Original Whitfords rezoning · EC9674
Electrician in Craigie, Boards From the First Build
Craigie was one of the four suburbs created by the 1969 coastal rezoning, and plenty of its houses still run the board the builder fitted. JEC checks, then quotes one fixed price.
One of the Original Four Whitfords Suburbs
In 1969 the State Government rezoned a large stretch of coastal land for housing, and four suburbs came out of it. Craigie was one, named in 1970 after an early Wanneroo councillor. The suburb filled in through the 1970s, quickly enough that Craigie Senior High School opened in 1976, though enrolments later fell far enough that it closed again in 2003. The Craigie Leisure Centre on Whitfords Avenue is still the landmark most people navigate by.
The electrical picture follows the build. Houses of that era were wired with fewer circuits than a modern home, with fuse boards rather than RCD-protected switchboards, and for a household that ran a fraction of today's appliances. That combination explains the two calls Craigie generates most: a switchboard that has never been upgraded, and a single circuit failing in a way that takes out half the house at once.
The second pattern here is turnover. Original owners are moving on, younger families and investors are buying in, and both a sale and a lease trigger WA's safety-switch and smoke-alarm requirements. Immediately north, Beldon was built a few years later off the same wave, and Heathridge sits just east with much the same housing stock.
Selling or Leasing a Craigie Home?
Sort the safety switches and smoke alarms before the property goes on the market, not during the settlement scramble. Glen tests what is there, tells you exactly what is missing, and does the work in one visit with a fixed price agreed first.
Common Jobs in Craigie Homes
Switchboard upgrades
Ceramic-fuse and early breaker boards from the original build, brought up to current RCD protection.
Learn more →RCD and safety switches
WA requires two RCDs before a home is sold or leased. Craigie sees plenty of both, so this comes up often.
Learn more →Smoke alarms
Hardwired alarm installation, replacement and compliance checks, including what WA requires before you sell or lease.
Learn more →Electrical fault finding
Tripping circuits, dead power points and flickering lights traced to the actual cause, not just reset.
Learn more →We also handle rewiring, power points, LED lighting, EV charger installation and split-system air conditioning across Craigie and the surrounding Whitfords suburbs.
Never Had the Craigie Board Looked At? Do It Free
Glen checks the switchboard against WA's safety-switch requirements, tells you straight whether anything needs doing, and gives you one fixed price if it does. No cost either way.
Local questions
Craigie Electrical Questions
Craigie homes were built in the 1970s. What does a switchboard check actually tell you?
It tells you three things: what protection the board has, what condition it is in, and whether it has room for anything else. A board of that vintage often has no RCD safety switches at all, and even where RCDs have been retrofitted they may not cover every circuit. The check takes about 20 minutes and you get the findings in plain English, whether or not you decide to do anything.
We are about to lease out a Craigie property. What does WA require?
A minimum of two RCDs must be fitted before a home is sold or leased in WA, and hardwired smoke alarms have their own requirements. Both are commonly the sticking point on 1970s stock, because neither existed when the house was built. Glen tests and certifies what is there, installs what is missing, and you get one fixed price for the work rather than a running tally.
Half the power points have stopped working but the lights are fine. What is that?
That pattern usually means one circuit has dropped out rather than the whole installation. Older Craigie houses run fewer circuits than a modern build, so a single failure takes out more of the house than you would expect. The cause could be the board, a damaged point, moisture in an outdoor fitting or degraded cabling, and fault finding is what separates them.
Does JEC travel to Craigie?
Yes, and it is one of the closer suburbs to the Joondalup base. Quoted, scheduled work such as switchboard upgrades, RCD and smoke-alarm compliance and fault finding is priced with travel included. All work is during business hours, Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm.
Every service we offer
Electrical Services We Provide in Craigie
JEC handles the full range of residential, strata and commercial electrical work. Every job is quoted at a fixed price before we start, and the workmanship carries a 10-year guarantee.
Switchboard Upgrades
Our flagship job. Ceramic-fuse boards brought up to RCD compliance: fixed price, usually done in a day, certificate included.
View service →Air Conditioning
Split-system supply, installation, servicing and repairs from the same local contractor as your electrical work.
View service →RCD and Safety Switches
WA law requires two RCDs before a home is sold or leased. We install, test and certify safety switches across the northern suburbs.
View service →EV Charger Installation
Home EV charger installs with the switchboard capacity check done first, and one fixed quote that covers the whole job.
View service →Electrical Fault Finding
Tripping RCDs, flickering lights, dead circuits. We trace the actual fault and fix it properly, instead of resetting and hoping.
View service →Smoke Alarms
Hardwired smoke alarm installation, replacement and compliance checks, including what WA requires before you sell or lease.
View service →LED and Home Lighting
LED downlights, new light fittings, outdoor and garden lighting. Brighter rooms, lower power bills, tidy installation.
View service →Power Points and Switches
New power points, extra circuits, USB outlets and switch replacements. Small jobs done properly, same fixed-price rule.
View service →House Rewiring
Full and partial rewiring for older homes with ageing cabling, planned around your household, certified on completion.
View service →Commercial and Strata
Electrical work for shops, offices, warehouses and strata properties across the northern corridor: fit-outs, maintenance and compliance.
View service →Bore Pump Electrical
Bore pump wiring, controllers and fault repairs. A northern-suburbs staple, especially on older Wanneroo-area blocks.
View service →Test and Tag
Appliance testing and tagging for offices, shops, workshops and strata, on a schedule that does not lapse. The tester is a licensed electrician, so failures get fixed on the spot.
View service →Nearby suburbs
We Also Work Across These Suburbs
- Joondalup
- Wanneroo
- Currambine
- Kinross
- Edgewater
- Heathridge
- Connolly
- Clarkson
- Mindarie
- Quinns Rocks
- Butler
- Alkimos
- Ocean Reef
- Mullaloo
- Hillarys
- Duncraig
- Padbury
- Beldon
- Yanchep
- Eglinton
- Karrinyup
- Gwelup
- Innaloo
- Koondoola
- Carine
- Marmion
- Girrawheen
- Joondanna
- Perth
- East Perth
- West Perth
- North Perth
- Northbridge
- All areas →
Based in Joondalup
Local means minutes away, not the other side of Perth. If your suburb's within the northern corridor, you're in our patch, and our home suburb has its own page: electrician in Joondalup.
Call Glen: 0483 930 785Get a Fixed Price for Your Craigie Job
Describe the job, mention whether the property is being sold or leased, and add a safe photo of the switchboard. Glen will review it during business hours.
0483 930 785