Eltham Town Treehouse 2025

Eltham Town Treehouse

I bought this architecturally designed townhouse when relocating to Melbourne in 2022. It was the sedon on a block, thoughtfully designed, with a north facing lounge and verandah, well-insulated and sealed. But the house was still using gas for heating, cooking and in the solar-boosted hot water system, and I wanted to get off the gas, and utilise the large east-west roof space for solar. I replaced all the appliances with energy efficient electric appliances, installed a solar system on the roof, removed the ducted gas heating and disconnected from the network. We now charge our small EV from the solar during the day, we are cool in summer and cosy in winter.