Basis for builders
The switchboard was always going in. This time, make it the part they talk about.
Every home you build has a switchboard. For the last hundred years, that budget has been spent meeting minimum requirements. Basis is a different deal: reallocate a small incremental cost toward a feature your homeowner will feel for the life of the home, without you paying more overall.
A profound customer outcome. A simpler livening process. And a product they'll mention at the dinner table.
Why specify Basis
You're already allocating effort to the panel. Make it the one they remember.
Homes are electrifying. EVs, heat pumps, solar, battery. Every new home will add load the original build never planned for. Basis solves that at the switchboard, the one place you're already spending money.
Mandatory spend
Every new home needs a switchboard.
You're spending the money either way. The only question is whether you spend it on a 1970s mechanical unit or a platform that appreciates over time.
Small delta
A ~$2,600 incremental over a legacy switchboard.
Smaller than any electrification upgrade you'd quote. Reallocate from elsewhere in the spec; it's found budget, not extra budget.
Profound outcome
A $7,235 return to your homeowner over 5 years.
Plus a 5-year warranty, fire protection, and a home ready for solar and EV without re-spending. Credit flows back to the builder who specified it.
The math
Not an addition. A reallocation.
Legacy switchboards arrive as a bundle of separately-quoted line items: board, meter, inspector, compliance, all with scheduling tax. Basis collapses most of them into one line.
A small incremental spend on the one part of the house they'll live with for thirty years.
Livening, simplified
One trade. One visit. One less thing to schedule.
Anyone who's project-managed a new build knows the switchboard + meter + inspector dance. Three parties, three schedules, any one of them the critical path.
Three trades, three visits.
- Electrician installs the switchboard
- Electrician books the meter installer (different company)
- Meter installer arrives, separate visit, separate schedule
- Inspector books in, often days later
- Coordination risk: any one of these is a critical-path blocker
One trade. One visit.
- Electrician installs the Basis Board
- Meter installs in 60 seconds inside the same panel
- Safety settings configured digitally, no extra hardware
- Self-test runs on power-up, certification completes same visit
- One trade, one visit, one less thing to schedule
What your homeowner gets
Six things they'll feel on day one. And every day after.
Your build is the product. Basis is the part of the product they'll still be talking about when they book the photographer for the listing in twelve years.
$1,247 a year back
Identified within the first 30 days. Real money, found in the data the legacy switchboard never collected.
5-year warranty
Longest in the category. Fire-proof foam, AFDD arc fault detection, 100% AS/NZS compliance.
Solar- and EV-ready
Type-B DC fault detection built in. The home is ready for the next upgrade without panel-level rework.
Home App included
Real-time energy, fault alerts, routines. The feature that makes buyers take a phone out at the open home.
Remote diagnosis
If something trips after move-in, the homeowner's electrician sees it before rolling a truck. Lower call-outs, faster resolution.
Gets better over time
Firmware updates push new capabilities to every panel in the fleet. The home they bought in 2026 runs better in 2028.
Desirability
The Basis Board won't sell the home by itself.
But it does add to the package. Buyers at open homes are increasingly asking about energy, solar readiness, EV capacity, running costs. Basis answers all four with one answer.
Watch how one Ray White agent uses a Basis-equipped home to convert interest into offers, without discounting the list.
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Ray White testimonial. How to sell the benefits of a Basis home to buyers. On-camera agent walking through the switchboard, the app, and the talking points at an open home.
Hand-over support
Your homeowner gets a concierge. You get a cleaner handover.
Move-in day is busy. Your buyer is not going to read the Basis manual. They don't have to. Our concierge team walks them through the app, tags their circuits with them, and answers the questions that would otherwise land in your inbox.
The result: fewer handover calls to you, a smoother first week, and a homeowner who attributes every positive moment to the home you built.
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Factory-tested. Fire-proof foam. Current wiring rules.
Longest in the category by a significant margin.
Case study
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Spec Basis on your next home
Same budget, better home.
Same margin, stronger brand.
Our builder team will walk you through pricing, livening process, and how other builders have made the switch. Typically a 30-minute conversation.