Based in Poole
EICR Poole: electrical safety reports from an electrician who lives here
EICRs in Poole from £160
A harbour flat between holiday guests. A Parkstone semi you have just bought. A Broadstone home you have owned for twenty years. One fixed price by circuit count.
On this page: Prices · Based in Poole · Areas · Flats and blocks · Holiday lets · What we test · Who needs one · Your own home · On the day · Codes · Questions · Related
Poole EICR prices, set by your circuit count
One number decides the price: how many circuits your board has. A Canford Heath semi and a flat on the Quay with the same count pay exactly the same.
| Circuits | Typical property | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 6 | 1 bed flat | £160 |
| 7 to 10 | 2 to 3 bed home | £210 |
| 11 to 15 | 4 to 5 bed home | £265 |
| 16 or more | Shared house or large property | £345 covers 16, then £20 for each extra circuit |
Most switches on the board are one circuit each. Skip the main switch and any surge unit, and add two boards together. Or send a photo and we count. The figure is fixed in writing before we book. If the board shows more circuits, we price the real count from this list before testing, and you decide.
Board past its best? £675 fits a new one with the EICR included
A modern consumer unit with surge protection, fitted and tested, with the full report included in the one price. See fuseboard changes.
Based in Poole, not passing through
Pete lives in Poole and runs Dorset EICR from home. In practice that means a cancellation across town can become your slot, because the drive is minutes. A locked cupboard or a key that will not turn is a quick second trip, not a lost week. And the electrician who prices the job tests it, writes the report and does any work it needs. There is no shop: we travel to you, from Poole across the county.
Poole, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
Poole runs from Georgian cottages near the Quay to estates built in the last fifty years.
Parkstone. Victorian and Edwardian houses around Ashley Cross, terraces further up the hill. Many have been partly rewired more than once, so two or three generations of cable meet at one board.
Branksome. Large houses among the pines in Branksome Park, flats near the chines. Big houses often mean two boards, outbuildings and garden lighting.
Hamworthy. Over the bridges from the Quay, older harbour houses beside newer waterfront flats. Earthing and bonding codes come up in the older ones.
Broadstone. A Victorian railway village grown into a suburb. Later estates around the Broadway have boards from the 1970s and 1980s nearing the end of their life.
Canford Heath. A large later twentieth century estate. Cable is usually sound, so the board is the common item: some circuits still have no RCD.
Oakdale. Mostly mid century houses, often owned for decades. Garages and sheds wired by a past owner are a regular find.
We test in Old Town, Sandbanks, Lilliput, Upton and Creekmoor too. The price comes from the table, not the address.
Flats on the Quay and the harbour: who owns which wiring
A lot of Poole lives in blocks, from the Quay round to Hamworthy and up to Lilliput. The dividing line is simpler than it looks:
- Inside your front door is the flat's. The board in your hall cupboard and every circuit it feeds. That is what a flat EICR covers.
- Outside your door is the block's. Corridor lights, door entry, lifts and the rising mains sit with the freeholder or management company.
- The meter room is shared. Your main fuse may be in a locked room downstairs, so we need that key too.
Give us the managing agent's name and we sort the meter room. Own two flats in one block? We test both in one visit, each with its own report.
Holiday lets: test on changeover day
The harbour, Sandbanks and the Quay keep holiday flats and cottages busy, and in season the electrics rarely rest. We book the test into the gap between check out and check in. Tell us the times and the key safe code, and no guest meets a tester on the stairs.
The 2020 landlord rules cover tenancies, not holiday stays, but your duty to guests remains. We suggest a report every five years, sooner with a hot tub or a garden room. Any work found is priced for a later changeover.
What we test in a Poole property
Not a look round with a torch. A set of instrument tests on every circuit, against the national wiring standard:
- The board: age, condition and the protection on each circuit.
- Insulation and earth loop readings on every circuit.
- RCD trip times, measured, not just the button pressed.
- Bonding and outdoor circuits, which matter near salt water.
What a report leaves out:
- Plug-in appliances, which is portable appliance testing.
- The gas supply and the boiler.
- Any promise about the future.
The readings are explained on what an EICR is.
Who asks for an EICR in Poole
- Landlords: a legal duty every five years at most. See landlords and agents.
- Buyers and sellers closing the electrics question. See buying and selling.
- Holiday let owners and home owners who simply want to know.
