What we do
Fusebox upgrades. Full and partial rewires. EICRs for landlords, HMOs and owner-occupiers. EV chargers. Solar and battery. LED and accessible lighting. Everything to BS 7671:2018 Amdt 2:2022 (the 18th edition) and the Building Regulations where work is notifiable.
That is the whole list. No boilers, no plumbing, no garden-services bundle. Electrical work is a craft worth being good at, and the fastest way to be good at it is to stay in that lane.
Who runs it
Richard is on every quote, every job and every completion certificate. When you call the number in the header, it rings his phone.
Why local matters here
Broadstairs is not Ramsgate and it is not Margate. The housing stock inside CT10 is Victorian and Edwardian seaside villa along the seafront, mixed post-war stock in St Peter's, and a growing older-buyer new-build ridge across Reading Street, Kingsgate and North Foreland. That runs the job list. Lath-and-plaster cable-drops in a villa on Stone Bay Avenue want a different plan from a 100A supply headroom question on a large detached at North Foreland. A salt band of about 200m along the sea wall attacks any standard IP44 external gear; inland at Reading Street the same fittings last a decade. A contractor coming down from Canterbury or over from Margate for the day usually does not know that.
We work this patch every week. Marine-grade external fittings are the default within the bay band. Load management and network operator paperwork are part of what we do on the clifftop houses.
Standards
- BS 7671:2018 Amdt 2:2022 (the 18th edition) is the wiring standard we work to on every job.
- EICR PRS regs, Landlord five-yearly Electrical Installation Condition Reports, PRS regs as extended in April 2021 to all existing tenancies.
- Network operator paperwork: we tell the network operator about new generation and chargers, and larger systems need their approval before work starts.
- OZEV EV chargepoint grant applied where you qualify (flats and PRS rentals since 2022; workplace scheme separately).
- MCS-certified solar installs: all solar PV and battery work is installed MCS-certified, with Smart Export Guarantee registration supported.
Qualifications
Qualifications (EAL, Ofqual-regulated):
- Level 3 Building Regulations for Electrical Installations in Dwellings
- Level 3 Requirements for Electrical Installations, BS 7671:2018 (18th Edition)
- Level 3 Initial Verification and Certification of Electrical Installations
- Level 3 Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations
- Level 3 In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (PAT)
- Level 2 Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification
Certificates available on request.
How we work
- Photos and postcode for an initial quote. A photo of the existing fusebox, plus the postcode and a note of the job, is usually enough for a same-day fixed price.
- Fixed-price quotes. No day-rate creep. If the job runs longer than we expected, that is our problem and not yours.
- Paperwork handled. You get the Electrical Installation Certificate on completion.
- Network operator paperwork handled. Where the job needs the network operator told, or its approval before work starts, we deal with it on your behalf.
- Bank transfer or cash on completion. Invoice or receipt either way. No deposits, no upfront.
What you will not get
- A salesman trying to upsell you a full house rewire when a partial or a CU upgrade is what the fault points to.
- A quote that doubles when we arrive on site.
- A "fusebox change" that leaves the meter tails untorqued or the main earth undersized.
- Cheap plated-steel IP44 external gear fitted within the salt band and left to fail in two winters.
Our promise
Something you can hold us to on every job:
- 5% off for pensioners. Anyone on a state pension. Honour system.
Contact
Email hello@broadstairselectrical.co.uk. Call or WhatsApp 07763 100 477. Based in Broadstairs CT10; covering Broadstairs, St Peter's, Reading Street, Kingsgate, North Foreland, Dumpton and the villages around.