EV charger installation, Bondi.

A standard 7kW single-phase install in a Bondi house on a modern switchboard typically takes 3–4 hours — site assessment, cabling run, mounting, commissioning, and app pairing. Art-deco apartment installs are longer: where a metering room assessment, consumer unit upgrade, or extended cabling run through the building is required, allow for a full half-day or, in complex basement carpark situations, a staged job across two visits. We confirm the expected duration at the quote stage. For strata jobs, the on-site electrical work is usually one visit — the timeline that varies is the strata resolution approval, which is a committee process separate from our scope.

Bondi is in the Ausgrid distribution network — not Endeavour Energy, which covers Western and South-Western Sydney. For a standard 7kW single-phase residential install, your licensed electrician manages compliance under their NSW electrical licence — no separate Ausgrid application is required. For 22kW three-phase installs or any work at the service line or connection point in the Ausgrid network, a connection application must be lodged and approved before the circuit is energised. We hold the relevant Ausgrid ASP accreditation and prepare that application as part of the job. If a contractor quotes you for Eastern Suburbs EV work without mentioning Ausgrid specifically, confirm their network accreditation.

Yes — and it has become meaningfully more achievable since NSW strata law changed on 1 July 2025. EV charger approvals in NSW strata buildings are now classified as sustainability infrastructure resolutions, which pass unless 50% or more of lot owners vote against. That is a significantly lower bar than the previous requirement for a special resolution. For art-deco blocks in Bondi specifically — built 1930s to 1960s — the practical challenges are technical rather than political: shared metering rooms, early consumer units with limited spare capacity, and carpark layouts without dedicated sub-boards. We assess all of that during the site visit and prepare the technical documentation your owners corporation needs to evaluate the resolution. The NSW EV Ready Buildings grant closed to new applications in December 2023, so we quote strata installs without it — the approval path still applies and we prepare the technical documentation your committee needs.

Yes, for any part of the installation that is exposed to outdoor air. Salt spray accelerates corrosion on electrical enclosures, conduit fittings, and mounting hardware — the effect is measurable within 1–2 kilometres of the ocean. For Bondi installs with outdoor cable runs or exterior-mounted charger units, we specify IP55 or higher enclosures, marine-grade conduit fittings, and stainless fixings throughout the outdoor sections. A recommended inspection interval of two to three years is noted in your certificate of compliance — shorter than the standard five-year interval and relevant if you are in a strata building where the outdoor circuit is part of common property. Specifying the right hardware at installation is more cost-effective than replacing a failed outdoor enclosure two years later.

A standard 7kW residential install from $699 covers: site assessment, RCD, weatherproof enclosure (coastal-grade IP-rated for outdoor runs), up to 15 metres of cabling from your consumer unit or meter box to the installation point, commissioning, app pairing, and a certificate of electrical compliance. No travel fee within the Bondi and Eastern Suburbs area. Cable runs longer than 15 metres — common in basement carparks in larger art-deco blocks — are quoted separately before work starts. Consumer unit upgrades or sub-board installations required by the strata or site assessment are priced as a separate line item in the same quote, and you approve the total before we proceed. No work begins on any scope that was not agreed beforehand.

For most Bondi houses and ground-floor apartments on single-phase supply, a 7kW Level 2 charger — Evnex E2 Plus, Zappi, or Tesla Wall Connector — is the right fit. These charge a typical 60–80 kWh battery from near-empty overnight in 8–12 hours. The Tesla Model Y, Model 3, BYD Atto 3, Polestar 2, BMW iX, Kia EV6, and Hyundai Ioniq 6 all accept a Type 2 connector and work comfortably on a 7kW single-phase circuit — a profile that matches the premium Eastern Suburbs fleet well. For higher-rated onboard chargers (some BMW and Polestar models support 11kW or higher), a 22kW three-phase install is available where three-phase supply is present or can be connected. We confirm the right charger for your car and property type during the site assessment before any work starts.

Usually yes, but the route matters more than the charger. We check whether your lot's supply can carry a dedicated circuit, or whether a sub-meter off the common supply is the cleaner path, then measure the run from the metering room to your bay. Long or awkward runs through an inter-war building are what move the price, so we quote them exactly after the site check.

Yes. Anything outdoors within a few hundred metres of the surf gets IP-rated enclosures, stainless fixings and sealed conduit entries, and we prefer an internal or undercover mount where the layout allows. Salt air corrodes cheap fittings quickly, so a coastal specification costs slightly more up front and saves a call-out later. It is noted on your CCEW for future owners.