Electrician Jobs Kitchen rewire and new main board

[Kitty0307]

Hi,

We have recently purchased an 1800s 3 bed terraced house and have been told we need the electrics looked at.

The main board has not been changed since the 1960s and we wanted to find a competent electrician who can get this done for us over the next few weeks. We're in the Scottish Borders.

We also have been told we should rewire the whole property and decided to do it on a room by room basis starting with the kitchen, which needs (so we have been told) a total rewire, new sockets, new cooker socket and switch etc.

We'd like whoever quotes us to take a look at the lighting as we were informed it needs to be updated too.

Basically I want to find somebody competent who isn't going to charge us the earth and can come out before Christmas to do the essentials for us - the rest after New Year. Anybody?

 

[Rpa07]

Hello Kitty and welcome to the forum. Someone will be along soon from your end of the Earth and help you out.
Until then . . . .

 

[Kitty0307]

Hello Kitty and welcome to the forum. Someone will be along soon from your end of the Earth and help you out.
Until then . . . .

Ha; thank you!

In the meantime....if anybody wants to give an idea of ballpark price we would be looking at then that would be great. I can provide a breakdown of what we think needs doing if that's helpful.

 

[Midwest]

It would be wrong to give you a figure of costings from afar. However, if you describe you property, members may give you some price ranges. Different properties present different installation difficulties.

Will you be living in the property, whilst the proposed work takes place?

 

[Octopus]

Welcome

I think you need to be a little bit more precise about your location...... Scottish Borders as a little vague IMHO

 

[Taylortwocities]

I didn’t know there even was electricity in the Scottish Borders?

Blimey!

 

[Kitty0307]

It would be wrong to give you a figure of costings from afar. However, if you describe you property, members may give you some price ranges. Different properties present different installation difficulties.

Will you be living in the property, whilst the proposed work takes place?

Yes i appreciate that

I don't have a picture of the main unit but was told it's 1960s (black individual sections). The house has 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, living room and attic.

We will be living there while work is being carried out- another electrician told us one day to do the main board and a further 2 days for the kitchen rewire which will include fitting sockets, installing cooker etc.

 

[diditrain]

Doing it bit by bit will probably cost you more in the long run.

 

[Kitty0307]

Doing it bit by bit will probably cost you more in the long run.

I thought that might be the case but nfortunately doing it all at once isn't an option for us financially with Christmas coming up

 

[Midwest]

Doing it bit by bit will probably cost you more in the long run.

Perhaps arrange the rewire for when you go away on holiday next year Kitty?