Multi-occupancy meter cupboard with separate consumer units and smart meters

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

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 - Swale Borough 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.

Fully labelled domestic consumer unit after EICR testing
Fully labelled domestic consumer unit after EICR testing

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 Sheerness EICR

The pitch for Sheerness 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 Swale stock, City & Guilds 2391 qualified

Multifunction tester measuring end-to-end resistance on a ring final circuit
Multifunction tester measuring end-to-end resistance on a ring final circuit

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 Sheerness 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

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.

Can you flag certificates approaching expiry across our portfolio?

We can supply a renewal-due-date list with each certificate so your back-office systems can put the renewal date into the property record. We don’t operate a separate reminder service — that part sits more naturally inside your property management software — but we’ll work to whatever renewal cadence the agency wants.

Do you offer framework pricing for letting agencies in Sheerness?

Yes. We agree base prices per property type at the start of the relationship and apply them across the portfolio. Routine bookings run at framework rates with no per-job back-and-forth. Outliers — very large properties, multi-consumer-unit installs — are flagged and quoted individually. Single invoice per batch, agency-direct.

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

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 Swale Borough 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.

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