Split System Installation in Highett, VIC

Split system installation in Highett

Highett straddles the Bayside and Kingston council boundaries along Bay Road and every quote conversation starts with confirming which side of Bay Road the property sits on because Bayside runs different residential planning rules than Kingston. The 1950s post-war brick veneer stock that dominates the residential grid was built on 550 to 650 square metre blocks with narrow side returns of about 900mm to 1.1 metres - practically that means the outdoor unit either goes on a wall bracket about 1.2 metres above ground on the side return, or it goes in the rear yard on a concrete pad. Highett is currently in the middle of a redevelopment wave along Bay Road and Middleton Street where original 1950s cottages are being demolished for stacked townhouse subdivisions of 3 to 6 dwellings per block, and about a third of our current Highett work is on new townhouses where the builder has pre-provisioned the pipe runs and mounting points but wants us to size the unit and commission it. The former CSIRO site south of Bay Road is being redeveloped into the Kingston Precinct with new apartment and townhouse stock and those buildings run under body corporates with roof-plant condenser locations.

Bayside inland belt, mild coastal moderation, exposed north-westerly gusts across low-density blocks

Why Highett homeowners choose Bellair

Highett Village along Highett Road is a walkable strip with cafes and small retail, and the residential blocks north of the station along Wickham Road and Turner Road are on tree-lined streets with mature Plane trees on the nature strip - similar to Glen Iris in that tree protection zones limit where we can park a work vehicle. The proximity to Southland shopping centre one suburb south creates weekend traffic congestion along Nepean Highway and we schedule Highett installs for weekday mornings or Saturdays before 9.30am when the highway is quieter. Highett doesn't have the salt corrosion issues of Sandringham or Hampton one suburb west because it sits about 3 kilometres inland from the bay, but the north-westerly summer gusts across the low-density blocks are strong enough that we always orient outdoor units on the east or south side of the building where possible. The renovated Californian Bungalow stock along Livingston Street and Small Street is increasingly moving from single-head split systems to multi-head layouts covering three or four rooms - typical spec is a 10 to 14kW outdoor unit feeding two bedrooms and a living-dining area. Both councils are efficient on permit turnaround when needed - typically four weeks if a heritage assessment applies.

What's included in your Highett install

Included in the Highett quote: the split system in your chosen size and brand, all copper pipework and electrical cabling, standard back-to-back or side-return install with a ground-pad concrete base or wall bracket depending on side-return width, drain to the nearest legal point, controller pairing and commissioning on both cooling and heating cycles, cleanup and removal of packaging, full manufacturer warranty and our own 7-year workmanship guarantee. Not included: Bayside or Kingston planning permits, owners corporation fees for the new stacked townhouse and apartment blocks, engineering reports for multi-head systems, tree-protection zone permits, electrical switchboard upgrades on pre-1980 buildings, penetrations through concrete slabs, and pipe runs longer than the standard 5-metre kit which are quoted per additional metre before we start work.

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