Letting Agency EICR in Gravesend

CJA Electrical works with letting agencies across Gravesend and the wider Gravesham area on landlord EICR compliance. The 2020 PRS regulations sit on the landlord legally, but the operational burden lands squarely on the agent — managing tenant access, chasing certificates before void weeks close, fielding council requests, and keeping the portfolio’s compliance data clean. We’re set up around shifting that workload off the agent.

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 Gravesend

Most agency EICR bookings hit one of these patterns: Routine renewals where the previous certificate is six to eight weeks from expiring. Void-week inspections sandwiched between tenancies. New-management audits where a property has just come onto the books and the certificate history is incomplete. Council requests where Gravesham Borough Council has written asking for evidence and the agent has seven days to respond. Tenant-flagged safety issues that warrant a fresh inspection. All of these run through the same framework — booking, tenant liaison, inspection, report, optional remedials — at portfolio pace.

What the report contains

Reports are delivered as a standard EICR PDF — form, schedule of inspection, schedule of test results, all in one document. Agency-inbox delivery as default; we’ll cc the landlord or the tenant if you want, or keep it agency-only. Where the report comes back unsatisfactory, the remedial-work quote arrives with the report. If accepted, we book the works in, complete them, re-test the affected circuits, and re-issue the report as satisfactory. The whole cycle — inspection, remedials, re-issue — typically fits inside a fortnight.

Why book CJA Electrical for your Gravesend EICR

The pitch for Gravesend letting agencies: - Framework pricing built for portfolios, not individual jobs - Tenant access liaison handled directly when you’d rather not - Same-week turnaround for routine bookings, faster on the void-week ones - Standard EICR PDF delivered to a single agency inbox - Remedial work quoted alongside the report, no extra round of admin - Ten years working on Gravesham stock, City & Guilds 2391 qualified

How the inspection runs

What it looks like in practice: A property list arrives by email or WhatsApp. We come back with a quote covering the batch, with appointment slots that fit your void schedule. Tenant access goes through whichever route the agency prefers — often the tenant directly via SMS confirmation. We inspect, test, and email the PDF inside 48 hours. Where remedials are needed, the quote sits with the report. The whole batch typically completes inside a fortnight, including any remedials.

What affects the price

Pricing for agency portfolio work is per property within an agreed framework. The framework prices reflect typical Gravesend stock — small flats, mid-size terraces, larger semis — and apply across the portfolio without per-job variation. Outliers (very large properties, multi-consumer-unit installs) are quoted separately. Single agency invoice per batch, payment on the standard agency terms, no deposits.

FAQs

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 Gravesend properties in a single day is meaningfully cheaper than four separate trips, and the framework pricing reflects that.

Can you cover Gravesend and the surrounding Gravesham towns?

Yes. Our service area covers Medway, Maidstone, Gravesham, Swale, and the rest of north and west Kent. Gravesend is reached from our Rochester base in around 25 minutes. We typically batch portfolio inspections across Northfleet, Istead Rise, Higham 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.

What happens if a tenant blocks access on the agreed day?

We work the booking around the tenant’s schedule wherever possible and confirm the day before to minimise no-shows. If access does fall through on the day, we don’t charge an abortive call-out for the first instance, and the booking gets rescheduled. Persistent access issues across a portfolio are something we’d flag back to you for involvement.