Quotes, not estimates. The price we quote is the price you pay.

Electrician in Verwood, Dorset (BH31)

Electricians for Verwood and all of BH31. Verwood is the youngest housing stock we work on, so here is the honest headline: most Verwood homes do not need a rewire. They need the board sorting and the capacity raised. We will tell you which one you are, for free. The price goes in writing before a tool comes out, and only your own changes can move it. No VAT to add. No markup on materials.

Price your Verwood rewire yourself

You do not have to wait for a quote to get a number. Price it yourself on the quote tool before we ever visit. It runs off the same rate card we quote from, so the figure is a real one, not a guess.

A free survey then turns that figure into a written fixed price. 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. That is the promise: the number only moves if you change the job.

What we do in Verwood

There is no call-out charge for Verwood. We are open 7 days a week - call any day, 7am to 7pm, and Saturday appointments are available at normal rates, not emergency rates.

• Fuse box swaps - from £625, and the single most common job in this town. See consumer unit upgrades
• EICR safety reports - fixed price by circuit count, and the right first move on an 80s or 90s house. See EICR reports
• EV chargers, hot tubs and garden rooms - the three things Verwood boards get asked to do that they were never designed for
• Full house rewires - the older village stock, priced live on our instant quote tool
• Extra sockets and outdoor power - the everyday jobs
• Fault-finding - an RCD that trips for no obvious reason is the classic call here

Areas we cover

All of Verwood and BH31, including:

• The town centre and the roads around Ringwood Road and Manor Road
• Dewlands Common and the western side of town
• Potterne Park and the southern estates
• Ebblake and the roads out towards the forest
• Three Legged Cross, West Moors, Ashley Heath, St Leonards and Ringwood - the neighbours

Pete is based in Poole, a straight run up through Ferndown to Verwood, with regular van runs across BH31. There is no call-out charge for Verwood. Not sure if we reach you? Give Pete a call and ask.

Verwood boomed late - what that means for your wiring

Verwood grew faster than almost anywhere in Dorset. A quiet brick-and-pottery village became a town in one long building boom through the 1970s, 80s and 90s. That changes the honest advice, because the town splits three ways:

• The early boom estates (1960s-70s) are now 50 years old. If a home from then has never been rewired, it is due - old board, no RCD protection, circuits sized for a different life.
• The 80s and 90s homes - most of Verwood - usually do NOT need a full rewire. The cable is generally sound. What they need is a modern consumer unit and an EICR safety report, at a fraction of the cost.
• The old village stock - the cottages and bungalows that pre-date the boom - can hide genuinely old wiring behind modern decor. These are the ones worth checking properly.

We will tell you which one you are. A free survey and a quick on-the-spot check, and if the wiring is fine, we say so - selling you a rewire you do not need is exactly what our promise rules out.

Check your board before you check anything else

In a town this new, the board tells you nearly everything. Go and look at yours:

• No test button anywhere on it - that means no RCD, and on an 80s or early 90s house that is the single thing most worth fixing
• One test button covering the whole house - common in the 90s. It works, but one fault anywhere puts every light out, including the stairs at night
• A board crammed full with no spare ways - the reason a charger or a hot tub turns into a bigger job than you expected
• An RCD that trips now and then for no clear reason - usually a tired circuit rather than a faulty RCD, and it is findable
• A 1970s home still on its first wiring - the earliest boom estates are the ones genuinely at rewire age now
• Warm plugs, scorch marks or a buzz from the board - stop using it and call us

Chargers, hot tubs and garden rooms

Verwood homes are newer, with driveways and decent gardens, so this is what people here actually ring about. The pattern is always the same: the thing you want is straightforward, and the board is what says no.

• An EV charger needs its own protected way at the board. On a full 90s board there is nowhere to put it without changing the board first.
• A hot tub is a heavy, permanent load on a long outdoor run. It is not an extension lead job, whatever the delivery driver says.
• A garden room or office needs a proper buried armoured supply with its own isolation, not a spur off the garage.

We quote the board and the new circuit together, as one fixed price, so you are not told halfway through that it needs another job first.

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 quicker with nobody in. In Verwood that mostly applies to the older village houses rather than the estates.

For smaller jobs you stay put. A new consumer unit, an EICR, an EV charger or a few extra sockets are all done around you, on a day that suits - and in Verwood, the smaller job is very often the right answer.

What it costs

Every job is priced fixed in writing after a free survey. As a guide, most Verwood rewires fall in these ranges by property size - there is no VAT to add:

• 1-bed flat - from around £2,800 to £4,000
• 2-bed - from around £3,800 to £5,500
• 3-bed - from around £4,500 to £7,000
• 4-bed - from around £6,500 to £11,000
• 5-bed and up - from around £10,000 to £16,000

These are guide ranges, not your quote. Build your own price on the instant quote tool, or see the full rewire cost guide for what changes the number. A 5% booking deposit holds your date, then you pay in stages as the work progresses.

Why choose Dorset Rewires

• Quotes, not estimates - your written price cannot creep; only a changed job changes it
• 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
• 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

Related pages

• Electrician Ferndown - the neighbouring town south
• Electrician Wimborne - a short run west
• Consumer unit upgrades
• EICR safety reports
• Rewire cost guide 2026