Full and Partial House Rewires on the Wirral
Fixed prices from £4,500. New board included. Certificate on the day we finish. Every extra priced on this page.
Fixed pricing · Consumer unit included · NICEIC certificate day one ·
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House Rewire Cost Wirral: What Does Rewiring a House Cost?
£4,500 for a 2-bed, £5,000 for a 3-bed and £5,500 for a 4-bed, fixed. No day rates. No surprises.
- ✓ 8 new electrical circuits throughout
- ✓ New 18th Edition consumer unit
- ✓ All sockets and switches replaced
- ✓ Mains smoke alarms installed
- ✓ NICEIC certificate on completion day
- ✓ Cheaper than national companies
- ✓ One temporary socket at the meter
- ✓ Kitchen socket layout planned with you
- ✓ Surge protection device fitted
- ✓ Fixed price. No surprises on invoice day
- ✓ 10 or more circuits for demand
- ✓ Wirral period properties our speciality
- ✓ Bathroom extractor fan included
- ✓ Free site survey
- ✓ NICEIC approved across Merseyside
What Is Included in a Wirral House Rewire?
No hidden extras. No surprise charges on completion day. This is everything that comes as standard.
All cables replaced with modern PVC throughout the entire property
18th Edition compliant with full RCD protection and surge protection device
All new white plastic throughout every room in the property
Ceiling rose pendants throughout all rooms and the landing
Mains-powered interconnected smoke alarms throughout
Extractor fan with isolator switch included at no extra charge
Protects all electronics from voltage spikes on the network
Full electrical installation certificate issued on completion day
Your 8 New Electrical Circuits
Every circuit designed and installed to 18th Edition BS 7671 standards. All rewires are notified to building control under Part P of the Building Regulations. As a NICEIC registered contractor we self-certify, meaning no separate building control application is needed from you.
See exactly what we fit and why
Prysmian cable. The part nobody sees and the part you cannot change later without doing the whole job again.
Hager Sollysta. Our standard white range, on every socket, switch and pendant, so the house matches throughout.
Contactum Defender 2.0. Metal board with an RCBO on every circuit and a surge protection device (SPD) fitted as standard. Type A devices throughout, which pick up the DC leakage that EV chargers and induction hobs produce and older devices can miss.
That is the whole standard spec. Want us to walk your actual house and count it properly?
What Does a Rewire Actually Look Like?
Eight circuits, 22 double sockets and 9 light points, laid over a typical 3-bed Wirral house. Tap any point to see what it is. Nothing here is an extra, it is all in the price.
Yours will not match this exactly. A Wallasey two-up two-down and a Heswall detached are different houses and the counts move with them. What does not move is the principle. Every room gets its full allocation as standard and anything beyond it is on your quote before a floorboard comes up. See what extras cost.
What Do Wirral Customers Say?
Six verbatim Google reviews, every one of them from a full house rewire. Trimmed for length in places, never reworded.
Super quick response to our original enquiry for a full rewire of a 3 bed bungalow in Heswall. We explained that we needed to do the work asap and Michael and his team did exactly that. They did an excellent job, advised us on certain aspects and the quality of the install was second to none, all done in 4 days flat.
They explained the work, quoted for all the jobs we wanted doing and explained the timeline and how the work would be carried out. We were able to arrange for the rewire to be carried out while we were away on holiday to minimise the disruption. Following the rewire we received our installation certificate and excellent aftercare.
It is super helpful having the standard pricing for house rewiring, so you know exactly what to expect on your invoice. Optional upgrades of extra sockets, outside lights, and USB sockets, etc. were very fairly priced and easy to add-on too. They even fit an EV charger for me at a very reasonable price too.
Read three more rewire reviews
Tom and his team were very efficient with the total rewire of my house. They worked quickly, were very accommodating adding new and replacing old sockets where requested, and they were very informative, ensuring we understood everything about the new fuse box. They also removed the old electrical heaters and connected my oven for free.
Really professional service did a full rewire in a couple of days. Both Toms were really friendly and answered any questions we had as well as keeping us updated throughout.
