Bronze
£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
Electrical services in Colchester
Homeowners and landlords in Colchester who need testing, repairs or new circuits can book Lighting Electrical, an electrical company working across the city 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
Which electrical service do you need in Colchester?
- Lighting Electrical works on homes, rented property and business premises across CO1 to CO4, from a single socket at £85 to a full rewire from £2,400.
- An EICR from £150 tests every circuit in a house or flat and reports what passes and what needs work.
- A consumer unit replacement from £450 swaps the old fuse board for one with RCD protection on the circuits.
- Fault finding from £75 an hour traces a tripping circuit or a dead socket back to its cause and repairs it.
What Colchester housing means for electrical work
- Colchester covers six centuries of building, and the age and layout of a property changes how the wiring is reached and what the job involves.
- More than sixty timber framed weavers' houses from the late sixteenth century stand north of the High Street inside a conservation area, so cable runs follow the frame and fixings stay off original timber.
- Roughly 470 brick houses from the 1880s sit behind Magdalen Street and Military Road, where the meter and board are usually found in the hall or a cupboard under the stairs.
- Highwoods in CO4 went up from 1981 with the first buyers arriving around 1983, so testing there covers detached and semi detached homes wired to the standards of that decade.
Other electrical work in Colchester
Rewires, EICRs, fuse boards, fault finding, EV chargers, solar and battery storage, fire and smoke alarms and commercial lighting are each set out with what the job involves and the price it starts at.
What happens on the day
The electrician confirms the work at the address, then the power goes off only where it has to.
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On arrival
The electrician confirms what is being done, then checks the meter position, the earthing and the bonding before anything is switched off.
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While the work is on
Only the circuits being worked on lose power, and you are told before each one goes off and when it comes back.
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Before we leave
The circuits are tested, the work area is cleared up and you are left with the certificate that matches the job, an EICR, a minor works certificate from £95 or an installation certificate.
Why customers choose Lighting Electrical
Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered, puts the price in writing before the work starts and issues the certificate for whatever is carried out. Maintenance plans run from Bronze, with 5 percent off labour and certificates and a free safety certificate once a year, to Gold, with 15 percent off, three free safety certificates a year, same day priority booking and two emergency call outs.
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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 work from Lighting Electrical
These photographs show work completed across the wider service area covered by Lighting Electrical; they are not all presented as jobs completed in Colchester.
Where Lighting Electrical works in Colchester
Across CO1, CO2, CO3 and CO4, taking in Highwoods, New Town and Old Heath, plus Prettygate, Lexden and Greenstead. Lighting Electrical also covers Stanway and Wivenhoe.
Colchester, Witham, Maldon, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Kelvedon, West Mersea, Stanway, Brightlingsea, Coggeshall, Marks Tey, Dedham, Rowhedge, Great Horkesley, Heybridge, Silver End, Manningtree
Questions we are asked in Colchester
The answers below cover price, paperwork and what happens once a job is booked.
How much does a rewire cost in Colchester?+
House rewiring starts at £2,400. The number of circuits, the size of the property and how far cables have to be taken through floors and walls move the figure, so a New Town terrace and a Highwoods detached rarely land at the same price. The final figure is put in writing after the property has been looked at.
How much is an EICR?+
An EICR, the electrical safety report on a property, starts at £150. Each circuit is tested and reported as satisfactory or coded for work, so you can see exactly what needs attention. Landlords in England need one at least every five years.
What does a new fuse board cost?+
A consumer unit replacement, the modern name for a fuse board, starts at £450. That covers the new board, RCD protection on the circuits it feeds and testing, with an installation certificate afterwards. Any circuit that fails testing is priced separately before it is touched.
Can someone come out at night or at the weekend?+
Out of hours emergency work is charged from £90 an hour. Calls to the booking line are answered at any hour, and the time an electrician can attend is confirmed when the job is booked.
Do you work on houses in the Dutch Quarter and other conservation areas?+
Yes. In the timber framed houses north of the High Street the wiring is taken along the frame and existing openings rather than through original fabric. Anything that would change the outside of the building is talked through with you before the work is booked.
Do you work for landlords?+
Yes. An EICR from £150, smoke and heat alarm installation from £110 and PAT testing from £95 cover most of what a rented property in CO1 to CO4 needs. The report and certificates come back to you in writing after the visit.
How much is an EV charger fitted at home?+
A 7.4kW home charge point starts at £750. That covers the unit, the connection back to the board and the testing, with a long cable run from the board to the parking space priced on top. The supply is checked first to confirm it will carry the extra load.
Do you take on work for Colchester businesses?+
Yes. Commercial lighting is £65 a fitting, emergency lighting testing and certificate £150, fire alarm system installation from £1,400 and forklift charger installation from £700. Visit times are arranged with you so the premises can keep working.
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Calls are answered at any hour, and a time is confirmed for the Colchester address before the visit.