Electrical re-wire costs

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Trying to get an idea of costs in regards to full rewiring of a house ...

Can you tell me where you live and the size of the job and the cost?

I've been quoted £12k - £15k for a small 2 bed terrace plus bringing electricity out to the back garden for a garden office set up in the West Midlands

Thanks

Well I'd expect no more than £5k including distribution board for the house at current prices but depends on what specification you've asked for? Chrome sockets and switches can easily add £2-3k to a price.

I'd imagine it's the home office which is causing the outrageous quote you've had - how far down the garden is it? The armoured cable will be expensive plus may have to have its own distribution board?

I am West Midlands too. You are being ripped off OP. I had full rewire on empty 3 bed terrace two years ago at beginning of pandemic and charged £6400. I got electrical certificates too guaranteeing the work. I use this electrician quite a bit on my btl portfolio so he would have given me a good price but it should be no more than £7k.

Chrome sockets and switches can be picked up very cheaply at Screw fix. Electrician will use those if you provide them.

I was quoted 6k plus vat for full re-wire for 3 bed bungalow re-wire. That does sound like a lot OP!

That's way too much. I renovated a 3 bed semi in Sutton Coldfield 3 years ago and I paid around £5k for a full rewrite.

I don't think you can compare prices to even 2 years ago unfortunately- I have a lot of first hand experience in this field and Labour prices have gone up probably 25% if you can find someone and material prices are anything up to 40% up or more depending on what it is

If he has to chase out all the walls and make good himself that's another additional cost

Re wire of lived in homes are pigs of jobs compared to new builds

Way too much but I expect it’s the cost of bringing the wiring into the garden etc that’s pushing the price up. I’d expect around £6-7k.

January 2022 3 bed terrace 4K inc plastering. Full rewire.

Sorry meant to add in the north west.

I’m in the north west and got 5 quotes for a full Rewire of a three bed semi (doesn’t include any making good), average three sockets in each room, pendant lights, and basic white switches, rounding the the nearest hundred:
-£4800
-£6700
-£7200
-£8000
-£8200
another estimate: £6000-£7000

Sounds like an 'i don't really need the work' quote to me. I'd hold out for 6 months if you can - prices likely to be much more reasonable once we are deep into the cost of living crisis.

I'd expect around £5k. We're having one done at the moment but it's in 2 stages to help the budget and minimise disruption. They are not making good though.

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Please can you PM me the details of your West Midlands electrician? Thanks

Please can you PM your electrician's details? Thanks

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They won't be doing the plastering or anything.

Builder will do the small extension we are having
Electrician full re-wire
Someone will sort plastering out etc

Job too small for one outfit.

We’re having a full rewire of our old (Victorian) and very challenging detached house at the moment. The electrician isn’t making good and it’s causing a lot of mess 😭 but the bill is just under 7k and he’s not VAT-reg, thank heavens. That includes wired-in smoke alarm, heat-detector, a bathroom fan and heater. Approx 4 double sockets per room but more in some. This is in the NW.

Blimey, that's a lot of money! We paid about 8k not including plastering just before covid for all bar the kitchen of a 4-bed, 3 recep. 2 bathrooms, hall and landing, utility + complete rewiring within the garage; it's a detached in the NW. About four 2x sockets per room some with USB supply, supplies put in for the future for extra things like underfloor heating in bathrooms, 2 outdoor 2x sockets, and we needed the consumer unit - which also had to be replaced- relocating across the length of the house, which meant an extra breaker and a lot of very hefty and expensive cable. The kitchen- a big job- cost a bit under 1K when we had it done last year. I know cable is more expensive these days, but 12-15 K is mad. More recently we were quoted just over 1K for a new heftier supply to the garage, which is the best part of 100 feet from the house.