Understand Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) recommendations

[SeanTheCat]

Hiya,

Looking for some help understanding what the EICR says and whether this needs to be urgently fixed before we move into ours new home??

Thanks!

C1 – There is a danger present, risk of injury and immediate remedial action required.
C2 – There is a potential danger present and urgent remedial work is required.
C3 – Improvement is recommended.
6 will be eg SP Energy Networks, 8 would be a sparky.

Are you the buyer @SeanTheCat ? Was this report submitted via your solicitor? If so, I thought the vendor would be forced to put this right before exchange but I could be wrong, interested to see what others think.

Thanks! We're in London, so for 6 would I presume I'd need to contact UK power networks myself instead of via a sparky?

You should ring the electrician who did the EICR- part of them doing the inspection is also answering questions about what to do next and how to do it, how urgent it is etc.

Yup we're the buyer. EICRs aren't legally required from sellers, so we had to pay for it.

We'll contact our solicitor now we've got the report. But I don't think a C2s are up for negotiation. Perhaps we could try splitting it 50:50 once we get a quote of the remedial works.

Meter tails are down to the householder, as are the sockets. Not the supplier.
I would say do nothing, sounds like a pretty clean bill of health if that's the only things.
You would need to use a plug in RCD when using equipment in the garden. And if the meter tails are accessible under the fuse box then you could get someone to clip them suitably. If they are not accessible then leave them. Although if it's a c2 presumably they are accessible.
Certainly nothing to do before moving in.

This is interesting - I thought that as a seller you would be forced to do all the C2s before exchange - I didn't think you could let any go at all, and that the seller would need to get the quotes for remedial work. If you look at the description for the C2 code - it does look pretty dire! Potential danger and urgent remedial work ...? Can you sell with that outstanding?