Complete house rewires in Oxfordshire,planned around the family — not the other way round.
Full domestic rewires across Kidlington, Oxford, Witney, Banbury and Bicester — fresh circuits, RCBO consumer unit, modern accessories and a clean finish. Fixed written quote, room-by-room phasing, NICEIC certification on completion. No deposit, no hidden extras.
26 years rewiring Oxfordshire homes · NICEIC certified · Fixed price · Phased to keep the kettle on.
A clean rewire — without losing the kitchen for a fortnight.
A full domestic rewire replaces every cable, accessory and consumer-unit component in the house with modern, 18th-edition compliant equipment. Done properly, it’s the single biggest safety and value upgrade an older home can have — and it shouldn’t mean camping in the back garden for a month.
- What it is
- Total replacement of fixed wiring, sockets, switches, lighting points and consumer unit in a dwelling. Includes earthing, main protective bonding upgrade, smoke and heat detection to BS 5839-6, and a full set of certified test results on completion.
- Who it's for
- Homeowners with 1960s–1990s wiring, anyone who has failed an EICR with multiple C2 codes, buyers tackling a renovation, landlords upgrading older stock to modern standards, and self-builders or extension projects where partial rewires aren’t practical.
- When it's needed
- When the EICR shows multiple C2 codes, when the consumer unit is a rewireable-fuse Wylex board, when there’s no RCD on socket circuits, when light switches spark, when the sockets are still round-pin or cracked Bakelite, or when an extension makes piecemeal patching uneconomical.
- Why professional
- Aged rubber-and-cotton cable (anything pre-1970) breaks down silently inside the walls. Twin-and-earth from the 1970s often lacks an adequate earth conductor. Rewireable fuses don’t trip fast enough to clear a modern earth fault. A registered rewire fixes all three in one visit and resets the clock on insurance-grade safety paperwork.
Old wiring fails quietly until it doesn’t.
The houses we rewire most often look fine from the faceplate. The problem is always inside the wall — and the warning signs are usually missed until something burns.
- Cable insulation breakdown in 1960s–70s VIR/rubber wiring — a slow fire risk hidden under floorboards.
- No RCD protection on socket circuits — fatal shock risk in kitchens, bathrooms and garden equipment.
- Rewireable fuses that take seconds to clear a fault — long enough for cable, accessory or appliance to ignite.
- Undersized earth conductors that can’t carry fault current — exposed metalwork can sit at lethal voltage during a fault.
- Sale price reduction of £8,000–£25,000 when a buyer’s surveyor flags ‘full rewire recommended’.
- Piecemeal rewires — doing one room at a time over several years and ending up with a part-old / part-new house no electrician can certify cleanly.
- Using a builder’s ‘mate’ who isn’t NICEIC-registered — certificate isn’t valid, Part P notification not lodged, insurance void.
- Skipping the consumer unit replacement on a ‘partial rewire’ — leaving the weakest link untouched.
- Choosing decorative sockets from B&Q that don’t match the home’s detailing — a £25 saving that ages the rest of the work.
- Accepting a quote without a written specification — the cheap price always omits something (smoke alarms, bonding, redecoration after chasing).
Five stages from survey to certificate.
A rewire isn’t hard — but it has to be planned. We work room-by-room so the family keeps at least one usable space at all times. Tea, telly and bedrooms stay live until their day comes.
- 01
Free on-site survey
Daniel walks the house with you, agrees socket and switch positions, identifies bonding upgrades and notes any structural-access constraints.
- 02
Fixed-price written quote
Itemised spec — every socket count, every light fitting, every smoke detector — at one fixed price. Valid 30 days.
- 03
Phased first fix
Cables run room-by-room, chases cut neatly, accessories sat for plastering. Rooms are returned to use as each phase completes.
- 04
Consumer unit & second fix
New 18th-edition RCBO consumer unit installed, every accessory dressed, alarms commissioned, system energised.
- 05
Test, certify, sign off
Full inspection & test, NICEIC Electrical Installation Certificate issued, Part P notified to the local authority, PDFs in your inbox.
Why a proper rewire is the cheapest renovation pound you’ll spend.
Six concrete benefits that compound over the next decade of ownership.
Speed of family return
Phased working means you keep at least one socket, one kettle and one Wi-Fi router live throughout the job.
Insurance-grade safety
RCBO per circuit, AFDD where appropriate, surge protection — the same spec we’d fit in our own homes.
30-year longevity
Modern twin-and-earth, clean joints in Wago boxes, accessories that don’t crack or yellow — a rewire is a once-a-generation job done once.
Energy & running-cost savings
Combined with LED relamping, a rewire typically cuts a family home’s lighting load by 70–85%.
Resale uplift
‘Fully rewired, NICEIC certified’ on the listing description removes the single biggest buyer’s-surveyor objection.
Peace of mind
26 years of Oxfordshire rewires behind every certificate. If a switch develops a fault in year two, Daniel still picks up.
What a domestic rewire actually involves.
A rewire is much more than ‘new wires in the walls’. Here’s what we replace, upgrade and certify in a typical Oxfordshire 3-bed.
Materials we install
- 6242Y twin-and-earth in modern PVC insulation, sized per circuit
- Hager or Wylex Amendment-2 consumer unit (metal, RCBO per circuit)
- Quality branded accessories — sockets, switches, FCUs, fused spurs
- Aico mains-wired smoke & heat detection to BS 5839-6 Grade D
- Wago lever-nut connectors in accessible enclosures
- Wylex SPD (surge protection device) on the consumer unit
Methods & standards
Cable routes follow the prescribed zones in BS 7671 so future DIYers can find them. Chases are cut with a multi-tool — straight, shallow and re-fillable. Floorboards lifted with care and re-laid level. Every joint is accessible, every accessory torque-set, every circuit insulation-tested at 500V before the consumer unit is energised.
Variations of the service
- Full house rewire (most common — 1–5 bed)
- Partial rewire — ground floor only, first floor only
- Kitchen + bathroom rewire as part of a refurb
- Pre-plaster first-fix for an extension or loft conversion
- Rewire plus consumer unit upgrade combined visit
- EV-ready rewire — adding a dedicated 32A garage feed
Local situations we rewire most often
Kidlington 1960s ex-LA semi-detacheds with original rubber-insulated lighting; Oxford terraces with 1970s Wylex fuse boards; Witney and Banbury 1980s estate homes with no RCD; Bicester new-build snagging where original install was sub-standard. We see all four patterns weekly.
Straight answers, before the visit.
Can't see your question? Ring Daniel on 07528 364996 — five-minute call, no obligation.
Often booked alongside
New circuits, sockets, lighting and full installations across the home — finished tidy, certified, and signed off.
Statutory landlord electrical safety certificates issued promptly — protect your tenants and stay legally compliant.
Modern RCD/RCBO consumer units fitted to 18th-edition standards — safer protection in under a day.
Scheduled testing, fault finding and remedial work that keeps your home or business running safely.
Complete Domestic Rewires across Oxfordshire
Same crew, same standard — covering Kidlington and the surrounding towns from a single Oxfordshire base.
Full Domestic Rewire — surveyed, quoted and fitted by the same Oxfordshire crew.
Free written estimate. No deposit. No call centre. Call before midday and we’ll be on site the same working day across Oxford, Witney, Banbury, Bicester and the wider Oxfordshire area.