How do I check whether an EICR is genuine?

• The address on the report is the address that was inspected, including the flat number.
• The inspection date is filled in, and it is not a date after you received the file.
• The report has the usual parts: details of the installation, observations, and the test schedules, not only a one-page letter.
• The distribution board and the circuits described could belong to that home. A schedule for a three-bedroom house is a warning on a studio.
• Observations, where there are any, name a location or a circuit. A page of codes with no words is not a finished report.
• Declaration and signature sections are completed. A blank signature block is a reason to ask, not a reason to publish the file.

Contact the company named on the report, using a phone number or address you find independently, not only the number printed if you already doubt the file. Ask them to confirm the address, the date, and the inspector. A contractor who carried out the inspection can usually explain a limitation or an observation without being fed the answers.

For a specified tenancy in England, the statutory question is whether the person is competent to do the inspection and test. Regulation 3(8) does not name a scheme. This page does not rank the schemes and does not say membership is the legal test. No logo is not proof of a fake, and a logo copied onto a PDF is not proof the visit happened.

Do not post the report, the address, or the inspector's signature on a forum or a social network to ask strangers if it looks real. That publishes someone else's job and the occupier's address.

Do not treat a tidy cover page as the inspection. The useful pages are the ones that list circuits, readings, and observations. If those pages are missing, ask for them before you rely on the result.

Who can carry out an EICR is explained on the competence guide. If you need the property inspected again, use EICR testing.