House Rewiresin Wimbledon

Much of Wimbledon Village and the streets around the Common is large Victorian and Edwardian housing. South Wimbledon is mostly Victorian terraces. Towards Raynes Park the housing is largely 1930s semis, and near the town centre there are many flats and period conversions.

Each of those has its own wiring story. A large older house may have had circuits added over many decades. A terrace tends to be a tighter job with fewer rooms but less space to route new cable. A 1930s semi may still carry its first wiring, or a patchwork of later repairs. We start by looking at what is actually in the property, not at what we expect from the street.

Not every house needs the whole installation replaced. A partial rewire replaces part of it: perhaps the ground-floor circuits, a kitchen and its supply, or an extension and the circuits that feed it. The older wiring that tests sound can stay.

The decision comes from inspection and testing, not from the age of the house alone. If the results show that some circuits are in good order, replacing only the poor ones is a sensible route. If the results show wiring that is deteriorated throughout, a partial job would only postpone the rest. We tell you which we think applies and why, so the choice is yours to make with the facts in front of you.

Near the town centre many houses have been split into flats. That changes the questions around a rewire. The installation may be shared, supplies may have been altered when the conversion was done, and the wiring in one flat can be quite different from the one above it.

If you own or let a converted flat, tell us how the building is arranged when you call. We can look at which part of the installation belongs to your flat and what would need to be agreed with others before work begins. Landlords may also want an EICR first, because the report shows the condition of the existing wiring and helps decide how much needs replacing.

A rewire follows a clear order, and knowing it makes the disruption easier to plan around.

Rewiring is notifiable work in a home, so it is certified under Part P of the Building Regulations, and we are NAPIT registered. You receive an Electrical Installation Certificate at the end.