Moved house into a disaster zone

[fourtytwo]

First quote from internal pic of CU + address (Gainsborough) 10-12K

 

[Dustydazzler]

£10K basic Re-wire is pretty standard these days

 

[fourtytwo]

£10K basic Re-wire is pretty standard these days

Ohh, you opinioned in another thread in January this year concerning a 4 bed house
"You could probably do a Very basic rewire for about £5000, Very basic. A couple double sockets in every room , a pendant light in each room , a bit of 2 way switching and maybe a couple outside lights."

Personally I think £10K is completely over the top!

 

[SJD]

Costs depend very much on what a rewire comprises. For example, if there are currently only typically 2 sockets per bedroom, you'd likely want perhaps 3, 4 or 5 in the rewire. You need to supply a spec of how many sockets, lights (and what type), other things like smokes, fans, etc to know whether £10k is dear or cheap.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Ohh, you opinioned in another thread in January this year concerning a 4 bed house
"You could probably do a Very basic rewire for about £5000, Very basic. A couple double sockets in every room , a pendant light in each room , a bit of 2 way switching and maybe a couple outside lights."

Personally I think £10K is completely over the top!

2 socket per room and 1 pendant light is absolute bare bones these days 5 grand would be absolute bare bones re-wire literally , I never get any customers just wanting the absolute minimum on a full re-wire these days never

They all want USB sockets , loads of downlighters , dimmer s , CAT6 points etc etc

I am doing kitchens where the wiring is coming out to £5000 price range as they want so much installing these days

When you are pricing re-wires £10,000 is burned up without too much trouble

 

[UNG]

Ohh, you opinioned in another thread in January this year concerning a 4 bed house
"You could probably do a Very basic rewire for about £5000, Very basic. A couple double sockets in every room , a pendant light in each room , a bit of 2 way switching and maybe a couple outside lights."

Personally I think £10K is completely over the top!

A basic rewire in an unoccupied empty property would probably come in at £5k in January move forward 6 months and all the material price increases coming through and you are very likely pushing towards £6k

As Dusty points out once the "wouldn't it be nice if we had" kicks in and you start the price spiralling upwards the sky is the limit and once you add in the occupied and furniture / carpet / laminate flooring you bump the price again

While you may consider £10k completely over the top you may be searching for a long time to find an electrician who will do it significantly cheaper

 

[Dustydazzler]

A basic rewire in an unoccupied empty property would probably come in at £5k in January move forward 6 months and all the material price increases coming through and you are very likely pushing towards £6k

As Dusty points out once the "wouldn't it be nice if we had" kicks in and you start the price spiralling upwards the sky is the limit and once you add in the occupied and furniture / carpet / laminate flooring you bump the price again

While you may consider £10k completely over the top you may be searching for a long time to find an electrician who will do it significantly cheaper

EXACTLY

First thing I do when I am quoting for any medium to large domestic job these days is I tell the home owner that cable is the dearest it has even been. I explain you can easily spend over £1000 just on cable alone for a 3 bed re-wire

I think this sets the tone that any price they may have had in their brain will be way wrong

 

[Mike Johnson]

With the increase in costs since January, the extra downlighters that everyone wants these days, USB sockets and at least ten sockets in the kitchen min six above the worktop and four below for the white goods and the additional circuits for the induction hob and the ovens, min four sockets for each bedroom, min two in each hallway upstairs and downstairs I would be looking for closer to £15,000 these days, but then I am retired and would not even do it for my relatives for £10,000, the only way to reduce this cost would be for you to do all the preparatory work, lifting the floors and all the chasing needed, Good Luck finding anyone who is available let alone willing to do it.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I have tried going down the homeowner starts chasing and box bashing before I arrive but in reality it barely saves any time as the chases are always far too shallow and the boxes are to shallow

A full re-wire is probably the most labour intensive job a home owner can under-take , its even more labour intense than fitting a new bathroom or fitting new windows

They also forget we have to test everything and do loads of paper work afterward , this all takes time and time is cold hard money

 

[fourtytwo]

I seem to have stirred up some hornets! I don't want any extras at all. I am trying to get the underlying rubber replaced that is an obvious fire risk, the actual sockets, switch plates & ceiling roses are modern and only one needs renewing as it's missing. something like 30% of the underfloor and 60% of the in wall power cable is already PVC T&E, just red/black. I have already lifted the bulk of the flooring and boards to gain access and trace routes. The CU needs replacing as it's out of date and that's about it unless part P requires something else I am unaware of. As for chasing there really should not be any need and anyway I don't want the dust & decor damage.
Yes I expect you are right, bit like trying to find a builder for anything less than a big extension on a house.