I can't thank the lads enough for there exellent job on our bungalow, a full rewire in 3 days all hands on deck and promises met, massive thanks to Michael and Tom, and all the lads who minimised any damage to basically nothing, I fully recommend this company.
Who actually turns up?
The same names keep coming up in those reviews. Michael runs the business and quotes the jobs. The two Toms lead most of the rewires. It is the same faces on day one and on the day you get your certificate, not a different subcontractor every morning, and we are on the Wirral most weeks.
Every one of those is a full house rewire, and every one of them got the same fixed price you can read above.
Because ringing round for quotes is a miserable way to spend a week. Three electricians, three visits, three numbers with nothing behind them, and no way to tell which one has left the consumer unit out. So we published it. The base price, what every room gets, and the price of every extra we offer. Read it, work out roughly what yours costs, and only then decide whether to ring us.
What Would Your Wirral Rewire Cost?
£4,500 for a 2-bed, £5,000 for a 3-bed and £5,500 for a 4-bed, and that base price is everything you just read: 8 circuits, 22 double sockets, 9 light points, the new board, the alarms and the certificate. Pick your house below, then add the extras people most often want on top.
- New Contactum board with its own breaker per circuit, so one fault does not kill the whole house
- Prysmian cable and Hager Sollysta accessories throughout
- 2 smoke alarms plus a kitchen heat detector
- Bathroom extractor fan
- NICEIC certificate on the day we finish
This is a real number, not a teaser to get you on the phone. It already works out the £60 rate on anything past £6,000. The only thing that shifts it afterwards is access, and on the Wirral that usually means solid walls in an older Birkenhead or Wallasey terrace, or a floor that will not come up without damage. We would spot that at the survey and tell you before you commit, not after.
Full House Rewire or Partial Rewire on the Wirral: Which Do You Need?
A full rewire replaces every circuit. A partial replaces only the ones that have failed. Here is how to tell which you are looking at, and what a partial actually costs, which nobody else publishes.
Everything Replaced
All wiring, sockets, switches, light fittings and the consumer unit throughout the entire property are replaced with new. Typically takes 2 to 5 days depending on property size and construction.
- Best for Wirral properties over 30 years old
- Best when an EICR returns multiple failures
- Best for renovation or extension projects
- Best when selling or buying a Wirral property
- Covers you for the next 25 years
Problem Circuits Only
Only the circuits that have failed or been condemned on an EICR are replaced. The rest of the wiring is left in place. Typically takes 1 to 2 days.
- Best when an EICR returns one or two failures
- Best when budget is constrained short term
- Best when only part of the wiring is old
- Cheaper upfront but may need completing later
- Not suitable if rubber or fabric wiring is present
What a partial actually costs, band by band
One lighting or socket circuit pulled out and rerun. Typical where an EICR has condemned one circuit.
Usually three or four circuits. Common where one floor was done years ago and the other never was.
The circuit that fails most often, because it carries the most. Usually done alongside a kitchen refit.
Not a rewire at all. If the cable behind it is sound, a new board is often all you need. We will say so.
If the cable is rubber or fabric covered, a partial is money wasted. You will be back within a few years for the rest, and you will pay twice for the same floors coming up. We tell people that at the survey even when the full job is a harder sell. Two thirds of the Wirral partials we look at end up as full rewires once we have seen what is behind the sockets.
Just Bought a Wirral House and Doing It Your Way?
Property rewiring on the Wirral is not only for houses with something wrong with them. You do not need a fault to justify a rewire. Plenty of people do it because they have just bought the place, they are spending money on it anyway, and they want the electrics where they want them rather than where somebody put them in 1968.
Floors up, walls open, nothing decorated yet. Moving a socket now is a conversation. Moving it after the plasterer has been is a day's work and a repair bill. Everything below costs you nothing to decide while we are still at the walk-around stage.
Everything you get to choose
Get the order of work right
Rewire goes in before anything else. Every other trade works around wiring, not the other way round.
Chases filled and walls skimmed once first fix is done and tested. This is the point where changing your mind starts costing money.
Sockets, switches, lights and the board go on once the walls are dry. Certificate the same day.
