Remedial Works
Anything found gets an itemised quote against the observation it clears, before you exchange, so the numbers are real.
Homebuyer EICR Surveys
A general house survey looks at the electrics from the doorway. An EICR opens the board, tests every sampled circuit, and tells you, before contracts are exchanged, often the cheapest surprise you will ever avoid.
Book a pre-purchase EICRWhy Survey Before You Buy
The electrics are the part of a house you cannot see from a viewing, and a standard homebuyer survey typically notes only what is visible. An EICR is the electrical equivalent of the full structural look: the consumer unit opened, a sample of accessories examined, and the circuits tested with instruments, with everything found coded by how serious it is.
What that buys you is negotiating position and certainty. An unsatisfactory report with a handful of C2 observations is not a reason to walk away; it is a priced list of what the installation needs, in your hand before you commit. And a satisfactory report is worth just as much: it is the confidence to stop wondering what is behind the walls.
An EICR is not a legal requirement for buying a home. It is simply the difference between knowing and hoping.
How It Fits Into the Purchase
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Book it early
The inspection needs the seller's permission for access; your agent arranges it like any survey visit. Allow three to four hours for a typical house.
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The inspection
The same full EICR we carry out anywhere: visual inspection, dead tests, live tests, everything recorded. See how the inspection works.
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The report, explained
You get the coded report and a plain-English walkthrough of what matters, what does not, and what each observation would cost to put right.
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Use it
Negotiate, ask the seller to fix, or budget for the work after completion; the report works for whichever route you take.
What the codes on the report mean
C1, C2, C3 and FI decide whether the report is satisfactory, and which findings are urgent versus advisory.
Offer accepted on a property?
A pre-purchase inspection tells you what the electrics will cost you before contracts are exchanged, not after.
If the Survey Finds Work
Fuse Board Upgrades
The most common single fix in an older purchase: a modern board with every circuit protected and labelled.
Rewiring
Where the survey shows wiring at the end of its life, a full or partial rewire, best priced before you complete.
Buying, or selling and want to get ahead of the buyer’s survey? Tell us the address and the timescale and we will fit the inspection around it.
Book a survey