Landlord electrician in Aberdeen EICR from £150 + VAT
We look after the electrics in Aberdeen rental property for the whole tenancy cycle: the five yearly EICR, PAT testing of the appliances you supply, remedial work, and the faults tenants report in between. The landlord electrical safety certificate starts at £150 + VAT for the main board and first 5 circuits. You get a fixed written price within one working day. Call 07304 027013.
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A landlord electrician keeps a rented home legal and safe between tenancies, not just on inspection day. In Scotland that means an EICR on the fixed wiring and a PAT record for landlord appliances before the first let and at least every five years, any C1 or C2 put right, and any FI investigated promptly. Faithful Spark Electricians does all of it for Aberdeen landlords and agents, from one flat to a full portfolio, with the inspection priced from £150 + VAT.
| Duty | What the Repairing Standard guidance asks | What we do, and the price |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed wiring (EICR) | Before the property is first let, then no more than five years apart | Inspect, test and report every circuit. From £150 + VAT for the board and first 5 circuits, £15 + VAT per extra circuit |
| Landlord appliances (PAT) | Test what you supply; the tester sets the retest date, usually sooner than five years. Items bought new in the last year go on the register untested | Tested on the same visit as the EICR, with a register and labels. Priced with your EICR quote |
| C1 and C2 observations | Must be rectified to meet the Repairing Standard | C1 made safe on the day where practical. C2 remedials quoted in writing before any work starts |
| FI observations | Investigate as soon as practically possible | Investigation quoted and booked promptly, never left on file |
| RCD protection | At least one 30 mA RCD in the main consumer unit, normally covering the sockets | Checked on every EICR. Where it is missing, a new board from £550 + VAT |
| Copies for tenants | New tenant gets the latest EICR before moving in. A sitting tenant gets a copy of any report done during their tenancy. You keep yours for six years | Digital report to you, and to your agent if you ask, so it can go to the tenant straight away |
| Between inspections | Annual visual checks are good practice when a tenancy runs over a year | Tenant reported faults fixed, with a clear price before any work starts |
Source: Repairing Standard statutory guidance, Annex D3, paragraphs D.52 to D.89. The guidance ties the tenant's copy to the start of a tenancy, or to an inspection done during one, not to a fixed number of days.
Landlord electrical services in Aberdeen
Everything a let property needs from an electrician, from one team, so the person who tests the board is the person who fixes what the report finds.
Landlord electrical safety certificate
The EICR on the fixed wiring, priced on circuit count from £150 + VAT, plus £70 + VAT for each extra board such as a garage. The inspection itself is explained on our EICR in Aberdeen page.
PAT testing of landlord appliances
Fridges, washing machines, kettles, freestanding heaters and anything else you leave in the property. We are certified for PAT on the NICEIC register, and test on the same visit so the tenant only lets us in once.
Remedial work after a report
C1 and C2 repairs and FI investigations, quoted separately and in writing. Each repair is certified on a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, or an Electrical Installation Certificate when the board is replaced.
Consumer units and rewires
A consumer unit upgrade in Aberdeen runs from £550 to £950 + VAT. Where readings are poor across a whole flat, rewiring in Aberdeen is best done in a void period, priced after a survey.
Tenant reported faults
A tripping board, a dead socket, a cooker that will not power up. We arrange access with the tenant or your agent, find the fault and send you the bill and a note of what we did. Fault finding is £80 to £150 + VAT for the first hour.
HMOs, short lets and commercial lets
Larger boards, licence conditions and more appliances. HMOs are priced on circuit count after a look at the board. Shops and offices under a lease take a commercial EICR, from £300 + VAT.
One flat or forty, send us the addresses
List each property with its postcode and the date its last EICR was done. We come back with a written price and a proposed schedule within one working day.
How we look after an Aberdeen rental portfolio
The hard part of landlord compliance is rarely the test. It is keeping every renewal date, every tenant and every key in step across several addresses. This is how we take that off your desk.
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Step 1
We record your due dates
Send the addresses and the dates on the current reports. We log the next inspection date for every property we test and contact you before it falls due, so nothing lapses quietly.
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Step 2
We group visits by area
Two or three nearby properties can often be inspected on the same day. Booking them together keeps travel out of the price and the disruption to tenants short.
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Step 3
Your agent arranges access
We agree a time with the tenant or your letting agent, collect keys where needed, and ask that an adult is present or the keys are with the agent. A tenant told in advance is the difference between a visit and a wasted trip.
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Step 4
EICR and PAT in one visit
The wiring and your appliances are tested together. Anything dangerous is made safe before we leave where it is practical, and you hear about it that day, not when the report arrives.
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Step 5
Reports out, remedials priced
The digital report reaches you, and your agent if you ask, the same week. Any remedial work comes with a written price, so you can approve it or get a second quote.
Void periods are the cheapest time for bigger work
A board change takes the power off for most of a day, and a rewire lifts floors. Both are far easier in an empty flat than around a tenant. If a report shows a tired installation, tell us when the next void is likely and we will plan the work into it rather than rushing it into an occupied home.
