Lysterfield runs at about 3,181 people per square kilometre, which is dense by the standards of Melbourne's east. A lot of what we do here is careful work in finished rooms, with parking and access planned before the van arrives. Sitting at about 144 metres, Lysterfield has enough grade that subfloor access varies a lot between neighbouring houses.
Lysterfield is 32 kilometres from town. Three-phase supply is more common out here, which opens up options that are not available closer in. The boundary between Knox and Yarra Ranges Shire runs through Lysterfield, which occasionally matters and usually does not.
Being next to Belgrave South and Ferntree Gully means Lysterfield is almost never a standalone trip for our crew. Postcode 3156, about 2.1 square kilometres, 6,681 residents at the 2021 census: that is the shape of Lysterfield inside Knox.
Our working patch either side of Lysterfield takes in Belgrave South, Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield South and Narre Warren East, which is why availability here is usually good. It is around 7.7 kilometres south from our Boronia base to Lysterfield. Short runs like that are how we keep a fixed price honest instead of building travel into it.