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<blockquote data-quote="Couleddie" data-source="post: 244224" data-attributes="member: 1729"><p>I've just had the exact same situation with a friend who buys to let. He looked at (and eventually bought) a property which he was advised to have the wiring checked. From his description (backed up with photos)of toggle switches on wooden blocks, metal fuse boxes with throw switches, rubber and braided cable, ivory coloured switches, I advised him that at the very least the lighting circuits would need rewiring. As the property was 3 hours away I reserved a weekend and went armed with a vehicle full of tools. After 26 hours work over 2 days the house got two new lighting circuits, one ring, one radial, a conversion from radial to ring for kitchen, bonding, new consumer unit and a complete test. Cabling for new circuits and some switch drops were run in trunking to save redecoration and hence, more expense. As he is a good friend we agreed on a mutually acceptable labour charge and he bought the materials on my trade account. Total cost</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Couleddie, post: 244224, member: 1729"] I've just had the exact same situation with a friend who buys to let. He looked at (and eventually bought) a property which he was advised to have the wiring checked. From his description (backed up with photos)of toggle switches on wooden blocks, metal fuse boxes with throw switches, rubber and braided cable, ivory coloured switches, I advised him that at the very least the lighting circuits would need rewiring. As the property was 3 hours away I reserved a weekend and went armed with a vehicle full of tools. After 26 hours work over 2 days the house got two new lighting circuits, one ring, one radial, a conversion from radial to ring for kitchen, bonding, new consumer unit and a complete test. Cabling for new circuits and some switch drops were run in trunking to save redecoration and hence, more expense. As he is a good friend we agreed on a mutually acceptable labour charge and he bought the materials on my trade account. Total cost [/QUOTE]
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