Electrical remedials and rewires in Cardiff

We take on electrical remedial works and rewires in Cardiff for City of Cardiff Council, housing associations and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. City of Cardiff Council still owns council homes here, alongside housing association stock.

Cardiff at a glance

Council: City of Cardiff Council
Nation: Wales
Council homes: Council-owned, managed by the council
Housing standard: WHQS 2023 (Wales)
Damp and mould timescales: No timescale law found
Population: 369,202 (2020 estimate)
Regional price factor: 0.93 (VOA 2026)

Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (11 transfer and 11 stock-retaining councils), not yet checked against StatsWales tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.

Who owns the social homes in Cardiff?

City of Cardiff Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Cardiff, and we can work for both.

What do we cover in Cardiff?

C1, C2 and FI remedial works from EICRs
Consumer unit replacements
Full and partial rewires in occupied homes
Additional circuits and sockets
Mains-wired alarms in coordination with alarm upgrades

Electrical remedial works and rewires in a social home

How do we deliver it?

Rewires are planned room by room, so residents are not left without power overnight, and we make good as we go.

Which rules apply in Cardiff?

The Renting Homes (Wales) fitness regulations require a valid electrical installation condition report (EICR), no more than five years old, for social tenancies, with a copy given to the contract-holder.

WHQS 2023 (Wales) · More about electrical remedial works and rewires

What do electrical remedial works and rewires cost in Cardiff?

Our guide range for an EICR with Category 1 and 2 remedials in Cardiff is around £860 per home. That is the UK range of around £930 (derived from published totals) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.93 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.88–0.98); figures are before VAT where the source states it. Every job is priced after survey; specification, access and the condition of the homes will move the figure.

Questions about electrical remedial works and rewires in Cardiff

Does City of Cardiff Council still own council homes?

City of Cardiff Council is one of the 11 Welsh councils that kept their homes rather than transferring them. Housing associations also own social homes in Cardiff, and we can work for both.

Can you take on electrical remedial works and rewires in Cardiff as a subcontractor?

Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Cardiff can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for electrical remedial works and rewires, working under their systems and their client's specification.

Do you also work near Cardiff?

Yes. We take on electrical remedial works and rewires across Wales, including the Vale of Glamorgan, Caerphilly, Newport and Rhondda Cynon Taf, and in every other UK nation.

Electrical remedial works and rewires in Cardiff

Tell us about the homes and the work, and we will come back to you with questions, a scope or a price.