EICR for Letting Agencies in Dover, Kent

For letting agencies covering Dover, the EICR question is rarely about a single property — it’s about keeping a portfolio compliant, certificates refreshed before they expire, and Dover District Council requests answered in the seven-day window the regulations require. CJA Electrical works at portfolio scale: one point of contact, consistent format, batch booking around your void schedule.

What an EICR involves for Letting Agency

For the agency, an EICR booked through us is operationally identical whether it’s one property or twenty. We work to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 — the current UK wiring regulations — testing every circuit and inspecting every accessible accessory. Findings are coded C1, C2, C3, or FI per the standard. What changes for portfolio work is the workflow around the testing. We confirm receipt of every booking, send appointment reminders to tenants directly if the agency prefers, and deliver every certificate to a single agency inbox in the standard EICR PDF format your back-office systems already accept.

When you need this in Dover

The agency’s EICR triggers tend to fall into a few categories: - Five-yearly cycle on properties with current certificates approaching expiry - New tenancy starting — landlord needs a current report before tenant occupation - Property new to management — incoming compliance audit identifies missing certificate - Dover District Council request — seven-day clock means same-week turnaround helps - Tenant complaint — flickering lights, repeated tripping, anything safety-flag worthy - Portfolio acquisition — bulk catch-up on properties added through a takeover All five-day turnaround targets, all single-point delivery to the agency.

What the report contains

Output format: standard industry EICR PDF, three-part document (form + inspection schedule + test results), delivered to the agency’s compliance inbox by default. Unsatisfactory reports come with the remedial quote already attached, so the agent has one document to forward to the landlord rather than chasing a quote separately. Dover District Council pushback on report format is rare — the standard form is universally accepted.

Why book CJA Electrical for your Dover EICR

Agencies pick CJA for the operational fit, not the technical work — the technical work is the same as anyone else’s BS 7671 inspection. What differs: Single point of contact for portfolio bookings, consistent same-week turnaround for Dover properties, certificate delivery in the format your back-office systems already handle, framework pricing that scales to portfolio size, and remedial work quoted alongside any unsatisfactory report so the landlord can decide quickly. Fully insured (£1m PL), City & Guilds 2391 qualified inspector, ten years on Dover domestic property.

How the inspection runs

The standard agency workflow: Property details across (address, circuit count, tenant or key access). Quote confirms timing and price for each property in the batch. Visits scheduled around tenant availability. Inspection on the day. Report PDF delivered within 48 hours per property. Remedial quote attached where needed. Where an agency wants to handle tenant comms directly we step back and coordinate via you. Where you’d rather we handle them, we’ll do that instead.

What affects the price

Framework pricing for letting agencies is structured around the variables that genuinely affect the work: property size, circuit count, consumer unit type, and accessibility. We agree base prices per property type once, then apply them across the portfolio with no per-job back-and-forth. No deposit on framework work, single agency invoice covering each batch, payment on completion. Get in touch with a representative property list and we’ll come back with the framework numbers.

FAQs

How quickly can you turn an EICR round during a void week in Dover?

Same-week is the default. Where a void-week inspection has to fit between move-out and move-in, we can usually inspect within a couple of working days of the booking and have the report PDF in your inbox within 48 hours of the visit. Remedial work, where needed, can sometimes happen on the same visit if the scope is small.

Can you deal directly with tenants for access?

Yes — most agencies prefer this for routine inspections. Once you forward the tenant contact details, we confirm a slot directly with the tenant by phone or SMS, send a reminder the day before, and turn up at the agreed time. The agent stays in the loop on the booking and the report but doesn’t need to chase tenant access.

What format do you supply the certificate in?

Standard industry EICR PDF — the form itself with the observation codes, the schedule of inspection, and the schedule of test results per circuit. Single document, delivered to your agency compliance inbox by default. The format is universally accepted by Dover District Council, the Private Rented Sector Database, and standard property-management back-office systems.

Can you handle remedial works as well as the inspection?

Yes. Where the EICR comes back unsatisfactory, we attach a remedial quote alongside the report so the landlord has one document to consider. On acceptance, we book the works in, complete them, re-test the affected circuits, and issue a fresh satisfactory report. The whole inspection-to-clean-certificate cycle typically fits inside a fortnight.

Do you charge per property or per portfolio visit?

Per property. Each property’s testing is documented separately and gets its own certificate, even when several are visited on the same day. We do batch the bookings to keep travel costs down — visiting four Dover properties in a single day is meaningfully cheaper than four separate trips, and the framework pricing reflects that.

Can you cover Dover and the surrounding Dover towns?

Yes. Our service area covers Medway, Maidstone, Gravesham, Swale, and the rest of north and west Kent. Dover is reached from our Rochester base in around 90 minutes. We typically batch portfolio inspections across Folkestone, Canterbury, Ashford on the same booking sweep where the diary allows.

Do you carry the right insurance for agency framework work?

Yes — £1m public and product liability, plus £100k professional indemnity. Certificate of insurance available on request for inclusion in your supplier files. The cover applies across all routine domestic EICR work, including remedial work commissioned through the framework.