Hello,
Just bought a new home, kind of knowing the electrics would need updating, got an electrician out to do a few bits and bobs and he said the house basically needs a full rewire as soon as possible - eek! Thank god we haven't done any decorating yet! Its all come as a bit of a shock and we're first time buyers so have done some googling but thought this might be a good place to get some advice?
It's a four bed house built in 1960s, has old consumer unit with those wires wrapped round (never seen one of those in my life before this week!), and from bits and bobs we've done around the house we're not seeing much evidence of new wiring with grey pvc stuff.
From a bit of googling I'm getting the impression this is a ÂŁ5-6k job, which will take about 10 days, and it would be best for us to move out during the time to let the electricians work. I'm also anticipating that this will involve a lot of bringing up floors and bashing through walls and ceilings...?
So my questions are:
House has had new kitchen and bathroom in last 5-10 years, am I being gullible to hope that these rooms might have already been rewired?
What's the best way of finding a good electrician who can get this sorted for us? We live in Paisley in Scotland.
Is there anything else I really need to think about?
Just bought a new home, kind of knowing the electrics would need updating, got an electrician out to do a few bits and bobs and he said the house basically needs a full rewire as soon as possible - eek! Thank god we haven't done any decorating yet! Its all come as a bit of a shock and we're first time buyers so have done some googling but thought this might be a good place to get some advice?
It's a four bed house built in 1960s, has old consumer unit with those wires wrapped round (never seen one of those in my life before this week!), and from bits and bobs we've done around the house we're not seeing much evidence of new wiring with grey pvc stuff.
From a bit of googling I'm getting the impression this is a ÂŁ5-6k job, which will take about 10 days, and it would be best for us to move out during the time to let the electricians work. I'm also anticipating that this will involve a lot of bringing up floors and bashing through walls and ceilings...?
So my questions are:
House has had new kitchen and bathroom in last 5-10 years, am I being gullible to hope that these rooms might have already been rewired?
What's the best way of finding a good electrician who can get this sorted for us? We live in Paisley in Scotland.
Is there anything else I really need to think about?
