What electrical work costs
Most electricians make you ring round for a callback before you find out what anything costs. Here is how we price, and what the usual jobs come out at, so you can decide in your own time. Every figure on this page is a guide. The fixed price comes once we have seen the job, and it is agreed before any work starts.
How our pricing works
So a one hour job is from £80, two hours is from £128, and a six hour day is about £288 in labour. If you supply the materials it is labour only. If we supply them, materials go on top at cost plus a markup, and we tell you before we buy anything.
There is no separate call-out charge. The first hour covers it.
The jobs people ask about most
Consumer unit change
A modern board, labelled so the next person can read them, tested before we leave. Send a photo of your current board and we can usually price it from that.
EV charger
Home and business chargers. The spread is about where your board is and how far the cable has to run.
Fault finding
Breakers that keep tripping, dead sockets, lights that flicker. We find it rather than guess at it.
Jobs we can usually price by phone or message
These are priced with the hourly structure above. Tell us the job and how many, and you get a from price without anyone visiting.
About an hour
- Replace a faulty socket or light switch
- Replace a blown fuse in the consumer unit
- Swap a pendant or ceiling light fitting
- Fit a dimmer switch
- Wire in a Nest or Alexa device
- Convert a single socket to a double, per socket
- Replace halogen bulbs with LEDs, about four an hour
One to two hours
- New socket or USB socket
- Repair an outdoor security light
- Repair a doorbell system
- Smart plugs and Wi-Fi extender points
- Check load balance across circuits
Two to four hours
- PAT testing for a home office
- Split a kitchen ring circuit
- New radial circuit for an oven
- Annual electrical safety check
- Test and label a smoke alarm circuit
Jobs that need a look first
Some work we will not price blind, because guessing does you no favours. For these the quote visit is free and there is no obligation. Quote visits are usually Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, because Louis is out on jobs in the week.
Bigger works
- Full or partial rewires
- Consumer unit upgrades where photos are not enough
- EV chargers
- Wiring an outbuilding, garage or garden office
- Commercial work
Lighting and rooms
- LED downlights and under-cabinet lighting
- Outdoor and garden lighting
- Bathroom extractor fans
- Kitchen socket upgrades
- Electric cooker, hob and shower circuits
Repairs and upgrades
- Fixing a tripping RCD that will not reset
- Surge protection and RCBO additions
- Bonding upgrades to gas and water
Emergencies
During the day, 8am to 5pm, an emergency call-out is the same first hour from £80 then £48 an hour. Out of hours is a higher rate, and we tell you the rate when you ring, before anyone comes out. We are a small family firm rather than a 24 hour callout company, so we will also tell you straight away how soon we can be there.
If you can smell burning, see smoke or sparks, or anyone has had a shock, ring 999 first. Then switch off at the fuse box if it is safe to reach, and ring us on 07840 429873.
Everything on this page is a guide, not a quote. Prices are from prices and the final figure depends on your property and what we find. What we will never do is start work before the price is agreed, or add things to the invoice you did not agree to.