We carry out electrical work across South London and North Kent — full and partial rewires, consumer unit replacement, EICR inspections, fault finding, additional circuits, sockets, lighting and EV charger installation. All notifiable work is certified on completion, and you receive the paperwork you will need when you come to sell or let the property. We work on our own building projects and as a standalone electrical contractor.
If a circuit keeps tripping, something has scorched, or you have lost power entirely, call 07472 137237. Do not keep resetting a breaker that will not stay on — it is doing its job, and the reason it is tripping needs finding.
Electrical work divides into three kinds: the work you have chosen to have done, the work a report has told you needs doing, and the work that has announced itself by failing. We handle all three.
Planned work covers rewires, consumer unit upgrades, additional circuits, sockets, lighting design and EV chargers. Reported work follows an EICR or a survey — remedial items coded as dangerous or potentially dangerous, which have to be put right before a property can be let. And fault work is what happens when a circuit trips, a socket stops working or something starts to smell hot.
All notifiable work is carried out to the current edition of the wiring regulations and certified through a competent person scheme, so it is registered with building control without you having to arrange anything separately. Because we are a building contractor rather than an electrical firm alone, we also make good afterwards — the chased walls get filled and finished rather than left for you to sort out.
This is the question most people are asking, and the answer is frequently the cheaper one — which is not always what they get told.
A consumer unit replacement upgrades the protection at the origin of the installation: modern breakers, residual current protection, and a non-combustible enclosure. If the wiring itself is sound, this is often all that is genuinely needed, and it costs a fraction of a rewire.
A full rewire replaces the cabling throughout. It becomes the right answer when the wiring itself has reached the end of its life — rubber, lead or fabric insulation, no earth conductor at the lighting points, or an installation that has simply been extended too many times by too many people.
The honest test is what the cables look like, not what the fuse box looks like. An old-looking board on top of sound modern cabling is a straightforward upgrade. A newish board on top of rubber-insulated wiring from the 1960s is a rewire wearing a disguise. We look at both before saying which you need, and we will tell you when the cheaper answer is the right one.
An electrical installation condition report is an inspection and test of the fixed wiring, producing a report that is either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Rented properties in England need one at least every five years, and the landlord must give a copy to the tenants. We carry out EICR inspections, explain what the coded observations actually mean, and quote separately for any remedial work so you can see what is required rather than recommended.
Replacing the fixed wiring throughout a property, or in the parts of it that need it. An electrical rewire is disruptive work involving chasing walls and lifting floors, so it makes sense alongside a refurbishment where the property is empty or the rooms are coming apart anyway. We make good afterwards as part of the job.
Replacing an old fuse box with a modern consumer unit, with residual current protection on the circuits that require it and a non-combustible enclosure as the current regulations demand. Consumer unit replacement is notifiable work and is certified on completion. It is often the single most cost-effective safety improvement available in an older house.
Additional sockets, moving existing ones, new lighting circuits, downlights, outside lights and dedicated circuits for showers, ovens and hobs. Socket installation on an existing circuit is straightforward; a new circuit is notifiable and certified.
Tracing why a circuit trips, why a light flickers or why part of the house has lost power. Fault finding is investigative work rather than a fixed task, so we charge for the time it takes to find the cause and then quote the repair separately once we know what it is.
Home charge point installation, including the load assessment that establishes whether the existing supply can support it and any notification the network operator requires. EV charger installation needs a dedicated circuit and specific competence beyond general electrical qualification, so ask any installer what they hold before booking.
Kitchen and bathroom installations have their own requirements — appliance circuits, extractor ventilation, and in bathrooms the zoning rules that govern what may be installed where. We coordinate this with our own kitchen fitters rather than working around another trade.
Garden lighting, power to outbuildings and garden offices, external sockets and armoured cable runs. Outdoor work has additional protection requirements and needs the right cable and enclosures for the conditions.
Periodic inspection, remedial work, emergency lighting, distribution boards and fit-out electrics for offices, retail units and managed property. We can work out of hours or in phases where premises need to keep trading, and provide the documentation your compliance records need.
Loss of power, repeated tripping, burning smells or visible damage. Call 07472 137237. We will make the installation safe first and deal with the repair afterwards.
