How does an EICR differ for a flat and a house?

A house inspected as one home usually has its supply, its consumer unit, and its circuits inside that building. A flat often has a consumer unit inside the demise and a supply that arrives through parts of the block the resident does not control. The inspector records the extent of what was actually inspected. Property type alone does not decide that extent.

Two flats in the same block can differ. One may have a single board by the front door. Another may have a board in the flat and a switch-fuse in a riser. Two houses can differ just as much when one has an outbuilding or a second board in a garage.

• Someone must be able to reach every board that is in the agreed extent. A locked riser is a limitation until the key is there.
• More than one distribution board means more schedules. The report should say which board each schedule belongs to.
• Lofts, cupboards under stairs, and external meters are ordinary access points in houses. They are not a reason to assume a flat has the same route.
• A limitation means those parts were not confirmed. Do not treat a flat report as a survey of the block.

A report limited to one flat does not describe the common parts of the block. Lights, smoke control, a landlord's distribution board, and a shared rising main are outside a flat-only extent unless the inspection was agreed to include them.

That boundary is about scope. It is not a statement that one type of home is always a larger or smaller job, and it is not a price comparison.

Current residential inspection prices are the bands published on the cost page. This page does not repeat them, and it does not say that a flat is cheaper than a house or the other way round. Bedroom count, the building, and what is included in the visit are read there, not from a 2025 article.

How the visit is carried out is on the EICR testing page. Written prices are on the EICR cost page.