modern cavity construction, service voids designed in, plasterboard on dabs. Service voids and pre-planned cable routes make additions straightforward — but the developer board is often the bottleneck.
EICR — Electrical Safety Checks on a new-build is shaped by modern cavity construction, service voids designed in, plasterboard on dabs. The scope is standard once the physical routing is planned around that construction.
If you own a new-build in Cardiff and need eicr — electrical safety checks, the right spec is usually not the most expensive one. On this stock the sensible answer is spare-way CU add — 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 inside the existing enclosure, and paperwork the next EICR won't question.
New-Build House properties are a distinctive part of the Cardiff housing mix — a mix of Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Cathays and Roath, 1930s semis around Whitchurch, and modern estates in Pontprennau and Pentwyn, particularly around Cardiff Bay & city centre. We work on this stock weekly.
Service voids and pre-planned cable routes make additions straightforward — but the developer board is often the bottleneck.
Wiring generation on this stock is typically current — often 17th or 18th Edition compliant at handover but with no headroom. On a new-build you should expect us to flag: developer CU maxed out — no spare ways for an EV charger or garden feed; no SPD retrofit, which the 2022 amendment now expects; EV cable stub left by the developer that terminates at an isolator, not a working charger.
Materials and methods we spec on new-build house work: spare-way CU add; SPD retrofit inside the existing enclosure; OCPP-compliant charger onto the developer stub. Everything is priced on the quote — nothing added on invoice.
Focus on the utility room or garage, the consumer unit location, and the intended cable route. Usually 15–30 minutes on-site or a short photo set.
Priced against your new-build'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 — service voids and pre-planned cable routes make additions straightforward — but the developer board is often the bottleneck.
NICEIC certificate, photo evidence of hidden work, Part P where applicable — all emailed the evening the job signs off.
"Quick, easy and clear with the process! Would definitely call out again for future work." — Lauren Filby, Sockets & Lights — Two Rooms
Service voids and pre-planned cable routes make additions straightforward — but the developer board is often the bottleneck. We mark the route at survey and price against it.
No — surveys for Cardiff new-build enquiries are free. You only pay once the fixed-price scope is agreed.
For a new-build usually yes — a 15-minute survey or a set of photos of the utility room or garage and the consumer unit is enough to write a fixed price.
spare-way CU add; SPD retrofit inside the existing enclosure; OCPP-compliant charger onto the developer stub. All on the written quote.
Beyond Cardiff itself, we regularly cover new-build work across Penarth, Caerphilly, Pontypridd on the same fixed-price model — same materials, same certificate format.
Short version: eicr — electrical safety checks on a new-build in Cardiff works best when the survey accounts for modern cavity construction, the quote is fixed, and the materials (spare-way CU add) are matched to the stock — not lifted from a new-build spec.
New-Build House owners in Cardiff usually want to know two things: will you know what you're looking at, and will the price be fixed. Yes to both — we work on this stock every week and price everything on paper.
