A full Electrical Installation Condition Report, carried out by a City & Guilds 2391 qualified engineer, delivered as a signed PDF within 24 hours of the inspection — from £180.
An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is a formal inspection and test of the fixed wiring in a property, checking every circuit against the current 18th Edition wiring regulations. It grades each observation C1 (danger present), C2 (potentially dangerous), C3 (improvement recommended) or FI (further investigation required).
Legally required for landlords in England every five years and at every change of tenancy. Also required by many commercial insurers, mortgage lenders on older properties, buyers wanting due diligence before completion, and homeowners who haven't tested their installation in a decade or more.
Every five years for rented properties, every ten years for owner-occupied homes, every five years for most commercial premises, before buying a property over 25 years old, and whenever you suspect a fault (repeated tripping, warm sockets, flickering lights).
An unsatisfactory EICR can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of a fire. For landlords, letting a property with an unsatisfactory EICR is a criminal offence carrying fines up to £30,000. It's not paperwork you want to gamble on.
The reason to book proper work now — instead of putting it off — comes down to what happens when you don't.
Under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020, letting without a valid EICR is a punishable offence — fines up to £30,000 per breach.
A house fire investigated back to an electrical fault on an installation that hasn't been tested in 20 years is a very common insurer decline. Your policy expects you to keep the installation safe.
A poor EICR handed over at exchange typically knocks 1–3% off the sale price or kills the deal outright. Better to know before you list.
A £70 rushed inspection with no dead testing isn't an EICR — it's a visual glance. When the property burns, the paperwork won't save you.
We agree a date that works around tenants or occupants and confirm access requirements. Typical inspection is two to four hours.
Consumer unit and every accessory visually inspected, RCD trip times measured, earth continuity checked.
Circuits isolated in turn and tested — insulation resistance, continuity, polarity, Zs values. This is where real faults are caught.
Each observation graded C1, C2, C3 or FI with a plain-English explanation of what it means and how it would be remedied.
Signed EICR emailed to you and (with your permission) directly to your letting agent or insurer.
We charge for the report — not for the remedial work — so there's no incentive to inflate observations.
Each observation explained in words a landlord or homeowner understands, not just code numbers.
NICEIC-registered contractors are on every approved list. Your certificate will not be queried.
Selling next week? We prioritise pre-sale EICRs and can often turn a report round the same evening.
If observations require remediation, you get a written fixed-price quote alongside the report — no obligation to use us for the works.
Satisfactory EICR valid for five years — logged for you and diarised for renewal.
Free written quote within 24 hours. Fully insured to £10m. Workmanship guaranteed.
An EICR is only as good as the person doing it. The difference between a proper test and a rubber-stamped visual comes down to whether every circuit was actually dead-tested and whether the engineer was competent to interpret marginal results.
For every circuit: insulation resistance at 500 V DC between live conductors and earth, continuity of protective conductors, polarity, earth fault loop impedance (Zs), and prospective fault current at the origin. For every RCD: trip time at rated current and half current. Consumer unit thermally imaged where accessible.
C1 (danger present, immediate action required) — for example, exposed live conductors. Automatically renders the report unsatisfactory. C2 (potentially dangerous) — a fault that could become dangerous, such as a missing RCD on a bathroom circuit. Also renders the report unsatisfactory. C3 (improvement recommended) — non-compliant with current regs but not immediately dangerous, e.g. a green-only earth conductor. Doesn't fail the report on its own. FI (further investigation) — something we can't fully assess without invasive work.
The Electrical Safety Standards regulations require a satisfactory EICR before a new tenancy starts, and at least every five years thereafter. A copy must be given to tenants within 28 days and to prospective tenants within 28 days of request. Local authorities have powers to demand a copy within seven days. We handle every landlord EICR to this exact spec and issue the report accordingly.
Commercial and industrial installations follow the same test standard but usually on a shorter cycle — every five years, or annually on installations with high wear (workshops, kitchens, laundrettes). We work around opening hours and can perform out-of-hours testing where continued operation is critical.
If the report comes back unsatisfactory, we quote for the exact remediation required — often a consumer unit change, a specific circuit rework, or bonding additions. You are under no obligation to use us for the works; the report is yours to take to any competent contractor.
Anything else? Give us a call — we'll talk it through in plain English.
07886 780653From £180 for a standard three-bed rented property, next-day report. Larger houses, commercial premises and HMOs quoted individually — usually within 24 hours.
A three-bed takes two to four hours on site. Larger homes and commercial premises longer. The report is drafted the same day and emailed within 24 hours.
Yes — dead testing requires each circuit to be isolated in turn. We coordinate with tenants and can plan around fridges, freezers and medical equipment.
Every five years, or at every change of tenancy if the property has been vacant for a long period. We diarise the renewal for you.
You'll get a plain-English explanation of every C1 and C2 observation, plus a fixed-price quote for the remediation. No obligation to use us — the report is yours.
Where possible, yes. Call and we'll tell you honestly whether we can slot you in that week.
Yes — the Electrical Installation Condition Report is the landlord electrical safety certificate required by law in England and Wales.
Yes — City & Guilds 2391 (Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations), NICEIC Approved Contractor. All test equipment calibrated annually.
Based in Crewe — covering every town within a 20-mile radius. Not sure if we cover you? Call and we'll tell you straight.
Free written quote within 24 hours. NICEIC-approved. Backed by our workmanship guarantee.
