Templestowe's homes and network
Late, large and owner-occupied
77.6% of occupied homes were separate houses and 47.0% were owned outright in 2021.
Hills and gullies
Templestowe has rounded hills and forested gullies, and the old Yarra River flats 'were always flooding'. Streets follow the slopes as cul-de-sacs.
Underground supply
United Energy's Doncaster zone substation supplies Templestowe, and United Energy says its earliest underground cables in the area are failing and due for replacement.
Who to call
Outages and fallen lines go to United Energy on 13 20 99.
Outdoor power on a big block
Pool pumps, heaters, spa equipment, court lights and garden lighting all live outdoors, often a long way from the switchboard. Each of those circuits should have safety switch protection, cable rated and buried for outdoor use, and fittings made for the weather.
On sloping blocks, long cable runs and retaining walls make planning matter. A pool or garden electrician will mark where cables go, so the next landscaper doesn't dig through them.
Before you add outdoor power or lighting
- A plan of every outdoor circuit and where its cable runs.
- Safety switch protection on each new circuit.
- Weatherproof power points and fittings rated for where they'll sit.
- Room on the switchboard, or a sub-board near the pool or shed.
- A Certificate of Electrical Safety for the work, kept with the house papers.
If it were our house
We'd plan outdoor power with the landscaper, not after them. Get one electrician who does pools and gardens to map the circuits, and if the main board dates from the 1970s, have it assessed first, since everything outside will hang off it.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.