Electrical work you can certify, not merely switch on.
Electrical work is the one trade where the certificate matters as much as the wiring. Without it you cannot sell, you cannot let, and your insurer has grounds to decline. Everything we carry out is certified properly.
Indicative cost
Additional sockets from £90. Consumer unit replacement typically £550–£850. Full rewire from around £3,500.
A rewire price depends almost entirely on property size and whether floors must be lifted. Anyone quoting a rewire over the telephone without inspection is guessing. EICR reports are a fixed price and take a couple of hours.
Anything with a live conductor in it.
Most electrical faults in older London properties reduce to the same three causes: an obsolete consumer unit, a rewire that never happened, and somebody's DIY spur from 1996.
Do you require an EICR?
If you are a landlord in England, yes — legally, every five years, with substantial penalties for non-compliance. If you are selling, buyers' solicitors increasingly request one. And if the property has not been rewired since the 1980s, it is worth holding regardless of whether anyone is asking.
Quoted, completed, certified.
Electrical work is unusually straightforward to price accurately, because very little is concealed.
Inspection
We examine the consumer unit and the existing wiring. The age of the board reveals most of what is needed to know about the rest of the property.
Fixed quotation
Written and broken down line by line, with certification included. If a rewire is unnecessary and a board upgrade will suffice, we will say so.
The work
Cables run, chased in where required, faceplates fitted square. Floors protected and debris cleared as we proceed.
Test & certify
Everything tested, the certificate issued, and the consumer unit clearly labelled so the next contractor knows what is what.
The questions people don't ask out loud.
So we'll answer them here instead.
Do we genuinely need a full rewire?
Frequently not. Many properties simply require a new consumer unit with proper RCD protection, with the existing cabling perfectly sound. A full rewire is a large, expensive and disruptive project and we will not sell you one unnecessarily. We test what is there first.
Will our walls be damaged?
Chasing cables into walls does generate dust — there is no avoiding it. Floors are protected and debris cleared as we proceed rather than at the end. On a full rewire we will be honest: it is disruptive, and redecoration afterwards is advisable.
Will the work be certified?
Yes — notifiable electrical work is certified as the regulations require, whether that is a Minor Works certificate, an EIC for a larger installation, or a full EICR where you have requested one. Without the paperwork, the work may as well not have happened.
“Two electricians told us a full rewire was needed at nine thousand pounds. Khalife tested the existing circuits, showed us the readings, and confirmed the cabling was sound — it was simply the board that was obsolete. The consumer unit was replaced for under a thousand and everything has been faultless for two years.”
Anthony R. · Consumer unit upgrade, Chiswick
Electrics — straight answers.
A full rewire typically starts around £3,500 for a small flat and rises with property size — a three-bedroom house is frequently £5,500–£8,000. Access is the dominant factor: if floorboards lift readily it is cheaper than if everything must be chased through walls.
An Electrical Installation Condition Report is a full inspection and test of the installation. Landlords in England require one every five years by law. Sellers are increasingly asked for one. It takes a couple of hours and produces a report setting out what, if anything, requires attention.
Yes — a Minor Works certificate for smaller jobs, an EIC for larger installations, and a full EICR report where you have requested one. Any electrician vague about certification is not one to admit to your property.
Yes — it is a growing part of the work. We first confirm the consumer unit has adequate capacity and the correct protection; many older boards do not, and that must be addressed before the charger is fitted.
No. The age of the property matters far less than the age of the wiring and the consumer unit. A 1930s house rewired in 2005 is fine. A 1990s house on its original board with no RCD protection is more concerning. We test rather than assume.
Have your electrics assessed properly.
Whether it's two sockets or a full rewire — a fixed price, certified work, and an honest answer on what you actually require.