Landlord EICRs in Walsall and Bloxwich. Fixed price per property, remedials quoted separately, certificate emailed the same week. HMOs covered.
A large share of inner Walsall is rented — the terraced streets through Caldmore, Palfrey and Pleck especially, and a good deal of it let room by room. That makes the EICR the job with the deadline on it: one every five years, another in practice at every change of tenancy, and remedial work that has to be signed off before anybody can let the place again.
Pleck and Birchills have a lot of houses let room by room, and the EICR on those is rarely a single report on a single list of circuits. Interlinked smoke alarms, emergency lighting on the landing and the supply to each let room all sit alongside the main installation, so the visit is planned around the licence conditions the council has set rather than a generic checklist.
Every circuit tested and the findings written up properly, with C1, C2 and C3 codes that mean something rather than a blanket "unsatisfactory" and a large quote.
What is genuinely required to make it satisfactory, kept apart from what is merely recommended, so you can see the difference and decide.
Stricter requirements and more of it — inspection intervals, emergency lighting and alarm systems depending on the property. Say it is a HMO when you book.
Not eventually. If a tenancy starts on a date, tell us and we work to it.
Each C1, C2 and C3 comes with what it means for the tenancy, what it affects and whether the property can be let while it is put right.
Times agreed with the people living there, so no room is missed and the visit is not repeated because a door was locked.
Send a photo or a quick video of the room on WhatsApp, or get a free fixed quote — no obligation, and we’ll tell you straight what it needs.
It goes on the number of circuits, not the size of the house, so a two-bed terrace in Caldmore costs less than a four-bed with an extension and a garden office. You get the price before we attend.
Almost never. Unsatisfactory usually means a handful of C2s: no earth on a lighting circuit, a rewirable board, a dubious spur in a kitchen. Those are fixable items with prices against them. A genuine rewire is rare and we will tell you plainly if yours is one.
Every five years for a private rented property, and at change of tenancy in practice because most agents will not let without a current one. HMOs are typically more frequent depending on the licence conditions.
Yes, and it is cheaper per property if they are close together. A row in Palfrey or a few doors in Pleck is a straightforward day.
A C1 means danger present, so it is made safe on the day rather than written down and left. You are told what was done and the report records it, so the remedial work that follows is planned rather than rushed.
No, but the power goes off circuit by circuit during testing, so it helps if nobody is working from home to a deadline. In a shared house in Caldmore or Pleck, a morning slot with the tenants told in advance is usually easiest.