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Residential electrician in Sydney
Older Sydney home with ceramic fuses or two-pin power points? We check the whole house for free and tell you what is urgent. Then you get one fixed price.
- Free home look-over
- Fixed price first
- Lifetime labour warranty
Get a fixed price
Tell us what needs doing. We work out the number before anyone starts.
Or call 0449 154 812, day or night
Licensed & insured
Every job done by a licensed electrician
Available 24/7
Including nights and weekends
Lifetime labour warranty
On the workmanship, for as long as you own it
Fixed price upfront
Agreed before anyone starts work
Australian owned
Local crew, working across Sydney
Before you book
What is on at the moment. Mention it when you ring and it goes on the quote.
15% off your first booking
First time using us? Your first job comes off 15%, whatever it is.
Get a price
15% off for seniors, every job
If you hold a seniors or pensioner card, mention it when you book and the discount goes straight onto the quote.
Call to bookWhy Sydney homes outgrow their wiring
Plenty of Sydney houses still run on wiring sized for a fridge, a radio and a few lights.
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Old rubber and cloth cable
Common in homes wired before about the 1960s. The insulation crumbles with age, and many of those circuits have no earth.
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Ceramic fuses and no safety switches
Rewireable fuses protect the cable, not people. Without safety switches, nothing cuts the power fast enough if someone touches something live.
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More load than the house was built for
Add split systems, an induction cooktop and an EV charger, and an older board and mains may not cope.
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Renovations on top of renovations
Each owner added circuits their own way. Years later you find mixed cable, overloaded circuits and joins buried in the ceiling.
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Heat and vermin in the roof
Summer heat in Sydney roof spaces ages cable insulation, and rats chew what is left. The result is random trips.
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Salt air near the coast
In beachside suburbs, meter boxes and outdoor fittings corrode faster, so connections loosen and water gets in.
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Whole-home electrical work we do
This is the bigger, usually planned work that changes how safe and usable a house is.
Full and partial rewires
Old cable through the roof and subfloor gets replaced and earthed, in stages, so you can keep living there.
Switchboard upgrades
Ceramic fuses make way for circuit breakers and safety switches on every circuit, with space left for solar or an EV.
Our own job photo
Safety switches
Circuits without safety switches get them, so a fault cuts the power before it can hurt anyone.
Smoke alarms
We replace alarms past their ten-year life with hardwired, interconnected ones, so one going off sets off the rest.
Lighting and power through the house
Power points go where you actually use them, and LED downlights replace hot halogens room by room.
Getting ready for EVs and electric appliances
First we check your board and mains can take the EV charger or induction cooktop, then each gets its own circuit.
How we look after a whole home
Whole-home work starts with knowing what you have, so we test before we quote.
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Walk through the house with you
We check the switchboard, meter box and roof space, and ask how you use the house and what you plan to add.
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Test the installation
Insulation resistance and earth continuity tests show how sound the cable is. That decides between a full rewire, a partial one or neither.
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A list in order of priority
We split safety problems from nice-to-haves, so you can do the urgent work now and the rest later. Each item has a fixed price.
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Work in stages
Work goes circuit by circuit or room by room, planned so the fridge and at least some lights are running overnight.
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Test, certify and walk you through it
We test every circuit and trip-test each safety switch. After lodging the CCEW, we show you how to test them yourself.
Work we have finished recently
Photographs of jobs we finished and handed back. Our own work, not stock.
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What happens when you call us about residential electrical work
From the first phone call to the final test, this is how it runs.
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A person answers the phone
Day or night. Tell us what is happening. If it sounds dangerous, we tell you what to switch off while we get moving.
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We book a time that works
Urgent faults go to the next available electrician. Planned work gets a set day so you are not waiting around.
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A licensed electrician comes out and looks
We work out what is actually wrong on site rather than guessing over the phone. The visit costs you nothing.
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You get one fixed price
Written down and explained before anyone starts. Nothing happens until you say yes.
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The work gets done properly
Done to the Wiring Rules with the right parts. Dust sheets go down wherever we are working.
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We test it and show you
Every circuit we touch is tested before we leave. Where the law requires a compliance certificate, you get one.
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You pay the price you agreed
The quote is the invoice. Our labour stays guaranteed for as long as you own the property.
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What we promise on every job
You can hold us to these on every job.
No call-out fee
Coming out to look costs nothing, day or night, whether you go ahead or not.
One fixed price
Agreed before work starts. The quote is the invoice.
Nothing extra without asking
If something unforeseen turns up, we stop and talk to you first.
Labour guaranteed
If our workmanship fails, we come back and fix it, for as long as you own the property.
Our labour guarantee is extra to your rights under Australian Consumer Law and the NSW Home Building Act.
