Serving Old Bexley DA5 and Bexleyheath DA6 — NICEIC approved electricians for EICRs, rewires, consumer units, EV chargers and 24/7 emergencies. No travel surcharge, same-day callbacks.
T Phase Ltd is a NICEIC approved electrical contractor based on Montpelier Vale in Blackheath, working east into Bexley every week. We cover DA5 and DA6 — Old Bexley and the village, Bexleyheath and the Broadway, Danson Park and Crook Log, Blackfen, Blendon, Welling and the Sidcup borders. EICRs, rewires, consumer unit upgrades, lighting, EV chargers and emergency call-outs, all carried out by City & Guilds qualified engineers and fully certified.
This is the thing people get wrong about Bexley, and it costs them time. The postcode says DA and the feel is Kent, but Bexley is a London borough — it has been since 1965. That matters in practical ways. Building control notifications go to the London Borough of Bexley, not to a Kent authority. The rules that apply to rented property are London borough rules. And a contractor who treats DA5 and DA6 as "out of London" and prices a travel surcharge accordingly is charging you for a journey that is shorter than plenty of jobs inside the South Circular. There is no call-out charge, no mileage and no parking recharge in Bexley, and prices are identical to everywhere else we work.
DA5 and DA6 are among the most consistent inter-war housing anywhere in Greater London. The great bulk of it went up between the wars as speculative suburban development — the three-bedroom semi with a bay, a side entrance and a garage or space for one — with older village stock around Old Bexley, post-war infill at Crook Log and Barnehurst, and later estate and block development around Bexleyheath town centre.
Because the stock is so uniform, so are the reports. These houses were wired when built, rewired once between the 1960s and the 1990s, and then extended — and the findings cluster exactly where the extensions happened. A ring final extended into a rear kitchen extension and spurred from since. A conservatory fed off a socket circuit. An electric shower added without the supply being reassessed. A garage conversion whose supply was never properly reconsidered. A serviceable board with no RCD protection on socket circuits or on cables buried in walls. And, in lofts, rubber-insulated cable still in service on lighting circuits, long past the point where the insulation stays flexible.
Around the village, Bexley High Street and towards Hall Place the stock is older and mixed, including a conservation area and a number of period buildings. Solid walls, limited cable routes and original fabric change the approach: a rewire here has to be planned around existing voids, floor voids and original chases rather than cutting new ones. It takes longer than a rewire on a standard semi and we price it that way, but making good stays minimal by design. Anything affecting the external appearance in a conservation area is worth checking with the council before the work is booked rather than after.
Off-street parking is close to universal in DA5 and DA6, which makes Bexley one of our busiest areas for charge points. The two questions that decide the job are earthing and capacity. Most properties here are on a PME supply, where the supply neutral and earth are combined, and an outdoor charge point on a PME earth needs either a separate earth electrode or a unit that detects a broken supply neutral and disconnects. Most modern chargers have that protection built in; not all do, and the unit chosen is what decides whether a rod goes in.
Capacity is the second. A 7 kW charger on a house that already runs an electric shower, an oven and a converted garage may need load management rather than a supply upgrade — which is usually the cheaper answer, and it is worth knowing that before anyone quotes for uprating. Garage conversions themselves are a recurring Bexley job, and the recurring finding is a supply that was extended into the new room without the circuit being reassessed for what now sits on it.
Around the Broadway and Bexleyheath town centre there is a growing number of flats and blocks, and there the landlord's installation is the part most often missed. Communal lighting, stairwells, external and car park lighting, door entry and any pumps or ventilation sit on a landlord's supply that is a separate installation from any flat inside the building, and it needs its own report. We price communal work at £165 per landlord's supply rather than trying to fit it onto a domestic ladder, and we will tell you how many boards a building actually has before we start.
The rented sector in DA5 and DA6 has grown steadily and the duty is the same as anywhere: rented homes in England need a satisfactory Electrical Installation Condition Report at least every five years, with a copy to the tenant and to the local authority on request. From 1 November 2026 that extends to existing social tenancies as well. Licensing requirements differ by borough and by ward, so the London Borough of Bexley's register is the place to check your address — and it is the London borough register, not a Kent one. Portfolios booked together in the same area can be scheduled on the same day or run of days, with the certificates returned as one set.
An EICR runs from £190 + VAT for a one-bedroom flat to £300 + VAT for a five-bedroom house, certificate included, with no call-out charge, no mileage and no parking recharge. Communal areas are £165 per landlord's supply. A consumer unit upgrade starts at £800 plus £50 per circuit, with earthing and main protective bonding priced separately from our published rates where the inter-war stock needs it. Full rewires run from £8,000 for a one-bedroom flat to £19,400 for a five-bedroom house, excluding plastering and decoration. The pricing page has estimators for all three, and the EICR cost guide and rewire cost guide set out how the figures are built up if you would rather compare.
From £190 + VAT for a one-bedroom flat, rising to £300 + VAT for a five-bedroom house, with the certificate included. Communal areas are priced per landlord's supply at £165 per board. There is no call-out charge, no mileage and no parking recharge in DA5 or DA6.
Bexley is a London borough and has been since 1965, even though the postcode is DA and the area feels like Kent. It matters in practice: building control notifications go to the London Borough of Bexley, and the rules that apply to rented property are London borough rules. It also means a travel surcharge is not justified — DA5 and DA6 are a shorter run for us than plenty of jobs inside the South Circular.
No. Bexley is inside our standard area and we work there every week. There is no call-out charge, no mileage and no parking recharge, and prices are identical to everywhere else in our standard coverage.
The findings cluster where the extensions happened: a ring final extended into a rear kitchen extension and spurred from since, a conservatory fed off a socket circuit, an electric shower added without the supply being reassessed, a garage conversion whose supply was never reconsidered, and a serviceable board with no RCD protection on socket circuits or on cables buried in walls. In lofts we still find rubber-insulated cable in service on lighting circuits.
Because earthing and main protective bonding are not included in the consumer unit figure, and on inter-war stock they often need bringing up to standard before a new board can be certified. We check on survey and price it from our published rates rather than raising it on the day. The consumer unit itself starts at £800 plus £50 per circuit.
It depends on the charger. Most Bexley properties are on a PME supply, where the supply neutral and earth are combined. An outdoor charge point on a PME earth needs either a separate earth electrode or a unit that detects a broken supply neutral and disconnects — most modern chargers have that built in, but not all, and the unit chosen decides it. We confirm which applies to your property before quoting.
Often not. Load management — where the charger reduces its draw when the rest of the house is busy — is usually the cheaper answer and avoids uprating the supply through the network operator altogether. It is worth establishing that before anyone quotes you for a supply upgrade. We assess the existing load and tell you which route your property actually needs.
Yes. Solid walls, limited cable routes and original fabric change the approach — the work is planned around existing voids, floor voids and original chases rather than cutting new ones across original plaster. It takes longer than a rewire on a standard semi and we price it accordingly. Anything affecting the external appearance in a conservation area is worth checking with the council before booking.
A report is unsatisfactory if it contains any C1, C2 or FI code — one C2 fails the whole report. We explain what is needed, quote the remedial work as a separate fixed price, carry it out with our own engineers and re-issue the certificate. You are free to use any qualified contractor for the remedial work instead.
Not sure what your job will cost? The pricing page has estimators for EICRs, fuse box upgrades and rewires, and there are full guides to EICR costs and rewire costs in London. You can read our reviews, see the recent work gallery, or view every area we cover.
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