What you will find here
Three kinds of article. Cost guides set out what a job really costs in Canterbury and what changes the price, from an EICR to a full rewire, using the same figures on our published price list. Compliance guides cover the rules that get misquoted most: PAT testing (not a legal requirement), landlord EICRs (every five years, penalty up to £40,000), Part P, AFDDs and the EV chargepoint grant. Practical guides are for when something has gone wrong at home, from electrics that keep tripping to what to do after a flood.
How we write them
Every figure is a price we would actually put in writing. Every legal point is checked against the regulation itself rather than a trade forum. Where the answer is "you do not need this", we say so; it costs us work, but it is the reason people ring us back.
If your question is not here
Ring the office and ask. If it is a question we hear often, it will become the next guide.
The property mix in Canterbury — Georgian brick houses near the cathedral precincts, Victorian terraces in Wincheap and St Dunstan's, large student rental stock, new estates at the edges — means no two jobs are alike. Our electricians spend much of their time on student and rental HMO compliance, listed and period property in the precincts, commercial work for the city centre, and we plan each visit around the age of the wiring rather than a one-size-fits-all checklist.