Full electrical scope for Houses in Multiple Occupation — 5-yearly EICRs, BS 5839 fire alarm systems, BS 5266 emergency lighting, consumer unit upgrades and additional circuits. Reports and certificates formatted to satisfy Cheshire East licensing officers first time.
End-to-end electrical work for licensed and unlicensed HMOs — inspection, remedials, fire and emergency systems, and periodic recertification.
HMO landlords, letting agents and property managers across Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach and the wider Cheshire East area.
Before licence application, at 5-yearly EICR renewal, after a change of tenancy, or when adding rooms/bathrooms that trigger new circuit requirements.
Cheshire East Council and mortgage lenders expect a satisfactory EICR plus compliant fire detection and emergency lighting on every HMO. Getting it wrong risks the licence and the insurance.
The reason to book proper work now — instead of putting it off — comes down to what happens when you don't.
A missing L2 fire alarm cert or an unsatisfactory EICR pushes the licence into re-inspection and delays new tenancies.
Converted terraces frequently carry a patchwork of 1960s–2000s circuits — plenty of C2s waiting to be found the day the inspector arrives.
Battery-only smokes or Grade F systems don't satisfy an HMO — you need mains-wired, interlinked detection to the correct category.
We survey the whole HMO — circuits, alarm system, emergency lighting, room count, means of escape — and confirm the licensing category with you.
Every line item priced separately: EICR, remedials, fire alarm upgrade, emergency lighting, consumer unit — you see exactly where the spend goes.
Noisy or disruptive work planned around occupancy where possible. Isolation confined to specific circuits so tenants keep power on the rest of the property.
EICR, fire alarm installation certificate, emergency lighting certificate — all issued in the formats letting agents and Cheshire East licensing accept.
We diarise the next EICR, the six-monthly fire alarm inspection and the annual emergency lighting duration test — no more missed renewal dates.
EICR, fire alarm, emergency lighting, remedials and any consumer unit upgrade all handled by the same team — no coordinating three trades.
Reports formatted to what Cheshire East HMO licensing and mainstream lettings agencies actually ask for. No back-and-forth.
Bundled EICR + fire alarm servicing rates for multi-property landlords, and combined visits where two properties are in the same street.
Full workmanship guarantee — if anything we've installed fails, we come back and put it right.
Free written quote within 24 hours. Fully insured to £10m. Workmanship guaranteed.
HMO electrical compliance in Cheshire East pulls together four separate regimes — Part P notifiable work, BS 7671 periodic inspection (EICR), BS 5839 fire detection and BS 5266 emergency lighting — plus the council's own HMO conditions. Getting each of them right, and getting the paperwork to line up, is what determines whether a licence renewal takes two weeks or two months.
Older HMO wiring frequently trips on lack of RCD protection to sockets in bathrooms and kitchens, undersized main earthing and bonding, and Grade F smoke systems where a Grade A LD2 is required. We flag all of these on the initial survey so nothing surprises you at the report stage.
Most HMOs need a mains-wired, interlinked Grade A LD2 or LD3 system depending on layout and escape route. We design, install, commission and certify to BS 5839-6, and hand over the log book — the document the council will actually ask to see.
Communal stairs and corridors in a licensed HMO need BS 5266 compliant emergency lighting with a three-hour duration. We install self-test luminaires where possible so monthly checks are a five-minute walk-round rather than a full engineer visit.
Additional local conditions apply on top of the national regs — Cheshire East specifies inspection frequencies and record-keeping in the licence conditions themselves. We work to whichever standard is higher.
Anything else? Give us a call — we'll talk it through in plain English.
07886 780653Yes — a single visit where practical, with EICR, BS 5839 fire alarm certificate and BS 5266 emergency lighting certificate all issued together.
Booked within the week for most Crewe and Cheshire postcodes, and the report emailed the working day after inspection.
You get a separately-quoted, fixed-price remedial schedule alongside the report — you decide whether we carry out the works or you take them elsewhere.
Yes — as NICEIC-registered contractors we notify under the Competent Persons scheme, so no separate Cheshire East Building Control application is needed.
Yes — we invoice directly to letting agents and property management companies on standard 7-day terms, with certificates emailed as soon as the work is signed off.
Based in Crewe — covering every town within a 20-mile radius. Not sure if we cover you? Call and we'll tell you straight.
Free written quote within 24 hours. NICEIC-approved. Backed by our workmanship guarantee.
