Heating + Cooling in Upwey

At roughly 974 people per square kilometre, Upwey has room around the house. The trade-off is distance: longer refrigerant lines and longer supply runs both add to the price. At about 220 metres above sea level, Upwey is high enough to be noticeably colder than the flat suburbs. Heating hours dominate the year here, so sizing for winter rather than summer is the right call.

Upwey is about 33 kilometres from the CBD, out where blocks are larger and homes are newer on average. Three-phase supply is more common here, which opens up larger systems. In Yarra Ranges, which covers Upwey, the practical council issues on a heating and cooling job are plant noise at the boundary and, occasionally, an overlay that limits what can be fixed to a street-facing wall.

Given how close Upwey sits to Belgrave Heights and Ferntree Gully, a follow-up visit usually costs you nothing extra in travel. Upwey is postcode 3158, roughly 7 square kilometres of Yarra Ranges, and held 6818 residents at the 2021 census.

Upwey sits within a group of suburbs we are in constantly: Belgrave Heights, Ferntree Gully, Ferny Creek and Lysterfield. It is around 6 kilometres south-east from our Boronia base to Upwey. Short runs like that are how we keep a fixed price honest instead of building travel into it.