EICR Certificates in Harrow

Our electricians inspect and test rented homes across HA1, HA2 and HA3, and a Harrow EICR from EliteShires Property Services starts at £120, with the written report issued within 48 hours of the visit. The price follows the number of circuits, so we confirm it once we know the size of the property. Most flats and houses take two to four hours on site. Borough-wide, the thing that most often turns a report unsatisfactory is the age of the consumer unit: pre-war terraces still turn up rewireable fuse boards and first-generation RCD boards, and we code what we find rather than inflating it into a rewire.

What do older Harrow terraces and 1930s semis usually show at inspection?

The Victorian and Edwardian houses around the town centre and Wealdstone have usually been rewired at least once, but the board that came with that rewire is often the weak point. A rewireable fuse board with no RCD protection will, on its own, produce C2 observations and an unsatisfactory result. Main bonding to the gas and water pipes is the other recurring finding in older property. The interwar semis tend to raise a different issue. They were built with far fewer sockets than households now use, so we routinely find extension leads and adaptors doing the job of missing outlets. That is worth mentioning on the report, but a shortage of sockets is not in itself a reason to fail an installation. Where a board change and a bonding upgrade will make the report satisfactory, that is what we will quote, not a full rewire.

Does an HMO licence change what a Harrow EICR involves?

The inspection itself is the same test of the fixed installation, but the licence can change how often it has to happen and what else sits alongside it. There are a good number of shared houses around the town centre and the college, and licence conditions sometimes set testing intervals shorter than the five-year statutory minimum. Where that is the case, the licence is the rule you are held to. Before booking, send us the conditions and we will read them with you. Shared houses also tend to carry more circuits, locked bedrooms and several occupiers to coordinate, so we plan the power-down periods with the tenants rather than surprising them. If the licence also asks for appliance testing, we can arrange that for the same day, and both results go into one file for the council.

How do access and parking affect an inspection near the station?

Two to four hours is long enough for parking to matter. In parts of the town centre and around Harrow-on-the-Hill and Harrow & Wealdstone stations there are controlled zones and limited waiting, so a quick drop-off is not an option. We still attend, but tell us at booking whether there is off-street space, a visitor permit or a bay we can use, and we will plan the visit around it. Power has to be switched off for parts of the testing, so tenants working from home or relying on medical equipment need warning. Flats in purpose-built blocks sometimes have the meter or the incoming supply in a communal cupboard, and we will need the key or the managing agent's help to get to it. Sorting that before the day avoids a wasted trip.

Can EICRs across a Harrow portfolio be put on one schedule?

Yes, and it tends to save money. Landlords who bought in different years often find their five-year dates are spread across every season, which means separate visits and separate call-out costs. We can bring the renewals together over one cycle, testing some properties a little early so that neighbouring addresses fall due together, and then diary the whole group. Where several properties are close together, one day can cover more than one inspection. We also keep a record of which addresses produced remedial work last time, so you can see which ones are likely to need attention. The houses with the oldest boards are usually the ones to budget for, and knowing that a year ahead is far better than finding out inside a 28-day window. Any licensed shared houses in the group are diarised to their own interval, which may be shorter than the rest.

What is included

• Inspection and testing of the fixed electrical installation
• Consumer unit, earthing and bonding assessed
• Dead and live testing of every circuit
• Every observation coded C1, C2, C3 or FI with an explanation
• A clear satisfactory or unsatisfactory outcome
• A written quote for any remedial work, itemised against the codes

How booking works

1. We confirm the price from the size of the property and the number of circuits
2. We attend and test (two to four hours for a typical flat or house)
3. Anything immediately dangerous is made safe on the day
4. You get the report to pass to your tenants within 28 days, and if work is needed, a line-by-line quote against it
5. Remedial work is booked, completed and certified within the 28 days, and we diary the five-year renewal

What you end up with: A compliant Electrical Installation Condition Report, a plain explanation of what each code actually means for you, and a fixed price for any work, with no obligation to have us do it.

Why people trust us in Harrow

• Gas work, electrical inspection and energy assessment carried out under the relevant registrations, ask to see the card
• Every price confirmed before we attend, and not revised afterwards
• Coded observations quoted line by line, so you can take the work elsewhere
• A time slot rather than a morning-or-afternoon window
• Work photographed before and after, and reported
• We tell you when you do not need something we sell

We are building a review profile under this name and would rather show you none than borrow someone else's. Ask us for references from landlords in Harrow and we will put you in touch.

More in Harrow

• EPC Certificates in Harrow: From £75
• Gas Safety Certificates in Harrow: From £70
• Plumbing & Heating in Harrow: From £60 per hour
• Electricians in Harrow: From £60 per hour
• Handyman Services in Harrow: From £45 per hour
• Property Maintenance in Harrow: Per job or monthly account

The full guide to this service is on our EICR page, and everything we cover locally is on the Harrow page.