EICR Southwark — Landlord Safety Certificates from £140
F & A Electrical does NICEIC certified EICRs across Southwark with same-week appointments and the full PDF report emailed same day.
From £140 + VAT. Call 07407 627542.
Southwark landlord rules
EICR required every 5 years for all rentals. Copy to tenants within 28 days. Fines up to £40,000. Southwark Council enforces actively.
Pricing
1-bed flat £140. 2-bed £220. 3-bed house £260-300. HMO from £140 + per unit.
Southwark areas we cover
SE1 Bermondsey/Borough/Waterloo/Bankside, SE5 Camberwell, SE15 Peckham, SE16 Rotherhithe/Surrey Quays, SE17 Walworth/Newington.
Call 07407 627542.
Southwark property licensing — your EICR is part of the application
Southwark runs borough-wide additional HMO licensing covering HMOs with three or four occupants from two or more households, alongside selective licensing in designated wards and the national mandatory HMO scheme. A current, satisfactory EICR is one of the documents the council expects to see, and applications routinely stall because the certificate attached is out of date or comes back Unsatisfactory with unremedied C1 or C2 items.
Getting the inspection done before you apply is the cheaper order of events. If remedial work is needed we quote it in writing off the back of the report, complete it, and reissue a satisfactory certificate you can upload straight into the application.
What the penalties actually are in 2026
Two separate regimes catch Southwark landlords, and they stack:
- Electrical safety breach — no valid EICR, or C1/C2 items left unremedied. Civil penalty of up to £40,000 per offence since the Renters’ Rights Act took full effect on 1 May 2026, up from the previous £30,000 cap.
- Operating an unlicensed HMO — civil penalty up to £40,000, criminal prosecution, a Rent Repayment Order for up to twelve months’ rent, and no valid Section 21 notice while the property is unlicensed.
You also have to give a copy of the report to existing tenants within 28 days, to any new tenant before they move in, and to the council within seven days of a written request.
What we test on a Southwark EICR
Every EICR is carried out to BS 7671 18th Edition by an NICEIC accredited electrician: insulation resistance at 500 V DC, earth fault loop impedance, polarity, continuity of protective conductors, RCD operation at 30 mA and 150 mA, plus a full visual inspection of the consumer unit, bonding and accessories. Every observation is coded C1, C2, C3 or FI, and we explain in plain English which ones you are legally obliged to act on. C3 items are advisory — a report with only C3s is still Satisfactory.
What Southwark housing stock throws up most often
Southwark is unusually mixed, and the faults follow the stock. Ex-local-authority flats around Walworth and Peckham commonly have original 1970s and 1980s boards with no RCD protection at all — an automatic C2. Victorian conversions in Camberwell and East Dulwich tend to have borrowed neutrals and missing supplementary bonding from part-rewires done over decades. The newer riverside blocks in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe usually test clean, but landlords there are often missing the paperwork rather than the safety: no original installation certificate, so there is no evidence of the last inspection date.
Where a board needs replacing we fit a metal, all-RCBO consumer unit with surge protection from £450, labour only. Read the detail on EICR costs in London, on what C1, C2 and C3 mean, and on HMO EICRs if you let a share.
Southwark EICR — common questions
How long does it take? Two to three hours for a typical one or two bedroom flat. Larger houses and HMOs take longer because every consumer unit and every circuit has to be tested individually.
Does the power go off? Yes, in stages. Live testing means circuits are isolated one at a time, so tenants should expect intermittent outages across the visit rather than a whole day without power.
Do I need to be there? No, provided someone can give access and we can reach the consumer unit and the intake. Tell us in advance if the meter cupboard is communal or locked.
How soon do I get the report? The signed PDF is emailed the same day. If it comes back Unsatisfactory you get the remedial quote with it, so you can start the 28-day clock knowing the cost.
Booking is a phone call: 07407 627542. EICRs from £140 + VAT, labour only, £108 minimum charge on any visit. We cover SE1, SE5, SE15, SE16, SE17 and the rest of the borough, and the whole of inner London.
Need more than an EICR? Our full guide to electrician services across Southwark covers fuse boards, rewires, emergency callouts and EV charge points in SE1, SE5, SE15, SE16, SE17 and SE22.