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
House rewiring in Colchester
A Colchester house with brittle cable, no earth on the lighting or too few sockets can be rewired by Lighting Electrical, in one run or floor by floor.
“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
How much does a rewire cost in Colchester?
House rewiring starts from £2,400. The price is written after a visit that counts the circuits and points and checks the board, the earthing and the main bonding.
- The number of rooms, circuits and socket positions moves the price most, so a Lexden house costs more than a New Town house.
- Solid brick walls that need cutting in and replastering, and a consumer unit replacement from £450, are priced in on top.
House rewiring in Colchester
- A rewire replaces the cables, sockets, switches and lighting circuits through a Colchester house, from £2,400. You are left with an Electrical Installation Certificate and the work notified to building control.
- A board with rewireable fuses and no RCD protection is the point at which a full rewire is worth pricing.
- A garden light, a shed and a garage loaded onto one old circuit is where a rewire makes more sense than another spur.
- Rubber or fabric covered cable noted in a survey is put right only by replacing the circuits it feeds.
Colchester housing and what it means for a rewire
- What your house is built from settles where the new cables run and how much making good follows the electrical work.
- More than sixty timber framed weavers' houses from the late sixteenth century stand north of the High Street, so cable runs are planned around the frame rather than cut through it.
- New Town behind Magdalen Street and Military Road is around 470 brick houses from the 1880s, where solid walls mean cutting in and replastering after the cables go in.
- Highwoods in CO4 went up from 1981 with first buyers arriving around 1983, so any original board there dates from before RCDs were standard and is checked before a price is written.
What happens on the day
A rewire runs in three stages, and the power is off in the room being worked on rather than across the whole house.
- 01
First fix
We lift floors and cut in walls so new cables reach every socket, switch and light position in the house.
- 02
Second fix
We fit the sockets, switches and light fittings, then connect every circuit back at the consumer unit.
- 03
Testing and the certificate
We test every circuit, write the results into an Electrical Installation Certificate and send the work to building control.
Other electrical work in Colchester
An EICR from £150 tells you whether a rewire is needed at all, and a consumer unit replacement from £450 covers a board that is the only old part left.
Why customers choose Lighting Electrical
Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered, so a Colchester rewire is certified and notified without you arranging any of it. Every rewire is priced in writing before the first floorboard comes up.
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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 house rewiring work in Colchester.
Rewiring across Colchester
Lighting Electrical rewires houses throughout Colchester, from Old Heath to Prettygate.
Colchester (by arrangement), Witham (by arrangement), Maldon (by arrangement), Brightlingsea (by arrangement), Coggeshall (by arrangement), Manningtree
Common questions about rewiring in Colchester
The questions Colchester customers ask before booking a rewire, answered with the price where there is one.
Do I have to move out while the house is rewired?+
You can usually stay in the house. The work moves room by room and the power is off only in the room being wired. Clearing furniture and floor coverings from that room before we arrive keeps the work moving.
— Valandi Kotorri
Do I need a new fuse board as well?+
Almost always, because new circuits terminate at a board with RCD protection on each one. A consumer unit replacement is from £450 and is priced with the rewire rather than added afterwards. A board that is already recent is tested and kept.
— Valandi Kotorri
Who tells the council about the work?+
Lighting Electrical does. Rewiring is notifiable under Part P, and NAPIT registration means the work is certified and notified to Colchester City Council building control. The notification follows once the testing is finished.
Will the walls need replastering?+
In solid brick houses such as those in New Town, yes, because the cables are cut into the wall. We fill and make good ready for decorating. Decorating itself is not part of the rewiring price.
I let the house out, does a rewire cover me?+
Yes. The Electrical Installation Certificate from a rewire stands as the landlord's electrical paperwork, and the next inspection falls due five years later. That inspection is an EICR, from £150.
Can a house in a conservation area be rewired?+
Yes. In the Dutch Quarter and New Town we keep the new cable runs inside the building and plan fixings around timber frames and old brickwork. Anything that would change the outside of the building is raised with you before the work starts.
Can I add extra sockets during the rewire?+
Yes, and a rewire is the cheapest time to do it because the floors are already up. Extra positions are counted into the written price at the visit. On its own, socket installation is from £85.
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A rewiring price for a Colchester house follows a visit to count the circuits and check the board.