Electrician services from Lighting Electrical

Electrician in Great Horkesley

Need an electrician in Great Horkesley? Lighting Electrical installs EV chargers, garden room supplies and extra circuits, alongside EICRs, consumer unit work and fault finding. Valandi checks the supply, earthing and spare board capacity before expanding the electrical installation in newer houses or adapting older village homes.

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.

Electrician in Great Horkesley

  • Lighting Electrical handles repairs through to planned installations for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Great Horkesley, and you match the service to the result you need at the property.
  • Landlords and homeowners book an EICR, the electrical safety report, when they need a written condition of the wiring.
  • A consumer unit replacement gives you a new fuse board, with spare ways checked before any extra circuit is added.
  • A house rewire replaces old cables in a cottage or later home and finishes with the certificates for that work.
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Valandi testing a socket outlet by Lighting Electrical

Wiring in Great Horkesley houses

  • Recent closes off Nayland Road, solid wall cottages on that road, and new houses on Jonagold Drive and Gala Close change spare ways, cable runs, EV feeds and buried submains to garden buildings.
  • Recent closes off Nayland Road have a modern unit, so adding a circuit is about spare ways, the empty slots in the fuse board.
  • The newest streets, including Jonagold Drive and Gala Close, often arrived with solar or a battery, which uses the board's real spare capacity.
  • Older cottages fronting Nayland Road are solid walled, so new cable follows floors and existing voids rather than chases in the walls.
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Open consumer unit showing circuit breakers and wiring by Lighting Electrical

Electrician near Great Horkesley

Lighting Electrical also serves Colchester, Dedham, Wivenhoe, Stanway, Rowhedge, Marks Tey, Coggeshall and Tiptree with the same testing, repairs and installation work.

What happens on the day

We arrive at your Great Horkesley property, carry out the booked testing, repair or installation, then test the work and leave the certificates with you.

  1. 01

    Arrival at the property

    We meet you at the house or premises, walk the job and check the fuse board, spare ways and any solar, battery or EV kit already fitted.

  2. 02

    Doing the electrical work

    We isolate the circuits that need it, complete the testing, repair, board change, rewire or installation, and explain the work as we go.

  3. 03

    Testing and certificates

    We test the finished work and leave the relevant electrical paperwork, such as an EICR, a minor works certificate from £95, or the certificates for a new consumer unit or rewire.

Why customers choose Lighting Electrical

Lighting Electrical is NAPIT registered and gives clear written prices before work starts. When the job is finished you are left with the relevant electrical paperwork.

NAPIT

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New electrical cabling run through a stripped-back wall during a rewire by Lighting Electrical

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.

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
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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
Join Silver

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
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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 Great Horkesley.

Wall lantern with PIR sensor fitted to a brick wall
Two pedestal EV charge points on a marked charging bay
Open consumer unit with breakers wired and cables dressed in
Infrared heater and isolator fitted above a shopfront doorway
Outdoor distribution enclosure with glanded armoured cables and earth bar
Three rows of solar panels on a tiled house roof

Areas covered in Great Horkesley

Lighting Electrical covers Great Horkesley from Nayland Road and Boxted Road to Coach Road, Ivy Lodge Road, Woodhouse Lane, Keelers Way, Barnfield Road, Jonagold Drive, Gala Close and Malvern Way.

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 Great Horkesley

Fault finding and repair starts from £75/hr, an EICR from £150, consumer unit replacement from £450, house rewiring from £2,400 and a 7.4kW EV charger from £750.

What do the starting prices buy in Great Horkesley?+

Starting prices buy the opening figure for that job, including a socket from £85, smoke and heat alarm installation from £110, a cooker or oven connection from £120 and an electric shower from £220. Extractor fan installation starts from £180 and immersion heater repair from £70/hr. Book Online and you receive a written price for the work at your property.

Do you carry out EICR testing in Great Horkesley?+

Yes, an EICR, the electrical safety report, starts from £150 for homes and landlords in Great Horkesley. The visit inspects and tests the installation and you keep the written report. Book Online and we carry out the test at the property.

How much is a fuse board replacement in Great Horkesley?+

Consumer unit replacement starts from £450. Recent closes off Nayland Road already have a modern unit, so extra circuits depend on spare ways, and houses on Jonagold Drive and Gala Close can have solar or a battery using real capacity. We check the board on the day and write the price for the board work needed.

Can you install an EV charger, solar or a battery in Great Horkesley?+

EV charger installation at 7.4kW starts from £750. Most plots have their own drive, so the charger cable can stay on the plot and off the footway. Solar panel installation starts from £5,500 and battery storage from £4,500, and both change the board's real spare capacity.

Do you rewire cottages on Nayland Road?+

House rewiring starts from £2,400 and includes older cottages fronting Nayland Road. Those cottages are solid walled, so cable follows floors and existing voids rather than chases. You are left with new circuits and the certificates for the rewire.

How do you supply a garden office in Great Horkesley?+

Long back gardens take a buried submain from the house board to a workshop or garden office, not an extended house circuit. A minor works certificate starts from £95 when that is the right paperwork for a small addition. Book Online and we install the submain and the fittings in the building.

Do you do commercial electrical work in Great Horkesley?+

Yes, commercial lighting starts from £65 per fitting, fire alarm system installation from £1,400, emergency lighting test and certificate from £150, PAT testing from £95 and forklift charger installation from £700. Starlink installation for commercial premises starts from £550. That work is planned around the premises, with a documented handover at the end.

What do the Bronze, Silver and Gold plans include?+

Bronze takes 5% off labour and 5% off certificates, with a free safety certificate once a year. Silver takes 10% off labour and certificates, a free safety certificate once a year and next day priority. Gold takes 15% off labour and certificates, free safety certificates three times a year, same day priority booking and two emergency call-outs a year.

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The booking line takes calls any time, so arrange the Great Horkesley electrical job on the website.