NAPIT-approved full and partial house rewires from Wells to Bath. Free no-obligation survey, fixed written quote, BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 certified, Building Regs Part P notified automatically. Full rewires typically from £4,500 + VAT — indicative guide only, priced to your home after a free survey.
Listed or period property? See our dedicated Heritage Rewires → page for conservation-area methodology, brass plate accessories and city-by-city pricing.
07889 334849 Call UsNo "we'll see when we're in the walls" pricing. No vague paperwork. After a free on-site survey you get a written quote you can hold us to, and on completion you get the official Electrical Installation Certificate plus Part P Building Regs notification through our NAPIT registration. Switches and sockets are fitted in the Click (Scolmore) Deco / Deco Plus screwless metallic range as default — chrome, brass, antique brass or brushed steel — with period-style brass or bronze accessories supplied via trade account where specified.
Full rewires from £4,500 + VAT — indicative, not a quote. Every rewire is priced per property after a free survey: circuit count, house size and access all affect the price. Every quote is fixed and itemised — no day-rate creep.
Full breakdown given3-bed semi takes 5 to 10 working days, circuit-by-circuit so you stay in the property throughout. Larger heritage and 5-bed-plus jobs longer; we tell you the realistic schedule on day one.
No vanishing electriciansElectrical Installation Certificate to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. Building Regs Part P notification lodged automatically with your council via NAPIT 66245. PDF cert + photo log emailed within 48 hours.
Mortgageable, insurableNone of these on their own means a full rewire tomorrow — but if you recognise two or more, the wiring deserves a proper look. A free survey (or a formal EICR) tells you exactly what's safe, what's tired and what has to go.
Pre-1960s cable types whose insulation goes brittle and breaks down with age. Often visible where cables enter the fuse box or at older light fittings.
A rewireable fuse box (Wylex BS 3036 or similar) with no RCD protection on socket circuits. Modern boards disconnect a fault in milliseconds; fuse wire doesn't.
Extension leads and adaptors in every room. Older homes were wired for a fraction of today's load — a rewire puts sockets where modern life actually needs them.
Brown or black marks around sockets and switches, warm faceplates, or a fishy burning smell. These are signs of overheating connections — get them checked promptly.
Breakers or the RCD trip repeatedly, or lights flicker when appliances start. Often points to deteriorating insulation or overloaded, ageing circuits.
Cable types, earthing and protection standards have changed substantially since then. If there's no record of a rewire, an inspection is worth it even if everything seems fine.
No earth wire at switches, sockets or lighting circuits, and no supplementary protection to bathrooms. Modern bathrooms need RCD-protected, properly earthed circuits.
C1 or multiple C2 codes on an Electrical Installation Condition Report. The report tells us exactly which circuits are non-compliant — so you only rewire what's needed.
Recognise two or more? Book a free survey — or map your home room-by-room in our 3D planner for an instant indicative budget.
A rewire is one of the bigger jobs a property goes through. Here's who we work with most often, and why.
Older Victorian, Edwardian and 1960s/70s properties needing a full or partial rewire. Often spotted at a mortgage survey or after a kitchen project flags non-compliant cabling.
EICR fail, fabric or rubberised cables, no earth on lighting circuits, Wylex BS 3036 fuse box. We handle the rewire and the EICR re-test in one go — certificate sent direct to letting agent if useful.
Full house refurb, extension, loft conversion, knock-throughs — we co-ordinate first-fix with the build programme so trades don't trip over each other and the certificate lines up with sign-off.
Routine rewire when a property changes hands or fails the 5-yearly EICR. Same-day digital cert and invoice format your accounts team will recognise. Trade discount on portfolios.
Guide prices below are typical for Mid Somerset and Bath — indicative "from" figures plus VAT, not a quote. The real price is priced to your home after a free on-site survey; we won't quote a rewire over the phone, every property is different. Quote includes new consumer unit, all materials, full test, certificate.
All figures are indicative "from" guides, not a quote, and exclude VAT @ 20% (we're VAT-registered, GB 429 0409 05). Every rewire is priced to your home after a free survey. Quote includes consumer unit upgrade, all cable and accessories, BS 7671 testing and Electrical Installation Certificate. Excludes redecoration / replastering — we make-good chases as standard but full re-skim is a separate trade. 50% deposit on acceptance, balance on completion. BACS payment only. Want a sharper indicative figure first? Plan your rewire room-by-room in 3D →
Here's exactly what happens from your first call to the certificate landing in your inbox.
We visit, look at the consumer unit, count circuits, check accessibility (lofts, voids, floors), discuss what stays and what goes. About one hour. No charge, no obligation.