Signs your home's wiring needs attention
Any one is worth a look, and two or three together usually means more than a quick fix.
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We still have ceramic fuses
The board is probably decades old, with no safety switches. Plan an upgrade.
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There's no test button on the switchboard
Without a "T" button, there is usually no safety switch protecting the house.
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Some power points only take two-pin plugs
Those circuits probably have no earth, which points to very old wiring.
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The lights dim when the oven comes on
Circuits are near their limit or connections are loose. Have it tested before adding more load.
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There's cloth or crumbly rubber cable in the roof
Insulation that falls apart when touched leaves bare conductors. Book a rewire assessment.
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Power boards on every wall
Chained power boards overheat, so you need more outlets.
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The smoke alarms are yellow or have no date
Alarms last about ten years. No readable date usually means they are due.
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A switch or power point is hot to touch Ring now
A connection behind it is overheating. Stop using it and ring now.
The one marked urgent needs a call today. For the rest, the look-over is free and the price is fixed.
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Residential electrical work near you
We take residential electrical work right across Sydney, up the Central Coast and into the Blue Mountains. Open your area to find your suburb.
Inner west and city fringe Federation houses and terraces, a lot of them still on original wiring.
Eastern suburbs Older unit blocks and big renovation budgets, often in the same street.
Lower north shore and northern beaches Period homes, strata buildings and salt air that is hard on outdoor fittings.
Upper north shore Large older homes where the switchboard has usually been patched, not replaced.
Parramatta, Ryde and the central west Dense and mixed, from post war cottages to new apartment towers.
South west Close to home for us. Brick veneer homes and a lot of new estates.
St George and the Sutherland Shire Post war brick homes, many still running ageing boards.
The Hills and western Sydney Growth corridors, new builds and plenty of renovation work.
Central Coast Coastal homes where salt and storms take a toll on wiring and fittings.
Blue Mountains Storm damage, older cottages and cold snaps that find weak circuits.
What homeowners say about us
Matched to this kind of work where customers mention it, straight from our Google listing.
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- Jay named in 18
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Sarah CJ 3 years ago
Highly recommend Jay from Aus Electrical. I needed some fiddly work done on an older home and they quoted a fair rate for the job, were happy to travel a good distance to the...
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Jeiazel Soriano 3 years ago
I have recently called Aus Electrical & Data Services to get a quote for downlights around my house, sensor lights on the side and entry area. Jahfar is very responsive as I...
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Katrina Lamborne 3 years ago
Just wanted to reach out and thank you so much for the work you did for us. We used another electrician to do some data cabling in our house which ended up being a terrible...
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Katalina Eid 5 years ago
Not only was the outcome of his job perfect but so was his exceptional service. We were beyond satisfied with his efforts and professionalism in which he paid attention to...
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DurrDurr 2 months ago
Recently had some electrical work done at my property. Jahfar and his team went above and beyond to make sure works were done on time and to an exceptional standard. Safety...
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Daniel McCarron 3 years ago
Aus Electrical and Data Services performed quality electrical work in upgrading an old electricity box ceramic fuses to RCD protection. In addition, hardwired smoke detectors...
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Monalisa Michel 5 years ago
Jahfar and his team have undertaken a number of electrical projects at our house overtime. He has always given us the best and honest advice. Very professional and friendly...
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Jay Li 5 years ago
We would like to thank Jahfar & his team for the excellent work they done. Jahfar was very knowledgeable and patiently explained the whole process so we will have good...
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Mitchell Azzopardi 5 years ago
I had a few electrical problems at my house I gave J a call and he arrived with his team immediately, the quality of the work was excellent and it was fairly priced wouldn’t...
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2Petals Floral Design 5 years ago
Renovating a house is very overwhelming, but when you work with professional, talented, experienced and reliable trades people, everything becomes easier. Jahfer is very...
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Jacob Moore 9 months ago
Rapid response, well spoken and kind. Was able to trust inside my home around the wife and kids will recommend to family and friends when needed.
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Mitchel Sosa 4 years ago
When it comes to electrical work in the home or business, everyone can rely on Jahfar at Aus Electrical and Data Services. …
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Arwyn Edited 4 months ago
Jay is absolutely amazing!!! When I decided to install solar I was told I needed to upgrade my switchboard because of safety issue, then turned out I also needed to update...
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Johnson Vu 5 years ago
Jahfar and his team are second to none. It is shown through his services that i recently used that he is capable of handling absolute quality work of a professional...
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Iconic Carpet Cleaning 5 years ago
I used J and his team to upgrade my parents panel. He was honest and upfront about costing. We spoke about doing some outdoor lighting for the backyard at my place, I spoke...
