Chesterfield and north Derbyshire
EICR in Chesterfield
An inspection of the fixed wiring of your property by a qualified local electrician. Send the postcode and the date of your last report, and we will tell you whether you need another yet.
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Arrange an EICR
Three questions and a postcode. We match you to a qualified local electrician.
Why use this site
Competent to inspect and test
A different competence from installation, with its own qualification. It does not come free with the trade.
Reports that show their working
A schedule of test results, coded observations, and an honest record of what could not be reached.
One electrician, not five
Your details go to one vetted electrician. Never sold on, never added to a marketing list.
Sources, not assertions
Every legal statement here is cited and dated. Check it rather than trust it.
Who needs one
Landlords need an EICR, homeowners do not
The inspection is the same work whoever asks for it. The duty attached is not. Rented homes in England run on a five-year clock with a penalty behind it. Own your home and live in it, and there is no legal requirement.
Landlord EICR
The five-yearly report every privately rented home in England must hold.
A legal duty appliesSocial landlord EICR
Extended to registered providers in 2025. First inspection due before 1 November 2026 for existing tenancies.
A legal duty appliesHomeowner EICR
No legal requirement if you own and live in your home. Useful when buying, selling, insuring, or when the board keeps tripping.
No legal requirementCommercial EICR
No statutory five-year interval exists for commercial premises. There is a duty to maintain the installation, and a frequency you set from risk.
A legal duty appliesHMO EICR
The five-yearly duty applies as it does to any rented home. A licensed HMO also has a licensing authority taking an interest.
A legal duty appliesLetting agent EICR
Managed portfolios, staggered renewal dates, one point of contact.
A legal duty applies“A legal duty applies” means something different on each page. Each sets out which duty, with the regulation cited and the date last checked.
What actually happens
An EICR tests every circuit in the property
We arrange it and vet who turns up. The electrician inspects and signs the report in their own name. That signature is what you are paying for.
Tell us the property and the date
Address, rough circuit count, whether anyone is living there, and when the current report expires. That last answer decides whether you need us yet.
We match a qualified electrician
Competent to inspect and test to BS 7671, covering your area, checked against the scheme register. One electrician, not five.
The power goes off, circuit by circuit
Each circuit is isolated in turn, so power goes on and off through the visit. In a tenanted property, arranging that in advance decides whether the deadline is met.
The report, and what it actually means
The verdict, the schedule behind it, anything coded, and anything unreachable. Then a straight answer on what needs doing, if anything.
What you get
A report records circuits, codes and limitations
The verdict is the least useful part. What matters is the schedule of test results behind it, the coded observations, and an honest record of anything the inspection could not reach.
A ticked box and nothing else is a verdict with no working shown. Worth knowing before you accept one, whoever arranged it.
Classification codes
C1 and C2 make a report unsatisfactory
Only C1 and C2 make a report unsatisfactory. C3 and FI were decoupled from that outcome in 2026, so much of the published guidance still describes the old position.
Risk of injury. Immediate remedial action required. The inspector should make it safe before leaving, or tell you plainly that it is not.
Makes the report unsatisfactory.
Urgent remedial action required. Nothing is dangerous right now, but something has to fail for it to become so, and that failure is foreseeable.
Makes the report unsatisfactory.
Not a fault. Usually something installed to an older standard that was correct at the time. Worth doing, not required, and it does not make the report unsatisfactory.
Does not make the report unsatisfactory.
Something was found that could not be fully identified within the extent of the inspection, and it may turn out to be a C1 or a C2. It does not make the report unsatisfactory, but it does mean a question is still open.
Does not make the report unsatisfactory.
An FI not making a report unsatisfactory is not the same as an FI being safe to ignore. Where a report says further investigative work is necessary, the landlord’s 28-day duty is engaged. How that sits with the 2026 change is unsettled. Ask the electrician who signed your report what they meant by it.
