House Rewiresin Mitcham

Much of Mitcham is Victorian terraces near the Cricket Green, together with very large interwar estates. The St Helier estate and Pollards Hill were built in the 1920s and 1930s, and between them they account for a great many of the homes in the area.

Interwar estate housing is fuse board and rewire stock. A house that went up in the 1930s may still have its original cabling, or wiring that was extended over the years without the old circuits being replaced. The Victorian terraces bring a different set of questions, with older cable types and layouts that were never designed for modern appliances.

A full rewire replaces the cables, sockets, switches and lighting connections across the whole property, and in most cases the consumer unit as well. The result is a single tested installation in place of years of additions.

A partial rewire does the same for part of the installation only, such as a floor, a kitchen and its supply, or an extension. It suits a house where some of the wiring tests well.

Victorian terraces are narrower and more compact. There is less space for cable routes, walls are often solid, and any earlier alterations may have hidden how circuits are arranged. A rewire in a terrace needs careful thought about where cable will run and how to keep disturbance to a minimum.

We look at the house on site, talk through the routes and explain where floors or walls will have to be opened. Because a terrace has fewer rooms, the work can be easier to stage, and we agree the order with you before starting.