Last, so nothing gets damaged. If carpets are already down before we start, say so at the survey and we will plan round it.
If you are having a kitchen or an extension done as well, tell us at the survey and we will talk to whoever is doing it. Getting the sequence right saves more money than haggling over the quote does.
Know what you want and where you want it? Bring the list to the survey and we will price it there and then.
What Is the Difference Between a Standard and a High Spec Rewire?
Standard gives every room a centre light on one switch. High spec is about control: more than one set of lights in a room, each on its own switch, so you are not stuck turning everything on at once.
One switch, everything on. That is how nearly every Wirral house we walk into is wired, and it is why kitchens feel like operating theatres at ten at night. Separate switching means the spots over the worktop, the strip under the cupboards and the centre light are three sets on three switches. Use what you need, when you need it. It costs almost nothing extra at first fix and it cannot be added later without lifting the floors again.
Standard against high spec, room by room
See that priced up on a real quote
That is £1,090 on top of the standard price, and every one of those sets works independently. Commit to a package that size and the point rate drops from £80 to £60, which is already reflected above.
Price Your Own VersionThe kitchen questions people wish they had answered first
Over 80 rewires in, the kitchen is what people say they wish they had thought harder about. Once the walls are shut it is a much bigger job to change your mind.
- Do you have enough sockets above the worktop?
- Is there a USB-C socket for phones and tablets? It is £20 to £25 for the plate and no labour on top.
- Space for kettle, toaster and coffee machine without sharing a socket?
- Would you prefer spotlights instead of a single pendant?
- Where will the cooker or hob be positioned?
- Where does the fridge-freezer go?
- Having an island? You will need floor sockets.
- Induction hob? Needs its own dedicated isolation switch.
Decide this before first fix. Once the cable is in and the walls are closed, adding a separate switch means lifting floors again. Free to change your mind at the walk-around.
What Do Rewire Extras Cost on the Wirral?
Extra sockets are £80, extra light points £80, spotlights £60, extra switches £60, an electric shower circuit £350 and an EV charger circuit £400. These are the real prices off our last 20 rewire quotes, and everything you add appears on your written quote before we start.
Sockets
| Extra double socket, anywhere | £80 |
| Outdoor weatherproof double socket | £100 |
| Kitchen island socket | £80 |
| Loft or cupboard socket | £80 |
| TV point with aerial and HDMI behind the wall | £80 |
| USB-C socket face instead of a standard one | £20 to £25 |
Fitting a fancier faceplate is the same five minutes as fitting a plain one, so we do not charge labour on it. You pay the difference between the plate you want and the standard white Sollysta we would have put there anyway. On a USB-C socket that is usually £20 to £25. Same principle on brushed chrome or antique brass.
Lighting
| Extra light point, we supply the fitting | £80 |
| Extra light point, you supply the fitting | £70 |
| Extra spotlight | £60 |
| Wall light | £80 |
| LED strip or under-cabinet, labour per metre | £50 |
| Loft light and switch together | £140 |
| Front outdoor light, we supply | £100 |
| Garden light, we supply | £100 |
| Floodlight that comes on when it senses movement, with a switch inside to override it | £100 |
Switches
| Extra switch position | £60 |
| Work one light from two places, per extra switch | £60 |
| Multi-gang switch, 2, 3 or 4 gang | £60 |
No upcharge for gang count. One plate can switch four lights for the same £60.
