Our own team tests, rewires and upgrades the semis and terraces of Kincorth's post war estate and the houses on the Loirston side, for owners, new buyers and private landlords. Small jobs get a clear price before any work starts, and any job we survey gets a fixed written price within one working day. Call 07304 027013.
Kincorth was planned from a 1936 design competition as a garden estate for the city, then built out in the late 1940s and 1950s on the rising ground between the Dee and Kincorth Hill, the nature reserve locals call the Gramps. The curved streets of harled and granite semis and short terraces look alike from the pavement. Inside, seventy years of different owners mean the wiring rarely does.
Two storey houses around Kincorth Circle, Provost Watt Drive, Gardner Road and Nigg Way. Where the first rewire has never been replaced, expect a small board, few sockets and lighting circuits added to over the years.
Usual first booking: an inspection, then a board or rewire decision from the results.
Right to Buy ran in Scotland from 1980 until 2016, and a large share of the estate moved into private hands that way. Some of those homes are now let. Each owner may have added a shower circuit, a kitchen or an extension, done by different people to different standards.
Usual first booking: a condition report soon after you buy, or before the next tenancy starts.
Established semis on Loirston Road and Loirston Avenue, and any newer house built under the Loirston masterplan, which allocates land for around 1,500 homes around the Loch of Loirston. A newer home already has a modern board, so the calls are about adding to it.
Usual first booking: a home EV charger, outdoor sockets or a garden office supply.
Still renting from Aberdeen City Council or a housing association? Report electrical faults to your landlord, who arranges the repair. If you own the home or let it privately, call 07304 027013 for a price.
Every figure below excludes VAT and is a guide until we have seen the property. Small jobs get a clear price before any work starts. Testing, boards, rewires and chargers are priced as fixed jobs after a free survey.
The circuit count sets the report price; floors, access and making good set the rewire price.
A flat rewire also needs a building warrant from Aberdeen City Council before work starts.
The extra socket price sits on top of the first hour. A board change only applies if the survey shows the existing one cannot take the charger.
The price is agreed before any work starts, never settled on the invoice.
How the report price is built: £150 + VAT covers the main board and the first five circuits, then £15 + VAT for each circuit above five. A garage or outbuilding board is £70 + VAT plus £15 + VAT per circuit on it. The semi and flat figures above are typical totals, not ceilings.
On the call we say whether the job needs a free survey first, and we give you a date for the visit.
A home report covers the building, not a full test of the wiring, so a new owner is often working from guesswork. Five things are worth a look in the first week:
The quickest way to replace guesswork with facts is a condition report. We test every circuit and give you a list of what needs doing now, what can wait and what costs what, so you can plan the money alongside any redecorating.
A private let in Scotland has to meet the Repairing Standard, and the Scottish Government's statutory guidance for private landlords sets out what that means for the electrics.
The installation is inspected at least every five years, landlord supplied appliances are checked too, and the tenant gets a copy of the report.
Since 1 March 2024 the main consumer unit needs one or more 30 mA RCDs, normally covering the socket circuits as a minimum. A rewirable fuse board with no RCD does not meet that. A split load board with RCDs over the sockets generally does, so it is not a reason on its own to replace the board.
Only C1 (danger present) and C2 (potentially dangerous) make the report unsatisfactory. C3 is an improvement recommendation and FI means further investigation is advised. Both are advisory, but in a let an FI should be looked into as soon as reasonably practicable.
There is no set national price, because each firm charges differently. Ours is £150 + VAT for the main board and five circuits, plus £15 + VAT per extra circuit, which comes to about £255 + VAT for a typical two bedroom flat and about £315 + VAT for a three bedroom house. When you compare quotes, check whether VAT is shown and how many circuits the headline price really covers.
We visit inside your tenant's working week or on a Saturday morning, and any C1 or C2 repair comes as a separate written price, so you decide before anything is done. Letting agents and larger portfolios should see our landlord electrician in Aberdeen page.
Book it with a few weeks in hand, so any repair the report asks for can be priced and done before the date passes.
The test results decide, not the date the estate was built. When the insulation on the existing cable tests well, a new RCBO board plus a circuit or two for the kitchen and shower is often the right spend. When it tests poorly, or the house still has rubber insulated cable, a rewire is the honest answer.
Rewiring a house of up to two storeys, which covers the estate's semis and terraces, needs no building warrant. Rewiring a flat does, and the owner applies to Aberdeen City Council before work starts. Part P is an England and Wales rule and does not apply in Scotland, whatever national websites say. A new board goes in a non combustible enclosure, and Amendment 4 does not make an existing plastic board a fault. We fit RCBO boards so that one fault trips one circuit rather than half the house.
