An EICR in Dyce starts at £150 + VAT for a flat or house (main board and first five circuits) and at £300 + VAT for a small business unit near the airport. Landlords, letting agents, sellers and buyers can usually get a date within 5 to 10 working days, or 2 to 5 when a tenancy is about to begin, and the coded report comes to you digitally the same week. Ring 07304 027013.
Faithful Spark Electricians inspects and tests electrical installations in Dyce for private landlords, letting agents, owners, home buyers and the businesses on the estates around Aberdeen Airport. Each EICR lists what we found, codes every defect and closes with an overall result of satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Homes are priced by circuit: £150 + VAT covers the main board and five circuits, then £15 + VAT per extra circuit and £70 + VAT for each further board plus £15 + VAT for every circuit on it. Business premises start at £300 + VAT and are fixed after a look at the boards.
Dyce falls under Aberdeen City Council, not Aberdeenshire, so a Dyce let is registered with the city and must meet the Scottish Repairing Standard. We come in from our base at 17 Thomson Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3FJ, which puts Dyce on the side of Aberdeen closest to us. Our own team does the work: Steven Watt, who holds City and Guilds 2391-52 for inspection and testing, with Callum alongside him. Reports follow BS 7671:2018+A4:2026. Repairs, new circuits and everything else around the house are on our page for an electrician in Dyce. Lines are open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm on 07304 027013.
A domestic EICR in Dyce costs from £150 + VAT, and a small commercial EICR from £300 + VAT. What moves a home above the minimum is the number of circuits and boards, so a one bedroom flat and a five bedroom house are not charged the same.
Most Dyce houses have one board, which keeps the sum simple: count the circuits, add £15 + VAT for each one past five, and that is the price. A detached garage with its own board, or a sub board feeding a garden office, is added at £70 + VAT plus the circuits on it. Read the circuit labels to us on the phone, or send a photo of the board, and the written figure arrives before you pick a date.
Letting several flats in Dyce? Two or three properties close together can be inspected on the same day, and we can keep track of when each report falls due so nothing lapses between tenancies.
| Flat or house, first board and five circuits | £150 + VAT |
| Every circuit after the fifth | £15 + VAT |
| Garage, outbuilding or sub board | £70 + VAT and £15 a circuit |
| Guide for a 2 bed | about £255 + VAT |
| Guide for a 3 bed | about £315 + VAT |
| Guide for a 4 bed | about £375 + VAT |
| HMO | priced on its circuits |
| Office, unit or workshop | from £300 + VAT |
| Replacement consumer unit | from £550 + VAT (guide up to £950) |
| Single RCBO | £25 to £30 + VAT, fitting extra |
| Surge protection | £40 to £80 + VAT |
Bedroom guides are typical figures, not limits; the circuit count sets your price. Repairs are always quoted separately and only after you have read the report.
Get my Dyce priceDyce grew in stages around the airport, so the age of a house says a lot about what its wiring has been through. We still test every circuit, but this is what we plan for.
The oldest part of Dyce is where an early fuse board or original wiring is most likely to still be in service. An old board with no RCD at all is the finding we expect most often here, and on a let that has to be resolved.
The estates that followed the airport and the oil industry usually hold a sound installation that has been added to over the years. Extra sockets, kitchen refits and outside lights are where we look closely at how each addition was connected.
Newer houses often pass comfortably. The report still matters at a sale or before a first let, and if the original Electrical Installation Certificate is under five years old it can stand in for an EICR on a let.
A share of Dyce homes are let, many to people working at the airport or on the estates. A new tenant does not trigger a new report, so the job is keeping each property inside its five year cycle.
Whatever the age, you get a coded list, a clear result and a separate written price for any repair. Nothing is fixed until you say yes.
Give us the address, how many boards you have and the date you are working to. You get a written price first and a slot second.
Every private let in Dyce has to meet the Repairing Standard set by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006. For electrics that means an inspection by a competent person before the first tenant moves in and at least once every five years after that, covering the fixed wiring through an EICR and any appliances you provide through PAT testing. We do the two together in one appointment.
All of this comes from Annex D3 of the Scottish Government statutory guidance for private landlords. Because Dyce sits in the city, your landlord registration is with Aberdeen City Council.
Electricians price EICRs in different ways, so compare what each quote covers. Ours is set by circuits rather than bedrooms: £150 + VAT for the main board and five circuits, £15 + VAT for each extra circuit and £70 + VAT for each extra board plus £15 + VAT per circuit on it. A three bedroom house in Dyce usually lands around £315 + VAT, and business premises start at £300 + VAT.
Yes, but in Scotland it goes through a tribunal, not an instant penalty. A tenant, or Aberdeen City Council for the tenant, can apply to the Housing and Property Chamber, which can make a repairing standard enforcement order. Ignoring that order without a reasonable excuse, or reletting while it is in force, is an offence under section 28 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 that carries a fine on summary conviction. The tribunal can also cut the rent with a rent relief order, and the council can do the work and bill the landlord. Fixed penalty amounts on UK wide sites belong to the English rules.
