cavity brick, generous single-storey plan, easy loft access. Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
If you own a bungalow in Caerphilly and need full property rewires, the right spec is usually not the most expensive one. On this stock the sensible answer is metal-clad 18th Edition CU — matched to the wiring generation, not a lift-and-shift from a new-build brochure.
That is the standard we quote to. Fixed price, honest survey, SPD retrofit, and paperwork the next EICR won't question.
Focus on the hall cupboard, the consumer unit location, and the intended cable route. Usually 15–30 minutes on-site or a short photo set.
Priced against your bungalow's specific construction, not a template. Route sketched, materials listed, no line-item surprises.
Diary planned for the access constraint that matters on this stock — loft-run cabling makes rewires and cu upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
NICEIC certificate, photo evidence of hidden work, Part P where applicable — all emailed the evening the job signs off.
Across CF83 the bungalow stock we've worked on shares consistent patterns: old CU in a hallway cupboard, still plastic split-load. That local pattern is baked into the quote, not discovered on the day.
Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
Wiring generation on this stock is typically rewired 1980s–2010s; loft cabling is easy but often overdue for a CU upgrade. On a bungalow you should expect us to flag: old CU in a hallway cupboard, still plastic split-load; no SPD, no per-circuit RCBOs; extension added over the years with a mixed-vintage sub-board.
Materials and methods we spec on bungalow work: metal-clad 18th Edition CU; SPD retrofit; outbuilding sub-board with a dedicated RCD. Everything is priced on the quote — nothing added on invoice.
Owners of bungalow properties in Caerphilly, Cardiff and the wider area get one point of contact for the lot — quote, work, certificate, after-care.
Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire. We mark the route at survey and price against it.
Usually 5–7 working days for a three-bed bungalow. Loft-run cabling makes the whole job faster than a two-storey house.
No — surveys for Caerphilly bungalow enquiries are free. You only pay once the fixed-price scope is agreed.
For a bungalow usually yes — a 15-minute survey or a set of photos of the hall cupboard and the consumer unit is enough to write a fixed price.
metal-clad 18th Edition CU; SPD retrofit; outbuilding sub-board with a dedicated RCD. All on the written quote.
If you take one thing from this page: the awkward part is the routing, not the install. On a bungalow, loft-run cabling makes rewires and cu upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire — that's what the quote should reflect.
Calling is faster than a form when the bungalow has quirks (old CU in a hallway cupboard). Two-minute triage, honest read on lead time, booked into the diary the same call.
