Electrician in Leicester

Rewiring Leicester's Victorian and Edwardian terraces

Streets of red-brick terraces fill areas like Clarendon Park, Stoneygate, Highfields, Westcotes, Aylestone and Belgrave. These are solid, popular homes, but many were first wired over half a century ago and have been extended, altered and patched by successive owners.

Typical problems we find include circuits with no RCD protection, cables buried in crumbling lime plaster, lighting circuits with no earth, and kitchens running far more appliances than the original wiring was designed for. A full or part rewire puts all of that right, and in a terrace it's usually best done as part of a wider renovation when floors are already up.

Landlord and HMO electrical safety

Leicester has a large private rented sector, helped by two universities and a busy city centre. Landlords must have an EICR at least every five years, and houses in multiple occupation often have extra licence conditions from the council. The government's HMO licence guidance explains when a licence is needed.

We help Leicester landlords by:

• Carrying out EICRs with clear, honest reports
• Completing remedial work quickly, within the 28-day deadline
• Replacing old fuse boards with modern consumer units
• Scheduling work between tenancies to avoid delays

Tenants can also find out what their landlord must provide on the GOV.UK private renting pages.

Tenant turnover is high in areas like Clarendon Park and the streets around the universities, so we often inspect and upgrade properties over the summer, between one group of students moving out and the next moving in. Booking early in the year makes it much easier to get everything signed off before September.

Commercial electrician work in Leicester

We also work for shops, restaurants, offices and small industrial units in and around the city. That includes new lighting and sockets for fit-outs, emergency lighting, periodic inspection and three-phase work. See our commercial services for details.

Kitchens and extensions in city homes

Side-return and rear extensions are a popular way to add space to Leicester terraces. Knocking through to create a bigger kitchen and dining room usually means new circuits for the cooker and appliances, a lot more sockets, and a lighting scheme that works for the whole open-plan room. It's also the ideal moment to bring the rest of the house up to date, because the consumer unit often needs replacing to take the new circuits.

We work alongside your builder and kitchen fitter, carrying out first fix before plastering and second fix once the units are in. All notifiable work is registered under Part P, so building control has what it needs to sign off your extension.

Why use our electrician in Leicester?

We're a small, NICEIC approved firm, so you get the same electrician from quote to completion. We're easy to reach, we give fixed written quotes, and we tidy up after ourselves. Our base in Melton Mowbray is only about 15 miles from the city.

Areas around Leicester

We regularly work in the neighbouring towns of Oadby and Wigston to the south-east, Syston to the north-east and Loughborough further north.