Ferny Grove

A Cheap Geek service van outside the Cheap Geek shopfront at Anzac Square, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City

Cheap Geek comes to you in Ferny Grove. We repair computers, laptops and phones at your home, Windows and Mac alike, with no call-out fee for the distance. It is $159 for the first hour, then $2.65 a minute. We also set up and repair backups.

Call 1300 241 944 Book a technician

Our rates

$159

/hour

No call-out fee when we come to you here.

Billed by the minute after the first hour.

Same-day service at no extra charge.

Or drop in to the Brisbane City shop.

Getting to Ferny Grove

Travel time from our shop

Ferny Grove is north west of the Adelaide Street shop, out through Mitchelton and Keperra at the end of the rail line.

Good to know

Ferny Grove work is done at your home. Being at the end of the line does not change the price, because there is no call-out fee.

Computer repairs in Ferny Grove

Ferny Grove sits at the north western end of the rail line, past Mitchelton and Keperra, backing onto bushland at the edge of the city. It is a settled residential suburb and the work here is household. We see a good number of Macs on this side of the north west, and with them the backups that go alongside. Time Machine drives are consumables. They run quietly for years and then fail, usually without anyone noticing until the backup is actually needed. Checking that a backup is completing, rather than merely configured, is a real part of the job. The other regular call out this way is Wi-Fi that will not reach the whole house, which is common on the larger blocks backing onto the bush.

A recent job in Ferny Grove

Ferny Grove, April 2026. The external drive an iMac had been using for Time Machine backups had died. We confirmed the drive had failed, supplied and fitted a 1TB SSD in a USB 3.0 enclosure, set it up as the dedicated Time Machine disk and started a fresh backup. We waited for that first backup to finish rather than assuming it would, then went through what iCloud does and does not cover.

Questions from Ferny Grove customers

Do you work on Macs in Ferny Grove?

Yes. Our technicians work on both Apple and Windows machines, and a good share of the work on this side of the north west is Macs, including iMacs, Time Machine backups and iCloud.

How do I know my backup is actually working?

It is worth checking, because a backup drive can fail silently and most people only find out when they need it. We confirm a backup completes rather than just that it is configured, and we will show you how to check it yourself.

Do you charge more to come out this far?

No. There is no call-out fee anywhere in our service area, so being at the end of the line does not change the price. It is $159 for the first hour and $2.65 a minute after that.

Need a technician in Ferny Grove?

No call-out fee. No same-day surcharge. Billed by the minute after the first hour.

Call 1300 241 944