How much (roughly) for a rewire

[Nobody]

Hi,

Just heard my mum's 3 bedroom semi is likely to need rewiring. ANyone able to give me an idea as to the cost of having this done and the time it would take?

Many thanks.

[rrh]

I think it would help to give much more info: area of the country, type of construction (eg solid concrete floors or suspended timber or what?), whether electric cooker or electric shower or both needed, etc. Then someone much more knowledgeable than me (not difficult!) should be along to give you advice.

[Nobody]

Yorkshire area - late 50s semi, suspended ceiling. No electric cooker or shower. Wooden floors, with void underneath ground level.

[Phil L]

£1700

3 days max

[atticus]

I recently had a v.small 3 bed terraced house in S.London done for =A32000 + VAT which I thought was a very reasonable price.

[Nobody]

[snip]

Many thanks all.

Best regards.

[the_constructor]

I recently had a v.small 3 bed terraced house in S.London done for £2000 + VAT which I thought was a very reasonable price.

How many sockets did you get in each room for that ?

[DrLargePants]

Mine was ~=A32000 for a 1930's 3 bed semi in N. Wales. That included extra sockets, new CU and smoke alarms.

[Robin]

Was this as part of a bigger overhaul which had replastering doen separately? If not, did the £2000 include cutting out old buried cable and making good over the new - for example, for light switches - please? (I'm thinking of tackling the lighting circuits in a small 1890s terrace - despite the perils of Part P - but fear the plastering as I know swathes will come down.)

-- Robin

[atticus]

Included 3 or 4 sockets in each room and about 10 in kitchen (total about 30) and about 12 new lights/switches. Plus fan in bathroom, 1 exterior light and 1 in loft) Old cables dug out and new ones chased in and rough mix plastered (not including finished plastering). The electricians I spoke to were unwilling to commit to making good with final plaster coat. Partly because not their skill, partly beacuse of unknown state of existing plaster.

[Stephen Dawson]

What planet do you live on??

[Phil L]

He asked for a rough price, he lives in Yorkshire, he has a 3 bed semi, this is approx what he will pay with minimal sockets and conventional lights/fittings, if he wants dozens of extra sockets and all kinds of fancy lights etc, he can pay a lot more...he's obviously going to get someone out of the paper - if he wants Manweb to do it he'll need another mortgage.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In an occupied house, all sockets etc flush and cabling concealed?

[Phil L]

He didn't specify any of those, he did say it was his mum's house, but I assume it's original (1950's) cables and so it needs rewiring...obviously if he want's everything burying, plastering done and a load of extras, he ain't gonna do it for 1700, but a bog standard, cables in surface trunking jobby can easily be done for this...De Large Pants above paid less than 2k and that included smoke alarms - lets be honest about this - there's less than £500 worth of materials in the job, and if a spark couldn't do it in 3 days on his own, he needs to go back to school, this leaves £400 per day, although obvioulsy all this isn't wages, he'll have to pay tax etc

[Dave Plowman (News)]

To me that's not a 'bog standard' job but a botch. I'm willing to bet the OP expects the cabling etc to be concealed.

[DrLargePants]

Just to clarify, I had all the wiring chased into the plaster and recessed chrome sockets and switches. The electricians didn't make good though, but I had plasterers in at the same time so it made no odds. House was unoccupied at the time.

Was about the only thing in this refurb that was good value and went well, but thats another story!

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Makes a big difference having an empty house and not effectively paying for making good and re-decoration.

[Phil L]

Maybe he does, maybe he's a plasterer and he could do it himself, he asked for a rough estimate, and that's what he got...obviously there's no upper limit - he could pay 8 or 9 grand if he lived in London, but if people are sensible and have a good look around and get as many prices as possible, £1700 is do-able...a friend of mine had his done (unnocupied) for £1600 about 2 months ago, part P, NECEIC chappy.

[MM]

I was quoted £2200 for a three-bed ex-council house semi in 2004.

MM

[MM]

Forgot to say that it was in High Wycombe, Bucks.

MM