How to Understand an EICR: A Practical Guide for Homeowners and Landlords
An Electrical Installation Condition Report, or EICR for short, sounds straightforward enough. You hire an electrician, they test your wiring, you get a report. Simple. Except it's not. Because the EICR industry in the UK is littered with cowboys charging £80 for inspections that take 45 minutes, landlords panicking over C3 codes they don't need to fix, and homeowners being told their perfectly safe 1990s consumer unit is "dangerous" and needs replacing immediately for £800.
