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Electrician in Ferndown, Dorset (BH22)
Local electricians for Ferndown and all of BH22. We do full house rewires, fusebox swaps, safety checks and EV chargers, plus the small jobs. You get a fixed price in writing that only changes if you change the job. No VAT to add. No markup on materials. A 10-year guarantee. Pete quotes every job himself, usually the same day.
Price your Ferndown rewire yourself
Want a price before you call? Build your own price on our instant quote tool in about 60 seconds. Pick your rooms and points, and it prices the job live from our real rate card. Then we fix it in writing after a free survey - and it is a quote, not an estimate. The price only changes if you change the job.
What we do in Ferndown
One local firm for the whole job, big or small. Pete is based in Poole, a short run up the A348 to Ferndown, with daily van runs across BH22. There is no call-out charge for Ferndown. We are open 7 days a week - call any day, 7am to 7pm, and Saturday appointments are available at normal rates, not emergency rates.
- Full house rewires - the job we are known for, priced fixed and done on empty properties
- Consumer unit (fusebox) upgrades - modern RCBO boards with surge protection
- EICR safety reports - the written check landlords and buyers need
- EV chargers - home charge points fitted and certified
- Extra sockets, lights and switches - the everyday jobs
- Fault-finding and repairs - tripping breakers, dead sockets, flickering lights
Areas we cover
All of Ferndown and BH22, including:
- West Parley and the roads down towards the river
- Longham and Dudsbury
- Stapehill and Tricketts Cross
- West Moors - the villages to the north
- Ferndown town centre and the estates around it
We also cover nearby Wimborne. Not sure if we reach you? Give Pete a call and ask.
The Ferndown house that kept growing
Ferndown has a lot of big detached homes on generous plots, and generous plots invite extensions. Most houses we look at here are not one house electrically. They are an original house plus a conservatory, plus a garage conversion, plus a loft room, each added in a different decade by a different pair of hands.
That shows up in three ways:
- A board with no room left. The original had eight ways and the house now wants fourteen. Everything since has been squeezed onto a spare or spurred off something else.
- Circuits nobody can account for. A cable disappears into a wall and reappears in the conservatory, and there is no certificate for any of it.
- Loads the house was never designed for. An electric shower, an induction hob, a hot tub and a car charger were not on anyone's mind when the main supply was sized.
Before quoting a rewire on a house like this we work out what the supply and the board can actually carry. Sometimes the answer is that you do not need a rewire at all, just a bigger board and two new circuits.
Annexes, garden offices and granny flats
The other job this town produces more than anywhere else. Big plots and multi-generational families mean a lot of Ferndown homes have somewhere separate that someone actually lives or works in.
That is a different job to running power to a shed, and worth knowing before you plan it:
- Somewhere lived in needs its own consumer unit and its own means of isolation, not a socket circuit stretched down the garden.
- The supply has to be sized for it, including whatever heats it in January.
- It usually needs its own certification, and a buyer's solicitor will ask for that paperwork later even if nobody asks now.
We will tell you honestly whether what you want fits the supply you have, before you commit to the building work.
What we find in a Ferndown house
The recurring ones:
- A full board with nothing spare - the reason a charger or a shower turns into a bigger job than expected
- Extension wiring joined into the original circuits with no paperwork for any of it
- An early consumer unit from the original build - working, but without the protection a modern board gives
- Old rubber or fabric-covered cable in the pre-boom pockets, brittle and cracking
- A garden building on a lead through a window, which is where an awful lot of garden offices start
- Sockets that scorch, buzz or feel warm - stop using them and call us
Not sure which of these matter? An EICR safety report gives you a written answer, graded by urgency.
Do you have to move out?
For a full rewire, yes - we rewire empty properties only. It is dusty, noisy work with the power off, and it goes faster with nobody in. It suits a house just bought, a renovation, or a property between tenants.
Smaller jobs are different. A consumer unit upgrade, an EICR, an EV charger or extra sockets are all done while you live in the home, on a day that suits. If the wiring is sound and only the fusebox is dated, you may not need a full rewire at all - just a consumer unit upgrade. An EICR tells you which it is.
What it costs
Most Ferndown rewires run from about £2,800 for a 1-bed flat to around £11,000 for a 4-bed house. Here is the typical shape by size:
- 1-bed flat - from about £2,800
- 2-bed house - from about £3,800
- 3-bed house - from about £4,500
- 4-bed house - from about £6,500
There is no VAT to add, and we charge materials at cost with no markup - our margin is in the labour, and your price is fixed. See the full rewire cost guide for ranges by property size, or build your own price now.
Why choose Dorset Rewires
- Quotes, not estimates - a fixed price in writing that only changes if you change the job
- A price you can build yourself on our instant quote tool, then fixed after a free survey
- No VAT to add (we are not VAT registered, not yet)
- No markup on materials - we charge them at cost, our margin is in the labour
- Part P registered and working to the 18th Edition (BS 7671)
- A 10-year workmanship guarantee in writing
- Pete quotes every job himself and gives your price on the spot, the same day
- The work is done by Pete and our own employed electricians - all on PAYE, no dodgy subcontractors
- A 5% booking deposit, then staged payments as the work progresses
Quick answers
Do you cover my part of Ferndown?
Yes. We cover all of Ferndown and the BH22 postcodes, including West Parley, Longham, Stapehill, Tricketts Cross and Dudsbury, plus nearby West Moors and Wimborne. There is no call-out charge for Ferndown.
How much does a rewire cost in Ferndown?
Most rewires run from about £2,800 for a 1-bed flat to around £11,000 for a 4-bed house. There is no VAT to add. Your price is fixed in writing after a free survey. See the cost guide for the full breakdown.
I want a garden office. What does the power side involve?
More than most people expect, and it is worth knowing before the building goes up. Somewhere you actually work needs its own consumer unit and its own isolation, a supply sized for whatever heats it in winter, and its own certificate. A lead out through a window is not it. We will tell you what your existing supply can carry before you commit.
My board is full. Do I need a whole rewire?
Usually not. On a Ferndown house that has been extended a few times, the cable is often fine and the board is the bottleneck. A bigger board plus the circuits you actually need is a fraction of a rewire. The free survey tells you which one you are looking at.
Do I have to move out?
Only for a full rewire, which we do on empty properties. A board swap, a safety check or a charger happens with you still living there.
Are you qualified, and is there a guarantee?
Yes. We are Part P registered and work to the 18th Edition (BS 7671), and every rewire comes with a 10-year workmanship guarantee in writing.
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