Scarborough · about 35 minutes from Bridlington, off-peak
Electrician for converted flats and older houses in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Around Falsgrave and Castle I carry out condition reports on flats made from big old guesthouses, and rewire them when a report says it's time. More than half the homes in the middle of Scarborough are rented privately.
- £2m public liability insurance
- Work carried out to BS 7671:2018+A4:2026
- Fire alarm design, installation and commissioning to BS 5839-1
Converted guesthouses and older homes
In Scarborough Central almost nine homes in ten were built before 1945. Many of the big terraced guesthouses there were split into flats over the last forty or fifty years, most of them before 1991.
South Cliff, above the Spa, has the same tall Victorian terraces, many of them flats and small hotels now. Eastfield is different again, a newer town that grew from a post-war estate and now holds the business parks.
Testing and rewiring in Scarborough
From my base in Bridlington it's the A165 up through Filey. Summer traffic slows it down, but travel is in the price whatever the traffic is doing.
A condition report on a Scarborough flat with one board is a couple of hours of work, and the summary at the front says in plain English whether anything needs doing.
A rewire in a big converted terrace is quoted once I've surveyed it, because the standard rewire prices are for two-bedroom homes.
Fault finding in Scarborough is charged per visit in working hours and per attendance out of hours.
When to ring someone else
I don't promise a response time. If your business needs an electrician on standby with a promised arrival time, choose a firm that will put that in writing.
I still attend faults out of hours. I just won't put a time on it until I know where I'm coming from.
Scarborough and the coast around it
Surveys the same week across the coast; written quote within two working days.
- 01ScarboroughAbout 35 minutes from Bridlington, off-peak. About 70 minutes from Bridlington to Whitby.YO11–YO13
- 02Filey and HunmanbyAbout 25 minutes from Bridlington, off-peak. Also covering Flamborough and Bempton.YO14
- 03Pickering and MaltonAbout 60 minutes from Bridlington, off-peak. Also covering Driffield and the Wolds.YO17 · YO18
Drive times are off-peak road estimates from Bridlington.
Rewire and alarm prices
| Job | Price | Includes | Priced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full rewire, bungalowThe smallest standard bungalow, two bedrooms with loft access: one board, standard accessory count, no plaster repair or decoration; larger bungalows are quoted after the free survey | from £2,950 | All circuits · New consumer unit · Standard white accessories · Testing and certificate | per bungalow |
| Full rewire, houseThe smallest standard house, two bedrooms: one board, standard accessory count, no plaster repair or decoration, customer in residence; larger houses are quoted after the free survey | from £3,950 | All circuits · New consumer unit · Standard white accessories · Testing and certificate | per house |
| Interlinked smoke and heat alarms (home)Three mains-powered interlinked alarms with battery backup (BS 5839-6 Grade D1) in a two-storey house: hall, landing, kitchen heat alarm | from £495 | Alarms · Wiring · Testing · Certificate | per system |
Every price is a "from" price for a standard job, priced per job, never by the hour. Anything not on the list is quoted in writing after a free survey. Prices include travel to your address, and a merchant run if the job needs anything out of the ordinary: no travel charge on top. No VAT to add.
Selective licensing in the town centre
North Yorkshire Council licenses privately rented homes in parts of the Castle, Falsgrave and Stepney, and Northstead divisions, with a separate scheme for Scarborough South.
The council's own licence conditions cover the appliances a landlord supplies and the smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The law adds a wiring condition to every licence as well, selective ones included, so the fixed wiring has to be kept safe and in working order, and the landlord must give the council a declaration that it is if asked.
No licence sets a date for testing it, though. That comes from the national rules for private lets. Where the tenants live in the flat as their main home, a fresh condition report is due within 5 years of the last one, whether the street is in a licensing area or not.
The national fire safety guide for housing expects the shared stairs in a converted building to be properly lit, and on a long or awkward route with no daylight it adds emergency lighting as well.
What a flat's condition report costs
A condition report is from £150 for one property on one board, so in a converted house each flat with its own board gets its own report.
A landlord supply to the stairs and landings is tested as well, and a whole building is priced in writing after I've walked round all of it.
The standard job: Single-board domestic installation, up to 10 circuits, accessible board and accessories.
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What we promise
- Certificate issued before the final invoice.
- A written, fixed quote within two working days of the survey.
- The same electrician from survey to sign-off.
- Work tested to BS 7671:2018+A4:2026.
- 24-month workmanship guarantee on top of your statutory rights.
- 12-month guarantee on the parts we supply, on top of your statutory rights; fittings you supply carry their maker's warranty.