Electricianin Pimlico

Pimlico is known for its stucco terraces, and many large houses of that kind have been divided into flats. That leaves an electrical picture that can be hard to read: several flats in one building, each with its own consumer unit, and wiring that was altered when the house was split up and probably altered again since.

In a converted terrace we look at how the flat is fed, where its consumer unit sits, what has been added over the years and how the circuits are arranged. We inspect and test before we suggest work, and we explain what we find in plain terms so you can decide what to do about it.

Landlords in England need an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) for privately rented homes, repeated at intervals. An EICR is an inspection and test of the existing installation, and it ends with a written report on its condition and any work that needs attention.

We carry out EICRs for landlords and managing agents with a single flat or several. If the report lists remedial work, we can quote to carry it out, which keeps the process in one place. Let us know whether the flat is occupied when you call, since tenants need notice and access has to be arranged.

Where an older flat has cloth-covered cable, mismatched sockets or circuits that trip without an obvious cause, a full or partial rewire may be the right answer. In a flat in a period building, cable has to be routed with care through floors, behind plaster and around features that are worth keeping.

We plan the sequence with you, tell you what disruption to expect and test the finished installation. Where you are refitting a kitchen or bathroom, we can carry out the electrical upgrades during that renovation, including new circuits and additional sockets, and it helps to involve us before the finishes are chosen.

We work across a wide area from our Sutton base, and Chelsea, Battersea, Kensington and Clapham Common are all near Pimlico, so it is worth asking if you are close to the edge of the area. Because we travel to each job, we plan visits around the work involved so that there is time to test properly and explain what we find.

When you phone, tell us whether it is a flat or a house, roughly how old the wiring is, what has gone wrong or what you want to change, and whether the building has a managing agent we need to speak to. If you have an earlier certificate or report, keep it to hand. We will explain what we would look at first and what a sensible next step is.