Electrical work in a home is covered by Part P of the building regulations. Certain work is notifiable, meaning building control has to be told about it — that includes installing a new circuit, replacing a consumer unit, and work in bathrooms and other special locations. Adding a socket to an existing circuit in most rooms is not notifiable.
Notifiable work can be certified two ways: by a contractor registered with a competent person scheme, who self-certifies and notifies building control on your behalf, or by a separate building control application, which costs more and takes longer. We use the first route.
You will receive the appropriate certificate on completion — an installation certificate for new circuits and rewires, or a minor works certificate for smaller jobs. Keep it. Your solicitor will ask for it when you sell, and its absence is a routine cause of delay during conveyancing.
Two things separate us from a sole-trader electrician, and both matter more than they sound.
The first is making good. Electrical work means chasing walls and lifting floors, and a great many electricians stop at the point the wiring works, leaving you to find a plasterer and a decorator. We are a building contractor, so the filling, plastering and finishing are part of the same job and the same quotation.
The second is honesty about scope. We will tell you when a consumer unit upgrade will do instead of a rewire, and when an EICR observation is a genuine safety issue rather than an improvement recommendation. Both of those conversations cost us money in the short term and win the work in the long one.
Balham, Clapham, Brixton, Streatham, Tooting, Wimbledon, Mitcham, Worcester Park
Gravesend, Northfleet, Dartford, Meopham, Higham, Shorne, Cobham, Ebbsfleet
Based in Balham SW12 and working across South London and North Kent.
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House rewire cost is the figure most people want, and it varies more than almost any other job because so much depends on the building rather than the wiring. The drivers:
We quote in writing after looking at the installation. Anyone quoting a rewire without seeing the property is guessing.
Tell us what needs doing and we will come and look at the installation. You get a written quotation, honest advice on what is actually necessary, and the certificates you will need afterwards.
Age of the wiring matters more than the age of the fuse box. The clearest signs are rubber, lead or fabric-covered cable, lighting circuits with no earth conductor, round-pin sockets, and an installation that has been extended repeatedly over the years by different people. A house wired in the last thirty years usually does not need a full rewire even if the consumer unit looks dated. The only way to know is to have the installation inspected and tested, which is what an EICR does.
An electrical installation condition report is an inspection and test of the fixed wiring, producing a report that is either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Rented properties in England need one at least every five years and the landlord must provide a copy to the tenants. Owner-occupiers are not legally required to have one, but it is sensible before buying a property, after a major alteration, or if the installation is more than about a decade old.
It means the report contains at least one observation coded as dangerous, potentially dangerous, or requiring further investigation. Those items have to be put right for the report to become satisfactory. Observations coded only as an improvement recommendation do not make a report unsatisfactory and do not have to be actioned, though they are usually worth considering. We explain which is which rather than quoting for everything on the list.
Some of it does. Installing a new circuit, replacing a consumer unit, and work in bathrooms and other special locations are all notifiable under Part P and must be certified. Adding a socket to an existing circuit in most rooms is not notifiable. Notifiable work can either be self-certified by a contractor registered with a competent person scheme or notified separately to building control, which costs more. Ask any electrician which route they use.
A three-bedroom house typically takes five to ten working days for the electrical work itself, and longer if the property is occupied and has to be done room by room. Making good and redecoration add to that. An empty property is considerably quicker, which is why a rewire is usually best done as part of a wider refurbishment rather than on its own.
It is possible but disruptive. Wiring runs through walls and floors across the whole house, so rooms come apart in sequence and power is off for parts of each day. Where clients do stay, we work room by room and keep at least part of the house live throughout. If the property is empty, or you can move out for a week, the job is faster and cheaper.
For a rewire or new circuits, an electrical installation certificate. For smaller work such as adding a socket to an existing circuit, a minor electrical installation works certificate. Where the work is notifiable we also notify building control and you receive confirmation of that. Keep whichever you are given — your solicitor will ask for it when you sell.
Yes, subject to a load assessment on the existing supply, which establishes whether the property can support a charge point without upgrading the incoming service. Some installations also require notification to the local network operator. EV charger installation requires specific competence in addition to general electrical qualification, so it is worth asking any installer what they hold.
