An EICR on a rental property in Nottingham costs £170 to £250 with Somo Electrical in 2026. Published cost guides for the city put the wider market between roughly £120 for a one-bedroom flat and £550 or more for a large detached house, with the number of circuits — not the number of bedrooms — doing most of the work on the price. An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is a formal inspection and test of a property's fixed wiring: the consumer unit (the fuse board), the circuits, the sockets, the switches and the earthing. It ends in a written report marked satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Landlords in England need one at least every five years. Owner-occupiers are under no such duty, though buyers and lenders increasingly ask. How much is an EICR in Nottingham? Somo's price for an EICR on a rental property is £170 to £250. That is our own figure, not a national average, and it is not a quote — the only way to know your number is for somebody to look at the installation. We price most rental stock in one band because the majority of it — flats, terraces and small semis — is the same shape of job: one consumer unit, a manageable circuit count, three or four hours on site. A large detached house, one with outbuildings, or an HMO with several boards is priced after a look. What does an EICR cost by property size? Property size is a proxy for circuit count, which drives the time on site. Every circuit is identified, disconnected, tested and recorded individually, so eight circuits take roughly twice as long as four. The ranges below are collated from third-party cost guides published for Nottingham in 2026. They are market guide figures, not Somo's prices — set out so you can see where a quote sits against them. Property Typical circuits Published Nottingham guide range, 2026 Studio or one-bedroom flat 3 – 5 £120 – £200 Two-bedroom terrace 5 – 8 £150 – £280 Three-bedroom semi 8 – 15 £250 – £400 Four-bedroom-plus detached 15+, sometimes two boards £350 – £550+ HMO Varies — often multiple boards £350 – £700+ Somo's £170 to £250 covers the inspection and the report itself. Any remedial work is quoted separately, after the report exists — until somebody has inspected the installation there is nothing to price. What makes one EICR quote higher than another? Four things account for nearly all of the spread between two honest prices on the same street: • Circuit count. The single biggest factor, and the reason bedroom count alone is a poor guide. • Age and condition. An installation from the 1970s with no circuit chart takes longer to identify and record than a board fitted five years ago and labelled properly. • Access. A board boxed into a cupboard, sockets behind heavy furniture, an unboarded loft — all of it adds time, and some of it means a limitation recorded on the report rather than a result. • Occupancy. Testing means the power goes off circuit by circuit. Working around a tenant or a shop's opening hours takes longer than an empty property. What should not move the price is whether faults are found. The inspection costs what it costs, and anyone whose fee varies with the outcome has an incentive they should not have. What does a £79 or £99 EICR usually leave out? Nottingham search results carry headline EICR prices from around £79 to £99.95. They are rarely the number on the invoice. Commonly added on top: • VAT , where the headline is quoted excluding it. Ask which you have been given. • Per-circuit charges beyond a low included allowance — around £15 a circuit where this is applied, which on a ten-circuit house is most of a second inspection fee. • Additional consumer units , where the headline covers one board only, and call-out or travel charges at the edge of the coverage area. • The written report itself, charged separately by a small number of providers. • Re-inspection after remedial work , typically £50 to £100 where it is not folded into the remedial quote. The real cost of a rushed inspection is not the add-ons — it is an inspection that misses something. A proper EICR takes two to four hours on a typical Nottingham house, and a price that could not cover that time is telling you something. What should the price include? Before booking, confirm you are getting every circuit tested and recorded individually; a schedule of observations saying what was found and where; the full written report within a day or two, in a form you can hand to a tenant or a council; and a statement of anything excluded. Ask for the inspector's registration too — Somo is NAPIT-registered, number 33320, checkable at search.napit.org.uk. The inspection, the testing and any remedial work that follows are all work for a qualified, registered electrician. Nothing here is an instruction to open a consumer unit or interfere with a circuit. Frequently asked questions How often does a landlord need an EICR? At least every five years in England, under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020. The duty applied to new tenancies from 1 July 2020 and to existing tenancies from 1 April 2021. A report can specify a shorter interval, and if it does, that shorter interval is the one that binds you. Who has to receive a copy of the report? Existing tenants within 28 days of the inspection, and the local housing authority within seven days of a request. A new tenant must get a copy before they move in, and a prospective tenant within 28 days of asking. Keep the report until the next inspection falls due. Whether your own arrangements meet the duty is a question for your adviser. Does a cheap EICR pass more easily? It should make no difference, and if it does, something is wrong. The result is a judgement against BS 7671, the national wiring standard, not against what you paid. The current version is BS 7671:2018 with Amendment 4, published on 15 April 2026; the previous version is not withdrawn until 15 October 2026, so reports issued now may cite either. How long does an EICR take in a Nottingham house? Two to four hours for a typical property, with the power off circuit by circuit while testing is carried out. Larger houses, HMOs and installations with poor access to the board take longer. The written report normally follows within a day or two rather than being handed over on the spot. Is the remedial work included in the EICR price? No, and it should not be. The inspection is priced as an inspection; anything the report finds is quoted afterwards, itemised against the numbered observations. If the report comes back unsatisfactory, a landlord in England has 28 days to complete the remedial or investigative work, or sooner where the report says so. Do I need an EICR to sell my house? There is no legal requirement to have one to sell. Buyers, surveyors and lenders do sometimes ask, particularly on older properties, and having a recent satisfactory report can stop a survey comment turning into a price negotiation. For an owner-occupier it is a decision about the property, not a legal duty. Booking an EICR with Somo Electrical Somo Electrical is a NAPIT-registered contractor carrying out EICRs and landlord electrical safety certificates across Nottingham, including Beeston . Our rental property EICR is £170 to £250, and remedial work is quoted separately and itemised. If a report comes back unsatisfactory, our guide to what the EICR codes mean explains what you must act on. Call 07733 666004 or use our online quote form . Landlord duties are set out on GOV.UK, Electrical Safety First publishes guidance on what an EICR covers, and registrations can be checked on the NAPIT register. Sources checked 25 August 2026: the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/312); GOV.UK landlord guidance; IET guidance for the BS 7671 Amendment 4 dates. Nottingham guide ranges collated from TradeCost.uk and Elec-Mate 2026 EICR cost guides. Somo's £170–£250 is our own price, not a national average, and is not a quote. Not legal advice.