how much roughly?

tipex · Jul 10, 2012

hi all, how much is it roughly for a electric cert to say i can rent my house?
already got a gas cert, just need a electric one.
thanks in advance

baldelectrician · Jul 10, 2012

I use it as a foot in the door price, I reckon around 70% of EICR's fail - usually on bonding, lack of enclosures on spots etc .....

If I get the remedial work I don't charge the retest fee.

sedgy34 · Jul 10, 2012

biff55 said:
What you need is a EICR ( or periodic inspection )
Cost will come down to size of house or number of circuits.
Roughly between £100-200
I can do a drive by inspection for 50 lol.

can you do a drive by shooting too for £60 lol

sedgy34 · Jul 10, 2012

Tonkatoy27 said:
I charge £50 for initial testing and paperwork including 2 circuits. Then £25 per circuit thereafter. So a house with 7 circuits (2 sockets,2 lights, 1 cooker, 1 shower, 1 Immersion) £50 plus 5x £25 = £225 inc VAT
As it averages 45mins per circuit test it's a long winded job to do properly.
Don't trust very cheap quotes as they WILL be cutting corners on the inspecting side.

Don't assume it's going to pass though.

just curious! what if you take cover off and there is another 2 circuits dogged in on the same mcb??is it still £25 for that circuit

cbw · Jul 10, 2012

I tend to still charge £25.00 for that circuit as its still the same amount of ?lights? etc

Tipex, PM sent as we are in your area early August if we can help!

Tonkatoy27 · Jul 11, 2012

sedgy34 said:
just curious! what if you take cover off and there is another 2 circuits dogged in on the same mcb??is it still £25 for that circuit

Yep, win some, loose some. Did a lovely EICR yesterday. (NOT) filled up 2 extra pages of observations just on a 2bed ground floor flat. My favourite was the room stat. 3core & Earth at the heating JB. 2 pair telephone cable at the roomstat. (still 230V) I honestly don't know where to start to put it all right.

Spazz · Jul 11, 2012

I charge £20 per circuit - count the number of MCBs (fuses) in the fuse box and there is your price.

This is the average price that most electricians charge

Just make sure that the person you get is registered - they dont have to be but to get peace of mind for you and to have a bit of paper that is worth the money you pay get someone who knows what they are talking about.

I also have offers for landlords - PM me for details

tipex · Jul 11, 2012

thanks for the pms, my floors are going down next week, is that a bad idea before i got the cert or is failiure usually at sockets and boxes

Spazz · Jul 11, 2012

As the floors are up get it done before purely if something is wrong then it can be fixed at a reduced cost to you.

tigerpaul · Jul 11, 2012

Tonkatoy27 said:
I charge £50 for initial testing and paperwork including 2 circuits. Then £25 per circuit thereafter. So a house with 7 circuits (2 sockets,2 lights, 1 cooker, 1 shower, 1 Immersion) £50 plus 5x £25 = £225 inc VAT
As it averages 45mins per circuit test it's a long winded job to do properly.
Don't trust very cheap quotes as they WILL be cutting corners on the inspecting side.

Don't assume it's going to pass though.