Your own home, with no sale in sight
Nobody makes a Poole home owner test the wiring, but most who book have a reason. The lights dip when the shower runs. The board still has fuse wire. Or there has never been a report. You get a clear list: sound parts written down as sound, anything else coded and priced, fixed in your own time. See the home owners page. A trip nobody can explain is a fault, not an inspection: our fault finding visit is a fixed £149.
What happens on the day
- Arrive in the slot agreed. Tell us about parking near the Quay.
- Look first. Board cover off, scorching or old fuses noted.
- Test circuit by circuit, telling you before anything goes dark.
- Report by email: a signed PDF, each code in plain words.
A one bed flat takes an hour or two, a three bed house a morning.
The verdict, the codes, and a danger found
The report ends satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Each item found carries one of four codes:
- C1 Danger present. Unsatisfactory, and dealt with that day.
- C2 Potentially dangerous. Unsatisfactory until put right.
- C3 Improvement recommended. Your choice. Does not fail it.
- FI Further investigation. Quoted separately, unsatisfactory until resolved.
A C1 is never left behind. We isolate the circuit or disconnect the damaged part before we go, record it, and price the permanent repair for you to give to anyone. We are paid for the report whatever it says. If we do the remedials, the retest is included and we update your report ourselves.
Poole EICR questions
What home owners, holiday let owners and landlords in Poole ask us.
Are you actually based in Poole?
Yes. Pete lives and works from home in Poole, and most of our work is within a short drive of the harbour. There is no call centre, no shop and no booking office. You deal with the electrician who does the test, from the first message to the finished report, and with any work the report turns up.
Ways to reach us are on the contact page.
How much is an EICR in Poole?
It is set by the number of circuits on your board, not by the size of the house or the postcode. The price table on this page shows every band. Whatever band you fall in, the price is agreed in writing before we book and stays that way. No VAT is added on top.
Work out your own figure on the quote page.
Does a holiday let in Poole need an EICR?
The 2020 landlord rules were written for tenancies, and a short holiday stay is usually not a tenancy. You still owe your guests a duty of care, and your insurer may ask when the wiring was last tested. A report every five years is a sensible rhythm, with a dated PDF you can show anyone who asks. Holiday lets work their electrics harder than most homes: kettles, showers and heaters run back to back with every new party, and outdoor lighting and hot tubs sit in the weather all year. A test between bookings tells you where you stand before the busy season rather than in the middle of it.
Can you test on changeover day?
Yes. Tell us the check out and check in times and we fit the test into the gap. A key safe code is all we need, and we leave the property as we found it. A small flat is usually done well inside the window. A larger cottage with a garden room may need the whole gap, so we tell you before we book.
Who is responsible for the wiring in a block of flats?
Everything fed from the consumer unit inside your flat is yours, or your landlord's if you rent. The hall lights, door entry, lift and the main cables between floors belong to the freeholder or management company. Each side needs its own report, and neither report covers the other. If you are not sure where the line falls in your block, the lease usually says, and the managing agent can confirm it. We test the flat side for owners and landlords, and we can quote the shared side for the freeholder separately, so the two reports never get mixed up in one file.
I own my home and I am not selling. Is an EICR worth it?
If nobody knows when the wiring was last tested, yes. It tells you which parts are sound and which need attention, while the fixes are still small. Many owners test every ten years, or soon after they move in, and keep the report with the deeds. It is also worth booking before a kitchen refit, a loft conversion or an electric car charger, because any new work has to connect to wiring that is fit to take it, and it is better to know that before the builders arrive.
More on that on the home owners page.
How long will the power be off?
Not the whole visit. We switch circuits off one at a time where we can, and tell you before each one goes. The fridge and freezer are usually back on within minutes. If you work from home, tell us and we leave your desk circuit until last.
Will a C3 make my report fail?
No. A C3 is a recommendation to improve something that is safe as it stands. Only a C1, a C2 or an FI makes a report unsatisfactory. You decide whether to act on a C3, and nobody should push you into it to get a pass.
What if you find more circuits than I told you?
We stop and price the full count from the same price list before we test. You choose whether to go ahead. The price you agreed never rises without your say so, and nothing is added after the visit.
That rule is in our terms.
We are buying in Poole and the survey flagged the electrics. What now?
Ask the seller whether we can test before exchange. The report turns the survey's warning into a list of items, each with a code and a price, so you can negotiate on facts. If access before exchange is not possible, book us for the first week after you get the keys, while the house is still empty.
The buying and selling page covers the conveyancing side.
Book your Poole EICR
Pick your circuit count and the price appears. Send it over and we agree a date, changeover days included.