Electrical Installation Condition Reports for Bath landlords, buyers and homeowners, from one-bed flats in converted townhouses to large period houses. Priced on the number of circuits and fixed before we book, with the certificate the same day when the installation is satisfactory.
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Leave a name and number and we will call back to price it. A photo of your consumer unit helps us quote on the phone. We come back within 24 hours.
An Electrical Installation Condition Report is a set of tests and a visual inspection of the fixed wiring: the consumer unit, every circuit, the earthing and bonding, sockets, switches and fixed appliances. At the end you get a coded report that says whether the installation is safe to keep using, and what, if anything, needs putting right.
In Bath the same test meets very different buildings. A Georgian townhouse in the centre has usually been split into flats, each with its own meter and board, and a landlord's supply feeding the stair lighting and door entry. A Victorian terrace in Oldfield Park is often a shared student house with more sockets in each bedroom than the original wiring was ever meant for. A post-war semi in Southdown or Odd Down may have had a board change and nothing else in fifty years. We price and plan each one on what is there, after a quick look at the board or a photo of it.
Most of Bath's housing is old by national standards, and the age shows in the wiring. These are the items that come up on reports in period properties, and what they mean for you:
Coding follows BS 7671:2018+A4:2026. C1 means danger present and we make it safe before leaving. C2 means potentially dangerous and needs urgent attention. C3 is an improvement recommendation and does not on its own make the report unsatisfactory. FI means the inspector needs to investigate further. An installation is satisfactory only when there are no C1 or C2 codes.
No two installations are the same, so we don't publish a price list. The price depends on the size of the installation and the number of circuits, and we confirm a fixed price in writing before we start. Landlords can see how the EICR fits with the rest of the paperwork on our Bath landlord page.
Remedial work is quoted separately, item by item, so you can see what each code costs to clear. If the report is satisfactory you have the certificate the same day.
We come into the city from our base in Mid Somerset, so we plan Bath visits around the morning traffic on the A367 and A36. In the centre and in residents' parking zones, a visitor permit for the van on the day of the test saves time and keeps the cost where we quoted it. Tell us when you book and we will plan around it.
Our Bath work includes out-of-hours call-outs to homes in Twerton, Southdown, Odd Down, Combe Down, Weston, Newbridge, Bathwick and the city centre, where the faults we trace (water getting into light fittings, a broken socket with exposed conductors, circuits tripped by faulty appliances) are exactly what a periodic test is meant to catch early. Just outside the city we have recently carried out EICRs in Peasedown St John.
The price depends on the size of the installation and the number of circuits. A one-bed flat in a converted townhouse has only a few; a large Georgian house with a separate basement or garden-flat supply has more circuits and is priced on the count. Three-phase commercial testing is priced the same way. You get a fixed price in writing before we book the visit.
As a guide: a small flat takes two to three hours, a three-bed house about four, and a larger Georgian or Victorian house six to eight, because there are more circuits and the wiring is often older. The power is off for short spells while each circuit is tested, so we agree the timing with you or your tenant beforehand.
Yes. Tenant liaison is included. Give us the tenant's contact details and we will agree a slot with them directly, then send the report to you. If you manage through a Bath letting agent, we can deal with the agent instead.
An EICR is an inspection and test, not building work. We remove accessory faceplates and open the consumer unit, then put everything back as we found it. Nothing is chased, drilled or lifted beyond what is needed to see the wiring, and if a floorboard has to come up to check a junction we ask first.
Only C1 (danger present) or C2 (potentially dangerous) codes make a report unsatisfactory. C3 items are recommendations. We make any C1 safe before leaving, then send an itemised quote for the remedial work. Landlords must have C1 and C2 items put right within 28 days, or sooner if the report says so, and we re-test and confirm in writing once the work is done.
All of BA1 and BA2: the city centre, Lansdown, Larkhall, Bathwick, Widcombe, Bear Flat, Combe Down, Oldfield Park, Westmoreland, Twerton, Southdown, Odd Down, Weston and Newbridge, plus Bathampton, Batheaston and the BANES villages to the south-west such as Peasedown St John, Timsbury and Paulton.
A written, itemised quote before any work starts. NAPIT registered, BS 7671 certified.
07889 334849