Lane Cove sits on the Lower North Shore about 10 kilometres from the Sydney CBD and has a housing mix that reflects its long history as one of Sydney’s more established residential suburbs. Just over 58% of dwellings are apartments and units, with the remainder being separate houses and semi-detached homes. Many of the freestanding properties dating back to the early to mid-twentieth century, sitting alongside apartment blocks that were built up through the 1970s and 1980s. It is a suburb with genuine character, and older homes and apartments across Lane Cove and the surrounding streets are well known for needing renovations, while their owners are equally determined to preserve what makes them worth living in.
The typical Lane Cove household is a professional couple with children, with the predominant age group sitting at 30 to 39 and mortgage repayments commonly exceeding $4,000 per month. These are people who have chosen an established suburb with good bones and are actively investing in it. Renovations are a constant across the suburb, and the mix of heritage homes and modern apartments creates a range of electrical needs, from outdated wiring in older properties to advanced installations in newer and recently renovated ones. GlobileNet handles all residential electrical work across the suburb. Licensed, insured and easy to deal with.
Many Lane Cove homes, particularly those built before the 1990s, still rely on old-style ceramic fuses and outdated wiring that pose a genuine safety risk, not just an inconvenience. This applies across both the older freestanding houses and the apartment blocks from the same era, many of which have never had their individual switchboards properly updated. Modern appliances draw more power than these boards were ever designed to handle, and missing safety switches leave residents exposed if something does go wrong. We come out, take a proper look at what is there and work through what needs to be addressed. We handle full switchboard upgrades, RCD (residual current device) installations and surge protection, and all work is done to the AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules so you know it is all right.
