Phil Boon
Managing Director
Over 20 years in the trade. Phil prices every job, runs it, and tests and certifies the work himself.
Checkatrade member since May 2010
About The Electrician London
A small, family run electrical business covering London and Surrey. Phil Boon, who runs it, looks at every job himself, supervises the work and signs the certificate.
Who we are
Who you are dealing with
The Electrician London Ltd is an NICEIC Approved electrical contractor working out of Wallington, on the border between London and Surrey. We are a small, family run business, and the 134 reviews on our Checkatrade profile go back to May 2010.
There are over 20 years in the trade behind that, most of it on domestic work in south London: rewires, fuse boards, the extra socket that turns into three, and the sort of fault finding other people had given up on. Shops, offices and rented property came later, largely because customers who had used us at home started asking about their premises.
Being a small team rather than a firm with a diary and a dispatcher has an obvious limit: we can only take on so much at once, and we will say so rather than book you in and let you down. What it buys you is that the people who turn up at your door are the two below, nothing is subcontracted, and the standard does not change depending on who was available that week.
The team
Taylor Boon
Trainee Electrician
Training on site alongside Phil. Everything he works on is supervised, tested and certified by Phil.
What we are here to do
A trade you should not have to worry about
Most people ringing an electrician are not enjoying themselves. Something has failed, or a survey has flagged a problem, or a sale is being held up. The job is to make that go away without adding to it.
What we set out to do
Do the work properly, certify it, and leave the property the way we found it. Charge a fair price for the job that is actually needed rather than the job that is easiest to sell. Be reachable afterwards on the same number.
Where we are based
Hawthorn Road, Wallington, SM6 0SX. It is a working base rather than a shop, so please ring rather than calling in. From here, Sutton, Carshalton, Croydon, Mitcham, Epsom and Banstead are on the doorstep, and we work right across London and Surrey.
How we work
The unglamorous part is the part that matters
Most of what customers mention in reviews is not the wiring. It is whether the day went the way it was supposed to.
We turn up when we said
We look at the job before putting anything in writing, we tell you about a problem the day we find it rather than at the end, and we clear up.
We test rather than guess
Swapping parts until something works is faster on the first visit and more expensive by the third. We would rather spend an hour finding the damaged cable under the bathroom floor than replace an RCD that was never faulty.
No job is too small
A single socket, a light that will not stay on and an extractor fan are all worth doing properly. They are how most long-standing customers first got in touch.
Where we draw the line
What we will not do
Every trade has a few practices that make customers wary. These are the ones we get asked about, and where we stand on them.
Condemn something serviceable
A plastic consumer unit in sound condition is a C3 improvement recommendation, not a failure, and we will code it that way even though coding it C2 would sell more boards.
Push work you do not need
If the problem is a failed appliance rather than the installation, we will tell you that, not find you a circuit to replace.
Take on the wrong job
High voltage, lift engineering and specialist industrial control are outside what we do. We will say so and point you somewhere sensible.
20+
Years in the electrical trade
16
Years on Checkatrade, since May 2010
9.89
Out of 10 across 134 customer reviews
39+
London boroughs and Surrey towns covered
Credentials
Qualifications and standards
Installation work is carried out to BS 7671, the national wiring standard. What sits behind that is a set of qualifications and a registration that is checked by somebody other than us.
The wiring regulations change, and requalifying each time they do is not optional as far as we are concerned. An out-of-date electrician is a liability to everyone, including themselves.
- BS 7671
- The national wiring standard. Every installation is carried out and tested to it.
- City & Guilds
- Qualified in electrical installation, and in inspection and testing.
- NICEIC Approved Contractor
- Completed work and records assessed by an NICEIC inspector every year.
- NICEIC Part P Domestic Installer
- Notifiable work in homes registered with building control without a separate application.
I have now used this company for three jobs, most recently installing a new power supply for a kitchen fan and replacing a faulty plug socket. Every time they have been excellent, with good communication, and they always arrive on time. Highly recommended.
Electrical emergency? Call-out including evenings and weekends
Covering London and Surrey, on site as quickly as we can. You will speak to an electrician, not a call centre.
Get in touch
Work with us
Tell us what you need. If it is something we should be doing, we will come and look at it. If it is not, we will say so and point you at someone who should.