Letting Agency EICR in Rochester

For letting agencies covering Rochester, the EICR question is rarely about a single property — it’s about keeping a portfolio compliant, certificates refreshed before they expire, and Medway 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

The technical inspection follows BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 regardless of who’s booking it — visual check of consumer unit, accessories, and supply route followed by dead and live testing of every circuit. The report uses the same C1, C2, C3, FI observation codes the regulations specify. What letting agents typically value is what wraps around the inspection: coordinated tenant access, consistent reporting timelines, single-point invoicing, and a remedial-work quote attached to any unsatisfactory report so the landlord can decide quickly. We bake all of that into the framework.

When you need this in Rochester

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 - Medway 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

Every EICR comes back as a single-PDF deliverable: the EICR form with inspector qualifications, property address, observation codes, and overall pass-or-fail; the schedule of inspection; and the schedule of test results per circuit. Standard format, agency-inbox delivery. For unsatisfactory reports, we attach a quote for the remedial work alongside the report — landlord can accept, decline, or seek a second quote without the agent having to chase. Re-test on completion is included once the work is booked back in.

Why book CJA Electrical for your Rochester EICR

The pitch for Rochester 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 Medway 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 Rochester 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 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 Medway 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 Rochester properties in a single day is meaningfully cheaper than four separate trips, and the framework pricing reflects that.

Can you cover Rochester and the surrounding Medway towns?

Yes. Our service area covers Medway, Maidstone, Gravesham, Swale, and the rest of north and west Kent. Rochester is reached from our Rochester base in around 0 minutes. We typically batch portfolio inspections across Chatham, Strood, Gillingham 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.