Dover · River · Buckland · Temple Ewell · St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · CT16-CT17
Consumer unit upgrades, full and partial rewires, EICR reports, EV chargers, solar and battery, LED lighting. Domestic and small-commercial across Dover town, the Dour valley and the White Cliffs villages. BS 7671:2018 Amdt 2:2022.
Solar and battery: 0% VAT ends on 31 March 2027. From 1 April 2027 the rate goes to 5%. Surveys, approvals and installs take weeks, so book early. See prices and how it works.
What we do
Specified for Dover's mix: Victorian and Edwardian terraces on the Folkestone Road, post-war Whitfield estates, coastal exposure at St Margaret's Bay and Aycliffe, and listed buildings and conservation areas that need care.
18th Edition RCBO boards replacing BS 3036 rewireables and split-load boards. Type A RCDs. SPD fitted as standard on new installs.
See pricingWhole-house rewires with minimum chase and reinstate. Partial rewires targeting EICR C1 and C2 codes on landlord jobs. All to Amdt 2:2022 with EIC.
Rewire scopeLandlord 5-year EICRs, owner-occupier condition reports, buy-and-sell reports. Full test schedule, honest coding, remedial quote alongside.
Book an EICROZEV-approved 7kW chargers (Zappi, Ohme, Hypervolt, Wallbox). Network operator notification handled where needed. EVHS grant paperwork if you qualify.
Charger optionsSolar only, solar with a battery, or a battery on its own. Price ranges and payback in plain words, with 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. All solar installs are MCS-certified.
Solar sizingDownlight retrofits with fire-rated dimmable cans, kitchen re-lights, garden and driveway lighting, Listed-building sympathetic fittings.
Lighting jobsOur promise
You get a written quote before we start. If it takes longer than we thought, that is on us. No "the job grew" invoice at the end.
State pension age or above, on any job. Just mention it when you book - no card or proof needed. Honour system.
EAL-qualified (Ofqual-regulated), including Level 3 Periodic Inspection, Testing and Certification. Certificates available on request.
Why local matters
Dover town is a working port squeezed between the Western Heights and the Castle. The housing stock is layered: Georgian and early-Victorian terraces down by the seafront, mid-Victorian workers' terraces up Folkestone Road and Barton Road, late-Victorian and Edwardian villas in Maxton and Buckland, big post-war expansion at Whitfield and Aycliffe, and modern coastal builds around Marine Court and Waterloo Crescent. That runs the wiring story: mostly rubber-and-lead in the old cores that was overpatched in the 1970s, TN-S incoming supplies more often than TN-C-S in the port core, and heavy corrosion exposure everywhere with a view of the Channel.
Your network operator is South Eastern Power Networks, part of UK Power Networks. Larger systems, including solar and battery, need their approval before work starts, and we deal with that early.
Conservation area?
Dover has conservation areas and listed buildings, so check your address on the council planning map. Parts of the district, including St Margaret's-at-Cliffe and the White Cliffs, lie in the Kent Downs National Landscape. External work such as EV charger cables, solar panels on a wall facing the road in a conservation area, or meter box relocations on Listed elevations can need consent. We package the application with photos, elevations, and the BS 7671 spec, and help you submit it to Dover District Council where one is needed.
Areas we cover
CT16 covers Dover town proper - Castle Ward, Tower Hamlets, Buckland, Maxton, Whitfield. CT17 is the western belt down Folkestone Road through River and out to Temple Ewell. The White Cliffs villages - St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kingsdown, Ringwould - straddle CT15 and CT16. We work all of it.
Castle Ward, Tower Hamlets, seafront. Georgian and early-Victorian terraces, TN-S supplies, salt corrosion on meter tails, conservation-area constraint on external work.
Western Dour valley. Mixed Victorian, inter-war and post-war housing. Straightforward rewires and consumer unit upgrades; typical EV charger territory.
White Cliffs village. Kent Downs National Landscape, high corrosion on external installs, older bungalow stock with rewire demand.
Recent work
A running log of installs and inspections around Dover. Updated as we close them.
Send a photo of your board and a postcode. Fixed price back the same day, usually within the hour.