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EICR Certificate (Electrical Installation Condition Report)

Electrical Installation Condition Reports by NICEIC / NAPIT certified electricians.

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Overview

What is a EICR certificate?

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is a formal inspection and test of the fixed wiring in a property — the consumer unit, circuits, sockets, switches, light fittings and earthing and bonding arrangements. Our NICEIC / NAPIT certified electricians dead-test and live-test the installation against BS 7671, record every observation with a classification code, and issue a clear Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory report. Since 1 April 2021 this has been a legal requirement for every tenanted residential property in England.

Why it matters

Why it's worth getting right

Electrical faults are the single largest cause of accidental house fires in England, and the dangerous ones are almost always invisible — degraded insulation inside a wall, a loose connection warming up behind a socket, a missing earth on a lighting circuit. An EICR is the only way to find them before they cause a shock or a fire. It also protects you: without a valid report you are in breach of the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations, your landlord insurance may not respond to a claim, and local authorities can impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000.

Your legal duty as a landlord

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require landlords to have the fixed electrical installation inspected and tested by a qualified person at intervals of no more than five years. You must give a copy of the report to existing tenants within 28 days of the inspection, to any new tenant before they move in, and to the local authority within seven days if requested. If the report requires remedial or further investigative work, it must be completed within 28 days (or sooner if the report specifies), and you must obtain written confirmation that the work has been carried out. Non-compliance carries a financial penalty of up to £30,000 per breach.

Regulations & standards

The rules this work is carried out to

Every inspection we do is measured against a published standard — here are the ones that apply to this service.

SI 2020/312

Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020

Mandatory 5-yearly EICR for tenanted residential property in England.

BS 7671

IET Wiring Regulations, 18th Edition

The national standard the installation is inspected and tested against.

IET Guidance

Guidance Note 3 — Inspection & Testing

Defines the schedule of tests and the C1/C2/C3/FI classification codes.

In detail

Understanding your EICR

The technical detail behind the certificate — what gets checked, what the results mean, and the decisions that actually affect your property.

What do the EICR classification codes actually mean?

Every observation on an EICR is given a code, and the codes are what decide whether the report passes or fails. C1 — 'Danger present' means there is a risk of injury right now; the electrician will make it safe immediately before leaving. C2 — 'Potentially dangerous' means the fault is not live-dangerous today but could become so, for example a missing earth on a circuit. FI — 'Further investigation required' means something could not be fully assessed and needs opening up. Any C1, C2 or FI makes the whole report Unsatisfactory, and remedial work must be completed within 28 days. C3 — 'Improvement recommended' does not fail the report; it flags something that met an older edition of the wiring regulations but would not be installed that way today. You are not legally required to act on a C3, though it is often sensible to.

What is actually tested during an EICR?

The inspection has a dead-testing phase and a live-testing phase. With the supply isolated, the electrician measures continuity of protective conductors, continuity of ring final circuits, insulation resistance between conductors, and polarity. The supply is then restored to measure earth fault loop impedance (Ze and Zs), prospective fault current, and to test that every RCD trips within the time required by BS 7671. Alongside the testing, a visual inspection covers the condition of accessories, evidence of overheating, adequacy of earthing and main protective bonding to gas and water services, suitability of the consumer unit, and whether circuits are correctly identified and protected.

How much of the installation gets inspected?

An EICR is a sampling exercise, and the sample size is recorded on the report. For rented property we inspect and test a minimum of the whole distribution board plus a representative sample of accessories on every circuit, and we increase the sample wherever early results suggest a problem. Anything that cannot be accessed — for example a junction box buried behind a fitted kitchen — is recorded as a limitation on the report rather than quietly ignored, so you always know exactly what was and was not covered.

Satisfactory vs Unsatisfactory — and what happens next

A Satisfactory report means no C1, C2 or FI observations were found and the installation is safe for continued use until the next inspection date. An Unsatisfactory report is not a disaster and it does not mean a rewire: in the large majority of cases the failures are a handful of specific, fixable items — a consumer unit without RCD protection, missing bonding to the gas supply, a damaged socket. We give you an itemised quote for exactly what needs correcting, carry out the work at a time that suits your tenant, and then issue the confirmation of remedial works you are legally required to hold.

