Little Eaton lies in the Derwent valley just beyond the A38, with a village centre of stone and brick cottages and traces of the Little Eaton Gangway, the old horse-drawn tramway that once brought coal down from Denby. Older properties here can hide surprising wiring, from extensions of extensions to circuits nobody has tested in years. We inspect first, give you a clear picture of what is needed, and carry out the work with care for the building. Newer homes in the village tend to want EV chargers and garden lighting, which we also install.
Electrician in Little Eaton
Electrical work in Little Eaton, from gritstone cottages in the old village to later family homes. NAPIT registered and respectful of older properties.
Electrical work in Little Eaton
- DE21 postcodes
- About 3 miles from our Chaddesden base
- NAPIT registered, every job certified
Homes in Little Eaton
Little Eaton has been a conservation area since 1978. Many of its older buildings are gritstone from local quarries, often mixed with red brick. Its 15 listed buildings are mostly farmhouses and barns, some converted to homes, with Elms Farmhouse of 1704 the oldest. The Blue Mountain cottages are a terrace of 14 built around 1850 for workers at the Peckwash paper mill, and the mill itself is now a house. Gritstone walls are thick and hard. Low ceilings leave little room for cables above, so routes need planning before we price.
Little Eaton in numbers
From the 2021 Census, for the 2,150 households in the streets around Little Eaton.
- 59%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
- 52%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
- 56%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
- 5%of homes heat with oil, bottled gas or solid fuel (England: 5%). Off the gas grid, an air conditioning unit can heat a room as well as cool it. Can air con heat your home?
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence.
The jobs we do most here
Little Eaton brings rewires in older cottages, replacement boards and outdoor lighting.
Covering Little Eaton and nearby
We cover Little Eaton and the DE21 villages to the north of Derby, including Breadsall, Duffield and Horsley. Thick stone walls and low ceilings need a thoughtful approach to cable routes, so we survey before we price.
Asked in Little Eaton
We've bought a converted barn in Little Eaton. How do we know the conversion was wired properly?
Ask for the electrical certificate and building regulations completion from the conversion. If you can't get them, an EICR will show whether the wiring is safe and protected. Barn conversions often have long cable runs and outbuilding supplies, which we check carefully.
Our Blue Mountain cottage has very low ceilings. Can we have better lighting?
Yes. Low-profile ceiling lights or wall lights work well where pendants would be in the way. Cables can often run through the floor above rather than across the ceiling. We'll suggest fittings that give good light without making the room feel lower.
Need an electrician in Little Eaton?
A free, written quote from a local NAPIT-registered team, with honest, transparent pricing.
Get a free quoteOr call 01332 492475What we do in Little Eaton
From£3,500 + VATFull Rewires
Prices and details
From£650 + VATFuse Box Replacement
Prices and details
Typical£450 + VATEV Charger Installation
Prices and details
From£1,495 inc VATAir Conditioning
Prices and details
QuotedPer jobCommercial Electrical
Prices and details
Typical£70 + VATFault Finding & Repairs
Prices and details
From£80 + VATLighting & Sockets
Prices and details
QuotedPer jobSmoke & Fire Alarms
Prices and detailsWhat Derbyshire says
4.946 Google reviews
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…
Very efficient and reliable very pleased with work done.
Your Little Eaton electrician, done properly.
Send us the details and the postcode. One of the team gets back to you to book a free visit and give you a written quote.