Qualified electrical safety inspections for landlords across England — fixed prices, fast turnaround.
Every rented home in England needs a valid Electrical Installation Condition Report — renewed at least every five years. We send a qualified electrician to test your property’s fixed wiring and issue your certificate, and we make booking it effortless.
Priced on property size for rented homes and on circuit count for commercial premises. Every price is confirmed in writing for your specific property before anything is booked.
We’re an electrical safety inspection service for landlords. You tell us about the property; we send a qualified electrician, test the fixed installation, and issue your certificate — with any remedial work explained clearly and priced up front.
A competent, qualified electrician inspects and tests your property’s fixed wiring to BS 7671 — the recognised standard.
You receive the EICR itself — the document that proves compliance and satisfies your duty to tenants and the council.
If anything is unsatisfactory, we explain the C1/C2/FI findings, the 28-day timeframe, and quote any remedial work clearly.
Under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, a landlord must have the fixed electrical installation inspected and tested by a qualified person — and then keep to a handful of firm deadlines. Here they are, in plain terms.
The installation must be inspected and tested at intervals of no more than five years — or sooner, if the report recommends it. The clock runs from the date of the last satisfactory inspection.
The work must be carried out by someone competent to do it — a qualified electrician who inspects, tests, and completes the report to the wiring standard, BS 7671.
Provide the report to existing tenants within 28 days of the test, and to any new tenant before they move in. A prospective tenant may ask for it, too.
Where the report records a C1, C2 or FI, the remedial or investigative work must be completed within 28 days — or sooner if specified — and then confirmed in writing.
Should the local authority request it, the report must be provided within seven days. Councils enforce these rules, and may act where a landlord does not comply.
An EICR examines the parts of the electrical system that are built into the home. Move through the drawing to see what the inspector looks at, and what they are looking for.
Fig. 1 — Select a point to read the inspection note
The heart of the installation. The inspector assesses the enclosure and main switch, the type and adequacy of the protective devices, and whether residual current protection is present where it should be — the modern safeguards that cut power the instant a fault appears.
The cabling threaded through walls, floors and ceilings. It is examined for its type and condition, sound insulation, and whether past alterations have been carried out safely — the parts of the system no tenant ever sees, and the parts that matter most.
The accessories in daily use throughout the home. Each is checked for correct polarity, secure fixing, effective earthing and safe operation — small things individually, but the points at which people actually touch the installation.
The quiet safety net. The protective conductors and main bonding are verified to confirm that, should a fault occur, it is cleared safely and exposed metalwork cannot become live. Inadequate earthing or bonding is among the most common and serious findings.
Every observation in a report is graded. These four codes decide whether a certificate is satisfactory — and whether the clock starts ticking on remedial work.
A risk of injury exists. Something is live and dangerous now; the inspector will usually make it safe on the spot, and it demands immediate action.
Not an immediate danger, but it could readily become one. A C2 makes the report unsatisfactory and must be put right, typically within 28 days.
Something warrants investigation without delay to establish whether it is dangerous. An FI also renders a report unsatisfactory.
A recommendation, not a requirement. The installation is safe to use, but attending to this would bring it nearer the current standard.
A report is deemed satisfactory only where it records no C1, C2 or FI. A C3 alone does not fail it. Where any of the first three appear, the remedial work must be completed within twenty-eight days — and confirmed, in writing, to tenants and, on request, the council.
Every EICR is quoted as a single fixed price for your specific property — based on its size and the number of circuits, confirmed before we book. No call-out fees, no per-circuit surprises.
Indicative — confirmed per property Final pricing depends on property size and circuit count, and is always confirmed in writing before any booking.
4 bed £104.99 · 5 bed £139.99 · 6 bed £159.99 · 7 bed £179.99 · 8 bed £199.99
Residential covers rented homes and is priced by bedroom count; commercial is priced on the number of circuits at the board. Every price is confirmed in writing for your specific property before anything is booked.
When the inspection concludes, you receive the EICR — the record that proves compliance. Here is what one looks like, and what it contains.
REF · SPECIMEN
STANDARD · BS 7671
ILLUSTRATIVE
No C1 · C2 · FI outstanding
after remedial works
No RCD protection to a socket circuit — remedial work recommended.
No circuit identification labelling at the consumer unit.
Accessories of an older pattern; improvement recommended.
Specimen, for illustration only — not a real certificate. The outcome, observations and codes shown are examples. Your report reflects your own installation.
Fig. 2 — A specimen report, abridged
A formal record, produced by the qualified person — the document you keep, hand to your tenants, and show the council if they ask.
A clear Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory verdict for the installation.
Every issue found, graded C1, C2, C3 or FI, so nothing is ambiguous.
The technical readings for each circuit, measured against BS 7671.
The recommended re-test date — five years at most, sometimes less.
The report concerns everything wired into the fabric of the building — the infrastructure that carries power through the home, rather than anything that merely plugs into it.
The board itself — main switch, protective devices and residual current protection, and their condition and adequacy.
The cabling within walls, floors and ceilings — its type, its condition, and whether it has been safely installed.
The accessories throughout the home — tested for polarity, secure fixing, sound earthing and safe operation.
Permanently connected lighting points and their circuits — condition, and whether they are correctly connected.
The protective conductors and main bonding — the safeguards that render a fault harmless. Their inadequacy is a common, serious finding.
Appliances wired directly into the installation — an immersion heater, say, or an extractor — rather than plugged in.
Send the property type, the number of bedrooms and the postcode. We return a fixed price for the EICR — with no obligation to proceed.
A convenient time is booked with you or your tenant. A typical inspection takes a few hours and needs access to the consumer unit and circuits.
The fixed wiring is inspected and tested against BS 7671, every circuit examined, and each observation graded C1, C2, C3 or FI.
You receive the report and its verdict. Should anything be unsatisfactory, we explain the remedial work required and the twenty-eight-day window to put it right.
If you let residential property in England, yes. The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require a valid EICR for the fixed installation, renewed at least every five years. The rules applied to new tenancies from July 2020 and to all existing tenancies from April 2021, and were extended to the social rented sector in 2025. This guide is general information, not legal advice.
At least every five years — or sooner, where the report specifies a shorter interval, as some older installations do. The five years runs from the last satisfactory inspection, not from the start of a tenancy. At a change of tenant you need not automatically commission a new one, provided the existing report remains valid.
The fixed electrical installation — consumer units, fixed wiring, sockets, switches, light fittings, earthing and bonding, and permanently connected equipment. It does not extend to portable appliances such as kettles or lamps; that is the separate matter of PAT testing. The section above sets out each element.
They are the condition codes. C1 means danger is present and needs immediate action; C2 means potentially dangerous; FI means further investigation is required. Any of these makes a report unsatisfactory. C3 means improvement is merely recommended — a C3 on its own still passes. See the condition codes above for the full breakdown.
Where the report records a C1, C2 or FI, the remedial or investigative work must be carried out within 28 days — or sooner, if the report so specifies. You then provide written confirmation that the work is done to your tenants, and to the council should they have asked. A satisfactory certificate, or other appropriate electrical certification, serves as that confirmation.
A qualified and competent person — in practice, a suitably qualified electrician with the competence to inspect and test to BS 7671 and to complete the report. The responsibility for engaging a competent person rests with you, so it is worth confirming their qualifications and registration.
It depends chiefly on the size of the property and the number of circuits — a one-bedroom flat is quicker to test than a large house. Rather than quote a misleading single figure, we provide a fixed price for your specific property in advance. Send the details through the form below for a quote, with no obligation.
Tell us about the property and we will return a clear, fixed price for your landlord electrical safety certificate — usually the same working day.
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