Electric Re Wire Costs

[lisnjim]

Howdy
Im getting my house re-wired. Its a standard 2 bed , 2 reception room house.
I have been quoted the following

27 x double 13A socket in brushed steel, installed - £80 each - £2160+VAT
10 x Ceiling pendant plus switch, installed - £80 each - £800 + VAT
New Consumer Unit, installed - £415
Test + Certificate - £350

Is this about the right price??

 

[riveralt]

Howdy
Im getting my house re-wired. Its a standard 2 bed , 2 reception room house.
I have been quoted the following

27 x double 13A socket in brushed steel, installed - £80 each - £2160+VAT
10 x Ceiling pendant plus switch, installed - £80 each - £800 + VAT
New Consumer Unit, installed - £415
Test + Certificate - £350

Is this about the right price??

Always depends on where you live - cheaper up north dearer down south.

I work on the basis of £300 for Consumer Unit and then £50 per point (light fitting or socket). Add £10 per point for fancy sockets and switches. Test Certificate is a requirement as is local authority notification so that is included in my price - since it is not something to cannot have.

 

[lisnjim]

Thanks, were in the London area so its probably not too far off the mark

 

[holmslaw]

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[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

As stated by the above posts.
The Inspection, test and certification are a requirement, it's something that must be done and issued. So seems odd that it is quoted separately!
To be honest the price seems a little tasty, but it is London!
How many circuits are you having? No cooker or shower circuit in price.

 

[skenk]

Then again, sockets, lighting and consumer unit are hardly optional extras, who cares how he decides to split up the quote? Personally I usually only give a single price for labour and materials/supplied fittings (for jobs costing £40- upwards of £15k), works for me.

 

[holmslaw]

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[Luckyphil]

Plus Interlinked Smokies/Heat detectors ??


Lucky

 

[sparkwright]

The £80 for each socket and the £80 for each light and switch seems a bit of a generalisation.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

• Sockets split up/down or left/right of house
• Kitchen sockets
• Circuit for kitchen appliances
• Cooker circuit
• Non-RCD circuit for F/F
• Non-RCD circuit for CH boiler
• Dedicated circuit for hifi
• Dedicated circuit for IT equipment
• Upstairs lights
• Downstairs lights
• Lighting circuits with switches in the usual places but with 2A/5A round pin sockets at low level.
• Immersion heater
• Loft lights
• Shower
• Bathroom circuit
• Alarms
• Supply for outside lights
• Supply for garden electrics
• Supply for shed/garage
• Flood-wiring with Cat6 or Cat6a

 

[JohnW2]

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• Non-RCD circuit for F/F
• Non-RCD circuit for CH boiler ....

That seems quite a common practice, but is it really necessary, particularly given the additional wiring hassle it may invoke?

In my house, I have my freezers and the entire CH system each on dedicated circuits proteced by RCBOs. My feeling is that if the RCBO (RCCB part) were to trip, the most likely reason would be a fault in the F/F or CH which would cause malfunction anyway, so the chances of the protective device itself resulting in inconvenience' are probably small.

Are there some considerations I've overlooked?

Kind Regards, John.