Not every electrician is set up for it. Periodic inspection calls for a skilled person with inspection experience, insurance and calibrated test instruments. For a Scottish let, the statutory guidance accepts membership of a scheme such as NICEIC or NAPIT as proof of a competent firm, and anyone outside a scheme has to meet a checklist in that guidance. We are NICEIC Approved Contractor 620239, and Steven Watt holds City and Guilds 2391-52 for inspection and testing.
BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 was published on 15 April 2026 and replaces the previous edition from 15 October 2026. It narrows what fails a report: only C1 (danger present) and C2 (potentially dangerous) make it unsatisfactory, while C3 (improvement recommended) and FI (further investigation is advised) are advisory. An FI on a Scottish let should still be followed up as soon as reasonably practicable. A report issued earlier is read under its own edition. See EICR codes C1, C2, C3 and FI explained for each code in full.
It is worth it on an older house or a flat. The Scottish Home Report covers a survey with energy information and a property questionnaire, but not the wiring, so an EICR is the only way to see the state of the circuits before you commit. Any C1 or C2 comes with a costed repair quote you can take into negotiations.
Owner occupiers have no legal duty to get one. We suggest roughly every ten years, plus before a sale, after buying and ahead of major work, and an older installation may be given a shorter interval on its report.
Nearby addresses can share a visit day. Call Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm or Saturday 9am to 1pm and we will price them together.
Kirkhill Industrial Estate, the Aberdeen International Business Park on Dyce Drive and the other estates near the airport are full of offices, workshops and warehouses, and each one needs its fixed wiring checked. The duty comes from regulation 4(2) of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, which requires electrical systems to be maintained to prevent danger so far as is reasonably practicable. A periodic inspection is how you show that has been done, and it is usually the first thing an insurer asks for.
No law sets one fixed interval for business premises; the date to work to is the next inspection recommended on your last report. A small unit starts at £300 + VAT, larger sites are priced after a free survey, and testing is planned within our opening hours so the shutdowns are agreed in advance. Our page on commercial EICR covers three phase boards, multi let buildings and who carries the duty.
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The report is unsatisfactory when it contains at least one C1 or C2, and both kinds need putting right. A C1 is made safe before we leave whenever that is possible; if it is not, you are told in writing at once. C2 repairs are urgent and are normally booked in within 2 to 5 working days.
You receive the report and the repair quote as two separate documents. Minor repairs come with a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, a new board with an Electrical Installation Certificate. In the older houses round Victoria Street the usual fix is a consumer unit upgrade in Dyce. If you are also thinking about an EV charger installation in Dyce, say so at booking, because the readings we take give an early view of whether the board and earthing are ready, which the charger survey then confirms. For the steps in order, read what to do if your EICR is unsatisfactory.
Book the repairs| Code | Meaning | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Danger present | Unsatisfactory, immediate action |
| C2 | Potentially dangerous | Unsatisfactory, urgent remedial work |
| C3 | Improvement recommended | Advisory |
| FI | Further investigation is advised | Advisory, but follow it up promptly |
Applies to reports under BS 7671:2018+A4:2026. Check the edition printed on an older report.
A typical Dyce flat or semi takes a few hours. A house with a second board takes longer, and we allow for that when we book. Every report is issued under our NICEIC registration.
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Every part of Dyce: the stone houses around Victoria Street and Pitmedden Road, the estates, the newer homes towards the River Don, and the units on Kirkhill Industrial Estate and Dyce Drive. We also cover Bucksburn to the south and Danestone across the Don. Dyce is on the north side of the city, the side nearest our Peterhead base; if any travel charge applies to your address, you hear about it when you book and it is never added later.
Elsewhere in the city, see our page on EICR in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen City Council. Dyce has an AB21 postcode and is part of the city, so landlord registration and any building warrant go through the city council.
Only if the current report will be more than five years old when the new tenancy begins. Otherwise the existing report carries over and the new tenant receives a copy before moving in.
No. Under BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 only a C1 or C2 makes the report unsatisfactory. FI and C3 are advisory, though an FI on a let should be investigated promptly.
Yes. Scottish lets need the appliances you supply tested as well as the wiring, and we do both in one appointment.
Yes. Give us the agent's email address and the report goes to them as well as to you.
No. We work Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm, and plan the shutdowns for a unit inside those hours with you in advance.
Ring 07304 027013 or use the form. Tell us the address, whether it is a let, a sale, a purchase, your own home or a business unit, and how many boards there are if you know. You will get a written price and a date. Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm.
Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd, 17 Thomson Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3FJ. Registered in Scotland, SC821028. £2M public liability insurance.
Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd · EICRs in Dyce, Bucksburn, Danestone and north Aberdeen · NICEIC Approved Contractor 620239 · TrustMark 4205123 · OZEV authorised installer EVHS/WCS14254 · City and Guilds 2391-52, 2382-22, 2365-03, 2921-34 · BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 · £2M public liability insured · Last updated 6 October 2026