You get a written quote within 48 hours. Itemised: cable, accessories, consumer unit, labour days, certificate. Valid 30 days. 50% deposit on acceptance.
Strip-out, cable runs, back-boxes, consumer unit installed and energised circuit-by-circuit. You stay in the property; only the active room loses power at any time.
Full BS 7671 initial verification: continuity, insulation resistance, earth loop impedance, RCD trip times. Electrical Installation Certificate emailed within 48 hours, Part P notification lodged with council automatically.
A rewire is a big job, but it doesn't have to take over your life. This is how we run it.
We agree the order of rooms with you before we start, so you always know which room is next and can clear it in advance. The rest of the house stays usable.
Circuits are energised as they're completed — usually only the room being worked on is off. Kitchen and at least one socket per floor stay live for most of the job.
First fix is the disruptive part: cable runs, chases, back-boxes. Second fix is faceplates, fittings and the new consumer unit. We make-good small chases as standard.
Building Regs Part P notified automatically via NAPIT, Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) on completion, and an EICR available beforehand to confirm exactly what needs rewiring.
Three short reads from our blog covering the most common rewire questions homeowners and landlords ask before commissioning the work.
Plain-English checklist: rewireable fuse boxes, fabric cables, two-pin sockets, lights flickering, RCDs tripping. If you can tick three or more, an EICR is the next step.
Read →Detailed cost breakdown by house size, what's typically included, what isn't, and how to spot quotes that are too good to be true (or padded with phantom extras).
Read →If you've got a Wylex BS 3036 fuse box, the consumer unit alone is a one-day job. We explain when a board swap is enough, and when the wiring behind it has to go too.
Read →Mid Somerset and Bath & North East Somerset (BANES). Click any town for the area-specific page or call for a free survey anywhere in our patch.
Straight answers to the questions that come up at survey. If we haven't covered yours below, ring us and ask — we won't charge for the answer.
Every rewire is priced per property after a free on-site survey - no quote over the phone, every property is different. Every quote includes a new consumer unit, materials, testing and certificate (excluding VAT).
5 to 10 working days for a 3-bed semi. Smaller flats 3-4 days; 4-5 bed houses 8-14 days; heritage and listed properties 2-3 weeks. We work circuit-by-circuit so most of the property stays live throughout - usually only the active room is off.
Usually no. We work circuit-by-circuit so kitchen and at least one socket per floor stays live. Most clients stay in the house. Heritage properties with extensive plaster work are the exception - furniture protection becomes the bigger logistics job and we'll discuss that at survey.
Some chasing is unavoidable. We minimise it with surface trunking where the room finish suits it, floorboard lifts upstairs, and chase-and-make-good on plastered walls. Small chases get filled and skimmed as standard. Full re-skim or replaster is a separate trade we can recommend.
Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) covering the full installation tested to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. Part P Building Regulations notification automatically lodged with your local authority through our NAPIT registration (66245). Plus a digital photo record of cable routes and final consumer unit state, retained on file for any future works.
Yes - very common. Kitchen and bathroom only, ground-floor only, lighting only, single circuit. We're honest at survey about what's worth doing now versus what can wait. An EICR (from £200) tells us exactly which circuits are non-compliant - we can roll the EICR cost into the rewire quote if you proceed.
Tell-tale signs: rewireable (Wylex BS 3036) fuse box, fabric or rubber-insulated cables visible at the consumer unit, two-pin sockets, no earth wire visible at switches or sockets, lights flicker when appliances start, RCDs trip frequently, burning smells from outlets. Free survey is the fastest answer; an EICR confirms it formally.
Yes. NAPIT membership 66245 is a Competent Person Scheme registered with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. We notify your local authority Building Control automatically on completion - no separate paperwork or fee.
Yes - 50% deposit on acceptance of the quote (covers materials and first-fix labour), balance due immediately on completion of works and issue of certificate. Payment by BACS only. Bank details are on every invoice.
NAPIT - Approved Contractor 66245, active until 28 February 2027. NAPIT and NICEIC are both Competent Person Schemes recognised under Part P. Both notify councils, both audit annually, both certificates carry the same legal weight.
Free survey across our coverage area. Tap your nearest town for local detail and a city-specific enquiry form.
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Map your rewire room by room — sockets, lights and switches in every room — for an instant indicative budget (full rewires from £4,500 + VAT, guide only). DS Electrical Installations then prices it to your exact spec after a free survey.
Free on-site survey, fixed written quote within 48 hours. NAPIT approved, BS 7671 certified, Building Regs Part P registered.
Dan Stevens — Director 07889 334849No obligation. We'll come and look at the property, count the circuits and post you a fixed written quote within 48 hours.