GoogleBronze
£12/mo
Billed annually at £144Save 20%
Lower rates on every job, plus a free safety certificate each year.
- 5% off labour
- 5% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
4.9 · 58 reviews
Electrician in Colchester
Lighting Electrical provides domestic and commercial electrical work for homeowners, landlords and businesses across Colchester and the surrounding Essex towns.
“Ten years on Colchester housing stock and I have seen most of it: terraces where the lighting circuit has been extended once too often, boards fitted before RCDs were standard, new builds with sockets nowhere near the kitchen. I check the earthing, the bonding and whether the supply will carry another load before I price anything, because the age of a house settles nothing on its own.”
Valandi KotorriElectrician · NAPIT
Why customers choose Lighting Electrical
We quote the job, carry out the work and complete the testing. Nothing begins before the figure is in front of you, and NAPIT registration covers the notifiable work.
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Electrical services for homes and landlords
EICR reports from £150, consumer unit replacement from £450, house rewiring from £2,400, sockets from £85, EV chargers from £750, and fault finding from £75 an hour, plus lighting, alarms, PAT testing and appliance connections.
EICR testing in Colchester
- Private rented homes need a current EICR. We inspect flats and houses in Colchester, Witham, Maldon and the surrounding Essex towns and leave you the report for the tenant file.
- Solicitors and lenders often ask for an electrical safety report before exchange. We test the consumer unit, circuits, sockets and fixed lighting so you have a dated record of the installation.
- Workplaces use an EICR to show the fixed wiring has been inspected. We cover commercial premises in Stanway, Marks Tey, Tiptree and Brightlingsea as well as domestic work.
- If the wiring has been wet, scorched or partly stripped out, an inspection tells you which circuits are safe to keep and which need repair before they are used again.
Fuse board replacement
- Many houses still have a wooden or plastic box with rewirable fuses. Those boards lack modern residual current devices, which cut the power if a circuit leaks. We swap them for a consumer unit with the right protection for today’s loads.
- Landlords and buyers often need a new board after an EICR finds missing RCD cover, damaged busbars or circuits that no longer match the labels. We replace the unit and retest the circuits that feed from it.
- An EV charger, solar inverter, electric shower or extra kitchen sockets often needs a spare way. If the old board is full, we fit a larger consumer unit so the new circuit can land cleanly.
- Small commercial premises in Colchester, Witham and Maldon still run lighting and sockets from a domestic-style board. We replace those units where the load has grown or the old fuses no longer suit the installation.
House rewiring in Colchester
- Many Victorian and interwar houses in Lexden, New Town and the Dutch Quarter still have rubber or early PVC cables. Those cables crack, overheat and fail an EICR, the electrical safety report. A rewire replaces them with new circuits sized for today's loads.
- Landlords in Witham, Tiptree and Kelvedon often book a rewire after an EICR flags C1 or C2 faults on the original wiring. We quote the rooms that need new cables and leave you with a certificate you can show a tenant or agent.
- Owners in Wivenhoe, Stanway and West Mersea book a rewire when they open walls for a kitchen, loft or rear extension. Running new cables while the plaster is off is cheaper than chasing finished rooms later.
- If the fuse board trips, sockets feel warm, or lights flicker in more than one room, the wiring itself is often the cause. We trace the circuits first, then quote a full or partial rewire rather than patching one fault at a time.
What happens on the day
01
Arrival and walk through
We arrive at the property, go through the job with you, and isolate the circuits we will work on.
02
The electrical work
We fit, test or repair as quoted, whether that is a fuse board, a lighting run, a charger or a fault on a live circuit.
03
Certificate before we leave
We test the finished work, issue the certificate, and talk you through what was changed.
What customers say after the work
Landlords, homeowners and shop owners write after the visit about the quote, the time on site and the certificate they received.
4.9
Valandi arrived on time at just after 9.00am and worked through until around 8.30pm. It was a long day for him and a number of issues needed to be overcome, but he persevered, and didn't leave until everything was working ok. He kept to the original fixed price.
Peter N.
Really good election and friendly person, arrived on time and completed all the work that was required in a suitable timeframe. Would highly recommend.
Liam P.
Great electrician, very high quality of work, arrived on time and finished within a good timeframe. I would highly recommend.
Andrew
Electrical maintenance plans in Colchester
Three yearly plans. Bronze takes 5 percent off labour and certificates and includes one free safety certificate. Silver doubles that to 10 percent and adds next day priority. Gold takes 15 percent off, runs to three free safety certificates a year, and adds same day priority booking with two emergency call outs.
Silver
Popular£20/mo
Billed annually at £240Save 20%
Double the discount, next-day priority, and a free safety certificate each year.
- 10% off labour
- 10% off certificates
- Free safety certificate, once a year
- Next day priority
Gold
£31/mo
Billed annually at £372Save 20%
Best rates, same-day priority booking, three free safety certificates a year.
- 15% off labour
- 15% off certificates
- Free safety certificates, 3 times a year
- Same day priority booking
- 2 emergency call-outs a year
Recent electrical jobs in Colchester
Fuse boards, EICRs, lighting and fault repairs in houses and small premises across Colchester, Stanway and the villages on the edge of town.
Towns we cover from Colchester
We work in Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway, Brightlingsea, Coggeshall, Marks Tey, Dedham, Rowhedge, Great Horkesley, Heybridge and Silver End.
Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway, Brightlingsea, Coggeshall, Marks Tey, Dedham, Rowhedge, Great Horkesley, Heybridge, Silver End, Manningtree
How much does an electrician cost in Colchester
Starting prices for the jobs we do most often, in plain figures.
How much is an EICR in Colchester?+
An EICR, the electrical safety report landlords and buyers ask for, starts from £150.
How much does a fuse board cost?+
Consumer unit replacement starts from £450. That is the board that feeds the house.
How much does a house rewire cost?+
House rewiring starts from £2,400. The final figure depends on the size of the property and how much of the old wiring has to come out.
Do you fit EV chargers?+
Yes. A 7.4kW EV charger installation starts from £750.
What does fault finding cost?+
Fault finding and repair starts from £75 an hour.
Can I book an electrician out of hours?+
Out of hours emergency electrician work starts from £90 an hour. We answer calls at any time. Booked jobs take place in our opening hours.
Do you do PAT testing?+
PAT testing, the check on portable appliances, starts from £95.
Who manages the job?+
Lighting Electrical manages the job from the first quote through to completion.
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Give us the postcode and what needs sorting, and a starting figure comes back in writing.