Melbourne price guide.
Published ballpark ranges for Melbourne, each read from the sources listed below and checked. Typical figures to sanity-check a quote — not the full Canberra-style estimator yet. Every number here traces to a source; nothing is scaled from another city. A ✓ means an independent source confirms it.
Typical Melbourne prices
- Colorbond✓
- $120–$185/m
- Timber paling (treated pine)✓
- $100–$150/m
- Hardwood paling✓
- $130–$220/m
- Aluminium slat✓
- $220–$450/m
- Pool (glass / frameless)✓
- $400–$700/m
- Pool (aluminium)✓
- $150–$300/m
- Chain-link✓
- $35–$90/m
- Single / pedestrian gate✓
- $450–$900 each
- Double / driveway gate✓
- $1,200–$2,800 each
- Old-fence removal✓
- $15–$40/m
- 2.5 kW split✓
- $1,500–$2,300
- 3.5 kW split✓
- $1,800–$2,800
- 5 kW split✓
- $2,300–$3,300
- 7 kW split✓
- $2,900–$4,100
- Basic ducted✓
- $8,400–$14,700
- Evaporative ducted✓
- $2,950–$7,350
- Service per unit✓
- $105–$335 each · typ $210 each
- Electric storage✓
- $1,000–$2,200
- Gas storage✓
- $1,300–$3,000
- Heat pump✓
- $3,000–$6,000
- Continuous / instantaneous gas✓
- $1,300–$3,000
- 6.6 kW standard✓
- $5,346–$7,646
- 10 kW✓
- $8,149–$11,549
- 5 kWh battery✓
- $5,250–$9,450 · typ $7,350
- Plain (broom)✓
- $85–$125/m²
- Coloured✓
- $90–$135/m²
- Exposed aggregate✓
- $120–$165/m²
- Stamped / stencilled✓
- $120–$180/m²
- Old-concrete removal✓
- $35–$70/m²
- Ready-mix supply
- $315–$505/m³
- Treated pine✓
- $300–$500/m²
- Merbau✓
- $450–$700/m²
- Spotted gum✓
- $500–$800/m²
- Composite✓
- $500–$850/m²
- 15 m² hardwood worked total✓
- $5,250–$10,500 · typ $7,900
- 25 m² hardwood worked total✓
- $8,400–$16,800 · typ $12,600
- Hourly✓
- $95–$150/hr
- Call-out✓
- $80–$150
- New power point✓
- $150–$300 each
- Switchboard upgrade✓
- $1,500–$4,000
- EV charger (7 kW + install)✓
- $1,800–$3,500
- Full rewire (3-bed)✓
- $8,000–$18,000
- Minor leak repair✓
- $260–$840 · typ $525
- Colorbond re-roof✓
- $105–$165/m²
- Tile re-roof (incl. strip)✓
- $105–$230/m² · typ $160/m²
- Full single-storey replacement✓
- $14,700–$31,500 · typ $23,100
- Tile restoration✓
- $4,200–$11,550
Site access, scope, materials and urgency move every job — get 2–3 written quotes. Electrical, plumbing and gas work must be done by a licensed professional in every state; always ask for and check their licence.
Who's allowed to do it
Building & trade work
Most domestic building work over $10,000 (labour + materials) needs a registered building practitioner (Building and Plumbing Commission) and a written major domestic building contract. Single-trade jobs can be exempt.
Official page →Electrical
Electrical installation work must be done by a Registered Electrical Contractor licensed by Energy Safe Victoria, with a Certificate of Electrical Safety.
Official page →Plumbing & gasfitting
Plumbing and gasfitting work needs registration or a licence from the Building and Plumbing Commission; gas work always needs a licensed gasfitter.
Official page →Money back
Federal small-scale solar (STCs)
An upfront discount on eligible solar — about $1,550 off a 6.6 kW system (Melbourne is STC Zone 4).
Anyone installing an eligible system before the scheme closes.
Official page →Federal Cheaper Home Batteries
An upfront discount on eligible home batteries (5–50 kWh usable); the rate steps down from 1 Jan 2027.
Households installing an eligible battery.
Official page →Solar Victoria — Solar Homes PV rebate
Up to $1,400 off panels, with an optional matching interest-free loan.
Owner-occupiers, household income under $150,000, property under $3m.
Official page →Solar Victoria — hot water rebate
Up to $1,000 (or $1,400 for locally made) toward a heat pump or solar hot water system replacing one 3+ years old.
Victorian owner-occupiers.
Official page →Victorian Energy Upgrades
Point-of-sale discounts for reverse-cycle air conditioning, heat pump hot water, ceiling insulation and more.
All Victorian households.
Official page →Where these come from
- What's The Damage? (Melbourne) · checked Oct 2026
- Yakka Labour · checked 1 Oct 2026
- Solar Choice / solarpowersavings.com.au · checked 10 Oct 2026
- The Quote Yard · checked 2026
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