House Rewiring in Poole
A house in Poole with rubber cable, round pin sockets or no earth to the lighting can be rewired by MX2 Electrical, room by room or in one go.
“With over 20 years in the trade behind us, we are a fully qualified, NAPIT registered team covering Poole and the Dorset area, domestic and commercial. We turn up when we say we will, explain what needs doing before we do it, and leave the place as we found it.”
How much does a house rewire cost?
House rewiring is charged from £70 per hour, and MX2 Electrical gives you the price in writing before the work starts rather than a figure over the phone.
- What drives the price is the number of rooms and circuits, whether the house is lived in or empty, and how easily the floors and walls give access to the cable runs.
- The consumer unit and fuse board replacement that finishes a rewire is priced from £500.
- Current labour rate: £70 per hour.
- Materials, specialist equipment and larger project work are confirmed separately before they go ahead.
House rewiring in Poole
- House rewiring in Poole starts at £70 per hour with MX2 Electrical, and you are left with a new wiring installation and an Electrical Installation Certificate for the property.
- Older Poole houses still on their first installation are rewired so every circuit is new from the fuse board out.
- A rewire is the point at which sockets, lighting and cooker circuits are set out for how the house is actually used.
- Rewiring before floors, plaster and kitchens go in means cables are run once and buried properly.
Rewiring older and newer homes across Poole
- Poole housing runs from Georgian buildings on the Quay to estates finished in the 1990s, and the age and build of the house sets how a rewire is carried out.
- The Old Town beside the Quay was rebuilt in Georgian style in the eighteenth century and has been a conservation area since 1975, so cables in solid walled buildings often run in surface containment rather than chased in.
- The estate was built out from 1963 in the south and 1973 in the north, so two houses a few streets apart can carry different board positions and different circuit counts.
- Edwardian and interwar houses here tend to have the meter and board in the hall or under the stairs, with cable runs lifted through original floors, and the 1970s estate off Winston Avenue is laid out differently again.
What happens on the day
MX2 Electrical explains what needs doing before any cable is lifted, and the work follows the written price agreed beforehand.
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Arrival and walkthrough
The electrician goes through the house with you, room by room, so you know what is being taken out and what is going back in.
- 02
First fix and second fix
First fix runs the new cables to every socket, light and appliance point, then second fix fits the accessories and the consumer unit.
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Testing and certification
Every new circuit is tested, you receive an Electrical Installation Certificate for the installation, and Building Control is notified through the NAPIT registration.
Other electrical services
MX2 Electrical also carries out consumer unit and fuse board replacement from £500, EICR and electrical testing from £110, EV charger installation from £300, and sockets, lighting and smoke alarm work from £70 per hour.
Why customers choose MX2 Electrical for a rewire
MX2 Electrical is NAPIT registered and a TrustMark registered business, so notifiable rewiring is certified and notified by the firm that carried it out. The price is written down before the first cable is lifted, and the installation is tested and documented at the end.
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Recent work from MX2 Electrical
These photographs show work completed across the wider service area covered by MX2 Electrical; they are not all presented as house rewiring work in Poole.
Where MX2 Electrical works
Rewires run right across Poole, from Hamworthy over to Canford Cliffs, taking in five outward codes between BH12 and BH17.
House rewiring questions
The questions customers in Poole ask before booking a rewire.
How much does it cost to rewire a house in Poole?+
House rewiring starts at £70 per hour. The rooms, the circuit count and how easily the floors and walls open up decide the total. MX2 Electrical puts the price in writing before the work is booked in.
— Mohsen Nazari
Does a rewire include a new fuse board?+
A rewire ends at the consumer unit, which is the modern name for the fuse board. MX2 Electrical prices consumer unit and fuse board replacement from £500. That figure sits alongside the hourly rewiring rate in your written price.
— Mohsen Nazari
Do I need to be out of the house while it is rewired?+
Rewiring is done in both occupied and empty houses. Floors come up and walls are opened where cables run, so an empty property gives the electrician more room to work in. MX2 Electrical goes through what is happening in each room with you before starting.
What certificate do I get after a rewire?+
You get an Electrical Installation Certificate, which records the new installation and the test results for every circuit. It is the document asked for when a house is sold, let or insured. MX2 Electrical is NAPIT registered, so the work is also notified to Building Control.
Can you rewire a flat in a Canford Cliffs or Sandbanks apartment block?+
Yes. In an apartment block the supply and the meter usually sit in a shared cupboard rather than inside the flat, so the rewire starts from the consumer unit in the flat. MX2 Electrical covers BH13 and the rest of Poole.
Can a house in Poole Old Town be rewired?+
Yes. The Old Town has been a conservation area since 1975 and the Georgian buildings there have solid walls, so cables are more often run in surface containment than chased into the wall. Rewiring inside the building is notifiable Building Regulations work and MX2 Electrical notifies it.
Do you rewire rented properties for landlords?+
Yes, MX2 Electrical rewires rented houses and flats across Poole. Where an EICR has come back unsatisfactory on several circuits, a rewire clears the whole installation rather than one code at a time. An EICR and electrical testing starts at £110.
Do you rewire extensions and loft conversions?+
Yes. New rooms are wired in as part of the rewire so they run on new circuits from the consumer unit instead of a spur off older cable. Sockets, lighting, cookers and smoke alarms are charged from £70 per hour when the work is not a full rewire.
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