How much does an EICR cost in London?

An EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) costs £140 inc VAT for a 1-bed flat, £170 for a 2-bed, £200 for a 3-bed, and £250+ for 4-bed properties or licensed HMOs in London. F & A Electrical is NICEIC-approved and issues certificates the same day. Commercial EICRs are quoted per visit and typically £280–£600 inc VAT depending on circuit count.

How much does it cost to replace a fuse board in London?

A fuse board (consumer unit) replacement costs £550–£750 inc VAT for a straightforward swap to a modern 10-way dual-RCD board, £700–£900 inc VAT for an RCBO board with one breaker per circuit, and £800–£1,000 inc VAT for above-shop flats with shared supply or where supply tails need replacing. Every install includes the Electrical Installation Certificate, Part P notification and 6 years' NICEIC warranty.

How long does a house rewire take in London?

A 3-bed Victorian terrace rewire typically takes 2–3 weeks and costs £5,800–£7,500 inc VAT fixed quote. Larger 4-bed+ houses or heritage Georgian properties take 3–6 weeks and cost £10,000–£18,000+. F & A Electrical can stage rewires room-by-room so you don't have to move out, includes all new 18th-edition circuits, modern RCBO board, sockets, switches, bonding, hardwired smoke alarms, EIC, Part P notification and 6 years' NICEIC warranty.

How much does an EV charger installation cost in London?

A standard 7.4kW tethered EV charger install (Hypervolt, Ohme, EO, Wallbox, Tesla Gen 3) costs £950–£1,150 inc VAT fully fitted on off-street properties. Underground car park or sub-metered installs in flats run £1,400–£2,200 inc VAT depending on cable run. The OZEV/EVHS landlord grant of £350 is claimed where eligible. F & A Electrical installs all major brands across London.

Do I legally need an EICR for my rental property in London?

Yes. Under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, every private rented home in England requires a satisfactory EICR every 5 years (annually for HMOs), with a copy given to the tenant within 28 days of inspection. Hackney runs borough-wide selective licensing requiring this for every let. Tower Hamlets, Islington and Southwark have additional and mandatory HMO licensing zones.

Are F & A Electrical NICEIC approved?

Yes — F & A Electrical is an NICEIC Approved Contractor, the UK's top electrical accreditation. Every job is certified, registered and notified to Building Control under Part P. We carry £5m public liability insurance, work to BS 7671 18th edition standards, and offer a 6-year NICEIC warranty on installation work. We have a 9.32/10 rating across 242 Checkatrade reviews and are members of Checkatrade since December 2018.

Do you offer a 24-hour emergency electrician service in London?

Yes — F & A Electrical operates a 24-hour emergency electrician service across all our London service areas. Emergency rate is £60+VAT per half-hour outside 8am–8pm Monday to Friday and £45+VAT per half-hour during normal hours. No call-out fee if we resolve your issue on the phone. We aim to be on site within one hour for urgent work. Call 07407 627542 or 07500 721453.

What areas of London does F & A Electrical cover?

F & A Electrical is based in Tottenham N15 and covers all of inner London including Hackney (Stoke Newington, Dalston, Hackney Central, Clapton, Hackney Wick), Islington (Highbury, Holloway, Angel, Canonbury), Camden, Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel, Brick Lane), Southwark (Bermondsey), Haringey and surrounding boroughs.

Why does my fuse board keep tripping?

Common causes of fuse board tripping include: an overloaded ring final circuit (too many appliances on one socket ring), a faulty appliance with damaged insulation causing earth leakage, water ingress into a bathroom or outdoor circuit, a failing RCD or RCBO, or a damaged kitchen circuit cable. F & A Electrical diagnoses and fixes tripping faults on a 24-hour callout basis. If an RCD trips repeatedly across multiple circuits, the consumer unit itself may need upgrading.

What does C1, C2 or C3 mean on an EICR?

On an EICR, C1 means 'Danger present' — immediate risk of injury, work must be done before the report is satisfactory. C2 means 'Potentially dangerous' — urgent remedial work required, still fails the EICR. C3 means 'Improvement recommended' — does not cause an unsatisfactory result on its own. FI means 'Further investigation required' — also fails the EICR. F & A Electrical can attend the same day to remedy C1 or C2 items and reissue a satisfactory cert for property sales or letting compliance.

