Split System Installation in Braybrook

Victorian rental minimum standards require a fixed heater in the main living area of a rented home. A reverse cycle split system is frequently the most sensible way to meet that, because it is a fixed appliance, it costs roughly 28 to 36 cents an hour to run against 50 to 72 cents for ducted gas, and it gives the tenant cooling in summer as well.

For landlords, the numbers stack up better than a gas replacement in most cases. There is no flue, no gas supply charge if the property can go all electric, and Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts come off the installation invoice directly with no income test on properties at least two years old. We are happy to quote per property or across several.

Established Braybrook homes are among the most likely properties we see anywhere in the west to have no residual current protection at all. Not on the power circuits, not on the lighting. That is a house that needs a board before it needs an air conditioner.

Once the board is replaced and the main earth confirmed, each indoor head gets its own dedicated circuit and isolator as it should. The board work is quoted as a separate line so you can see exactly what is air conditioning and what is the property being brought up to standard. It is not an upsell, it is the order the work has to happen in.

The new multi unit developments here have modern boards and good insulation, which makes the electrical and thermal sides easy. The constraint is spatial and administrative: limited external wall space for indoor heads, a services area with room for one outdoor unit, and an owners corporation whose consent is needed for anything touching common property.

Most developments have a designated condenser position, and approval is routine when you use it. Where several rooms need conditioning from one outdoor unit, a multi head system is the standard answer, with the usual caveats that all heads share a compressor and cannot run in different modes.

Renovation work is constant in Braybrook and it is worth using. If walls are open, running the pipework and the electrical circuit for a future split costs a fraction of chasing it in afterwards, even if the equipment is not purchased for another year. We can rough in and cap off, then return to install and commission when you are ready.

Installed cost is $2,500 to $7,500 depending on capacity and head count. Victorian Energy Upgrades discounts are applied to the invoice directly, with no income test, on properties at least two years old, and with a $200 including GST minimum customer contribution. The program changed on 30 September 2026, so we confirm the current amount in writing at quote rather than promising a figure.

Sizing still comes from room volume, glazing, orientation and insulation rather than floor area, and that applies as much to a rental as to an owner occupied home. An undersized unit installed to tick a box will run flat out, cost more to operate and fail early, which serves nobody. We measure the rooms on every property we quote, including multiple property jobs.