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 in Camden | NICEIC Approved

Electricians in Camden — NICEIC approved, fixed prices, no call-out fee

F & A Electrical works across the whole London Borough of Camden: NW1, NW3, NW5, NW6, N6, N19 and WC1. Camden Town, Kentish Town, Hampstead, Belsize Park, Swiss Cottage, Kilburn, West Hampstead, Gospel Oak, Primrose Hill, Somers Town, Chalk Farm, Highgate and Bloomsbury.

We are NICEIC approved and fully insured. Labour is quoted before we start, materials are itemised separately, and there is no separate call-out charge.

What we actually get called out for in Camden

Camden covers an enormous range of property — from £5m Hampstead houses to some of the largest post-war estates in inner London — and the workload reflects that:

Large period houses in Hampstead, Belsize Park and Primrose Hill — multi-board installations, garden buildings, basement conversions and pool or plant rooms, where the original 100A supply is now the limiting factor.
Mansion-block flats around Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead — landlord-controlled risers, shared meter cupboards and consumer units in awkward communal positions.
Estate flats on Alexandra Road, Chalcots, Regent’s Park and Maiden Lane — RCD upgrades, remedial work after a stock-condition survey, and post-Grenfell fire-safety-driven inspections.
Bars, restaurants and studios around Camden Market, Camden High Street and Kentish Town Road — three-phase supplies, extraction, emergency lighting and commercial EICRs.
Bloomsbury and WC1 flats near UCL — student HMOs where licensing makes the EICR non-negotiable.
EV charger installations in Highgate, Dartmouth Park and Belsize Park, where off-street parking is common and load assessment matters.
Basement and side-return extensions in Kentish Town and Gospel Oak — new circuits, kitchen supplies and Part P certification.

The buildings we work in

Hampstead and Highgate are dominated by large Victorian and Georgian houses, many listed or in conservation areas, where the practical problem is capacity and cable routing rather than safety per se. Camden Town, Kentish Town and Gospel Oak are a mix of converted terraces and interwar mansion blocks — the conversions are where we find the borrowed neutrals, missing bonding and undersized main earths. Somers Town, Regent’s Park estate and the Chalcots are large post-war blocks where work is usually inside the flat and the communal side belongs to the council or the TMO.

If you are in a mansion block or on an estate and the fault seems to affect more than one flat, tell us when you call — it changes who is responsible for the repair and we would rather establish that before you pay for a visit.

Camden areas and postcodes we cover

NW1 — Camden Town, Regent’s Park, Primrose Hill, Somers Town, Chalk Farm
NW3 — Hampstead, Belsize Park, Swiss Cottage, South End Green
NW5 — Kentish Town, Gospel Oak, Dartmouth Park
NW6 — West Hampstead, Kilburn, Fortune Green
N6 / N19 — Highgate, Tufnell Park fringe, Archway
WC1 — Bloomsbury, Holborn, King’s Cross

Pricing — fixed, not estimated

Job	From (labour only)
Minimum call-out / first hour	£108 (£90 + VAT)
EICR – 1-bed flat	from £140
EICR – 2–3 bed property	from £180
Consumer unit / fuse board replacement	from £450
Fault finding (first hour)	£108
Extra socket or light point	from £108
PAT testing	£5 per appliance (£108 minimum)

All prices are labour only — materials are quoted separately and shown to you before we order anything. No call-out charge on top, no "congestion" surcharge, no invented parking fee.

How fast can we get to you in Camden?

For emergencies we aim to be anywhere in NW1, NW5 and NW6 within two to three hours, and NW3, N6 and WC1 within three. Booked work is normally next-day. Two Camden-specific practicalities: much of NW1 and WC1 sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, which we absorb rather than pass on, and Hampstead and Highgate parking often needs a visitor permit — we will ask about that when we book so there is no surprise on the day.

Out of hours, see emergency electrician Camden.

Landlords: why the cheapest quote in Camden is the expensive one

Search for an EICR in Camden and you will find certificates advertised at £67.99 to £129. We charge from £140 and we are not going to pretend that is the lowest number on the page. Here is what sits behind the difference.

An EICR at that price cannot pay for the time a proper inspection takes. What gets skipped is the destructive testing — actually taking the front off the consumer unit, pulling a sample of accessories, and doing insulation resistance and earth loop impedance tests circuit by circuit. A visual-only inspection will not find a borrowed neutral, a missing earth on a lighting circuit, or a bathroom without supplementary bonding. Those are C2 codes. Miss them and the certificate says "Satisfactory" on a property that is not.

Since 1 November 2025 the maximum penalty for failing to meet the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations is £40,000 per breach — raised from £30,000 by SI 2025/1043 and reinforced by the Renters’ Rights Act provisions in force from 1 May 2026. A certificate that was never going to stand up to scrutiny is not a saving of £70; it is a £40,000 exposure plus the cost of the remedial work you did not know you needed.

We are NICEIC approved, our reports are issued on the full BS 7671 schedule of test results, and every C1 and C2 we find comes with a fixed remedial price so you are not quoted blind. Read the full breakdown in our guide to EICR costs in London and our landlord electrical compliance checklist.

Frequently asked questions

Are you NICEIC approved?

Yes. F & A Electrical is NICEIC approved, which means our work is assessed annually against BS 7671 and our certificates are accepted by every London council, letting agent and mortgage lender we have dealt with.

Do you charge a call-out fee on top?

No. The £108 minimum charge (£90 + VAT) covers the visit and the first hour on site. If the job runs longer we tell you before the hour is up, not after.

Are your prices inclusive of materials?

No — every price we quote is labour only. Materials are itemised separately and confirmed with you before we buy them. It is the only honest way to price electrical work, because a consumer unit for a two-bed flat and one for a six-bed HMO are not the same part.

Do you cover Hampstead and Highgate as well as Camden Town?

Yes — the whole borough, plus Highgate on the Haringey side. There is a dedicated Hampstead NW3 electrician page if that is where you are.

My flat is in a mansion block and the fuse board is in a communal cupboard. Is that a problem?

No, but we need access. If the cupboard is managed by the freeholder or managing agent, arrange access for the appointment window and let us know who holds the key.

Related services in Camden

Straight to the service you need: EICR in Camden from £140, consumer unit replacement, EV charger installation, 24/7 emergency electrician, or the borough-wide Hampstead NW3 page.

Book a Camden electrician today

Call 07407627542 or 07500721453, or message us on WhatsApp with a photo of the problem — a photo of your consumer unit or the fitting that has failed usually tells us enough to price the job on the phone.

We cover Camden and the surrounding boroughs seven days a week. See every area we serve on our London service areas page.

Also covering NW5: electrician in Kentish Town — Tufnell Park, Gospel Oak and Dartmouth Park.