We work in Edgware most weeks, from the flats and shops around the Broadway to the long residential streets running out towards Canons Park and Burnt Oak.
Homeowners, landlords and businesses here call us for consumer units, EICRs, fault finding, EV chargers and full rewires, all done by a NAPIT-registered electrician and properly certified.
Edgware is about fifteen minutes from our Harrow base, so it is an easy area for us to get to.
Why so much Edgware wiring is the same age
Edgware went up in a rush. The Northern line reached it in 1924, and over the next fifteen years the fields around the station turned into street after street of semis and terraces. A lot of HA8 was built between the 1920s and the 1950s, and it was built to a fairly consistent standard.
On the Burnt Oak side you also get the Watling Estate, one of the big cottage estates the London County Council built between the wars. The first families moved in during 1927, and more than two thousand followed within a year.
That shared history matters for your electrics. When a whole area is built at once, it tends to need the same things at the same time. These houses were wired for a handful of lights and a couple of sockets, long before anyone had an electric shower, a kitchen full of appliances or a car to charge on the drive. Most have been part rewired at some point, and it is those half-finished jobs that cause the faults we get called to.
What we get called out for in Edgware
Rewires on 1930s streets
Houses of this age are often on their second set of wiring, and that second set can itself be forty years old. We rewire room by room where people are still living in the house, and we leave it certified.
Part rewires that were never finished
The most common fault we find in Edgware is a house where the upstairs was done and the downstairs was not, or the other way round. Old and new sit on the same board and nothing is labelled. We trace it, fix it and write it down.
Landlord EICRs
There is a lot of rented property around the Broadway and Burnt Oak. Rentals need an EICR every five years. We do the inspection, give you the report and quote separately for anything that needs putting right.
Kitchens and extensions
Adding to a 1930s house nearly always means more load than the original circuits were built for. We work out what the supply can take before the units go in, not after.
Streets and areas we cover
- Edgware Broadway
- Canons Park
- Burnt Oak
- Queensbury
- Stonegrove
- Edgwarebury
What we do in Edgware
Electrician in Edgware, questions answered
My Edgware house has been part rewired. Do I need the whole lot done?
Not always. If the newer half is sound and properly certified, you may only need the older half bringing up to standard. The only way to know is an inspection. We test what is there and tell you honestly which parts can stay.
How much does a consumer unit cost in Edgware?
A straight swap on a normal house is usually a day's work and a fixed price. It goes up if the existing circuits fail their tests once the new board is on, because those faults were being hidden by the old fuse box. We tell you that risk before we start.
Can you do an EICR at short notice for a rental?
Usually yes. Tell us the address, the property type and how many bedrooms and we will give you a price and a date. You get the full report, and a separate quote for any remedial work with no obligation to use us for it.
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