Between inspections
Scottish guidance says that where a tenancy runs past a year, a yearly visual check is good practice: the consumer unit for damage, sockets and switches for scorching or overloading, any visible cabling, and appliance plugs and leads. It also asks landlords to tell tenants to press the RCD test button every six months. If a check or a tenant turns something up, call 07304 027013 and we will come and look.
What agents and portfolio owners get
- Renewal dates logged and a reminder before each one
- Nearby properties grouped into one day
- Access arranged through you or your agent
- EICR and PAT on a single visit
- Reports copied to the agent on request
- Remedials priced in writing before any work
- Our own NICEIC team on every job, never subcontracted
- No travel charge inside Aberdeen City postcodes
What a C1, C2 or FI means for your Aberdeen let
Under BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 a report is unsatisfactory only when it records a C1 or C2. For a landlord, both must be put right to meet the Repairing Standard. C3 is a recommended improvement and FI is advisory, but Scottish guidance still expects an FI to be investigated as soon as practically possible.
C1, danger present. Exposed live parts or similar. Where it is practical we make it safe there and then, and confirm in writing what we did.
C2, potentially dangerous. Not live danger today, but a fault away from it. Typical findings in Aberdeen lets are missing main bonding, sockets with no 30 mA RCD and heat damaged accessories. We quote the repair the same week and book it as soon as you approve.
FI, further investigation advised. Something we could not fully assess within the inspection, which may hide a real defect. We price the investigation separately so it is not left on file.
C3, improvement recommended. Worth planning for, not a failure. We will never present a C3 as a reason the property cannot be let.
Older reports, written before Amendment 4, used different FI wording, so check the edition on yours. For the order to tackle a failed report in, read what to do if your EICR is unsatisfactory.
A failed report does not mean a new board
One of the most common C2s we record in Aberdeen lets is missing or undersized main bonding, which is usually a small job. A board with RCDs already covering the sockets normally meets the Repairing Standard, and we will say so rather than sell you a replacement.
Where a new consumer unit is the honest fix, it runs from £550 to £950 + VAT and comes with an Electrical Installation Certificate to keep alongside the report.
Call 07304 027013Holding a report with C2 or FI items on it?
Send it to us. We price the remedials and any investigation in writing within one working day, whoever carried out the inspection.
What Aberdeen landlords ask about electricians and the law
Answered from the Scottish Government's Repairing Standard guidance, not from English rules that do not apply here.
Do landlords pay for electricians?
Yes. Sections 19A and 19B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 put the duty to keep the electrical installation and the landlord's own appliances in repair on the landlord, so the landlord pays for the electrical safety inspection and the repairs. Tenants cannot be made to pay for or contribute to the inspection unless the First tier Tribunal orders it.
Is a landlord responsible for electrics?
Yes, for the whole installation from the supply intake onwards, including the consumer unit, all circuit wiring, sockets, switches and light fittings, and for any appliances the landlord provides. Appliances that belong to the tenant are the tenant's own responsibility.
Is it illegal for landlords to not use an electrician?
The electrical safety inspection must be carried out by a skilled person competent in inspection and testing, and Scottish guidance accepts NICEIC or NAPIT registration as evidence of that. A landlord can do their own PAT testing only after an assessed PAT training course. Repairs must leave the installation in a reasonable state of repair and proper working order and should be recorded on the correct certificate, so DIY electrical work in a let property puts the landlord at risk of failing the Repairing Standard.
Do landlords in Scotland need an EICR?
Yes. A private landlord needs an EICR, plus PAT testing of the appliances they supply, before the property is first let and then at least every five years. An Electrical Installation Certificate from a rewire or new build can stand in for the EICR if it is under five years old and its next inspection date has not passed.
How do I get a landlord electrical safety certificate in Aberdeen?
Book an EICR and PAT test with a registered electrician. With us you send the postcode and a photo of the consumer unit, get a fixed written price within one working day from £150 + VAT, and receive the digital report the same week as the inspection.
When do tenants get a copy of the EICR?
A new tenant must be given a copy of the most recent EICR before the tenancy starts. If an inspection is carried out during a tenancy, the sitting tenant must be given a copy of that new report. The landlord keeps their own copy for six years.
Rules for Scotland, not England. National pages that rank in Aberdeen often quote England's 2020 regulations and Part P, which is England and Wales only. Neither applies in Scotland, where the duty sits in the Repairing Standard and enforcement runs through the First tier Tribunal for Scotland. For the detail on timings and exemptions, see EICR rules for Scottish landlords.
HMO and short term let electrics in Aberdeen
Licensed HMOs
Much of Aberdeen's shared housing sits around Old Aberdeen, Seaton and Rosemount. Aberdeen City Council licenses them, and electrical safety forms part of the licence conditions, so read your own licence for what it asks. An HMO has more circuits, more appliances and more shared areas than the bedroom count suggests, so we price it on the board after a look, not on a flat rate. Where remedial work adds new socket circuits in an HMO, BS 7671 requires arc fault detection devices on them, and that goes in the quote from the start.
