Why people on the Fylde choose us
There are plenty of good electricians on this coast and most of their websites look the same: a van, a hard hat and a promise to call back. This page sets out what we actually do differently, with a link to the page that proves it, so you can decide for yourself rather than take our word for it.
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Written fixed quotes, and no fee for quoting
Lee or one of the team visits, looks at the job, and you get a written quote by email within two working days. The price on it is the price you pay, unless you change the job, and we say so on the quote. We do not charge for the visit or the quote, there is no deposit on domestic work under £1,000, and you can take as long as you like to decide. In 2025 our quotes went out in an average of 1.4 working days.
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We tell you when you do not need the work
About one in five of the consumer unit replacements we are asked to quote for does not need doing, and we say so. An old fuse box is not a dangerous fuse box, and a tripping RCD is usually a faulty appliance rather than a wiring problem. Telling you costs us a job today and keeps you ringing us for the next twenty years. It is the third of the four promises on our home page, and the one customers mention most in reviews.
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Plain English and a glossary
Every trade term we use is explained the first time it appears: a consumer unit is the fuse box, an EICR is a condition report on your wiring, an RCD is the switch that trips to protect you. Our quotes, certificates and reports are written the same way, with a short plain-English summary at the top. If we have missed a term, the glossary covers more than a hundred of them, and it is the page our own apprentices use in their first year.
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Prices published, not hidden behind a phone call
Every service page carries a starting price including VAT and a short list of what changes it, from an EICR at £120 to a rewire from £3,400. The figures are the ones we actually charge, updated each January, and they have not changed mid-year since we started publishing them in 2019. If a quote comes in above the page price, the quote explains why in a sentence. We would rather lose the jobs where price is the only question than make you ring to find out.
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A testing and inspection lead, so certificates are done by a specialist
Paul Hesketh has done nothing but inspection and testing for us since 2015. He holds City & Guilds 2391, carries out every EICR, emergency lighting test and PAT visit we do, and sends the report within 48 hours. It means your certificate comes from someone who tests all day, every day, rather than from whoever installed the work and wants to get to the next job. It also means our own installations are checked by somebody other than the person who fitted them.
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We train the next generation
One new apprentice every two years since 2015, four qualified so far, two still on the team and one at college now. We give two guest talks a year at Blackpool and The Fylde College, host a try-a-trade afternoon for Level 1 students, take work experience pupils from three local schools and fund a £500 starter tool kit for one new local apprentice every September. A firm that trains has to do the job properly, because somebody is always watching and asking why.
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We are part of the place
Free winter safety checks for over-75s with Age UK, 60 homes in 2025. Kit and a defibrillator for Poulton Town Juniors since 2019. A free call-out for flood-damaged guest houses in the week after a named storm, done after Ciara in 2020 and Isha in 2024. A written no-pressure policy for anyone who wants a trusted person rung before work over £500 goes ahead. None of it is marketing. It is what you do when your customers are your neighbours.
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The same people for twenty years
Eight of us, and the newest qualified electrician joined in 2021. Mark has been here since 2008, Karen since 2012, Daniel since 2013, Paul since 2015 and Sarah since 2017. When you ring, Karen answers. When you book a rewire, the person who quoted it is usually the person who does it. Low turnover is what happens when people are paid fairly, trained properly and not sent out to upsell. It is also why our certificates from 2009 can still be explained by the person who signed them.
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Most electrician websites, and ours
We looked at every electrician ranking on the Fylde coast before we rebuilt this site. Here's what we decided to do differently.
| What you'll usually find | What we do |
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| Stock photos of vans and hard hats | Our actual team, named, with what each of them does, and no stock photos |
| Call for a quote | Guide prices on every service page, updated each January, and a written fixed quote at no charge |
| 24/7 emergency claims next to 9 to 5 hours | Honest hours, Monday to Saturday, and a real out-of-hours line for existing customers and landlords |
| A logo wall of accreditations with no explanation | Each scheme we belong to explained in a sentence, and a guide that tells you which ones actually matter |
| "Your fuse box is dangerous and needs replacing today" | A written report on what is wrong, what can wait, and a no-pressure policy for anyone who wants it |
| A contact form and a mobile number that goes to voicemail | Karen in the office from 8am, an email answered the same working day, and the founder on most first visits |
Registered, insured and accountable
Registration numbers are printed on every certificate and quote. Check us, or anyone else, on the NICEIC and TrustMark registers before you let them touch your wiring.
In customers' words
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★★★★★
New shop unit on Clifton Street needed wiring from bare walls. Daniel and his team put in the lighting, sockets, the till points and the external sign supply over a fortnight and kept to the opening date we had agreed with the landlord. Everything was tested and certificated before the shopfitters finished. They even came back to move a socket when the counter changed, no charge.
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★★★★★
We have a small care home and the annual emergency lighting test was due. Paul did the full three-hour discharge test, replaced two fittings that failed and left us with the certificate and a log sheet for our monthly checks. Everyone was DBS checked, which we have to ask about, and they were considerate with the residents. Booked again for next year.
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★★★★★
Yearly PAT testing on about ninety items across our two units. Paul got through it in a morning, labelled everything and the register came through as a spreadsheet the next day, which our insurer was happy with. Four stars only because a couple of the labels fell off within a few weeks, though they sent some replacements out when I mentioned it. Good service overall.
Want a price for a job?
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a written quote, usually within one working day. No call-out charge for quotes, no pressure.