What areas of Melbourne do you service?

We work across Melbourne and surrounds. Most of our recent projects sit in Toorak, South Yarra, Brighton, Malvern, Malvern East, Glen Iris, Glen Waverley, Canterbury, Williamstown, Albert Park, Port Melbourne, Yarraville, St Kilda, the Mornington Peninsula, and Torquay.

Do you do residential, commercial, and industrial?

Yes. One company, three divisions. Most clients come to us for residential smart homes. We also fit out commercial venues with audio visual and networking, and run industrial electrical for warehouses and facilities. The same A-grade licence covers all three.

What smart home platforms do you specialise in?

Apple HomeKit, Control4, Basalte, Ekinex, Philips Dynalite, KNX, and Home Assistant. We are the only Melbourne team built around Apple Home as the core layer, with commercial-grade platforms underneath when needed. Networking is UniFi, security and intercom included.

How do I start a project with Elec Reid?

Use the Build Your Home form on the website or call +61 450 342 075. Every project starts with a conversation about how you live and what you want the house to do, then we scope the work, recommend systems, and prepare a proposal.

Do you do small jobs or just full smart home installs?

We focus on full home design and integration projects, but look after existing clients for smaller jobs too. One-off socket repairs on homes we have not worked on before are usually not the right fit.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. Registered Electrical Contractor REC 35750, public liability insured, full compliance certification on every job, and a Certificate of Electrical Safety issued on completion.

UniFi · Hardware

UniFi Protect cameras.

4K footage on your own hardware, AI detections that actually work, and not a subscription in sight.

Your footage. Your hardware. Full stop.

Every Protect camera records to the gateway in your rack — not to a company's cloud, not behind a monthly paywall. Weeks of continuous footage, viewable from anywhere, owned by you. If the internet drops, recording doesn't.

The AI detections are the quiet superpower. Protect distinguishes people, vehicles and packages on the camera itself — so your phone stays silent when a branch moves and speaks up when a person crosses the driveway at 2am. The G6 generation adds face and licence-plate recognition, on-device.

Compare that with doorbell-camera ecosystems: cloud-only storage, monthly fees forever, and footage that belongs to a subscription. We wrote up the full comparison in UniFi vs consumer gear.

The range, and where each earns its keep.

Full specifications on ui.com. Installed pricing: G5 from ~$585, G6 from ~$950 on an existing UniFi network — see the cost guide.

Camera	Resolution	What it's about	Where we spec it
G5 Turret / Bullet	2K	The value pick. Excellent daytime and IR footage, smart detections, IP-rated for outdoors. Covers most general positions.	Side access, yards, general coverage
G6 Turret / Bullet	4K	The new generation: larger sensor, stronger low light, and on-device AI including face and licence-plate recognition. Standard PoE.	Entries, driveways — anywhere detail matters
G6 PTZ	4K	Motorised pan-tilt-zoom with dual lenses and AI tracking that follows people and vehicles automatically. One PTZ can do the work of two fixed cameras.	Large yards, sheds, acreage, car courts
G6 Pro 360	12MP fisheye	A single ceiling camera that captures the entire room in 360°, de-warped in Protect.	Warehouses, retail floors, garages
G6 Instant	4K	The only wireless option in the family — same sensor, Wi-Fi connected. We use it sparingly, where cable genuinely cannot go.	Rentals, heritage fabric, temporary needs

The G5 vs G6 call.

Our standard design

G6 at the positions where you'd want to read a face or a plate — front entry, driveway. G5 everywhere else. On a recent eight-camera home that split was two G6, six G5: the budget stays honest and the shots that matter are 4K.

Position beats pixels

A 4K camera at the wrong height gives you a 4K view of a hoodie. We position from the plan — height, angle, light direction — so footage identifies people rather than just counting them. That's the part no spec sheet fixes.