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Anna 5 days ago
Outstanding and professional electricians with fair pricing. They arrived on time and even though there was an issue with road closures in my area at the time that I was...
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Finding an electrician in Sydney who turns up
The hardest part of getting electrical work done in Sydney is not the work. It is finding someone who shows up when they said they would, tells you the price before they start, and does not leave you chasing them for a certificate afterwards.
Sydney is inside our normal run, as are Sydenham, Sydney, Sydney Olympic Park. We quote the whole job as one number before we start, and we do not charge to come and look at it.
What makes Sydney different to work in
Sydney has the mix you find across a lot of Sydney: older homes still running the board they were built with, sitting next to places that have been renovated two or three times. Both throw up their own problems, and both are jobs we do every week.
A lot of the calls we get from Sydney start the same way: the board trips, someone resets it, and a week later it trips again. That pattern usually means a fault worth finding properly.
What usually causes it around Sydney
A lot of it is previous work. Extensions, added outlets and half finished jobs by whoever was cheapest at the time. You end up with a system nobody has ever looked at as a whole.
Storms take a toll, especially on anything overhead. A surge through the supply can quietly damage a board or an appliance and the symptoms show up weeks later.
What residential electrician costs in Sydney
The real answer is that it depends on the condition of what is already there. That is not a dodge, it is why we come and look before quoting rather than pricing blind over the phone.
What we can promise is the shape of it. We come out and look for nothing, we work out what the job actually needs, and we give you one fixed number for the whole thing. If we find something unexpected once we are into it, we stop and talk to you rather than adding it to the bill. The number you agreed is the number on the invoice.
How we work compared to an hourly rate
An hourly rate puts the risk on you. Every delay, every trip back to the van, every part that turns out to be the wrong one lands on your invoice. That is the opposite of what most people in Sydney actually want, which is to know the number before they say yes.
We price the job, not the time. That means we carry the risk of it taking longer, which is a good incentive for us to turn up prepared. It also means you can say yes or no with the full number in front of you.
What you can safely do yourself
Almost nothing, and that is not us protecting our own work. In New South Wales it is against the law for an unlicensed person to do fixed electrical wiring, and the insurance consequences of a fire traced back to unlicensed work are severe. Replacing a plug top on an appliance or changing a lamp is fine. Anything behind the wall or inside the board is not.
What you can usefully do is narrow it down before you ring. Note which circuit trips, whether it trips straight away or after something specific gets switched on, and whether it started after a storm or a new appliance. That saves time on site.
Renting in Sydney, or managing a building?
If you rent, electrical repairs to the property itself are the owner's responsibility, and urgent electrical faults fall under urgent repairs in New South Wales. Talk to your agent first. If it is genuinely dangerous, say so clearly, because that changes how quickly it has to be dealt with.
If you manage a strata block around Sydney, we can work on common property and bill the body corporate directly, and we can keep the same electrician on your building so nobody is relearning the site every visit.
Questions about residential electrical work
The ones we get asked most. If yours is not here, ring and ask.
We test first, because age alone does not decide it. Rubber or cloth-covered cable, circuits with no earth and insulation results below the standard do. Often only part of the house needs doing.
Usually, yes. We work in stages and plan each day so the fridge and some lights are on overnight, and we tell you in advance when the power will be off for changeovers.
Not usually. Most new cable runs through the roof space and under the floor, then drops down inside the existing wall cavities. Double brick or a slab may need small access cuts, and we show you where before we start.
Under the wiring rules, yes for new and altered circuits, and a switchboard replacement brings in protection for the circuits on that board. Existing homes are not generally forced to retrofit, but the NSW Government recommends safety switches on all circuits.
In NSW the legal minimum is at least one working smoke alarm complying with AS 3786 on every level. Fire and Rescue NSW recommends interconnected alarms in bedrooms, hallways and living areas, and new homes and major renovations need hardwired alarms. Every service we book includes a free smoke alarm assessment.
It depends on the board, the mains cable and your supply, so we do a load check first. Sometimes a new circuit is all it takes; other times it means a board or supply upgrade, which we explain before you commit.
Mostly the size of the house, the number of storeys, access to the roof and subfloor, and what the walls are made of. A double brick terrace takes more work than a plasterboard house with good roof access. You get one fixed price before we start.
Yes. In NSW, residential work over $5,000 including GST needs a written contract, and we provide one. The quote, the contract and the final invoice all show the same fixed price.
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Get a fixed price for residential electrical work
Send the job through and we come back with one price for the whole job. If it is urgent, ring instead. The phone is answered day and night.
- Call, any hour0449 154 812
- Emailinfo@auselectricalanddataservices.com.au
- Hours24 hours, 7 days, public holidays included
- Where476 suburbs across Sydney, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains
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Your name, number and the job. We come back with one price.
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