Around 1147 people per square kilometre, Tecoma homes often have the roof area to make solar hot water or a solar-driven heat pump genuinely worthwhile. At about 220 metres, Tecoma is in the ranges. Shaded, damp positions are common and they are the wrong place for a heat pump's air intake.
Tecoma is about 33 kilometres from the CBD. Newer homes out here are frequently all-electric already, so the job is an efficiency upgrade rather than a fuel switch. For Tecoma, Yarra Ranges is not involved in a hot water changeover. The paperwork that matters is the rebate application and the safety certificate.
We work across Belgrave, Belgrave Heights and Ferny Creek on the same trip, and Tecoma sits in the middle of that loop. In Yarra Ranges, Tecoma occupies about 1.8 square kilometres. The 2021 census counted 2064 residents, and the postcode is 3160.
Tecoma sits inside a block we cover properly rather than occasionally. The neighbouring suburbs on that run are Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Ferny Creek and Lysterfield. Tecoma is around 7.1 kilometres south-east of our workshop in Boronia, close enough that the van is stocked for the job before it leaves.