Electrician in Netley

Everyday jobs in Netley and Old Netley

This page covers Netley and Old Netley together, from the Hamble-le-Rice side to where Netley meets the edge of Southampton. The work is the full domestic range. Faults found and repaired when a circuit trips or a room loses power. Sockets, switches, lights and fans replaced or added, and consumer units brought up to date. EICRs and landlord certificates with any remedial work. New circuits for kitchens, showers and chargers, and rewiring — whole house or circuit by circuit.

A good share of the houses here are Victorian and Edwardian, so testing before pricing is the only sensible way to work. You get one electrician throughout, a price up front, and the certificate at the end. Quotes are free.

Rubber-insulated wiring

Worth knowing in houses this age. Before PVC became standard around the 1960s, cable was insulated in rubber, and where it survives it has gone hard and brittle — most of all near light fittings, where decades of heat have baked it. It shows at a ceiling rose or the back of an old switch: black or dark red insulation, sometimes cloth-covered, that cracks when touched. Leave it alone rather than changing the fitting yourself, and have an inspection establish how much of the house still has it.

Outside, outbuildings and building work

Outdoor work comes up all year: a weatherproof socket by the back door, lighting along a path or drive, power for a shed or a pond pump. Anything outside needs RCD protection and fittings made for the weather. A garage, workshop or garden office normally wants its own protected circuit, sized for the distance rather than run off the nearest indoor socket.

If you’re extending or converting the loft, it’s far easier to wire while everything is still open, with the positions agreed before the rest of the job moves on. It’s also the moment to ask whether the board can take the extra circuits. An EV charge point raises the same question, since it needs a circuit of its own.

Not sure where to start?

In an older house that’s a fair question, and worth asking before you spend anything. Tell me what you’ve got and I’ll explain what I find. After 15 years I can say what’s genuinely urgent, what’s worth planning for, and what’s fine left alone. You get a free price for the parts you decide to do. Let’s have a chat.