Is this a lot of money for a rewire?

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Obviously I get that there are regional variations etc. We have a 3 bed semi, ex LA, approx 1950/60 built.

Quote includes:

Socket Circuits - 6 double sockets in Living room, 3 double sockets in bedrooms.
£1200

Lighting Circuits - 1 x pendant light in every room. 1 x extractor fan & bathroom light in bathroom (Client to supply bathroom lights unless otherwise agreed)

£1,200.00
Kitchen Circuit - Adequate amount of double sockets for the kitchen layout + supply needed for any appliances (13 amp only)
£700.00

Cooker Circuit - 32 Amp supply to a cooker appliance / electric hob
£100.00
Fire Alarm Circuit - 2 x smoke + 1 heat alarm.
£150.00

shed CIrcuit - Please note: this is just a supply, no wiring in the shed
£120.00

Consumer Unit (Fuse Board) - 12 way Dual RCD board,
£400.00

Loft light
£50.00

External Socket
£70.00

External light
£75.00

Hard wired door bell
£50.00

Internet socket per point
£50.00

Total: £4165

#faints

I am awaiting on another quote but wondered if anyone had any thoughts/recent experience?

I am in the North East and had the same except for the shed but extra sockets in loft for £2027.95

£4k is not unreasonable for a full rewire

Our rewire was comparable to yours and cost £3230.00 but we were able to reduce that by £400 by vacating the property for the duration (reducing from 4 to 3 days in total iirc). We have three floors, garage, porch, 2x security lights and had smoke/fire detectors hard wired, plus extractor in the bathroom. We didn't have a hard wired doorbell however, but the cost of that is negligible. We had some ethernet ports installed but haven't used them so far.

Get USB ports on all sockets is my advice. We got a double socket on pretty much every wall in the house.

That seems reasonable to me. Does it include making good any damage to walls/ceilings?

Ours was 5k, but our house is bigger.

We aren’t able to vacate which is a shame. We are having USB sockets for sure! WRT to making good, he said he will try to limit damage where possible but no making good as such. Very useful to hear prices.

That sounds reasonable to me.

It’s so much easier for them to do it if you vacate. I think it will bring the cost down or you will get people keener to do the job. It’s also incredibly messy so honestly if you can move out for a few days, I would.

We’ve got nowhere to move to so that’s not going to happen sadly. Just going to have to dig deep financially.

We’ve got nowhere to move to so that’s not going to happen sadly. Just going to have to dig deep financially.

A premier inn family room? Probably save more off the quote than it would cost for 3 nights hotel.

But what about all our stuff? Isn’t it the stuff rather than us that’s the problem? We’re not going to be there whilst they’re working and can go to my mum’s (one bedroom) flat to eat if necessary.

It's the fact that they need to keep certain things working for you and can't leave huge holes in the floor overnight etc. They need to be up and down through the whole house. It's not really a case of doing one room at a time. My Dad is an electrician and he will not do rewires if the house is occupied. It's too much trouble.

Could you at least move everything upstairs for them to do the downstairs then move everything downstairs so they can do one floor at a time?

I'd absolutely box up everything you can and get dust sheets over everything - it is a messy business.

Just had ours done; cost £6,000 but larger house (3 floors, 4 beds, basement) and added extras in (new shower, cooker, hob etc). Also fainted at the cost..... now starting a major clean up. It's a VERY dusty, messy process.

Also, this £6k didn't include any chasing in, which we are doing ourselves; we have been living in the while the rewiring has been done, but have had to move almost everything away from the walls, including several bookcases, because the electricians need access to all sorts of areas of the house; the workmen brushed the floors and refitted floorboards daily, but we have needed to learn to live with a lot of dust and grime while they are here. All worth it though.

Goodness, I've just realised what a corking deal we've just had.
We had loads of rewiring, new sockets, new circuit board, kitchen refit and extension, for a quarter of some of the other quotes here.
Dh's brother is a builder, and Dh can do most things, so they did most of the prep, and made good all the walls afterwards, but still!!

Worth getting a second quote OP? And yes to packing up stuff, dust sheets and the holiday inn for a couple of nights.

Those double sockets are really expensive! We recently paid £90.00 per new double socket (London).

Also, the new fuseboard seems too much.

Thanks for all your thoughts. Our second electrician has come back with £3700 so not much different there.