Board options and whole house work each have their own page in the service list above. Call 07304 027013 to book the test that settles it.
A charger needs private off street parking: a driveway, a garage or a space that belongs to the house. Newer homes toward the loch usually have one. Many estate houses park on the street, and Aberdeen City Council's EV charging FAQ currently says a charging cable cannot run across a public pavement, so check with the council first.
Before you book, check whether the builder fitted a charger or left a supply ready, because it changes the price. Longer cable runs and any earthing or board work are quoted after the survey. Every charger we fit is smart, as the law requires, and solar ready, so it can charge from your own panels when you add them.
Rent your home, or own a flat with its own parking space? The government chargepoint grant is currently £500 per socket for renters and flat owners, with the landlord's or freeholder's permission. It is not open to a homeowner with a driveway. Steven holds City and Guilds 2921-34 and our OZEV reference is EVHS/WCS14254.
Send a photo of where the board is and where the power needs to go, and we will tell you if a survey is needed.
Ask for the firm's registration number and check it against the register yourself. It takes five minutes, and here is how to do it with us.
Two customers in their own words, copied from our testimonials page. Read every review on Google or read more customer reviews.
“Have used these guys in the past doing my re-wiring & Consumer Unit. They Complete the job quickly and efficiently without any delays. Highly recommended.”
“Their team have carried out EICRs and remedial works across a large portfolio of properties with great efficiency, attention to detail, and clear communication throughout. Reports are thorough and easy to follow, and any required repairs are completed quickly and to a very high standard.”
Every AB12 address in Kincorth and Loirston, booked from 17 Thomson Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3FJ.
Most addresses within an hour of Peterhead carry no travel surcharge. If one ever applied to yours, you would hear it when you book, not on the invoice. Every town and suburb is listed on all areas we cover.
Your enquiry is not passed to another firm. The people who survey your Kincorth job are the people who do it, on the day agreed.
Faithful Spark Electricians was founded by Steven Watt in 2023 and became Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd on 29 August 2024. Callum works alongside him. Steven's personal City and Guilds awards are 2365-03 in electrical installations, 2382-22 in the wiring regulations, 2391-52 in inspection and testing and 2921-34 in EV charging, held on top of the business's NICEIC approved contractor status.
Because we travel in from Peterhead, a Kincorth or Loirston job is fixed to a set day, and you know who is coming before anyone knocks.
Last updated 7 October 2026.
Something else on your mind? Call 07304 027013 in opening hours or send us a message.
There is no set national price. Ours is £150 + VAT for the main board and five circuits, plus £15 + VAT per extra circuit, so a typical two bedroom flat is about £255 + VAT and a three bedroom house about £315 + VAT. Compare quotes on VAT and on how many circuits the headline price covers.
Ask for the registration number and check it yourself. Our NICEIC enrolment number is 620239, and our certified business listing is on niceic.com. You can also look up a limited company on Companies House, where we are SC821028, and check the TrustMark register, where our licence is 4205123.
Plenty of firms cover the city, so judge any of them by the same checks: a registration number you can look up, a limited company record, real reviews and the certificate you will get at the end. Faithful Spark Electricians is NICEIC Approved Contractor 620239 and covers Kincorth and Loirston from Peterhead.
Fault finding is £80 to £150 + VAT for the first hour, and small jobs get a clear price before any work starts. Reports, boards, rewires and chargers are priced as fixed jobs after a free survey: a condition report for a three bedroom semi is about £315 + VAT, an RCBO consumer unit is £550 to £950 + VAT and a smart EV charger is from £900 + VAT.
Aberdeen City. Kincorth and Loirston are both in the AB12 postcode district south of the River Dee, so a building warrant or anything else official goes through Aberdeen City Council.
No. Rewiring a house of up to two storeys needs no building warrant in Scotland, though it must still be done and certified to BS 7671. A flat is different: the owner needs a warrant from Aberdeen City Council before the rewire starts.
We work Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm. Jobs in Kincorth and Loirston are booked to a fixed day, and any work that means switching the power off is planned inside those hours.
Phone 07304 027013 or fill in the form with your street, whether you live in the home or let it, and what needs doing. We reply with the next step and, after any survey, a fixed written price.
Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd · 17 Thomson Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3FJ · Serving Kincorth and Loirston, AB12, Aberdeen City · NICEIC Approved Contractor 620239 · TrustMark Registered 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 · Company SC821028 · VAT 503 6560 13