Warning signs

Signs your electrics need attention before the five years are up

An EICR is due every five years, but these are all reasons to bring one forward — and to call us sooner rather than later:

Breakers or RCDs that trip repeatedly, or a fuse that keeps blowing

A burning or 'fishy' plastic smell near sockets, switches or the consumer unit

Scorch marks, discolouration or heat damage around a socket or plug

Lights that flicker or dim when a kettle, shower or washing machine starts

A fuse box with rewireable fuses, cast-iron switches or no RCD protection at all

Sockets that feel warm, are loose in the wall, or spark when a plug is removed

A mild tingle or shock from an appliance, tap or metal fitting — treat this as urgent

Cabling with black rubber, fabric or lead sheathing, which indicates pre-1960s wiring

The risks

What it costs you to skip an EICR

Beyond the safety risk, an out-of-date report creates a chain of practical problems:

!A financial penalty of up to £30,000 imposed by the local authority per breach

!Landlord insurance can be withdrawn or a claim declined where the installation was uncertified

!You cannot serve a valid Section 21 notice while in breach of your safety obligations

!Letting agents and build-to-rent operators will refuse to take the property on

!Undetected faults get more expensive — a £120 repair found early becomes a rewire later

!Sales and remortgage surveys flag missing certification and stall the transaction

!A serious incident traced to uncertified wiring exposes you to prosecution and civil liability

How often do I need one?

Five years is the legal maximum for a tenanted residential property in England, but the report itself can specify a shorter interval and that shorter date is the one that binds you. In practice we recommend a fresh EICR at every change of tenancy regardless of the date on the last one, because you inherit responsibility for whatever the outgoing tenant did to the installation. Between inspections, ask tenants to report tripping, flickering or scorching immediately, and test every RCD using its built-in test button once a quarter — it takes ten seconds and it is the only way to know the device will actually operate in a fault.

Why us

The benefits of booking your EICR with us

Accredited, transparent and built around making compliance easy.

NICEIC / NAPIT certified, ID-carrying electricians

Same-day digital report with a full schedule of circuits

Plain-English explanation of every code — no jargon

Immediate make-safe of any C1 danger at no extra cost

Fixed-price remedial quotes, never open-ended day rates

Automatic reminder before your five years expire

What's included

Everything covered in your EICR

One all-inclusive price — here is exactly what the engineer does on site and what you receive afterwards.

Full dead and live testing of the fixed installation to BS 7671

Visual inspection of the consumer unit, accessories, earthing and bonding

RCD trip-time testing on every protective device

Every observation classified C1 / C2 / C3 / FI with a plain-English explanation

Immediate make-safe of any C1 danger found on the day

Digital report emailed the same day, plus a schedule of circuits

Itemised, no-obligation quote for any remedial work identified

Pricing

Simple, all-inclusive pricing

The price you see is the price you pay — VAT included, with no hidden call-out fees. Your final price depends on the size of your property; we'll confirm an exact, all-inclusive quote before we attend.

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EICR pricing — residential

Property size	Price (inc VAT)
Studio	£77.99
1–3 Bedrooms	£104.99
4 Bedrooms	£114.99
5 Bedrooms	£149.99
6 Bedrooms	£169.99
7 Bedrooms	£189.99
8 Bedrooms	£209.99

All prices include VAT. Larger properties, HMOs and multi-consumer-unit buildings are quoted on the commercial EICR scale.

Prices are all-inclusive of VAT with no hidden call-out fees. Where they genuinely apply, parking (£5) and the London Congestion Charge (£18) are passed on at cost and always shown up front.

The process

How your appointment works

Simple, transparent and designed around you and your tenants.

Step 1

Book a convenient slot

Choose a morning or afternoon appointment that works for your tenant. Confirmed in under two minutes.

Step 2

Isolation and dead testing

The supply is safely isolated so we can test continuity, insulation resistance and polarity across every circuit.

Step 3

Live testing and inspection

Supply restored to measure loop impedance and RCD trip times, alongside a full visual inspection of the installation.

Step 4

Report issued same day

Your EICR is emailed with every observation coded and explained, plus a fixed quote for anything that needs correcting.

FAQs

EICR — frequently asked questions

At least every five years, or sooner if the report specifies a shorter interval. We also recommend one at every change of tenancy — you become responsible for any alterations the previous tenant made.

A studio or one-bedroom flat typically takes 1.5–2 hours. A three-bedroom house is usually 2.5–3 hours. Larger properties and those with more than one consumer unit take longer, and we will tell you the expected duration when you book.

Yes, for part of the visit. Dead testing requires the supply to be isolated, usually in stages so the whole property is not off at once. Please let your tenant know, and tell us in advance about medical equipment, home working or anything else that needs planning around.

An Unsatisfactory result means at least one C1, C2 or FI observation. We make any immediate danger safe on the day, then send an itemised quote for the remaining items. The law gives you 28 days to complete the work, and we issue written confirmation of the remedial works once done.

No. C3 means 'improvement recommended' — the installation complied with an earlier edition of the wiring regulations but would be done differently today. C3 items do not make a report Unsatisfactory and there is no legal obligation to act on them.

No. An EICR covers the fixed wiring — everything behind the walls, plus the consumer unit and sockets. PAT testing covers plug-in appliances such as kettles, lamps and washing machines. Furnished lets and HMOs generally need both.

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