Rewiring asap - help!

Welshie_2

We are due to complete on new house tomorrow, and plan to re-wire, have a quote from a sparky to carry out the work this wkend for cash in hand (roughly £300 cheaper). Sparky tells us that we will have a certificate for this which is valid for 5 years. Does this sound right? Do we then need to get someone else in to check the leci and verify that all is ok? I know that we may need to prove that work is legitimate when we come to sell the house. Read someone else's posting on here - something to do with part p, but have no idea what it's all about - where can I get advice about what we need to expect from an electrician?
Thanks!

rygon

this may help you

http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/building/electricalsafety.htm

baldelectrician

You need to get a EIC (Electrical Installation Certificate) from the electrician doing the work.

It would be preferable to use a registered electrician as they will have the relevant insurances and qualifications.

See
http://www.niceic.org.uk/common/contractor_search.html

If you are in Scotland see:
http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/register/SearchCo.asp?T=Construction&ID=2

It is particuarly wise to use a registered electrican in Scotland as the building regulations are more strict- if any work requiring permission has been done post circa 1996, and you have not applied for a warrant (permission) you may have to re apply and meet TODAYS requirements, not those in place when the work was done. Failing that you may have to put the house back the way it was.

Where you are will determine what price you have been quoted; a rewire can vary from £850 to £6000, depending on what you get done