Circuits and big items
| Electric shower circuit, 6mm, up to 8.5kW | £350 |
| Electric shower circuit, 10mm, 9.5kW and above | £425 |
| Electric towel radiator supply | £120 to £160 |
| Loft circuit ready for a future conversion | £150 |
| Extra bathroom fan, reusing the existing hole | £160 |
| Extra bathroom fan, new core hole and ducting | £320 to £350 |
| Bigger fuse board, 13 ways instead of 10, so there is room to add circuits later | £100 |
| Board moved, with isolator and 16mm supply | £350 to £500 |
| EV charger circuit, and we fit your charger if you supply it | £400 |
Whole rooms beyond the standard 3-bed layout
| Downstairs toilet, light and switch | £140 |
| Utility room or corridor, light, switch and socket | £220 |
| Front porch, two lights, socket and switch | £240 to £300 |
| Big storage cupboard, two sockets, light and switch | £300 |
| Dining extension, two sockets, centre light and a switch at each end | £360 |
| Home office, four sockets, light and switch | £380 |
| Ensuite, three spots, shower circuit, fan and towel rail | £900 to £1,175 |
Points go on at £80. Once the whole job passes £6,000 the rate drops to £60 on everything after that, because adding a point while the floors are already up costs us a fraction of what it costs afterwards. We do not backdate it. The points that carried you to £6,000 stay at £80 and everything past it is cheaper. Nobody has to ask for it, it comes off on its own. Change your mind halfway through and the additions go on at £60 too. Moving a socket or a light before first fix costs nothing at all, which is the whole reason we walk the house with you on day one.
What We Throw In
Smart Home Wiring on the Wirral: Can You Wire for It During a Rewire?
Yes, and a rewire is the only sensible time to do it. Once the cable is in and the walls are shut, retrofitting means lifting floors again.
What has to be wired in at first fix
Most smart switches need a neutral wire at the switch position. Older Wirral houses almost never have one, which is why people find their smart switch will not work after they have bought it. On a rewire we run a neutral to every switch as a matter of course if you tell us at first fix. It costs nothing extra.
Smart lighting only earns its keep when the lights are on separate circuits. Spots over the worktop, strip under the cupboards and the centre light on three switches means three scenes. On one switch it is one scene. That is decided at first fix, not in an app.
Cat6A to the TV point, the office and the loft for a wireless access point. Wi-Fi through the thick walls of a Birkenhead or Wallasey terrace is not the same as Wi-Fi through a new build. A wired point in the right place fixes what no mesh system will.
Smart devices, EV chargers and induction hobs all produce DC leakage that older RCDs can miss. The Contactum Defender 2.0 we fit uses Type A devices throughout, which pick it up. Ask for a 13-way board and you have spare ways for whatever comes next.
What it costs to wire for it
Wired or wireless, which do you actually need?
Wireless is fine for most things. Smart bulbs, plugs and battery sensors need no wiring at all. If that is all you want, you do not need to think about any of this at the rewire stage.
Wired is better for the things you cannot easily change. Switches, ceiling lights, doorbells, cameras and access points all work better hardwired, and the wall is only open once. Anything that needs a permanent power supply or a data run is far cheaper to do now than later.
The mistake people make is buying the kit first. Tell us what you want the room to do and we will put the wiring in for it. Deciding after second fix means lifting floors again, and that is the whole cost of the job over again for one switch.
We do not sell smart home systems and we will not try to. What we do is put the wiring in so that whatever you buy afterwards actually works. Tell us at the survey and it goes on the quote.
Every one of those prices goes on your written quote before we start. Nothing gets added later.
Can You Rewire an Outbuilding or Garden Room?
Yes. We run steel wire armoured cable from your main board out to the building, and it then gets its own consumer unit and its own circuits. Garden rooms, garages, workshops, home offices and annexes, and it is worth doing while the floors are already up.
We run steel wire armoured cable, SWA, from your main consumer unit out to the building. Armoured because it is going outside and often underground, where ordinary cable has no business being.
Once the supply is there, the outbuilding is treated as an installation in its own right. It gets its own consumer unit rather than hanging off a socket in the house, which is what you usually find when someone has done it on the cheap.
Normally a lighting circuit, a socket circuit and a heating circuit as a minimum. More if the building needs them, and that depends entirely on what you are using it for.
What people use them for
Because no honest number exists until we have seen the run. Wirral plots vary wildly. A garage attached to a Birkenhead terrace might be six metres from the board. A garden room at the bottom of a Heswall garden might be thirty. Add to that how many circuits the building needs and what you are doing in it. We clip armoured cable direct with cleats, along a wall or a fence line, and that is in the price. We do not dig trenches. If you want it buried, get a groundworker in and we will run it either way. Twenty metres across a lawn and five metres round the side of a garage are different jobs. We measure it at the free survey and give you a fixed price like everything else, and it goes on the same quote as the rewire.
