Prices
Certificate prices for a standard domestic property, plus emergency call-out rates.
Which certificate you actually need
Four documents get confused constantly, usually by people being sold the wrong one. Here is what each is for.
- EICR
Electrical Installation Condition Report
£180Valid 5 years- Who needs it
- Landlords, every five years by law. Homeowners, roughly every ten, or before selling.
- What it covers
- An inspection and test of the existing installation, reporting faults by code. C1 is immediately dangerous, C2 is potentially dangerous, C3 is an improvement recommendation only.
- EIC
Electrical Installation Certificate
IncludedWith the work- Who needs it
- Anyone having new circuits, a rewire or a consumer unit installed.
- What it covers
- Certifies new work against BS 7671. Issued by whoever did the work — if a contractor cannot issue one, they should not be doing the job.
- MEIWC
Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate
£45With the work- Who needs it
- Additions that do not create a new circuit — an extra socket, a replacement fitting.
- What it covers
- Confirms the alteration is safe and tested. Cheaper and quicker than a full EIC, and still notifiable in certain rooms.
- PAT
Portable Appliance Testing
£3.50 per itemTypically annual- Who needs it
- Employers, landlords of furnished lets, and anyone hiring out equipment.
- What it covers
- Inspection and testing of plug-in appliances, with a register and labels. Not a legal requirement in itself but the standard way of meeting one.
Prices are for a standard three-bedroom domestic property with a single consumer unit. Larger properties and commercial premises are quoted per circuit after a look at the installation. We lodge every certificate with the scheme provider, and a copy reaches you by email the same day.
No power, burning smell, or a tripping RCD that will not reset
A qualified electrician answers this number at any hour. If it is genuinely unsafe we will tell you what to isolate before we arrive.
- 08:00 – 18:00 weekdays
- Within 90 minutes
- 18:00 – 23:00 and weekends
- Within 2 hours
- 23:00 – 08:00
- Within 3 hours
We charge an emergency call-out of £120 between 18:00 and 08:00 and at weekends, which is stated before we set off, never added afterwards. If the fault turns out to be your supplier's responsibility rather than your installation, we will tell you and there is no charge.
What people ask about certificates
Mostly landlords, and mostly about codes.
It means at least one C1 or C2 code was recorded. C1 is immediately dangerous and needs making safe on the day. C2 is potentially dangerous and must be remedied for the report to become satisfactory. C3 is an improvement recommendation and does not make a report unsatisfactory on its own.
Yes, and most do. If you would rather not, we will issue the report and you are free to take it elsewhere — there is no obligation and we will not price the remedials into the inspection.
Two to three hours for a typical three-bedroom house. Power is off for parts of it, so plan around anything that must stay running. We will tell you which circuits and for roughly how long before we start.
Someone with authority to grant access does, and we need access to the consumer unit and every room. For tenanted properties we are happy to arrange directly with the tenant.
Yes — "landlord certificate" is the common name for a satisfactory EICR. There is no separate document, and anyone selling you one as an extra is selling you something you already have.
Book an EICR or ring the emergency line
Certificates lodged and emailed the same day. Emergency call-outs answered by a qualified electrician, not a call centre.