This describes the law in England. The Welsh and Scottish positions differ, Scotland's repairing standard also covers portable appliances, which the England duty on private landlords does not. It is general information, not legal advice. Last checked against the primary sources on 27 August 2026.
What it costs
EICR cost tracks circuit count and access
Not a negotiating position. We have no figure we could stand behind, and a headline price that changes once someone sees the consumer unit is worse than none.
Cost tracks the circuit count and the access. Six circuits and a labelled board is a different job from an older house on its second board with a loft conversion. Send the postcode and you get a real quote.
Areas covered
We cover eight towns across north Derbyshire
Eight towns and everything between them. If you are just outside, ask. Each town page states its distance from Chesterfield.
Do we cover your postcode?
Type the first part, like S40 or DE45. No need for the whole thing.
Who does the work
Every electrician clears six checks
We do not carry out the inspection. We put you in touch with an electrician who does. An EICR is worth what the person signing it is worth, so these checks are the product. Each is verified against the issuing body's own register, not taken from a logo.
Competent to inspect and test
Inspection and testing carries its own qualification. A good installer is not automatically the right person to sign a report.
Registered with a competent person scheme
Checked on the scheme's own public register, not a badge on a website.
Public liability insurance, in date
We check the certificate and the expiry date, not just that one exists. A lapsed policy is the most common reason to turn someone away.
Reports that carry their schedule
We look at an electrician's reports before sending them a job. The schedule of results is the part worth checking.
Working to the current standard
BS 7671 as currently amended. The 2026 amendment changed what makes a report unsatisfactory, and not everyone has caught up.
A public record worth reading
We read what previous customers wrote instead of counting stars. We publish no figure of our own, because we have none.
Scheme registration and insurance details come with your quote, so you can check them against the public register yourself. How we choose electricians sets out every check, including what gets someone turned away.
Next step
Send your postcode and get a real quote
If your current report has months left, that is what you will be told. There is no sense booking early on a five-year cycle.
Questions
EICR questions
What is an EICR?
An Electrical Installation Condition Report. An electrician inspects and tests the fixed wiring: circuits, consumer unit, sockets, switches and anything permanently connected. The report records its condition against BS 7671. It assesses what is already there. It does not certify new work.
Do I need one?
If you let the property, yes. Every five years in England. If you own it and live in it, there is no legal requirement. People still get one when buying, selling, insuring, or when they do not know the history of the wiring.
How often?
Rented homes in England: no more than five years. If the report specifies a shorter interval, that one applies instead. Commercial premises have no statutory interval, only a duty to maintain the installation and a frequency you set from risk.
What makes a report unsatisfactory?
A C1 or a C2. Under the current amendment to BS 7671, C3 and FI no longer do. That changed in 2026, so a lot of published guidance is out of date. An FI still means a question is open, so ask the electrician who signed it what they meant.
What happens if it fails?
On a rented property, the remedial work must be done within 28 days of the inspection, or sooner if the report says so. The landlord then needs written confirmation from a qualified person that it is complete. Owner-occupiers have no deadline.
Does the power go off?
Yes, in stages. Testing needs each circuit isolated, so the property loses power on and off through the visit. Tell the tenant in advance. Access is the most common reason an inspection has to be repeated.
This describes the law in England. The Welsh and Scottish positions differ, Scotland's repairing standard also covers portable appliances, which the England duty on private landlords does not. It is general information, not legal advice. Last checked against the primary sources on 27 August 2026.
We do not carry out inspections. We put you in touch with a qualified electrician and arrange the visit. How we choose electricians lists every check, including what gets someone turned away.
Get a quote
Arrange an EICR
Five fields. We reply with either a fixed price or the one thing we still need to know.
- No cost, and no obligation to book anything
- Your details are never sold on or passed around
- A fixed price for the work described, in writing
Would rather talk it through? Leave a number in the form and say so in the details, and we will ring you rather than emailing back.