Electrician in Hemel Hempstead
This is the main page for an electrician in Hemel Hempstead. Hemel is one of my two bases — I work from here as well as Pinner — so when you call you're getting a local electrician, not someone driving across the county. From new builds in Apsley to older properties in the Old Town, I handle domestic and commercial electrical work across HP1, HP2 and HP3.
Whether you're a landlord needing EICR certificates for your rental portfolio, a homeowner wanting an EV charger installed, or you've got an urgent electrical fault that needs diagnosing — I'll get to you quickly, tell you exactly what the job involves and give you a fixed price before I start.
All work is NAPIT registered (No. 81930) and fully certified. Hemel Hempstead properties often include a mix of ages and wiring types — I'm experienced across all of them.
The HP postcodes each have their own character. HP1 covers the Old Town — the original market town with Georgian and Victorian properties along High Street and Marlowes, where wiring can date back several decades and EICRs regularly uncover C2 faults that need addressing. HP2 covers much of the post-war new town — Adeyfield, Bennetts End and Highfield — where the housing stock is mostly 1950s and 1960s, an age at which rewires and consumer unit upgrades become increasingly common. HP3 takes in Apsley, Boxmoor and the newer developments along the Hemel waterfront, where EV charger demand is growing quickly.
Hemel Hempstead has a significant private rental market, particularly around the town centre and in the new town estates. I work with a number of local landlords and letting agents to handle their EICR requirements — batching multiple properties efficiently and providing digital certificates on the same day. If you manage a portfolio in Hemel, I'm happy to discuss a regular arrangement.
For homeowners in HP1, HP2 and HP3 considering an EV charger, Hemel's mix of driveways and garages makes installation relatively straightforward in most cases. I'll assess the cable run, consumer unit capacity and parking position at a free survey and give you a fixed all-in price before any work begins.
If you need the certificate rather than a general electrician, book the Hemel electrical safety certificate page. That is the EICR, the landlord certificate and the periodic inspection, from £80, with the report the same day. A home car charger is a separate job, from £999, and it sometimes needs the consumer unit or the earthing checked first. Rewires start from around £3,500 for a typical 3-bed New Town house, consumer unit upgrades from £500, and emergency call-outs from £110. The links below go to each of those Hemel pages.
Electrical safety certificates and periodic inspections
Hemel landlords and homeowners searching for an electrical safety certificate, a periodic inspection or electrical testing want the same visit: an EICR. I test the fixed wiring across Old Town, Adeyfield, Bennetts End, Highfield, Apsley, Boxmoor and Leverstock Green. Fixed prices start at £80 for a one-bedroom and £180 for a three-bedroom house. The Hemel EICR page is the one to book. The landlord page is the same certificate when the property is rented.
How often a homeowner, buyer or seller needs that periodic inspection is a separate guide. It is not the landlord five-year rule, and it is not the walk-through of the test. Book the certificate here once you have decided you want it.
Home extension electrics in Hemel Hempstead
An extension in Hemel is usually extra sockets, extra lights and one new circuit, not a rewire of the house you already live in. I look at the consumer unit before I price it. If the board has a spare way, the new circuit goes on that board. If it does not, a consumer unit upgrade starts from £500 and is usually half a day. An extra socket on its own starts from £60 for a spur.
There is no flat price for a whole extension. The cable route, whether the walls are New Town block or Old Town brick, and whether the kitchen is moving, all change the job. I quote it after I have seen the board. The work is notified through NAPIT, registration 81930, so you are not left to tell Dacorum yourself. If the existing wiring is the thing that will not take the extra load, the Hemel rewire page is the survey, not this note.
The main page for an electrician in Hemel Hempstead
The pages below are the booking pages. Electrical safety certificates, periodic inspections and electrical testing sit on the Hemel EICR page, from £80. Landlord certificates are that same report, on the Hemel landlord page. Emergency electricians in Hemel Hempstead are on the emergency page, at £110 an hour, including when a circuit keeps tripping or the power is tripping on one floor.
A home charger starts from £999. A consumer unit starts from £500. A rewire for a typical 3-bed New Town house starts from around £3,500. Each of those Hemel pages links back to this one.
Emergency electricians, circuit tripping and power tripping
If the electricity is tripping, or one circuit keeps opening, that is an emergency visit rather than a routine certificate. Unplug what was in use on that circuit and try the breaker once. If it trips again with everything unplugged, leave it off. If the neighbours have lost power as well, call 105 — that is the network. If only your house is affected, call 07405 629 940.
A burning smell means leave the circuit off and call the same day. The Hemel guide to a circuit that keeps tripping sets those checks out in order. An EICR, from £80, is the fuller test once the urgent fault is dealt with.
EV and car chargers
Home charger installs in Hemel start from £999 all-in for a standard job, and most of them take around half a day. New Town garages are often a short cable run. Older boards in the Old Town sometimes need a consumer unit upgrade, from £500, before a charger circuit is safe. I fit Zappi, Ohme, Hypervolt and Easee, and I am OZEV-approved. The Hemel charger page sets out what to check before you book.
Adeyfield, Boxmoor, Gadebridge and the rest of Hemel
Adeyfield, Bennetts End and Highfield are the HP2 New Town estates. The usual jobs there are an EICR, a consumer unit from £500, and a charger from £999 where the garage run is short. Boxmoor, Apsley and Leverstock Green are HP3. A rented flat still needs the five-year certificate. A full rewire is less common than in the Old Town, and I will say so if a partial job is the honest one.
Gadebridge and Warners End are HP1, next to the Old Town but built as part of the New Town. I cover both. The Old Town itself, along the High Street, is the slower visit: older wiring, and the earthing needs a look before a new circuit goes on. Emergency call-outs are £110 an hour. The Hemel pages linked below are where you book the certificate, the charger, the consumer unit, a rewire or an emergency visit.
What I Offer in Hemel Hempstead
Why Choose Hinton Electrics in Hemel Hempstead
All notifiable work is building-control certified — accepted by every letting agent, council and insurer.
Hemel is one of my two bases, so I'm usually with you the same day. No call centres, no subcontractors — it's me, Tom.
No hourly rates, no surprises. Quote agreed before work starts and stuck to.
EV Chargepoint Grant up to £500 per socket for renters, flat owners and landlords — not if you own a house with a driveway.
Every job covered for 12 months. One number to call if anything needs revisiting.
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