Tempe occupies an inner-south position between Sydenham to the north, St Peters to the northwest, Marrickville to the west and the Cooks River to the south and east. The suburb’s residential streets contain Victorian terraces and workers cottages built between the 1870s and the early 1900s, Federation homes from the early 1900s and Californian bungalows from the 1920s and 1930s. The streets closest to the Cooks River have benefited from the green space and amenity that the river corridor provides, and waterfront properties along Tempe Reserve and the river foreshore have become increasingly sought after.

The electrical infrastructure inside many of Tempe’s older properties carries the same compliance challenges found throughout the inner south’s Victorian and interwar housing stock. Original or partially upgraded switchboards without safety switches on all circuits, ceramic fuse boxes still in service and wiring from early installations are all common findings. Monaco Electrical has upgraded switchboards in Victorian terraces and Federation homes throughout Tempe, installed EV chargers for homeowners with garages and off-street parking, and run structured data cabling for home offices in the suburb’s well-established residential properties.

The Princes Highway commercial strip and the industrial and commercial precinct around Tempe provide a significant commercial electrical dimension to the suburb. Retailers, hospitality businesses and the substantial automotive and industrial businesses operating from this corridor require commercial electrical work from a licensed contractor familiar with both older commercial buildings and the specific demands of industrial tenancies. Monaco Electrical has worked with Tempe businesses since 1999.

Monaco Electrical is based in Alexandria, five minutes from Tempe, and has been delivering licensed electrical work across the inner south since 1999. Every job is completed by licensed electricians with a Certificate of Compliance issued for all notifiable work.