Heating and cooling in Bayswater is often a townhouse question rather than a big-house one. At the 2021 Census, 27.3% of occupied dwellings here were semi-detached or townhouses and 11.0% were flats or apartments, and 33.5% were rented. Plenty of local homes need compact systems that suit a smaller footprint and heat as well as they cool.
Getting air conditioning Bayswater townhouses right usually comes down to the outdoor unit: where it can sit and how many rooms it has to serve. A single split system often covers a living area, while a multi-head unit runs several indoor heads from one outdoor unit. Separate houses still made up 61.7% of occupied homes, and many of those suit zoned ducted air conditioning. I Heat and Cool is a family-owned installer based in Pakenham, with over 20 years of experience.


Bayswater has 5,381 private dwellings. At the 2021 Census, 48.1% of occupied homes had three bedrooms, a size where two or three well placed splits can do the job of a ducted system.
Fitting a townhouse or unit. In a townhouse or unit, the design usually starts outside: is there a side path, courtyard wall or balcony that can take the outdoor unit without blocking access or bothering the neighbours? A multi-head split system runs two or more indoor units from one outdoor unit, so a two-storey townhouse can have heads upstairs and down with one piece of equipment outside.
If you rent it out. Of occupied homes in the suburb, 33.5% were rented at the 2021 Census. Landlords should note one date: from 1 March 2027, when a gas or electric heater in the main living area of a Victorian rental home permanently fails, the replacement must be an energy efficient electric system, such as reverse cycle air conditioning. A reverse cycle split installed before the old heater fails avoids a rushed job between tenants.
How hot it gets. The Bureau’s Scoresby Research Institute station, the closest low-lying station for the Knox plain until it closed in August 2026, averaged 31.0 days a year reaching 30°C or more from 1965 to 2026. That is enough hot weather to justify cooling the bedrooms as well as the living area.
Few planning overlays. Part of Bayswater is a designated Bushfire Prone Area, but there is no meaningful Bushfire Management Overlay, and Heritage Overlay controls apply only to individual places, such as Highmoor on Highmoor Avenue.
Book a free on-site quote and we will measure up your townhouse, unit or house and show you exactly where each unit would go.
At I heat and cool, we are the trusted dealer for most big brands, and we guarantee all our workmanship for 6 years.
If time is of the essence and you can’t wait for our technician, we can usually give you a quote over the phone.
At I heat and cool we strive to be the best, for the best price, we guarantee we will beat any reputable dealer’s quote.
Ducted reverse cycle air conditioning heats and cools the whole home from one system, with the indoor unit out of sight in the roof and an outlet in each room. MyAir zoning lets you run only the rooms you are using. We install brands including Daikin, ActronAir, Mitsubishi Electric and Panasonic, and Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) rebates may apply to eligible upgrades.
A split system heats and cools one room with no ductwork, and a multi head system runs several indoor units from one outdoor unit. They are a good fit for apartments and smaller homes.
We install and replace gas ducted heating, including Braemar and Bonaire systems, with heat zoned to the rooms you use.
Ducted evaporative cooling brings fresh, cooled outside air through the whole home. We install Coolair and Braemar evaporative systems.
I Heat and Cool is a family-owned business based in Pakenham with over 20 years installing heating and cooling. For a free on-site quote on ducted air conditioning, a split system or gas ducted heating in Bayswater, contact us or call 03 5941 4945.
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You can talk to the I Heat and Cool team regarding installation of the following, and many other brands of heating or cooling systems: ActronAir, Coolair, Daikin, Bonaire, Braemar, MyAir.
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At I heat and cool, we are the trusted dealer for most big brands, and we guarantee all our workmanship for 6 years. We also offer a LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE from any reputable dealers quote!
Depending on what you have in your house and what we will be replacing, this determines the amount of VEEC credits you will receive through the rebate program which will determine you’re exact discount, these discounts can be up to $5,000.
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