An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is a thorough inspection and test of the fixed wiring in a property. It identifies anything that is damaged, dangerous, overloaded or no longer meets the regulations, all before it becomes a problem.
We carry out a full visual inspection and a series of dead and live tests, then give you a clear report with each issue coded by severity. Where work is recommended, you get an honest, itemised quote, with no pressure to use us for the repairs.
Landlord and pre-purchase EICRs start from £150 +VAT, with the exact figure confirmed up front based on the size of the property and the number of circuits.
Every issue we find gets a code. A single C1, C2 or FI anywhere in the property means the report is marked Unsatisfactory, which is the part a landlord can't sign off on. Here's each one in plain English.
A real risk of shock or fire right now, such as exposed live parts. We make it safe on the spot before we leave.
Not live-and-exposed today, but it could become dangerous: missing earthing, no RCD protection, a loose connection. Needs putting right.
Safe as it stands, just not to the latest standard. Worth doing, but a C3 on its own still passes as Satisfactory.
Something doesn't add up and needs a closer look before it can be coded. We'll tell you what we found and why.
Tell us the job and your postcode. We usually pick up, and if we’re on the tools, we call straight back.
We look at what’s actually needed and give you a free, fixed price. Hourly work is charged at our published rates.
We turn up when we said, keep it tidy, test everything and hand over the certificates, with notifiable work registered through NICEIC.
Yes. If you let a property in England you must have a valid EICR carried out at least every five years and before the start of each new tenancy, and give a copy to your tenants. We issue the certificate landlords and letting agents need, and remind you when it's due.
It means we found at least one C1, C2 or FI item. We'll send an itemised quote for putting those right. Sometimes it's a quick fix, sometimes a fuseboard upgrade or added RCD protection. Once the work's done we re-issue the report as Satisfactory.
A C2 is potentially dangerous and has to be fixed for the report to pass: think no earthing or a missing RCD. A C3 is ‘improvement recommended’: safe as it is, just not to today's standard, so the report can still pass with C3s on it. We'll always explain which is which.
For part of it, yes. Some tests have to be done with circuits switched off, so expect short interruptions rather than a full day without power. We work around you, and if you're running anything that can't go off we'll plan around it.
We email the full report over promptly once the testing's done and written up, handy if an agent or solicitor is waiting on it. Tell us if you need a printed copy too.
Landlord certificate due, buying somewhere new, or just overdue a check? Tell us the property and we’ll get you booked in and email the coded report over once we’re done.