13 October 2026 · Victoria
Rental safety checks, suburb by suburb.
The rule is the same across Victoria. What a check actually finds is not — it depends almost entirely on when the housing was built and what has been done to it since. Pick your suburb.
Quick answer
From 13 October 2026 every residential rental in Victoria must have its electrical installation inspected and tested by a licensed electrician at least once every two years, under the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 — existing agreements included. Thunderman Electrical and Air Conditioning Services carries out these checks across Greater Melbourne, strongest through the inner north and north-west. Yiannis Knodarites is a Registered Electrical Contractor (REC 28523, Energy Safe Victoria), and every check comes back as a written report, with a Certificate of Electrical Safety where work is carried out.
Why the suburb matters
Same law, different findings.
A safety check is an inspection and test of the fixed installation: the wiring, the switchboard, the power points, the hardwired light fittings and the safety switches. That definition does not change from one street to the next. What changes is what is behind the wall.
A 1930s Californian bungalow let out in Thornbury tends to fail on the same point every time: ceramic rewireable fuses and no safety switch at all. A walk-up flat in Preston raises a different question — where does the lot end and the owners corporation begin. A student share house in Bundoora or Carlton has an installation that was sized for one household and is now carrying four. A converted warehouse in Richmond may still have circuits left over from its industrial life. Knowing which of those you own is the difference between a check that takes an afternoon and one that turns into a scramble in October.
These pages set out what recurs in each suburb's rental stock, so an owner or a managing agent can see the likely scope before booking. For the legal side on its own — what is required, what is not, and what has to be kept on file — theVictorian rental electrical safety checklistis the plain-language version. For a whole portfolio at once, including the properties whose records are incomplete, start at theproperty-manager review.
Choose a suburb
Where Thunderman does these checks.
Melbourne North
Melbourne North-East
Melbourne North-West
Not on the list? Thunderman still covers it — the suburbs above are the ones with a page of their own so far. Call 0434 254 474 orsend the addressand Yiannis will tell you what the property needs.
One licensed sparky, one written report, one file you can hand over.
Yiannis carries out the check, writes the report and lodges the Certificate of Electrical Safety where work is done. Free quote on every job — and he only recommends what the property actually requires.