Landlord Fuse Box Upgrades in Sussex

A C2 means potentially dangerous, and under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 it makes the whole report unsatisfactory. You must complete the remedial work within 28 days of the inspection, or sooner if the report says so, then give written confirmation of the work to your tenants and, if they request it, the council. Send us the report and we will quote the remedials free the same day, fit the new board inside the window, and issue the certificates that close the file.

The wiring regulations are the same, but the risk profile is not, and HMO electrical requirements come under real scrutiny when your local council inspects for an HMO licence. More occupants means more appliances, cooking on several floors and people sleeping above circuits nobody has looked at in years. For student HMOs and shared houses across Sussex we recommend a full RCBO board as the minimum, and Amendment 2 of the 18th Edition specifically recommends AFDDs for HMOs, which is why our HMO board pairs RCBOs with arc fault detection.

Yes, and most of the landlords we work for prefer it. Give us the agent's details and your tenants' numbers and we handle the rest: access arranged around tenants' timetables, a text before we arrive, and the property left tidy. When the work is done, the Electrical Installation Certificate and the fresh EICR go to you and your agent in the same email within 48 hours, so the compliance file is complete without you chasing anyone.

Almost always. A fuse box upgrade takes 4 to 6 hours, and because we test every circuit as part of the installation, we can issue a fresh EICR for £99 on the same visit alongside the Electrical Installation Certificate for the new board. One appointment, one day of disruption for your tenants, and a landlord electrical safety certificate that restarts the five year clock.

Yes, an HMO consumer unit upgrade is one of our most common jobs. Licensed HMOs across Sussex come under close scrutiny, so we fit full RCBO boards with AFDD protection, the specification Amendment 2 of the 18th Edition recommends for houses in multiple occupation. 10 ways from £1,095, larger HMOs 14 ways from £1,295, and the certificates a licence inspection will ask to see are emailed to you and your agent within 48 hours.

Both, every week. A flat fusebox replacement often involves a meter in a communal riser, a board in a hallway cupboard and a freeholder or managing agent to keep informed, and we handle all of that as standard in the Regency and Victorian conversions found in the coastal towns across Sussex. A house fusebox replacement is usually more straightforward. Either way the price is fixed before we start: full RCBO boards from £625 for 8 ways in a smaller flat, or from £695 for the 10 to 12 ways a typical house needs.

Yes. Alongside our domestic work we replace small commercial fuseboards for shops, cafes, salons and offices across Sussex. It is the same fixed pricing approach as our domestic side, with full testing and certification, and we schedule the changeover around your trading hours wherever we can. Commercial boards vary far more than domestic ones, so rather than guessing over the phone we quote after a short survey. Call 8am to 8pm, 7 days, to arrange one.

The hardware is not: it is the same 18th Edition metal consumer unit, Type 2 surge protection and full testing we would fit in any domestic consumer unit replacement, at the same fixed prices. What changes is everything around the job: a 28 day deadline if an EICR was unsatisfactory, access arranged with tenants rather than the owner, certificates copied to your letting agent, and a fresh EICR for £99 on the same visit so the five year clock restarts.