Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) in Milton Keynes
EICR inspections for homeowners and landlords across Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire. From £140 with same-day certificate. Required by law for landlords every 5 years.
What is an EICR?
An Electrical Installation Condition Report is a formal inspection of your home's fixed electrical installation — consumer unit, wiring, sockets, switches, fixed appliances and earthing. It tells you whether your electrics are safe, identifies anything that needs work, and produces a written certificate.
The report uses standard codes:
- C1 — danger present, must be fixed before further use
- C2 — potentially dangerous, requires remedial work
- C3 — improvement recommended (not failing)
- FI — further investigation required
When you need one
- Landlords — every 5 years, legally required since 2020
- Buying an older property — strongly recommended, especially pre-1990 wiring
- Before adding solar panels or a battery — we check your installation can support the inverter connection
- Before adding an EV charger — most installations need an EICR-style assessment first
- After major renovation — extensions, kitchen rewires, loft conversions
- Mortgage or remortgage — some lenders request
- Insurance renewal — some insurers require
What we inspect
- Consumer unit (every circuit individually tested)
- Wiring condition — insulation resistance, polarity, continuity
- Earthing and main protective bonding
- Sockets and switches (RCD protection, earthing, polarity)
- Fixed appliances — boilers, electric showers, electric heating, immersion heaters
- Smoke alarm wiring (where hardwired)
- External circuits and outdoor sockets
Understanding your report
| Code | Meaning | What it requires |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Danger present | Make safe immediately — usually means isolating the circuit until remedial work is done |
| C2 | Potentially dangerous | Remedial work needed — typically within 28 days for rented property |
| C3 | Improvement recommended | Not failing — your choice whether to do the work |
| FI | Further investigation | Cause unclear — needs a follow-up visit to investigate |
Only C1 and C2 codes cause a report to be marked unsatisfactory. We'll explain every finding in plain English so you know exactly what's going on.
Remedial work
If your EICR comes back unsatisfactory, we carry out all remedial work in-house and issue the completion certificate as part of the same project — no need to find a separate electrician. Common remedial work includes:
- Adding or upgrading RCD protection
- Replacing a rewireable fuse board with a modern RCBO unit (see consumer unit upgrade)
- Earthing and bonding upgrades
- Replacing damaged or non-compliant accessories
- Sorting out any DIY work that doesn't meet current regulations
You can ask for a combined quote covering EICR + likely remedial work as a single fixed price — full cost certainty before we start.
Pricing
EICR before solar panels
If you're planning solar or a battery, an EICR (or at minimum an inverter-connection assessment) is the right first step. It avoids two common solar-install surprises:
- Discovering on install day that your consumer unit needs upgrading first
- Discovering after install that an underlying fault is causing the inverter to keep tripping
If you book solar with us, we offer a discounted combined EICR + solar survey — significantly cheaper than booking separately. Read more.
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NAPIT certified, same-day certificate, all remedial work in-house if needed.
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