.
The other half of the picture is infill. At the 2021 census about a fifth of dwellings in Newtown were townhouses, terraces or semi-detached, which is a high share for a suburb of period houses. So a street here can hold a 1920s bungalow and a recent townhouse side by side, and they need completely different conversations.
The practical version for a Newtown owner: if the house is period and has been renovated more than once, assume the wiring is layered rather than uniform, and get the board looked at before you add anything substantial.
If you are in one of the overlay precincts, raise that with us at the start. It rarely stops a job but it changes the order things happen in.
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