WEBSITE SPEED · NOVEMBER 2026
Newlands & Knights: how fast is its website?
81 out of 100 for mobile speed, the middle of three test runs. This is about the website, not the business. A score says how quickly a site loads on a phone in Google’s lab test. It says nothing about workmanship, licensing, reliability or customer service.
The three runs
- Run 1: 80 out of 100, at 2:15 pm on 12 November 2026
- Run 2: 81 out of 100, at 2:22 pm on 12 November 2026
- Run 3: 81 out of 100, at 2:26 pm on 12 November 2026
Where it sits
- 29 of 95 on Melbourne emergency trades
- 77 of 276 on Australian emergency trades
- 7 of 26 on Melbourne emergency plumbers
Websites on the same score are ordered by their three runs added together.
What its website says
Newlands & Knights is a Richmond-based plumbing company that says it was established in 1856 and is now a sixth-generation enterprise, providing commercial, residential and emergency plumbing across metropolitan Melbourne, including maintenance, drainage, gas fitting, hot water and roofing work, with a 24/7 emergency line.
- Services it lists: Emergency plumbing, Blocked drains and sewers, Hot water systems, Gas fitting, Gas leak detection, Water leak detection, Roof repair and replacement, Commercial plumbing
- Hours it gives: Mon–Fri 7:30am–4:30pm; 24/7 emergency service
- Area it says it covers: Richmond and metropolitan Melbourne
- Where it says it is based: Richmond
Read from the business’s own website on 1 November 2026. We have not checked any of it, and it may have changed: confirm hours, area and licence with the business.
The listing
- Website: newlandsandknights.com.au
- Listed under: Plumbers, Melbourne
- Contact page: newlandsandknights.com.au/contact, on its own website
- What it offers: its entry in the TradieToday emergency directory ↗, which records what its own website advertises
See the full check
The score is one number. The free check shows what is behind it and what to fix first.
Is this your business?
Email hello@uptoscratch.au, or write to Matthew through mattg.com.au, for a free re-scan, a correction, or to have this page and your listing taken down. You don’t need to buy anything or sign up to anything.
How this was measured: Google Lighthouse, run as a phone on a throttled mobile connection, on the home page. Lab scores move a few points between runs, and they are not the same as what every visitor experiences.
Who runs this: Matthew Goodwin operates Up To Scratch and also sells website rebuilds. Nobody can pay for a score or a place on a scoreboard.