--- title: "House rewiring in Colchester | 4.9 Star · NAPIT approved · From £2,400" description: "4.9 Star from 58 reviews · Trading since 2016 · Call 07414 545781 · House rewiring in Colchester from £2,400 with Lighting Electrical. New circuits, new…" canonical: "https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/electrician-colchester/house-rewiring" --- # House rewiring in Colchester > 4.9 Star from 58 reviews · Trading since 2016 · Call 07414 545781 · House rewiring in Colchester from £2,400 with Lighting Electrical. New circuits, new… 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. ## 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. - House rewiring: from £2,400 - 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. ### The board still takes fuse wire A board with rewireable fuses and no RCD protection is the point at which a full rewire is worth pricing. ### Sockets and lights keep being added A garden light, a shed and a garage loaded onto one old circuit is where a rewire makes more sense than another spur. ### A survey flagged the wiring before you buy Rubber or fabric covered cable noted in a survey is put right only by replacing the circuits it feeds. ### You are letting the house and the EICR failed An EICR is the electrical safety report a landlord needs, and failed codes across several circuits point to a rewire. ### The house is being renovated anyway With floors up and plaster off, cables reach every room without cutting into walls that have just been finished. ## 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. ### The Dutch Quarter and its timber frames 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 brick from the 1880s 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. ### The Highwoods estate from 1981 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. ### Greenstead, the meter and the earthing Greenstead in CO4 holds a council estate that was among the largest in the country, and on estate housing the earthing arrangement and the meter position are checked first. ### The large houses in Lexden Lexden in CO3 kept the large eighteenth century houses raised there, Lexden Park among them, where more rooms and longer cable runs put a rewire above the £2,400 start. ## 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. ### First fix We lift floors and cut in walls so new cables reach every socket, switch and light position in the house. ### Second fix We fit the sockets, switches and light fittings, then connect every circuit back at the consumer unit. ### Testing and the certificate We test every circuit, write the results into an Electrical Installation Certificate and send the work to building control. ## 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. ## Recent work Photographs of boards, circuits and finished installations come from customers across Colchester and the Essex towns Lighting Electrical covers. ## 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. ### 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. ### 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. ## Rewiring across Colchester Lighting Electrical rewires houses throughout Colchester, from Old Heath to Prettygate. ## 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. - [Electrician in Colchester](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/electrician-colchester): Electrician in Colchester for EICRs, fuse boards, rewires, fault finding and lighting. Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered and covers CO1 to CO4. - [House rewiring (all areas)](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/services/house-rewiring): House rewiring in Peterborough and Essex by Lighting Electrical. Work is quoted in writing; testing and applicable paperwork follow when the rewire is complete. - [All areas](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/): Company details, services, coverage, contact options and quote request. ## Book Online A rewiring price for a Colchester house follows a visit to count the circuits and check the board. ## Business facts - Service area: Peterborough, Colchester (by arrangement), Witham (by arrangement), Maldon (by arrangement), Wivenhoe (by arrangement), Tiptree (by arrangement), Kelvedon (by arrangement), West Mersea (by arrangement), Stanway (by arrangement), Brightlingsea (by arrangement), Coggeshall (by arrangement), Marks Tey (by arrangement), Dedham (by arrangement), Rowhedge (by arrangement), Great Horkesley (by arrangement), Heybridge (by arrangement), Silver End (by arrangement), Stamford (by arrangement), Whittlesey (by arrangement), Oundle (by arrangement), Huntingdon (by arrangement) - Hours: Every day 00:00–23:59 - Phone: +447414545781 - Email: team@lightingelectrical.co.uk ## Book Online - [Book Online](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/#chat): Send the job details and request a quote from Lighting Electrical. ## Sitemap - [Full sitemap](https://lightingelectrical.co.uk/sitemap.md): Complete machine-readable page directory.