What we do and who it is for
Retail electrical compliance checks for shops and commercial units from £95. Serving Maidstone ME14, including Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Tovil, Barming and Loose. NICEIC-approved, Part P registered contractor — fixed written prices, certified reports and guaranteed workmanship.
Typical jobs
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What it costs
We provide a fixed written price covering parts, labour, testing, certification and VAT so you know the cost before work begins. Below are our standard charges for common jobs.
| Job | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial EICR | £30–£50 per circuit | Testing, report, certificate, VAT |
| Fault finding | £80/hr | Investigation, testing, VAT |
| Extra socket | £55–£75 | Parts, fitting, testing, certificate |
| Smoke/heat alarm | £90–£140 each | Interlinking, testing, certification |
| Out-of-hours emergency | £120 per hour (first-hour minimum) | Emergency attendance, VAT |
| PAT testing | From £1.50 per item (£80 minimum visit) | Portable appliance inspection and testing |
Prices exclude plaster or decoration repairs, asbestos removal, DNO supply‑upgrade charges, and scaffold or specialist access equipment.
How the work is planned
Once we’ve reviewed your premises and electrical risks, we’ll agree a clear scope of work, schedule testing or remedial works around trading hours where possible, and issue a fixed written price before work starts. Site surveying identifies supply arrangements, consumer unit condition, circuits serving tills, lighting, refrigeration, displays and staff areas, plus access constraints and potential hazards.
We’ll plan isolation requirements carefully, keeping essential services running wherever it is safe to do so. Phased scheduling can separate work by department, floor or circuit, limiting disruption to customers and staff. Before each visit, we’ll confirm access, delivery times, working areas and any stock or equipment needing protection. We’ll also allow for older wiring, hidden alterations and sensitive retail equipment, so the agreed programme remains controlled, practical and risk-aware throughout.
Compliance and documentation
Compliance depends on accurate records and safe electrical work, so we’ll provide the appropriate certification and clearly document any observations, limitations or remedial recommendations. Your report will identify the installation’s condition, any departures requiring attention, and the scope of inspection, helping you demonstrate responsible electrical management.
There is no statutory interval for commercial electrical installation condition reports (EICRs); contrary to a common belief that fixed periods apply, the law does not prescribe specific inspection frequencies. The IET Guidance Note 3 recommends typical intervals (for example, five years for offices, three years for industrial premises and annually in higher‑risk environments), but these are professional recommendations, not legal requirements — the overriding legal duty under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 is to maintain systems so they do not give rise to danger.
We’ll support documentation retention with clear certificates and reports. Current records may be requested by insurers, landlords or licensing bodies, so keeping them accessible is prudent.
Minimal disruption and out-of-hours working
Good records support compliance, but planned working arrangements help protect your customers, staff and trading hours too. We’ll agree a scope, isolation requirements, work sequence and completion checks before attendance, so essential circuits aren’t taken offline unexpectedly. Where trading must continue, we can phase work by area, maintain safe segregation, and clearly label any temporary restrictions.
For early starts, evenings or overnight work, after hours access should be authorised in writing, with named keyholders, alarm procedures, emergency contacts and secure closing arrangements confirmed. We’ll assess lighting, lone-working controls, fire routes and any activities affecting stock or public areas. Silent installations can reduce noise during sensitive periods, but they still require safe isolation, testing and certification. Our written quotation confirms the agreed timing and costs, including out-of-hours rates where applicable.
Premises and sites around Maidstone
In Maidstone we work across a mix of retail premises from Victorian units in the town centre around Week Street and High Street, through listed medieval-fronted shops on Mill Street and Gabriel’s Hill, to modern retail units on out-of-centre estate locations such as Eclipse Park and commercial terraces at Grove Green and Vinters Park. We assess each installation with reference to its specific location — for example town-centre premises in the 19th-century terraces on Earl Street and St Peter’s Street, post-war parade shops in Shepway and Park Wood built mainly in the 1950s–1970s, and newer 1990s–2000s units on industrial estates — and inspect age, electrical loading, earthing arrangements, circuit identification and overall condition before recommending proportionate remedial work and compliance measures.
In Maidstone’s historic shopfronts — particularly the Victorian and earlier buildings on Week Street, Gabriel’s Hill and the lower section of High Street that date from the 18th–19th centuries and include listed façades — we commonly find legacy VIR or rubber-insulated cable runs and constrained cable routes within timber framing and lime-based fabric that require careful planning and sympathetic installation. In post-war neighbourhoods such as Shepway, Park Wood and Senacre, where many retail parades and small shops were built or altered in the 1950s–1970s, we remain alert to aluminium service conductors and modified circuits that can present connection and thermal issues.
Modern retail units at Eclipse Park, Grove Green and the Vinters Park area, largely developed from the 1990s onwards, can present higher electrical demand from display lighting, refrigeration units in convenience stores, increased IT loads and external signage, so we check supply capacity and diversity factors accordingly. For riverside kiosks and low-lying sites along the River Medway and the Maidstone waterfront at Penenden Heath and the vicinity of the Lockmeadow area, we specifically consider water ingress, accelerated corrosion, isolation arrangements and safe reinstatement following flooding events. We document our local findings clearly, reference the Maidstone neighbourhood and property age, and specify remedial priorities tailored to each named area.