Licensed electricians for Randwick terraces, semis, apartments and rental properties.
Randwick is full of Victorian and Federation terraces and semis, apartment blocks and rental properties, with a big student and hospital population. That makes it a suburb where safety upgrades, smoke alarms and reliable repairs matter.
PrimeTime Electrical & Communications is a licensed NSW electrical contractor (Lic. 486625C) and fully insured. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, and installation work comes with a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work (CCEW).
Randwick has some of the oldest housing in the Eastern Suburbs, with large heritage conservation areas around the Spot and the streets near the racecourse. Many of these homes have been rewired in parts over the decades, but it's still common to find original wiring in ceilings, old fuse boards and very few power points in each room. We plan rewiring and upgrades to protect original features such as ornate ceilings, cornices and timber floors.
With UNSW and the hospitals nearby, a large share of Randwick homes are rented, often as share houses. More tenants means more appliances, more heaters and more extension leads, which can overload old circuits. Landlords should make sure every circuit has RCD protection, smoke alarms are working and less than ten years old, and power points are in good condition.
Randwick's apartment blocks, from interwar walk-ups to newer buildings near the light rail, need the same upgrades on a smaller scale, and common-property work is organised through the strata manager.
Share houses also tend to collect power boards and double adaptors. They're convenient, but daisy-chaining them overloads circuits and can start fires. Adding a few extra power points is cheap and much safer. We can usually add them without major patching.
Randwick is usually 30 to 40 minutes from our Penshurst base outside peak hour. We group Eastern Suburbs jobs together, so same-day or next-day bookings are often possible. For an emergency, call 0416 049 923 at any time.
Replace old fuse boxes with a modern board and RCD protection on every circuit.
Home and business EV chargers, with a supply and switchboard check first.
Photoelectric and interconnected smoke alarms for homes and rentals.
Pre-purchase, rental and safety inspections with a written report.
Downlights, feature lighting, garden and security lighting.
New power points, rewiring, extensions and renovation fit-offs.
Neat, safe ceiling fan installation, with or without a light.
Authorised Good Guys installer for kitchen appliances.
Tripping circuits, power loss, sparking and urgent repairs.
Usually 30 to 40 minutes outside peak hour. Most non-urgent jobs can be booked the same day or next day.
In terraces and semis, it's old wiring, fuse boards with no safety switches and too few power points. In share houses, overloaded circuits and worn power points are common, as are smoke alarms past their expiry date.
Yes. We work inside units for owners, landlords and tenants, and on common property for strata managers.
Yes. We regularly work in Coogee, Kensington, Clovelly and Queens Park, as well as Randwick.