Short term lets
A short term let licence in Scotland carries a mandatory condition that the host arranges an electrical safety inspection by a competent person at least every five years, with an EICR on the fixed installation and a PAT report on any appliance guests can use, each appliance dated, labelled and signed. The condition is in Schedule 3 of the Licensing of Short term Lets Order 2022. We do both on one visit, timed around your bookings.
Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide detection
Every Scottish home, rented or not, must have interlinked smoke detection in the living room and every hall and landing, a heat detector in the kitchen, and a carbon monoxide detector in any room with a carbon fuelled appliance such as a boiler, open fire or wood burner. The owner is responsible for meeting it. The Scottish Government sets out the requirement in fire and smoke alarms: the law, and our guide to smoke and heat alarm rules compares the options landlords have.
HMO and short let checklist
- EICR no more than five years old, sooner if the report says so
- PAT on every appliance you supply, register kept with the report
- C1 and C2 cleared, FI investigated
- Arc fault protection on any new HMO socket circuits
- Licence conditions read and met
We cover the inspection, testing and remedial items on this list in one visit. Call 07304 027013 with the number of rooms and boards.
Rental property we cover across Aberdeen
No travel charge inside Aberdeen City postcodes. Each part of the city lets differently, and that changes what the electrics usually need.
City centre, West End and Torry
Granite tenement flats in Rosemount, Ferryhill, Holburn and Torry. Shared stairs, old alterations and boards in cramped cupboards.
Old Aberdeen, Seaton and Bridge of Don
The centre of the city's student and HMO market, with high appliance counts and frequent changes of tenant.
Cove Bay, Kincorth and Nigg
Family lets and newer estates. Usually sound wiring, with garden sockets and outbuildings added later.
Dyce, Stoneywood and Bucksburn
Corporate lets and contractor housing near the airport.
Cults, Kingswells and Westhill
Larger family homes with more circuits, garages and sub boards, each priced on the board.
Peterhead and the shire
Our base is in Peterhead, so lets there are close to home. See our landlord EICR in Peterhead page for that town.
Need help with something other than a let? Our electricians in Aberdeen handle homes and businesses across the city.
Tenancy starting soon?
Give us the address, the move in date and how many boards there are. We book around the tenancy and the report goes to you or your agent the same week.
Our team for Aberdeen landlords
Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd is a NICEIC Approved Contractor, enrolment 620239, assessed every year, and also certified for portable appliance testing on that register. That registration is what the Scottish guidance lets a landlord rely on as proof the inspector is competent.
The work is done by our own team, led by Steven Watt with Callum working alongside him. Steven started as a Royal Navy engineering apprentice in 2001, worked through industrial commissioning and the Aberdeen oil and gas sector, and founded the business in 2023. He holds City and Guilds 2391-52 for inspection and testing and 2382-22 for BS 7671. We are TrustMark registered, licence 4205123, an OZEV authorised installer, EVHS/WCS14254, and carry £2M public liability.
Check our registration on the NICEIC register before you book.
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Landlord electrician Aberdeen FAQs
Not covered here? Call 07304 027013 or send us a message.
How much does a landlord electrical certificate cost in Aberdeen?
The EICR starts at £150 + VAT for the main board and first 5 circuits, with £15 + VAT for each extra circuit and £70 + VAT for each extra board. PAT testing of your appliances is priced in the same written quote. HMOs are priced on circuit count after we see the board.
Can you inspect several of my properties on one day?
Yes, where the addresses are close together and the tenants can give access. Two or three nearby properties in a day is common, and it keeps the schedule short for everyone.
Will you remind me when an EICR is due?
Yes. We log the next inspection date for every property we test and contact you before it falls due.
Can my letting agent deal with you directly?
Yes. Agents can book, arrange tenant access and keys, and receive the reports and remedial quotes. You decide who approves the work.
How often does PAT testing need doing in a rental?
There is no fixed yearly rule in Scotland. The person who does the test sets the retest date, usually more often than every five years. Appliances bought new less than a year ago go on the register but do not need testing yet.
Does a short term let need an EICR?
Yes. Licensed short term lets in Scotland must have an electrical safety inspection at least every five years, with an EICR on the fixed wiring and a PAT report on appliances guests can use.
What if my tenant will not let you in?
Keep a record of every attempt to arrange access. Scottish guidance says a landlord who cannot get access is not in breach as long as they have taken reasonable steps to get it. We can work with your agent to offer different times.
Do you cover Aberdeenshire as well as the city?
Yes. We are based in Peterhead and work across Aberdeenshire, including Ellon, Westhill, Inverurie, Stonehaven and Fraserburgh. Travel outside Aberdeen City is confirmed when we quote.
Talk to a landlord electrician in Aberdeen
Call 07304 027013, message us on WhatsApp, or use the form. Tell us how many properties, where they are and when each report is due. You get a fixed written price within one working day.
Last updated 6 October 2026.
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Faithful Spark Electricians Ltd · 17 Thomson Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3FJ · NICEIC Approved Contractor 620239 · TrustMark Registered 4205123 · OZEV Authorised Installer EVHS/WCS14254 · City and Guilds 2391-52, 2382-22 · Reports to BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 · £2M public liability · Company SC821028 · VAT 503 6560 13