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EICR — Electrical Installation Condition Reports

Guardian Edge carries out Electrical Installation Condition Reports across the UK. In England, landlords must have the electrical installation in a rented property inspected and tested at least every five years by a qualified person, supply the report to tenants, and complete any C1 or C2 remedial work within 28 days — and we do the remedials as well as the inspection.

The report, the codes explained, and the remedials actually closed.

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Who this is for

  • Private and social landlords
  • Letting agents and managing agents
  • Commercial occupiers and facilities managers
  • Housing providers running stock-wide testing programmes

Problems it solves

  • The EICR is due, or has already expired
  • A report has come back unsatisfactory and the 28-day clock is running
  • The codes are not explained and nobody knows what is urgent
  • Different properties were tested by different contractors, in different formats
  • The remedial quote came from someone who will not also do the work

What Guardian Edge provides

Our eicr inspections scope

What we provide

  • EICR inspection and testing to BS 7671 for domestic, commercial and industrial installations
  • Clear explanation of every C1, C2, C3 and FI code returned
  • Immediate making safe of C1 danger-present items on the day
  • Remedial works priced with the report and completed within the statutory window
  • Re-inspection and issue of a satisfactory report where required
  • Portfolio programmes with scheduled testing and expiry tracking

Typical scope

  • Single dwellings, HMOs and whole residential blocks
  • Commercial, retail and industrial installations
  • Portfolio-wide testing programmes with staggered expiry management

Before we price anything

Inspection & survey process

  1. 01

    Establish scope and sampling

    Extent of inspection and any limitations agreed and recorded before testing begins — an EICR with undeclared limitations is not much use.

  2. 02

    Inspect and test

    Visual inspection plus dead and live testing across the circuits, with results recorded.

  3. 03

    Code and explain

    C1 is danger present and requires immediate action. C2 is potentially dangerous. C3 is improvement recommended and does not make a report unsatisfactory. FI means further investigation is required.

On site

How the work is delivered

  1. 01

    Report issued promptly

    Usually within three working days, in a format you can pass straight to a tenant.

  2. 02

    C1 items made safe immediately

    On the day of the inspection, before the engineer leaves site.

  3. 03

    Remedials completed

    C1 and C2 works completed within 28 days of the report, or sooner where the report specifies it.

  4. 04

    Evidence supplied

    Written confirmation that remedial work has been carried out, supplied to the tenant and local authority where required.

Compliance

What the rules actually require

  • In England, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require landlords to have electrical installations inspected and tested at least every five years by a qualified and competent person.
  • A copy of the report must be supplied to existing tenants within 28 days, to new tenants before occupation, and to the local authority within seven days if requested.
  • Where the report identifies C1, C2 or FI outcomes, remedial work must be completed within 28 days, or within any shorter period specified in the report, with written confirmation supplied to the tenant and the local authority.
  • Wales and Scotland have their own frameworks with broadly comparable five-yearly inspection expectations. We apply the rules for the nation the property is in.
  • For commercial premises there is no fixed statutory interval, but the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 duty to maintain applies, and periodic inspection intervals are recommended in BS 7671 guidance according to installation type.

Standards & legislation

These are not all the same kind of obligation, and we do not present them as if they were. A statutory duty is law. A British Standard is the recognised way of demonstrating you have met one. Guidance and our own recommendations are neither.

  • Legal requirementElectrical Safety Standards in the PRS (England) Regulations 2020

    Landlord electrical inspection duties in England

    Inspection at least every five years, report to tenants within 28 days, remedials within 28 days of the report.

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  • British StandardBS 7671

    Requirements for Electrical Installations

    Sets out the inspection and testing methodology and the classification codes used in an EICR.

Ongoing support

Planned, reactive and multi-site.

Most providers do one of these well. The value of a single provider is that the schedule, the emergency and the portfolio all sit in the same place.

Planned maintenance

  • Expiry dates tracked across the portfolio with testing booked before they lapse
  • Staggered programmes so a whole estate does not fall due in the same month

Reactive support

  • Rapid EICR where a property must be let or a report has been demanded
  • Same-day making safe of danger-present findings

Multi-site & national portfolios

  • One contractor, one report format and one expiry register across the whole portfolio
  • Consolidated reporting on which properties are compliant, due or overdue

Procurement, simplified

What happens next?

  1. 01

    Tell us what you need

    One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough to start.

  2. 02

    We assess the requirement

    We confirm scope, access, and whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.

  3. 03

    You receive a clear quotation

    Itemised, with what is included and what is not. No provisional sums that move later.

  4. 04

    We arrange attendance

    A confirmed date and window, with the engineer or trade named in advance.

  5. 05

    Works are completed

    Carried out by directly managed engineers or vetted specialist subcontractors.

  6. 06

    Evidence is supplied

    Certification, test records and photographic evidence where the work calls for it.

Answers

EICR Inspectionsquestions.

How often is an EICR required for a rented property?
In England, at least every five years, or more frequently if the report itself specifies a shorter interval. The report must be given to existing tenants within 28 days, to new tenants before they occupy, and to the local authority within seven days of a request.
What do C1, C2 and C3 mean on an EICR?
C1 means danger is present and immediate action is required — it should be made safe before the engineer leaves. C2 means potentially dangerous and requires urgent remedial action. C3 means improvement is recommended; it does not make a report unsatisfactory and does not have to be actioned. FI means further investigation is required without delay. A report is unsatisfactory if it contains any C1, C2 or FI.
How quickly must EICR remedial work be done?
In England, within 28 days of the report, or sooner if the report specifies a shorter period. Written confirmation that the work has been completed must then be supplied to the tenant, and to the local authority where it has requested the report.

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