Intercom Systems In Rockbank

Wired is better for anything permanent. A wired intercom draws power down the same cable that carries the video, so there is no battery to charge and no dependence on a Wi-Fi signal reaching your front boundary, which on a deep block with a brick pier in the way is often the weak point. Wireless earns its place in rentals, heritage frontages and anywhere drilling is not permitted. If your home already has cable from an old audio intercom, a two-wire video system can usually reuse it, which makes wired both better and cheaper.

Published 2026 Australian pricing for a single-dwelling video intercom supplied and fully installed runs from about $550 to around $1,250, with a two-wire system in a single-storey home commonly near $990 including cable and labour. A second storey typically adds about $275 because the cable has to be fed down a wall cavity. Adding electric door release is quoted separately and depends on whether the door takes a strike or a magnetic lock. Call 0485 702 206 for a fixed price on your door.

More than ever, though they look different now. The old audio handset by the front door has largely been replaced by a video door station that also rings your phone, records the caller and releases the door remotely. Demand has actually grown across Melbourne's west because online delivery has multiplied the number of strangers arriving at front doors, and because narrow estate lots mean you often cannot see the door from anywhere inside the house. The proper installed systems also do something consumer doorbells do not: they keep working when your internet does.

There is no single best unit, only the right category for your property. For an existing home with old intercom cable in the wall, a two-wire video system is almost always the best value because it reuses that cable. For a new build or a renovation where cable is going in anyway, an IP system on Cat6 is the better long-term choice because it integrates with cameras and access control. We install Dahua as standard because the two-wire and IP ranges are reliable, well supported and not locked behind a subscription, but we will happily install a brand you have already chosen.

Yes. Multi-dwelling systems use a single door station at the street entry with an individual monitor inside each dwelling, and they are increasingly common on the townhouse developments going up around Cobblebank, Melton South and Tarneit. These jobs need coordination with the owners corporation or body corporate where common property is involved, and the cost is driven by the number of monitors and the cable distance from the street to each unit rather than by the door station itself. We quote these individually after a site inspection.

A two-wire retrofit in a single-storey home that already has usable cable is commonly a half-day job including testing, app setup and the handover. An IP intercom that needs a new Cat6 run takes longer, and a double-storey home or one with limited roof access longer again, because each cable drop has to be fed down a wall cavity or run in external conduit. Adding electric door release adds a few hours. We confirm the time frame with the written quote rather than discovering it on the day.