Your Questions, Answered
Everything we're asked most, grouped by topic, so you can jump straight to the bit you need.
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Common questions
Pricing and Quotes
Do prices change once you start?
Your accepted quote is the number on the invoice, full stop, regardless of how long the job takes to finish properly. The only exception is a genuinely unforeseen problem uncovered mid-job, and even then we down tools, walk you through it and get your agreement on a new figure before anything else happens.
What does "$50 off your first service" cover?
Any first booking qualifies, big or small, from a lighting fix to a switchboard rebuild. Just flag it when you get in touch and it's subtracted from the total on your written quote.
How do quotes work?
A licensed electrician looks at the job, either on the phone or on site, and puts a fixed price in writing before anyone picks up a tool. That price isn't a rough guess dressed up as a quote, it's what you actually pay.
Is the quote really free?
There's no charge to have someone come out, look at the job and write up a price. Plenty of people get a quote, decide to shop around or wait, and never book, and that costs them nothing either.
Common questions
Licensing and Safety
Are you licensed and insured?
NSW Electrical Contractor Licence #452529C, current Master Electricians Australia membership, and full insurance cover on every job. Ask to see the licence number on the day if you'd like to check it yourself.
What is a Certificate of Compliance and do I get one?
Any notifiable electrical work gets lodged with NSW Fair Trading and comes with a compliance certificate as proof it meets the wiring rules. You don't need to request it, it's part of finishing the job properly.
What is AS/NZS 3000?
Think of it as the rulebook covering how circuits get sized, how safety switches get fitted, and how cable gets run safely through a home. Every licensed electrician in Australia and New Zealand builds to the same document, so it's not a brand promise, it's the baseline.
Can I do my own electrical work in NSW?
Beyond swapping a light globe or a plug top, no. NSW law reserves electrical work for people holding a current contractor licence, and getting caught doing it yourself carries real fines on top of the safety risk.
Common questions
Response Times and Booking
How fast can you get here?
Standard bookings usually land same or next day, and a genuine emergency jumps straight to the front of the queue. What we won't do is promise an exact time slot and then miss it.
How soon can you fit me in?
Depends on what's wrong and how urgent it is once we hear the details. Call and you'll get a real answer for your specific job within a couple of minutes, not a generic timeframe.
What counts as an electrical emergency?
Burning smells, visible sparks, exposed live wiring, and total power loss to the property that isn't just the street having a blackout. Cut power at the switchboard first if it's safe to reach, then get us on the phone.
How do I book?
Phone (02) 9160 7653 and a real person on our end locks in a time that works. Prefer typing it out? The contact form does the same job and someone calls you back quickly.
Common questions
Working in and Around Bondi
The local questions, answered from what we actually see on the ground here.
What suburbs do you service?
Bondi is home turf, and we regularly cover Waverley, Bronte, Clovelly, Coogee, Randwick and Maroubra as part of the same run. Ask when you call if your street isn't listed here.
Can you handle new builds and renovations here?
Yes, from fresh circuits in a new build to rewiring a place mid-renovation. The mix of recent apartment fit-outs near Bondi Junction and older stock closer to the beach means we're used to both ends of that job.
Do you work on heritage/strata properties?
Yes. The 1880s Scarba House and the pockets of Federation-era cottages on the slope down toward the beach mean heritage considerations come up often. Strata approvals are something we're used to navigating before work starts, not something that slows a job down.
Do you know Bondi's housing stock?
Well. Interwar and postwar walk-up flats sit alongside rendered art-deco blocks and Federation cottages on the slope toward the coast. Each era brings its own wiring quirks, and salt-laden coastal air adds a corrosion factor most inland suburbs don't deal with year-round.
Call Your Bondi Electrician Today
Didn't find your question here? Call (02) 9160 7653 and ask a licensed local electrician directly.
Free written quotes, no call-out fee, and $50 off if it's your first job with us.