Doing it alongside the rewire is cheaper than doing it later. The board is already coming out, the floors are already up, and we are already on site. Coming back in two years means starting again.
What Happens After You Book a Rewire?
A fixed written quote, then a 50% deposit, then the balance only once your certificate is in your hand. Here is the whole process and everything you are covered by.
We go through the house with you, room by room, and agree exactly where everything goes. Costs nothing and you are not committed to anything.
Every item priced separately, every free inclusion listed. Not a single number with nothing behind it.
Secures your start date and covers the materials order. Nothing else is due until the job is finished.
2 to 5 days depending on the size of the house. Monday to Friday, 8:30am start, never weekends.
Your NICEIC Electrical Installation Certificate is issued on the final day. The remaining 50% is due once you have it, not before.
Insurance, Part P and what is guaranteed
A rewire is notifiable work under Part P of the Building Regulations. As an NICEIC Approved Contractor we self-certify it and notify building control ourselves, so you never deal with the council.
Ten years on our own workmanship. If anything we installed is not right in that time, you ring us and we come back and put it right at our cost. It runs four years longer than the NICEIC backstop below, and it is separate from it.
We are fully insured on every job. Ask to see the certificate and we will send it over before we start.
Hager and Prysmian both warranty their own products. Those warranties are yours, and we will tell you which apply to what we have fitted.
Plenty of electricians imply this covers everything they do. It does not. Platinum Promise only comes into play if the firm that did the work has ceased trading. Up to £25,000 on one installation, six years from completion, and NICEIC sends another registered contractor to sort it. Worth having, and we are registered so you get it. But it is a safety net for our disappearing, not a warranty on our workmanship. That is what the ten years above is for.
What happens if something goes wrong in year three
Ten years is not a number we picked to sound generous. A rewired home you live in is due its next EICR at about the ten year mark. So our cover runs to exactly the point somebody else next tests our work. Anything we got wrong will have surfaced long before that, and it will have been ours to fix.
Any of that a problem on your job? Tell us and we will work round it. We have done this over 80 times.
What Is It Like Living Through a Wirral Rewire?
Two to five days on site. Your power is off from day one until we finish. Here is exactly how it runs and what you are in for.
Survey and Planning
We walk through every room of your Wirral property with you before any work starts. We agree socket positions, lighting layouts, appliance locations and any future needs such as an EV charger or shower circuit.
Before work starts. Free.First Fix
Old wiring is removed. New cables are installed through floors, walls and ceilings. Back boxes for sockets and switches are fitted. Wirral period properties require extra care at this stage to protect original features and flooring.
Days 1 to 3. No power during the daySecond Fix and Certificate
Sockets, switches, light fittings and the new consumer unit are all fitted and connected. All circuits are fully tested to BS 7671 standard. The NICEIC Electrical Installation Certificate is issued on the final day.
Final 1 to 2 days. Certificate issued same dayDuring Working Hours
- No mains power at all from day one until we finish
- Floorboards selectively lifted where needed
- Walls chased for new cable routes
- Dust even with extraction running
- One room out of action at a time
- Furniture moved and replaced each evening
What the One Temporary Socket Runs
- One socket at the meter, fitted on day one
- Fridge freezer and a kettle on an extension lead
- No boiler, so no heating and no hot water until we finish
- Lamps, phone and laptop charging all achievable
- Bare essentials only, not enough to live normally
- Full mains power only restored on completion day
Our Honest Advice
- Stay with family if you can manage 3 to 5 days
- Expect takeaways during working days
- Empty properties speed the job up significantly
- Kids and pets make the working days harder
- Heswall and West Kirby properties often take longer
- Plan your kitchen sockets carefully before we start
Why Choose Ideal Electrical for Your Wirral House Rewire?
Seven things, and the first is that you get the same faces from day one to the certificate
Victorian terraces in Birkenhead, Edwardian semis in Oxton, large detached homes in Heswall. We know these properties inside out.
The price we quote is the price you pay. No day rates, no add-ons, no invoice shock.
Your existing wiring is dead from day one. One temporary socket at the meter for an extension lead. Full mains power on completion day.
