With about 404 people per square kilometre, Park Orchards properties often have solar and a battery already, and a charger that talks to them is worth more than a faster one. Park Orchards is about 134 metres above sea level, with enough grade that many garages sit under the house. That is usually a short run and a tidy install.
Park Orchards sits about 25 kilometres out in Manningham. Rooftop solar is widespread, so daytime charging is a genuine option on weekends. Because Park Orchards straddles Manningham and Maroondah, we confirm the address for any distributor paperwork.
A job in Park Orchards usually sits alongside something we already have booked in Donvale or Nunawading that week. By the numbers: 3835 people, roughly 9.5 square kilometres, postcode 3114, inside Manningham. That is Park Orchards as of the 2021 census.
Some background on the place: At the 2021 census, Park Orchards recorded a population of 3,835. Build era predicts whether the garage is attached, detached or absent. Park Orchards sits inside a block we cover properly rather than occasionally. The neighbouring suburbs on that run are Donvale, Nunawading, Ringwood North and Warrandyte.
It is around 11.3 kilometres north-west from our Boronia base to Park Orchards. Short runs like that are how we keep a fixed price honest instead of building travel into it. One more piece of local background: == History ==
In 1902, prominent Victorian orchardist, Tom Petty, purchased 559 acres (226 ha) of land north of the Mitcham district and converted it to 80 orchard blocks.
It is also worth knowing that In 1925, South Melbourne timber merchants, Australias Sharp and John Taylor, purchased Petty's land and launched the Park Orchards Country Club Estate.