Electrician in Herne Bay

The town centre grew from an 1830 plan by the surveyor Samuel Hacker for a new town to be called St Augustine, laid out on a grid. The seafront clock tower, built in 1837, is described by Canterbury City Council as the first purpose-built free-standing clock tower in the country. Much of the centre sits in the Herne Bay conservation area.

In the Herne Bay Parade area, 59% of homes were built before 1919, according to the Valuation Office Agency, and 49% before 1900. Homes this old were built before mains electricity was common, so their wiring has been added and changed many times since. If yours has a mix of old circuits, an outdated fuse board or sockets added over the years, an EICR will show where you stand.

Herne Bay's Heron ward has a sizeable rented sector. At the 2021 Census, 28.0% of its households rented privately, 22.5% lived in purpose-built flats and 13.0% in flats within converted or shared houses.

Landlords must have each rented home's electrics inspected at least every five years. In a converted building we test each flat and the landlord's supply, issue clear reports and fix any defects they list.

Canterbury's HMO Article 4 direction covers the city and its surrounding area, and it doesn't reach Herne Bay. Mandatory HMO licensing still applies across the district, and Canterbury City Council's licence application asks for an EICR.

The council's list of major Local Plan sites includes about 1,300 homes at Hillborough, 800 at Strode Farm, 450 at Greenhill and around 670 at the former Herne Bay Golf Course.

If you've moved into one of these homes, we can add an EV charger, outdoor power, extra sockets or solar panels with battery storage, and make sure every addition is tested and certified.