Full NICEIC certificate on the final day. Accepted by Wirral Council, all major mortgage lenders and Wirral letting agents.
All work meets 18th Edition wiring regulations. Certificates accepted by councils and mortgage lenders across Merseyside.
Round-the-clock callouts across all Wirral areas should any issue arise during or after the rewire.
Ready to book your free Wirral survey?
CALL 07399 676656Does Your Wirral Property Need Rewiring?
There is no fixed interval and anyone who gives you one is guessing. It comes down to condition. Here is how to work yours out without paying anyone.
Wire fuses with no RCD protection. If that is what you have, the rest is likely as old
From sockets, switches or wiring anywhere in the property
Electrical safety certificate returned C1 or C2 failures
Circuits trip regularly, randomly or without obvious cause
Lights dim or flicker when appliances switch on
Sockets mounted on skirting boards indicate original wiring
Property not electrically updated since the year 2000 or earlier
Relying on extension leads daily throughout the property
Not sure if your Wirral home needs rewiring? Book a free survey and we will tell you honestly, with no obligation to proceed.
Book Free Wirral Survey1. Look at the board
The board tells you when the last person touched the consumer unit. It tells you nothing about the cable behind it, and the cable is what decides a rewire. We see brand new metal boards sitting on top of rubber cable from the 1950s, because somebody swapped the board and left the wiring alone. That is why we survey rather than guess, and it is why nobody can answer this from a photograph.
2. What you know and we do not
3. The tell-tale signs inside the house
Put those three together and you will usually know whether you are in rewire territory or board-and-a-few-circuits territory. If you want it settled properly, an EICR is the only thing that actually tests the cable, and it costs a fraction of a rewire.
You will read everywhere that a house needs rewiring every 25 or 30 years. That number is not a rewiring interval at all. It comes from inspection guidance, which says an installation over 25 years old should be looked at. Looked at, not replaced. We have seen 1990s installations pass an EICR comfortably at thirty years old, and 1970s ones that were finished at twenty.
How often is it actually due?
That is the recommended maximum between EICRs on an owner-occupied home, or at change of occupancy. The inspection tells you whether you need anything. Most of the time the answer is no.
A legal requirement in England since 2020, or at each change of tenancy if that comes sooner. A C1 or C2 code has to be put right within 28 days. Repairs stay the landlord's duty under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
An installation in good condition, with an RCD-protected board and enough circuits for what you plug in, does not need replacing because it has had a birthday.
What actually decides whether you need one
If you are not sure where your Wirral house sits, book the free survey and we will tell you honestly, including when the honest answer is that you do not need one yet. An EICR is the proper way to find out, and it costs a fraction of a rewire.
Which Wirral Areas Do You Cover?
Every CH postcode on the peninsula, at the same fixed prices. The Wirral has a lot of pre-1970s housing in the North West. Victorian terraces in Birkenhead and Wallasey. Edwardian semis in Oxton and Prenton. Large detached homes in Heswall and West Kirby. We know these properties inside out.
Wirral Areas We Cover
House rewiring across every Wirral postcode. Fixed prices from £4,500.
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House Rewire Wirral: Your Questions Answered
Straight answers to what Wirral homeowners ask most about house rewiring.
VALUEDoes rewiring add value when you sell?
Most of the value is in what it stops a buyer knocking off. Buyers now ask for an EICR before exchange, and a failure gets used to renegotiate, often by more than the rewire would have cost. A current NICEIC certificate removes that conversation entirely. Buying a Wirral property built before 1990? Ask the seller for an EICR and factor a rewire into your offer if they cannot produce one.
RENOVATINGCan I rewire even if nothing is wrong with the wiring?
Yes, and plenty of people do. If you have just bought and you are spending money on the place anyway, this is the cheapest hour you will ever get to put sockets, switches and lighting exactly where you want them. You pick the number, the position, the height off the floor, the kitchen layout and the lighting zones. Order of work: us first, then the plasterer, then us again for second fix, then decorating and floors last.
AGEHow can I tell how old my house wiring is?
