Electrician in Kelston

Why Kelston Chooses Us

Why Kelston Locals Choose Us

Kelston grew up in the post-war years, and most of its houses date from the 1950s and 60s. Older suburb, older wiring. That’s the work we do day in, day out, so when you ring about a board that keeps tripping or a rental that needs sorting before new tenants move in, you’re talking to people who have seen it before.

There’s a lot of rental and family housing here, and both come with their own electrical jobs: compliance work for landlords, and safe, sound wiring for families. We handle both, and we’re across what the rules actually require rather than guessing.

We’re EWRB-registered (the Electrical Workers Registration Board, which licenses sparkies in New Zealand), fully insured, and where a job needs it you get a Certificate of Compliance. We tell you in plain English what we found and what it needs. No jargon, no pressure.

Areas We Cover

Neighbourhoods We Serve in Kelston

We cover the whole suburb, river edge to the main road.

• Along Great North Road. The shops and homes strung along the main road that runs through the middle of Kelston.
• The schools quarter. The family streets around Kelston Boys’ High School and Kelston Girls’ College, off Archibald Road and St Leonards Road.
• The Kelston Peninsula and Archibald Park. The homes down toward the Whau River and the park on the water’s edge.
• St Leonards Road. Where a lot of the newer townhouse and infill building is happening.
• The New Lynn and Glen Eden borders. The streets that run into the neighbouring suburbs on either side.

An old family home up near the schools, a rental off Great North Road, or a new townhouse on St Leonards Road. Same to us. We come to you.

What We Do

Services We Provide in Kelston

From one dead power point to a full rewire, here’s the bulk of what we handle for Kelston homes and rentals:

• Switchboard upgrades. Swapping a tired old fuse board for a modern one with proper circuit breakers and safety switches. The standard fix for a post-war Kelston home where the board keeps tripping.
• Rewires and repairs. Tracking down the actual cause when a circuit trips, a socket’s dead or the lights flicker, through to full rewires on older houses with original wiring.
• Safety switches and rental compliance. Fitting RCDs, the safety switches that cut the power in a fraction of a second, plus the wiring side of bringing a rental up to the Healthy Homes standards.
• Townhouse and new-build wiring. Full wiring for the new townhouses going up around St Leonards Road, with separate metering done right, plus renovation wiring on the older homes.
• EV chargers. A charger for the driveway or garage, with a check the older board has the headroom first.
• Outdoor lighting. Weatherproof garden, deck and security lighting, built for the damp near the river.

Worth Knowing

Electrical Considerations for Kelston Homes

A few things about Kelston shape the electrical work it needs.

The age of the houses. With most of the suburb built in the 1950s and 60s, a lot of homes still run the switchboard they were built with: old fuse boards that pre-date safety switches and can’t take an RCD without being replaced. If yours hasn’t been looked at in decades, it’s worth a check. WorkSafe’s guidance on safe living with electricity explains why those safety switches matter.

Rentals. Kelston has a good amount of rental housing, and the older stock often needs work to meet the Healthy Homes standards: RCDs, safe heating circuits and sound wiring. We sort that for landlords and property managers, on a timeline that works around tenancies.

New townhouses. The infill and townhouse building around St Leonards Road brings its own demands: separate metering for each unit, common-area wiring and EV charging. It’s a different job from a standalone house, and we do both.

The river edge. The Kelston Peninsula sits on the Whau River, looked after by the Whau Local Board. Closer to the water the ground stays damp, which is hard on outdoor power points and fittings, so weatherproof gear is worth it on riverside properties.

Coming To You

Getting to You in Kelston

We come to you. From our Waitākere base we head out along Swanson Road and onto Great North Road, which runs straight through the middle of Kelston. It’s roughly 15 km and about 22 minutes in normal traffic.

From Great North Road we can reach anywhere in the suburb easily: the streets around the schools, the homes down on the Kelston Peninsula near Archibald Park, and out toward the New Lynn and Glen Eden borders.

Kelston is a regular part of our week, not a once-in-a-while trip. Give us the address and we’ll be there, van loaded and ready to work.

Do you rewire older Kelston homes and replace old switchboards?

Yes, and it’s a big part of what we do here. Most of Kelston’s houses date from the 1950s and 60s and still have their original wiring and boards. We handle full rewires, switchboard upgrades and safety-switch retrofits, and we’ll tell you honestly whether a board needs replacing or just attention.

Can you bring my Kelston rental up to the Healthy Homes standards?

We can do the electrical side. That means RCDs (safety switches), safe heating circuits and sound wiring, with a Certificate of Compliance where the work needs one. We work in around tenancies so it’s sorted without a fuss for you or your tenants.

Do you wire the new townhouses going up around St Leonards Road?

Yes, plenty. New townhouses need separate metering for each unit, common-area wiring and EV provision, all planned from the first fix. We handle the lot and make sure each home is safe, compliant and on its own meter.

Can you install an EV charger on an older Kelston home?

We can. We check the switchboard and supply can carry the load first, sort any upgrade needed, then install the charger in the driveway or garage. On a post-war home that capacity check is the important first step.

Which parts of Kelston do you cover?

All of it. Along Great North Road, the streets around Kelston Boys’ High and Kelston Girls’ College, the Kelston Peninsula and Archibald Park by the Whau River, and out to the New Lynn and Glen Eden borders. If you’re not sure, just call and we’ll confirm.

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