Lighting + Downlights in Canterbury

With roughly 2600 residents per square kilometre, Canterbury homes generally have the ceiling depth for recessed fittings and room to keep insulation clear of them. Sitting at about 70 metres, Canterbury has the roof access that keeps a full rewire of the lighting circuits practical.

Canterbury sits 10 kilometres from the city. Old halogen installations here frequently have transformers sitting on insulation, which is worth finding. Boroondara covers Canterbury. Council only matters for exterior lighting on a heritage-controlled facade.

Canterbury is bracketed by Balwyn and Camberwell, both of which we are in regularly, so scheduling here is rarely the hard part. Canterbury is a suburb of about 3 square kilometres in Boroondara, postcode 3126, with 7800 residents recorded in the 2021 census.

Local context worth knowing: The first subdivision in the area came in 1885, when Michael Logan created the 'Claremont Park Estate' within the area of Canterbury Road, Bryson Street, Prospect Hill Road and Logan Street. Older housing often means decorative ceilings worth protecting. We are across Canterbury along with Balwyn, Camberwell, Hawthorn East and Kew East, on the same rates and the same certificate.

Canterbury sits roughly 18.7 kilometres west of Boronia, where we are based. That distance is why a call here is answered from a van that is already in the area rather than from a call centre. Another piece of background on the suburb: In 1900 Snowden's estate was subdivided and sold off to form what is now Monomeath Avenue and residents such as notable architect Percey Kernot and prominent citizen George Coghill moved in.

A second note on how the suburb came to be: == History == The railway station is in many ways responsible for the suburb's existence: before the opening of the railway to the City in 1882, the area was a semi-rural area.