At about 950 people per square kilometre, Belgrave has long driveways and detached garages, so we measure the cable route before quoting rather than after. Belgrave sits at about 200 metres, where outages are more frequent. A charger that can be isolated cleanly and restarts sensibly after a power interruption is worth having here.
At roughly 36 kilometres out, Belgrave has newer homes with modern boards and spare capacity, which keeps the job simple. Being part of Yarra Ranges, Belgrave follows the standard position: no council permit, a dedicated circuit, and a Certificate of Electrical Safety at the end.
If we are already in Belgrave Heights or Belgrave South that day, Belgrave is on the same run and we will usually offer you the same window. Belgrave is postcode 3160, roughly 4.1 square kilometres of Yarra Ranges, and held 3894 residents at the 2021 census.
Background that shapes the install: Though originally the area was known as "Monbulk" for the reservoir that lay near by, the town wasn't known as Belgrave until December 1904 when the railway station was renamed, and another suggested name for the town at that stage was Glassford. It predicts driveway layout more reliably than a satellite image does. Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Kallista and Selby and Belgrave form one continuous area for us rather than a list of separate suburbs.
We are based in Boronia, about 8.3 kilometres south-east of Belgrave. Close enough that the person who quotes the job is the person who comes back to do it. Belgrave railway station sits in the suburb, which is a fair marker of where the oldest housing in Belgrave tends to be.
A second note on how the suburb came to be: === Puffing Billy Railway ===
Belgrave's most notable attraction is the heritage narrow gauge, steam-operated Puffing Billy Railway, which was reopened in 1962—after four years of restoration by volunteers—and travels through 24 kilometres (15 mi) of cool temperate rainforest, semi-urban development and rural farmland to Gembrook.