Look at the consumer unit first. Rewireable fuse carriers mean pre-1980. MCBs with no RCD is roughly 1980s to 1990s. A plastic board split into two halves with two RCDs is 2008 to 2015. A metal enclosure means 2016 or later, because metal became mandatory in January 2016. Then add what you know: how long you have owned it, whether it was ever rented, whether anyone has added a socket or changed a light fitting. Then look for one socket per bedroom, sockets on skirting boards, or any round pin socket. None of it tells you about the cable behind the board, which is the thing that decides a rewire.
TIMINGHow often does a house need rewiring?
There is no fixed interval. The 25 year rule you see everywhere is inspection guidance, not a rewiring interval. What decides it is condition: rubber or fabric covered cable needs replacing, PVC from the 1970s onward often has plenty of life left. Get an EICR every 10 years if you live there, every 5 if you rent it out, and that will tell you.
SMARTCan you wire my Wirral house for smart lighting?
Yes, and a rewire is the only sensible time to do it. Most smart switches need a neutral at the switch position, which older Wirral houses rarely have. We run one to every switch as standard if you tell us at first fix, and it costs nothing extra. Zoning lights onto separate switches is £60 a position. We do not sell the systems, only the wiring behind them.
TIMELINEHow long does a house rewire take on the Wirral?
A 2-bedroom Wirral property takes 2 to 3 days. A 3-bedroom house takes 3 to 4 days. A 4-bedroom house takes 4 to 5 days. Larger Victorian and Edwardian properties in Heswall and Oxton often take a day longer. Read our full guide on how long a house rewire takes.
ASSESSMENTHow do I know if my Wirral property needs rewiring?
Older Wirral houses are worth a look if any of these apply. A fuse box with pull-out wire fuses. Sockets on the skirting boards. Circuits that trip frequently, rubber or fabric-covered wiring visible anywhere, or simply not having enough sockets. Read our guide on how to tell if your house needs rewiring.
COMPAREWhat is the difference between a full and partial rewire on the Wirral?
A full rewire replaces everything: all wiring, sockets, switches, light fittings and the consumer unit throughout the entire property. A partial rewire replaces only the circuits that have failed or been condemned on an EICR. Partial rewires cost less upfront but may need completing later. We advise which is right for your Wirral property at the free survey.
DISRUPTIONHow messy is a Wirral house rewire?
There will be some disruption. Floorboards are selectively lifted, walls are chased for cable routes and there is no power during working hours. We use dust sheets throughout, hoover daily and clear all rubbish each evening. Wirral period properties require extra care around original floors and coving, which we factor into our programme from the outset.
LIVINGCan I stay in my Wirral home during the rewire?
Many do, but be clear what it means. From day one none of your existing sockets, switches or lights work, and they stay dead until we finish. We fit one temporary socket at the meter so you can run an extension lead for a fridge, a kettle and a lamp. There is no boiler, so no heating and no hot water. Full mains power returns on completion day.
INCLUDEDDoes a Wirral rewire include a new fuse box?
Yes, always. An 18th Edition consumer unit with RCD and surge protection is included in every rewire at no extra charge. The old fuse box is removed and replaced with a modern unit. All consumer unit replacements are notified under Part P of the Building Regulations. As NICEIC registered we handle this automatically at no extra cost or effort from you.
VALUEIs it worth rewiring before selling your Wirral home?
Almost always yes. Buyers of Wirral properties increasingly request EICRs before completing a purchase and old wiring frequently fails. A failed EICR gives buyers leverage to reduce their offer by more than the rewire would have cost you. Read more about when to rewire your home and house rewire costs. We offer free surveys for homeowners who are selling.
House Rewiring Guides and Resources
Everything you need to know about house rewiring on the Wirral and across Merseyside.
What Other Electrical Work Do You Do on the Wirral?
Fixed-price electrical work across all Wirral CH postcodes. All work NICEIC approved.
Ready to Rewire Your Wirral Home?
Rewiring on the Wirral, priced properly. Fixed prices from £4,500. Free site survey. NICEIC certificate included.
Free survey, no obligation, and we will tell you if you do not need one yet.
Electrical emergency on the Wirral? We are available 24/7