What matters for eicr — electrical safety checks on a hmo is the condition of this installation, not the average condition of installations generally. On a HMO you should expect us to flag: communal-area lighting on a shared circuit with an individual room — a licence-fail issue; BS 5839-6 Grade D interlinked alarm system with mixed-vintage sensors; no emergency lighting on the escape route. On valley terraces around Sirhowy and Georgetown in particular, wiring generation on record (conversion-era rewiring 2000s–now) so the quote tends to shape the plan more than the specification does. The materials rarely change; the route and the access do. It gets photographed if it will be hidden afterwards.
Every circuit affected is identified and labelled, which makes the next person's job — and yours — considerably easier. In practice that means checking focus on the hallway before anything is replaced. Whether this is urgent or simply overdue, the sequence for eicr — electrical safety checks on a hmo does not change much.



