Full house rewiring is the highest-variance job we quote — the same brief in two different homes can come back at $9,000 or $24,000 depending on access. The price band above reflects typical rewires across single and double-storey homes in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
What you're paying for
Every rewire we deliver covers: full removal of the existing cabling (or careful isolation, if regulations require it stays in place), new TPS cabling rated for current loads, new switchboard with RCDs and circuit breakers on every circuit, new GPOs and switches at every existing location plus any additional locations you've specified, and a Certificate of Electrical Safety lodged with Energy Safe Victoria.
Where homeowners often underspend
Two false economies show up repeatedly: skipping new GPO locations because "we'll add them later" (later costs ~3× the during-rewire price for the same outlet), and refusing to upgrade the consumer mains alongside the rewire (the existing mains are usually at end-of-life and will cause an unscheduled outage within 5–10 years). We flag both at quote stage and let you choose — but they're worth understanding upfront.
Rewires we won't do
We don't quote partial rewires that leave high-risk wiring (asbestos-jacketed, VIR, knob-and-tube) in place behind unmodified walls. If the home needs a rewire, it gets a real one. We're happy to scope a staged plan or refer you to another sparky if budget doesn't fit — but we won't compromise on the core safety work.