Inside a fully wired domestic consumer unit

For letting agencies covering Sittingbourne, 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 Sittingbourne

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

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. Swale Borough Council pushback on report format is rare — the standard form is universally accepted.

Why book CJA Electrical for your Sittingbourne EICR

The pitch for Sittingbourne 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

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

How the inspection runs

Framework booking flow: 1. Agency emails or messages with property list (one or many) 2. Quote and appointment options come back the same working day 3. Tenant access confirmed via the agency or directly with tenants 4. Inspection visits — power off briefly on each circuit during testing 5. Reports delivered as PDF to the agency’s compliance inbox within 48 hours 6. Unsatisfactory reports include a remedial-work quote attached 7. On agreement, remedials are booked in and re-test issues a fresh certificate

What affects the price

Pricing for agency portfolio work is per property within an agreed framework. The framework prices reflect typical Sittingbourne 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

Do you offer framework pricing for letting agencies in Sittingbourne?

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 Sittingbourne?

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.

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

Can you cover Sittingbourne and the surrounding Swale towns?

Yes. Our service area covers Medway, Maidstone, Gravesham, Swale, and the rest of north and west Kent. Sittingbourne is reached from our Rochester base in around 30 minutes. We typically batch portfolio inspections across Faversham, Sheerness, Minster On Sea on the same booking sweep where the diary allows.

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