Electrician Archway N19 — From £108

Need an electrician in Archway? F & A Electrical covers all of N19 — Archway itself, Upper Holloway, Whitehall Park, the Hillrise and Girdlestone estates, St John’s Way and the streets climbing towards Highgate — from our base in Tottenham, ten minutes down Seven Sisters Road, with same-week appointments as standard. NICEIC registered, 9.32/10 from 242 reviews, minimum charge £108 (£90 + VAT), every price labour-only. Call 07407 627542 or WhatsApp for a fixed quote.

What we do in Archway

N19 is tall Victorian terraces cut into flats, and that is where most of our Archway work comes from: three or four flats sharing one original intake in the hallway, a consumer unit for each flat squeezed under the stairs, and EICRs that come back with C2s for missing RCD protection, undersized tails and borrowed neutrals between floors. When the report is unsatisfactory the fix is usually a consumer unit replacement rather than a rewire, but the Whitehall Park houses that have never been touched since the 1970s do sometimes need one — our rewire cost guide has honest 2026 numbers. On the estates (Hillrise, Girdlestone, Elthorne) it’s council and housing-association stock: storage heaters, immersion timers and rewireable boards. Archway also has a real HMO population — students, hospital staff from the Whittington, shared professional lets — so a large share of our N19 EICRs are the from-£180 HMO version for Islington’s additional licensing. Anything that has actually gone off goes through our emergency electrician Islington page.

Archway prices — fixed, labour-only

Job	Price
Minimum call-out / small jobs (sockets, switches, minor faults)	£108 (£90 + VAT)
EICR — flat or small house	from £140 — see EICRs in Islington
EICR — HMO or large house	from £180 — HMO EICR guide
EICR remedial work (C1/C2 fixes)	from £108 — remedial cost guide
Consumer unit (fuse board) replacement	from £450 — fuse boards in Islington
Extra double socket (surface or chased)	from £108
EV charger (off-street or allocated bay)	from £450 labour — EV chargers in Islington
PAT testing (HMOs, offices, short-lets)	£5 per appliance

Labour-only, materials at trade cost, no urgency premium — same-day EICRs are usually possible when a licence, tenancy or completion deadline is close.

Archway landlords: Islington licensing and the £40,000 fine

Islington’s additional HMO licensing covers the whole borough, so any Archway house let to three or more unrelated people needs a licence — and the licence application asks for a current, satisfactory EICR. Under the 2020 Electrical Safety Regulations every private tenancy needs a satisfactory EICR at least every 5 years, a copy to the tenant within 28 days, and remedials completed within 28 days of an unsatisfactory report; since 1 May 2026 the civil penalty is up to £40,000 per breach under the Renters’ Rights Act. Islington is one of the boroughs that does actually issue these penalties, so the paperwork matters. Start with our landlord compliance checklist; if the report has C1s or C2s, the remedial cost guide shows what fixing them costs, and we do the remedials ourselves rather than handing you a list.

Why N19 calls us

Tottenham N15 base, straight down Seven Sisters Road and up Holloway Road — Archway is one of the closest patches we cover, so no travel premium and genuine same-week slots. NICEIC registered, so certificates are real and notifiable work is signed off properly. Fixed labour-only quotes before we start, materials at cost, evening slots for tenants who work days, and the same electrician returning for remedials rather than a different subcontractor every visit.

Frequently asked questions

How much does an electrician cost in Archway?

Minimum charge £108 (£90 + VAT) for small jobs; EICRs from £140; HMO EICRs from £180; fuse board replacements from £450; PAT testing £5 per appliance. All labour-only and quoted fixed.

Do you do the EICR for an Islington HMO licence?

Yes — the HMO version from £180 covers every circuit including any shared kitchen and landlord’s lighting supplies, and we set the report out the way Islington’s licensing team expects it.

Can you do all the flats in one house on one visit?

Yes, and it’s cheaper for everyone: we test the shared intake once and issue a separate EICR per flat. Ask for a block price when you book.

How fast can you get to Archway?

Same-week as standard, often within 48 hours. Urgent faults — power off, burning smell, board that won’t reset — get priority.

Electrician in Archway, N19 — Same-Week, NICEIC Certified