Quotes
What should you check before accepting a low EICR quote?
The useful question is what the figure includes. Published residential prices live on the cost guide. This page is the checklist for reading a quote against that scope.
Reviewed 5 October 2026 by Michael (Technical Supervisor) and George Opsenica (Director, Codeex Maintenance Ltd). General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Review details
- Michael: electrical guidance within the recorded review scope.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
Read the quote against the job
A lower quoted figure is not evidence that the inspection is the same job.
A quoted price may or may not include the inspection of the fixed installation, remedial work, VAT, the property type the band assumes, the extent of the report, and parking or travel.
This page makes no price-superlative claim and states no same-day offer.
| Item | Inspection quote | A different job |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed installation | The condition report | Repairing what the report later finds |
| Remedial work | Not included unless the quote says so | A separate instruction after the report |
| VAT | Ask whether the figure is excluding or including VAT | A headline that hides the rate |
| Property type | The residential band assumes a flat or a house of a stated size | A shop, office or HMO quoted as a studio |
| Report extent | What will actually be inspected, and any limitation | A certificate for new work only |
| Travel and parking | The configured travel fee where it applies, plus variable parking | A fixed parking sum this firm does not publish |
Walk through the quote in this order
1. Write the headline down
Keep the figure exactly as it was offered, then ask whether VAT is inside it or still to be added.
2. Match the property
The published residential bands are for a flat or a house of a stated size. A shop, office or HMO is not one of those bands.
3. Separate the repair
The inspection is the condition of the fixed installation. Remedial work is a later instruction unless the quote says it is included.
4. Ask about travel and parking
The Central London travel fee applies only where the postcode check applies. Parking is not turned into a fixed sum on this page.
5. Name the document
Ask whether the visit produces a condition report of the installation, or a certificate that describes new work only.
What this firm actually publishes
VAT is charged at 20% on the published residential figures.
Where the postcode check applies, the Central London travel fee is £18 excluding VAT.
Parking is variable and is not calculated as a fixed amount.
Commercial EICR pricing is a manual quotation, so a residential band is not a commercial price.
The bedroom and house bands are on the EICR cost guide. A commercial quotation is requested through the commercial EICR service.
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Compare the figure with the job.
Published residential prices are on the cost guide. A low number still has to say what it includes.
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