Wimborne, Colehill, Merley - minutes from our base
House rewires in Wimborne
New wiring for the whole house, priced before we start. Pick your bedroom count, get your figure on the quote tool, and that figure is what you pay. Walls, access and awkward lofts are our problem to plan for - not yours to fund.
What a Wimborne rewire costs
Every price comes off the same live rate card the quote tool uses. These are the honest ranges by house size:
| House size | Typical range |
|---|---|
| 1-bed home | £2,800 - £4,000 |
| 2-bed home | £3,800 - £5,500 |
| 3-bed home | £4,500 - £7,000 |
| 4-bed home | £6,500 - £11,000 |
| 5-bed home or bigger | £10,000 - £16,000 |
Where you land in the range depends on how many sockets, lights and extras you want - which is exactly what the quote tool asks. Two minutes of taps and you have your own number, not an average.
Wimborne's homes, and why they get rewired
Wimborne is a town of older houses. Cottages and town houses around the Minster, Victorian and Edwardian streets off the centre, 1930s semis towards Colehill, and the later estates out at Merley. Beautiful stock - and a lot of it still running on wiring from a different era.
- Pre-1960s wiring - rubber-insulated cable goes brittle with age and crumbles when touched. If your house has never been rewired, this is the one to check
- Old fuse boxes - a board with rewirable fuses or a wooden back has none of the shock protection a modern board gives you
- Renovation projects - buying a period place to do up? Rewiring while walls are open is far cheaper than after the decorating is done
- Extensions built on old circuits - decades of add-ons can leave a house with overloaded circuits nobody planned
Signs the wiring is due
- Fuses blow or trips happen more than rarely
- Sockets are warm, crackle, or smell of hot plastic
- Lights flicker when appliances switch on
- Two-pin sockets or fabric-covered cable anywhere in the house
- An electrician has ever told you "this board needs looking at" - and nobody looked
Not sure? An electrical safety report settles it with evidence before you commit to anything.
How the job runs
- You price it on the quote tool. Bedrooms, sockets, lights, extras - your figure appears as you tap
- We visit to confirm. The survey checks nothing was missed. The price does not creep because a wall turned out solid or the loft is tight - difficulty is ours to manage
- First fix. New cables run to every room, room by room, dust sheets down
- Second fix. Sockets, switches and lights go on, then the new consumer unit
- Testing and certificates. Every circuit tested, Building Control notified, paperwork in your hand
Period and listed properties
Around the Minster and the conservation streets, houses deserve a careful hand. Conservation rules mostly govern the outside of a building, so the rewire itself is rarely restricted - but a listed building can need consent for some internal work, and we tell you before anything starts, not after. In period rooms we plan cable routes to spare original plaster and joinery, and we leave surfaces ready for the decorator.
One electrician, start to finish
- The quote is the price. Only a change you ask for changes the number
- Pete runs your job personally - the person who quoted is the person in your house
- 10-year workmanship guarantee on the rewire, backed by £5M public liability cover
- Local. We are on the Poole side of Wimborne - your electrician is minutes away, not a franchise van from another county
Quick answers
How much does a rewire cost in Wimborne?
It goes by bedroom count: a 1-bed home runs £2,800 to £4,000, a 2-bed £3,800 to £5,500, a 3-bed £4,500 to £7,000, a 4-bed £6,500 to £11,000, and a 5-bed or bigger £10,000 to £16,000. Your exact figure comes from the quote tool - it uses our real rate card, and the number it gives you is the number you pay.
Can we live in the house during the rewire?
Most families do. We work room by room, keep the dust contained, and get power and lighting back on for the evening wherever the job allows. It is disruptive - we will not pretend otherwise - but you rarely need to move out.
Does a rewire need Building Control sign-off?
Yes - a full rewire is notifiable work under Part P of the Building Regulations. You get the certificates that prove the work was done and checked properly, which matter when you sell or remortgage.
My house is old - near the Minster. Does that change anything?
Usually not the wiring itself. Conservation rules mostly cover the outside of a building. A LISTED building is different - some internal work can need consent, and we flag that before anything starts. Either way we route cables with care in period rooms and put things back the way we found them.
Related pages
- Electrician in Wimborne - every other electrical job in the town
- The rewire cost guide 2026 - what drives the price, in detail
- House rewires in Bournemouth
- House rewires in Poole
- Electrical safety reports (EICR)
Get your Wimborne rewire price today
Two minutes on the quote tool. Your house, your choices, your exact figure.