How much will it cost to rewire a house

written by: ibrahim; article published: year 2010, month 04;

In: Root » Home and family » Interior decorating and repair

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So you want to rewire your house for whatever reason. Perhaps you have kids and want to make it safer. Perhaps you want to sell your house on. Whatever the reason its worth you spending a bit of time on the internet, on the phone, or talking to your neighbour who had that cowboy electrician in and who is now living in a tent on the bombshell that use to be his house. Research could save you a LOT of money.

Of course you could take out all that hassle and go straight to www.electrocontracts.com where you fill in a form detailing your job and then we handle the rest. 24 hours later you get the best quotes we could get for you all from professional electricians.

Or you could satisfy yourself first by researching the market yourself. You'll find that for an average 3 bed house you're looking at around £2500-£3000. That will vary with the size of your house (detached? garden?) and the location (London=expensive). What the benefits of using www.electrocontracts.com is that we get you quotes not just from your locality but also from electricians who live further afield. So for example if you live in the south and are being quoted through the nose for your rewire, we might get a much better quote from an electrical company in doncaster for example and save you a couple of thousand quid. (yes that's how much difference it can make).

Of course there are other ways to cut the costs too, if you're DIY savvy. Most electricians are not plasterers and don't like plastering. They aren't very good and it takes them a long time. They also aren't carpenters or carpet fitters. So if you said to your electrician who quotes you "I'll handle all that stuff", he will most likely knock a hefty amount of your total quote. This is because these guys work off a time cost and if you are helping them cut a week job to a half-week job then suddenly they're very interested.

Having said that, don't expect to get rock-bottom quotes for rewiring a listed building 25-bed mansion in the middle of the countryside somewhere, where the last electrician to visit is still to be found entombed in the cellar. Clearly you might be quoted a bit higher than your average 3-bed terrace for this.

Always make sure that the certification and guarantees are included in the quote so that you don't have to pay through your nose afterwards to get the work certified. Also, ask to see the electricians qualifications - such as their 17th edition wiring regs, their 2392, 2391, EAL 9 units and their NICEIC (or other competent person schemes) membership.

For free quotes on a bargain house rewire please visit www.electrocontracts.com and fill in a form for your job. We'll be in touch within 24 hours with excellent quotes from fully qualified electricians near you!

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