We bought a Victorian terrace in November that needed a full rewire. Got three quotes — Mike's wasn't the cheapest but he was the only one who came to look at the property before quoting, and the only one who wrote down a fixed price rather than a day-rate. He and his team were on it for eleven working days, finished exactly when he said he would, and left the place clean every evening. The certificate paperwork was emailed within 24 hours of the last day. Properly done.
Full rewire of a Victorian terrace, Garden Quarter
Three-bed end-of-terrace, last rewired in 1976. Stripped back, re-cabled, new consumer unit, plastered up, ready for decoration in 11 working days.
Dave bought the house in November and the survey flagged the wiring as 'dating from the late 1970s, recommend assessment'. The EICR we did confirmed it: rubber-sheathed cable in places, no RCD protection anywhere, an immersion heater on a 5A fuse. Full rewire was the only sensible call.
We started Monday morning, three of us on it (Mike, Tom, plus a sub-contracted second-year apprentice). Day one was lifting boards and chasing walls. By Friday the first-fix was done — every cable in, every back-box set. The following Monday we second-fixed the ground floor while the plasterer made-good upstairs. Wednesday and Thursday were sockets, switches, and final connections. Friday was testing, certification, and a deep clean.
Dave moved back in the following Monday with a fully RCBO-protected consumer unit, 30 new sockets, 14 new lighting points, dedicated circuits for the kitchen, oven, and a future EV charger we left a 6mm tail in the garage for.
Eleven working days, fixed-price quote, no day-rate creep.
Materials & specifications
- Cable
- 6242Y 2.5mm (sockets), 1.5mm (lighting), 6mm (oven & EV tail)
- Consumer unit
- Hager Design 30 VML118CURK 18-way
- Sockets
- MK Logic Plus K2747WHI throughout
- Lighting
- Click Mode CMA series flat plate, dimmable LED-compatible
- Total length
- Approximately 320m of cable installed
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