For homeowners, landlords and letting agents
Electrical work in homes across London and Surrey, from adding a socket to rewiring a whole Victorian terrace. Every job certified, and notified under Part P where the regulations require it.
What this covers
Most people call an electrician because something has stopped working, because a survey has flagged a problem, or because they are about to spend money on a kitchen and want the wiring sorted first. All three are easier when the person quoting has been in the house rather than guessing from a phone call.
We work across London and Surrey, mostly on properties built between 1880 and 1980: the terraces, conversions and ex-local authority flats that make up so much of the city's housing. That means lath and plaster ceilings, solid walls, floors that have already been lifted three times, and consumer units tucked into cupboards under the stairs. We plan around all of it.
If you are living in the property while we work, the job is phased so you keep a working kitchen, bathroom and bedroom every evening. It adds a few days compared with an empty house, and it avoids the upheaval of moving out.
Phased so you keep a working kitchen, bathroom and bedroom every evening.
Lath and plaster, cornicing and ceiling roses worked around rather than through.
Certificate on completion, and Part P lodged with your building control.
Every property is different, so we do not publish figures that would only mislead you. What moves the cost is the number of circuits, whether the floors are solid or suspended, how much making good is included, and whether you are living in the property while the work happens.
For anything beyond a small job we come and look at it first, then put the scope and the figure in writing. Quoting electrical work off a description over the phone is how people end up with extras they were not expecting.
A rewireable fuse box, black rubber or fabric-covered cable, round pin sockets, no RCD protection, or lighting with no earth all point one way. An EICR gives you a definite answer for a fraction of the cost of guessing wrong.
What we do in homes
If what you need is not listed, ring us and describe it. We will tell you whether it is a job for us, a job for someone else, or something you do not need to spend money on.
Houses and flats rewired room by room or all at once. Older properties with rubber or fabric insulated cable, rewireable fuse boxes or lighting with no earth are the usual reason. Floorboards are lifted carefully and relaid, and chasing is kept to where there is no sensible alternative.
Replacing an old fuse box or plastic consumer unit with a metal-clad board on individual RCBOs, so a fault on one circuit no longer puts the whole property in darkness. Includes full testing, labelling and an Electrical Installation Certificate.
Additional sockets where extension leads have taken over, new lighting points, outside sockets and dedicated circuits for showers, cookers, garden offices and workshops. The existing board is checked for spare capacity before any work is quoted.
Recessed downlighters, pendants, wall lights and under-cabinet strips on dimmable LED that will not flicker. Circuits and switching are planned before any holes are cut, so the light falls where you need it and the switches are where your hand expects them.
Outside lighting to paths, patios, decking and garden offices, wired in armoured cable with the correct protection for outdoor use, and controlled on a switch, timer or photocell to suit how you actually use the garden.
Tracing the cause of a tripping RCD, dead sockets, flickering lights or a burning smell. Circuits are tested methodically rather than parts replaced in hope, so you are told what actually failed and why before any repair is carried out.
Electric showers, cookers, range cookers and stoves connected on a correctly sized dedicated circuit, with the existing supply checked for capacity first. Isolators fitted where they are needed and everything tested before it is left in service.
Electric radiators, immersion heaters and storage heating installed, replaced or repaired. Useful in flats, extensions and garden rooms where extending the wet system is impractical, and on properties with no mains gas supply.
Mains-wired interlinked smoke and heat alarms, and extractor fans for bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms. Both are common requirements on rented property and both are frequently flagged on an inspection report.
How a job runs
The same sequence whether you are adding two sockets or rewiring the whole house. The only difference is how long each step takes.
Tell us what is happening. We will often diagnose the likely cause there and then, and say whether it needs a visit at all.
We look at the consumer unit, the incoming supply, the floors and the walls, and talk through what you actually want. There is no obligation to go ahead.
Itemised in writing, with what is included and what is not, and making good stated explicitly rather than left ambiguous. Then an agreed start date and agreed hours, sheeted and cleared down daily, and you are told straight away if we find anything that changes the price.
Full inspection and testing, certificate issued on completion, Part P notification lodged, and a walk round so you know where everything is.
Covering London and Surrey, on site as quickly as we can. You will speak to an electrician, not a call centre.
Residential projects
Written up in full, including what we found once the boards came up and how it changed the job.
Power and lighting for a built-in media wall with alcove shelving either side of the television: recessed downlights above, concealed LED strip…
A repeat customer, now on their third job with us. A new power supply run for a kitchen extractor fan, and a plug socket that had failed replaced at…
Lighting in the bathroom and hallway had stopped working. Diagnosed and repaired in one visit, with the bathroom fittings checked against the zone…
Common questions
Clear signs are a fuse box with rewireable fuses rather than breakers, black rubber or fabric-covered cable, round pin sockets, no RCD protection, sockets warm to the touch, or lighting with no earth. Age alone is a fair guide: PVC cable installed before the mid-1980s is at or beyond its expected life. An EICR gives you a definite answer rather than a guess.
Not usually. Occupied homes are rewired regularly by phasing the work so a working kitchen, bathroom and at least one bedroom keep power and lighting each evening. It takes a little longer than an empty property but avoids the upheaval of moving out. Dust is unavoidable where walls are chased, so rooms are sheeted and cleared down.
A consumer unit is the modern fuse box. Upgrading means replacing an old board with a metal-clad unit on individual RCBOs, so each circuit has its own overload and earth fault protection. You need one if you have rewireable fuses, no RCD protection, or if an inspection report has flagged the board itself as a defect requiring action.
In most cases yes. Extra sockets, new lighting points, downlighters and outside sockets can usually be added to existing circuits, provided the circuit and the board have the capacity and the existing wiring is in sound condition. That is checked first, because adding load to wiring that is already at its limit helps nobody.
Yes. Electric showers, cookers, range cookers and stoves all need a correctly sized dedicated circuit and, in most cases, an isolator. The incoming supply and existing board are checked for capacity before the work is quoted, because the appliance rating is often larger than the circuit that is already there.
Yes. Mains-wired interlinked smoke and heat alarms and extractor fans for bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms are routine work, and both are common requirements on rented property. Both are also among the items most often raised on an inspection report.
Every domestic job we complete is certified under our NICEIC registration.
Get in touch
Tell us what you need doing. We will look at it, put the scope in writing, and give you an honest view on whether the work is worth doing. We cover London and Surrey.