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Ryan Talbot
Hi there,
Just a brief intro - I'm 25 and currently in the process of renovating my first ever property with the intention of selling and looking to make a little bit of money.
The property is a 1960's ex-council 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Farnborough, Hampshire. I have had two electricians in to have a look at the property, one created loads of holes in my walls and left an absolute mess anywhere, and quoted me over £4.5k telling me how I needed to have spotlights in every bedroom and every single cable in the property changed. The second told me that I would need a full re-wire however for selling purposes I may be able to get away with just making a few changes.
My intention is that I want to get it 'working' for the sake of re-sale and nothing more, I wouldn't hesitate for a second if I was going to be living in the property.
I have a reasonable knowledge of very basic electrics and have made some small changes, so far I have changed all of the single sockets for doubles, wired these back up and all are working fine, I have also changed all of the light switches and again all are working fine.
Question 1: The bit I am stuck on is the landing light at the top of the stairs, it is a single switch but behind it where the others have a live and a neutral, this one has a live and a neutral coming out of a grey cable at the top and a red, blue and white coming out of a grey cable at the bottom, how do I re-wire this back up to a more modern switch cover?
Question 2: I am in the process of changing the lighting in the kitchen and bathroom - neither of them have an earth coming out of the ceiling so I am presuming I will need to get hold of a double insulated/plastic light for each - does anyone know anywhere to get any decent/cheap ones?
Question 3: In the master bedroom, the light switch works fine, in the second bedroom, the light switch works fine, however when I switch on the light in the second bedroom and the master bedroom light is still on - it switches off... how do I rectify this?
I really appreciate any advice you can offer!
P.S. Please bare in mind that this is totally a cost exercise and I don't want to spend thousands of pounds on getting the property re-wired so unless that is the only option - please don't advise it!
Rgds,
Ryan.
Just a brief intro - I'm 25 and currently in the process of renovating my first ever property with the intention of selling and looking to make a little bit of money.
The property is a 1960's ex-council 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Farnborough, Hampshire. I have had two electricians in to have a look at the property, one created loads of holes in my walls and left an absolute mess anywhere, and quoted me over £4.5k telling me how I needed to have spotlights in every bedroom and every single cable in the property changed. The second told me that I would need a full re-wire however for selling purposes I may be able to get away with just making a few changes.
My intention is that I want to get it 'working' for the sake of re-sale and nothing more, I wouldn't hesitate for a second if I was going to be living in the property.
I have a reasonable knowledge of very basic electrics and have made some small changes, so far I have changed all of the single sockets for doubles, wired these back up and all are working fine, I have also changed all of the light switches and again all are working fine.
Question 1: The bit I am stuck on is the landing light at the top of the stairs, it is a single switch but behind it where the others have a live and a neutral, this one has a live and a neutral coming out of a grey cable at the top and a red, blue and white coming out of a grey cable at the bottom, how do I re-wire this back up to a more modern switch cover?
Question 2: I am in the process of changing the lighting in the kitchen and bathroom - neither of them have an earth coming out of the ceiling so I am presuming I will need to get hold of a double insulated/plastic light for each - does anyone know anywhere to get any decent/cheap ones?
Question 3: In the master bedroom, the light switch works fine, in the second bedroom, the light switch works fine, however when I switch on the light in the second bedroom and the master bedroom light is still on - it switches off... how do I rectify this?
I really appreciate any advice you can offer!
P.S. Please bare in mind that this is totally a cost exercise and I don't want to spend thousands of pounds on getting the property re-wired so unless that is the only option - please don't advise it!
Rgds,
Ryan.
