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Can anyone give me a rough cost for rewiring?

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AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 18:23

1950s detached house, 1300sqft. Needs rewiring. North of England. Will be empty so free range.

I’m considering making an offer on it, I don’t have anyone to ask other than Google so asking here too.

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KentishBob · 09/01/2026 19:06

We paid £1800 last year. 3 bed 1930s end of terrace. Small independent electrician, very skilled. Took 2 days I recall

AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 19:12

Wow @KentishBob I was expecting £8-10k after googling! That's sounds like a bargain. This house is three beds, two receptions, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, hallway.

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AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 19:13

Thank you too btw.

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YorkshireGoldDrinker · 09/01/2026 19:18

AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 19:12

Wow @KentishBob I was expecting £8-10k after googling! That's sounds like a bargain. This house is three beds, two receptions, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, hallway.

£8k-£10k is about what I'd expect. Anything cheaper will likely be from the house being totally empty, so sparky can go in, do the job and walk out in a couple of days. The job is a lot harder in an occupied, busy house.

AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 19:25

It will be empty @YorkshireGoldDrinker. Well it might have boxes stacked in ground floor rooms but I could put them in places that didn't impede access to lights/sockets etc.

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ArtTheClownIsNotAMime · 09/01/2026 19:27

About £1k per room.

AGreenWitch · 09/01/2026 19:36

Thanks @ArtTheClownIsNotAMime that sounds like what I imagined and will bring me back to the £10k ish figure I think.

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sweetsadine · 09/01/2026 19:45

We paid £3k for a 3 bed semi in Manchester 8 yrs ago, it was also unoccupied/unfurnished at the time (been told later that this was a bit steep considering it was empty). So I'd say estimate no more than 5k.

Geneticsbunny · 10/01/2026 09:53

I would estimate £6.
Does it need a full rewire or just updating to modern safety specs? If it need a full rewire you will have to plaster and redecorate too so that will put the cost up.

AGreenWitch · 10/01/2026 10:10

Full rewire. Yes I realise that. My plan is to put things in storage, remove carpets from upstairs, rewire, plaster in the channelling, get a decorator in and carpets fitted upstairs before I move in.

I can estimate the cost of everything else easily enough, it’s the rewire costs I haven’t any experience of.

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Geneticsbunny · 10/01/2026 10:17

Unless you are replacing the carpets, they don't need to be removed, just rolled back and then put back down. You should be able to see where the electric access points are when you roll the caroeta back as the boards usually look different and are screwed down so they can be accessed easily.

AGreenWitch · 10/01/2026 10:31

I want to replace the carpets.

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maggiesleapp · 10/01/2026 10:40

We done this 3 years ago. Empty 3 bed end terrace. DH a tradesman so had ceilings, walls down where needed and also tracked walls in advance. This was part of a full renovation. It cost just over 4k.

AGreenWitch · 10/01/2026 12:27

Thanks @maggiesleapp ….. I don’t intend getting my hands dirty 😂 . Basically I’ll get someone in to strip carpets, curtains, tracks etc. Empty house, rewired, made good, my decorator will go in to decorate the upstairs, light fittings, carpets, move in, blinds ordered.

Then I’ll have a breather before moving onto the downstairs, no carpets required as it is original parquet which will just need refinishing.

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Geneticsbunny · 10/01/2026 12:36

If there is parquet, rewiring the downstairs might be a lot more destructive/expensive and you might be restricted on where you put sockets.
If you rewire, I would add a load more sockets at the same time.

GCSEBiostruggles · 10/01/2026 12:43

Victorian semi 3 bed here and it was 9k without "making good" so we still have holes in ceiling and channels up walls for sockets 3 yrs later. Couldn't afford 13.9k they wanted to do it all. Edit to add we are South East but not London expensive.

AGreenWitch · 10/01/2026 16:30

Oh @GCSEBiostruggles that sounds hard. I need to get it done and move on.

I’m meeting someone to walk through the house to give me their thoughts, known to a colleague and recommended. He wants to look at coming down rather than up to preserve the flooring. Sounds good to me as I would prefer not to damage it. It is literally as it was when the house was built. I’d rather repair the ceilings.

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sunflowerparty · 11/01/2026 06:46

We got our house rewired in late 2025 for a bit under £11k. We got four quotes - three were around that same level, one was £13.5k.

For context, our house is a four-bedroom house in outer London, and the price included lots of sockets; four rooms had both ceiling lights and 2x wall lights; and we included wiring for CCTV, a hot tub and electric car charging (just the cable at this point, not the charging port itself). We weren't living there at the time. This didn't include any plastering over the chases etc.

I would hope your rewiring price would come much lower than ours by avoiding London prices and having one less bedroom etc. While it was a bit daunting, I really like knowing that all of our electrics are new and it was great to choose what we wanted and where.

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