Allestree sits on the northern edge of Derby, with Allestree Park on one side and the Derwent valley on the other. The housing is mostly from the 1930s and the 1960s and 70s, so a lot of homes here are on their second set of wiring or still on their first. That makes rewires, board upgrades and EICRs the regular jobs. Many houses also have a drive, which keeps an EV charger simple. We look at the installation first and give you a written price before anything starts.
Electrician in Allestree
Allestree electrics, from the old village by St Edmund's Church to the Park Farm streets. Rewires, new boards and EV chargers, done by a NAPIT registered team.
Electrical work in Allestree
- DE22 postcodes
- About 3 miles from our Chaddesden base
- NAPIT registered, every job certified
Homes in Allestree
Allestree grew in 2 big waves. In the 1930s housing spread out around the old village centre. A second wave came in the 1960s and 70s around Park Farm and Blenheim Drive, with the Park Farm shops opening around 1963. The old village itself has been a conservation area since 1991, and Yew Tree Cottage on Cornhill is the last timber-framed thatched cottage left. The 1960s and 70s houses were wired in PVC cable, which often still tests well. Their original boards are another matter, usually rewireable or cartridge fuses with no RCD.
Allestree in numbers
From the 2021 Census, for the 3,270 households in the streets around Allestree.
- 50%of homes are detached (England: 23%). Bigger houses usually mean more circuits and longer cable runs, so a rewire or a new board takes a little more planning. Rewires
- 53%of households own their home outright (England: 33%). If you’ve lived somewhere for years and never had the wiring tested, an EICR tells you where it stands. Ours start at £150 plus VAT. EICRs and fuse boxes
- 47%of households have two or more cars or vans (England: 35%). Fitting a home charger you’ve bought yourself costs £450 plus VAT, and one well-placed charger can serve both sides of a drive. EV chargers
- 29%of homes have four or more bedrooms (England: 21%). Larger homes often outgrow their original board as kitchens, offices and garden rooms are added. Consumer unit upgrades
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence.
The jobs we do most here
Here the work splits between rewires and new boards in the 1930s houses, and EV chargers and EICRs on the Park Farm side.
Covering Allestree and nearby
We cover all of Allestree and the DE22 postcode, from Park Farm to the streets around Allestree Park, plus Darley Abbey and Quarndon nearby. Many homes here have been extended over the years, so we check that the consumer unit and earthing can take what has been added before quoting for more. Planning a kitchen, extension or loft conversion? Get us in early so the cabling is done before plastering.
Asked in Allestree
Does living in the Allestree conservation area change anything for electrical work?
Inside the house, very little. The conservation area covers the old village around St Edmund's Church, Siddals Lane and The Poplars. If you want a charger, outside light or camera on a wall facing the street, check with Derby City Council planning first. We can help you work out what to ask.
My Park Farm house still has its first fuse box. Is it dangerous?
Not by itself. An old board can work for years, but it has no RCD, so it will not cut the power fast if someone touches a live fault. We test the circuits first. If the cable is sound, a new consumer unit is often all that is needed, not a full rewire.
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Josh was great from start to finish. Good communication, turned up when he said he would, did a good job and left no trace of being there apart from the new lights!
Josh from JJS Electrical Solutions installed our EV charger and did a great job. He talked us through the options, turned up on time, and got everything fitted quickly and neatly…
Joshua and Nathan from JJS Electrical Solutions did an excellent job installing a new garage consumer unit fed by 6mm² SWA cable from the main board…
Josh was polite, professional and very helpful at the initial call, and swiftly arranged a home visit to follow-up. Josh arranged a team of three electricians to carry out work to install electrics and fuse box in a workshop…
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