Electric full rewire cost

Christineh

Hi, we are in the process of buying a small 3 bed bungalow. Does anyone have a rough estimate to how much this would cost (electric rewire.) Thank you

Smodlet

Hi and welcome. It depends a heck of a lot on where you are in the country as tradesmens' services tend to vary in cost according to the cost of living generally, in my experience however, a bungalow is easier to re-wire than a house for obvious reasons. I would expect to pay anything from £2k upwards but you may be lucky and find it cheaper in your area.

Please, whatever you do, don't do what we did when we first moved to a new area of the country where we knew no tradesmen and go by EA's recommendations/the yellow pages. Ask around everyone who might have used an electrician's services for their experiences. There really is nothing like word of mouth; I do not trust Trustpilot and the like as far as I could throw a shed.

Nearly 7 years ago we paid £1800 for a full re-wire of an average, 3 bed semi and know we got a bargain (word of mouth again) Those guys, for whom we had to wait 2 months, were absolutely brilliant, unlike the nightmare we had first who did not last a day and was miraculously available at 24 hours' notice. Good tradesmen are booked up months in advance and tend not to need to advertise; word of mouth does it all.

Good luck and it will all be worth it: There is nothing like the peace of mind gained from knowing your wiring is safe and you can do whatever you want, rather than having to be wary every time you plug something in. HTH.

Albala

Ours, for a largeish 4-bed det with most of it single-storey, between 5 and 7 thousand. And we did get quotes, not just the one. Not in an expensive area, either. Also for an empty house with power not required to be put back overnight (which is cheaper than if you and your furiture are living in the place).



Take a look here:http://quotationcheck.com/cost-to-rewire-a-house/
Seems to be consistent with our quotes.
If you want a faster job, in our experience you may need a medium-sized firm rather than a one-man band who calls in a mate when needed, as they can throw more people at the job and are less likely to be disappearing off doing (understandably) little emergency jobs for existing customers. We're avoiding the ones who only work weekends too....

diggingdude

Find a Facebook page for your area and ask them their recommendations then get the recommendations to give quotes

ProDave

Get an EICR done first. It may not need a full rewire. A new consumer unit and some alterations to suit your needs may be all that is actually needed.

martindow

If you can't get recommendations from neighbours, in the past I've asked other trades if they can recommend someone, asking a plumber or a decorator to recommend an electrician for instance. It is not in their interests to recommend an electrician who is not very good if you are likely to need more plumbing or decorating in the future ...

SmashedAvacado

i am not sure i agree with the comment about not going with an estate agent's recommendations. If they manage properties, then they will want to be working with someone reliable as they will get no end of grief from not doing so. some of the best tradespeople i have worked with have come through me asking the agent who they would use if they were managing the property.

need_an_answer

Last year I had a quote for a 1 bed bungalow in the south that was £2.5k.

It included lots of small extras and we didn't compromise on the number of sockets on a room.

You also need to factor in replastering costs.

the downside we encountered with our bungalow refurb was the concrete floors which didn't change the electrical rewire costs but made it more of a challenge when designing the central heating and channelling pipework.

Bossypants

I spent just shy of £4k doing a two bed bungalow (including loft and garage) earlier this year.

Smodlet

SmashedAvacado wrote: »

i am not sure i agree with the comment about not going with an estate agent's recommendations. If they manage properties, then they will want to be working with someone reliable as they will get no end of grief from not doing so. some of the best tradespeople i have worked with have come through me asking the agent who they would use if they were managing the property.

Everyone has their own experiences. The EA in my case did not give a damn; why should they? There was no comeback other than one phone call; what is that to them? I would hesitate to use that EA again for other reasons as well.

foxy-stoat

Does it need a full re-wire or do you want to reconfigure the electrical sockets? Maybe new consumer unit and test on the existing wiring if you think its necessary.

You haven't just read the surveyors report " fuse board looks old - full re-wire required "?