Richmond is one of Melbourne's densest and most characterful suburbs — Victorian and Edwardian terraces packed tightly along narrow streets, interspersed with 1960s–70s flats, converted warehouses, and a growing commercial and hospitality strip. The electrical demands here are varied: heritage homes with original wiring that needs careful replacement, apartments requiring switchboard upgrades to handle EV chargers and induction cooktops, and commercial tenancies that need compliant fit-outs with minimal disruption to trading.
Millar Electrics is based in Nunawading, about 25 minutes from Richmond. We work regularly across the inner east and handle both residential and commercial electrical in Richmond.
Common electrical work in Richmond
- Full rewires for Victorian and Edwardian terraces — cavity-run cabling to protect heritage plasterwork
- Switchboard upgrades for terraces and apartments with ageing fuse boards
- EV charger installation in garages and stacked parking — including switchboard capacity assessment
- Commercial fit-outs for offices, retail, and hospitality premises in the Church Street and Swan Street corridors
- LED lighting upgrades for residential and commercial tenancies
- Safety switch and RCD installation for rental properties meeting Victoria's compliance obligations
Richmond and Cremorne
Cremorne's warehouse conversions and tech-office fit-outs are a regular part of our commercial work — this area typically needs higher-capacity three-phase supply, structured data cabling, and emergency lighting compliance. All commercial work includes a Certificate of Electrical Safety lodged with Energy Safe Victoria and is backed by our $20M public liability insurance.
About Richmond
Richmond sits in Yarra City Council, with Bridge Road, Swan Street and Church Street forming three distinct commercial spines, the MCG and AAMI Park just across the river to the west, and the Cremorne tech-office precinct anchoring the suburb's southern industrial heritage. The housing stock is dense and varied — Victorian and Edwardian workers' terraces along the original grid, 1960s and 70s walk-up flats interspersed through the residential streets, and converted warehouse and apartment buildings throughout. Richmond and Cremorne share the Yarra City Council jurisdiction and we cover both without distinction. The terrace housing stock here regularly presents with original wiring buried in cavity walls between party-line neighbours, switchboards installed in narrow entrance vestibules, and EV chargers requiring on-street or shared-parking accommodation. Heritage rewiring with sensitive cable routing is a consistent job type; commercial fit-outs along the Church Street and Cremorne corridors are the other common ask.