Landlords

We specialise in working alongside builders and architects to provide you, the client, with the best job to meet your specifications for a competitive price.

We will happily work from plans to advise on everything from lighting designs to socket layouts.Sometimes things which could have slipped your mind in terms of the electrical installation may be spotted by us and installed whilst the build is taking place for little extra cost compared with the hassle of changing something after the decorators have finished.

Whilst the electrical work is being carried out, it is worth remembering about future plans you may have;additional outside lighting or security may mean that you need additional electrical installation work and some of this could be done at the time the build is taking place.  It is much easier to lay cables underground whilst builders are on site, than to have to dig up your brickweave drive.

Already in your home? Then our fully trained electricians can also provide you with additional sockets, external power & lighting, mains fire and carbon monoxide alarms (recommended over battery powered alarms), telephone points & electric showers.

We also carry out electrical installation condition reports and we strongly recommend that the electrics in your home are tested periodically to ensure the safety of you and your family.  You can’t see the wiring behind the wall or in the ceiling, so how do you know it is safe?

As a landlord, it is your responsibility to make sure that the electrical installation in your property is safe and maintained in a safe condition through the tenancy. The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations requires the landlord to ensure that any appliances in the property are safe and to take reasonable steps to ensure on-going safety.

The electrical installation of a property can be tested through an Electrical Installation Condition Report. Once we have carried out the test we will issue you with a report and an estimate for works for any work identified (if necessary). It is important to ensure that work is carried out on the property to rectify any safety issues before a tenant moves in and our engineers work to the current edition BS 7671, the UK standard for the safety of electrical installation.

The recent landlord legislation noted that there needed to be at least one working Smoke alarm on each storey of the property, and a working Carbon Monoxide alarm in any room that contains a solid fuel burning appliance.  It is recommended that these alarms should be tamper proof and fitted with fixed batteries that cannot be readily removed.

We also carry out electrical testing on House’s in Multiple Occupation (HMO) to ensure they meet the electrical regulations and the fire and emergency lighting regulations.

Any appliances can be checked through portable appliance testing, each tested item is labelled and we issue you a fully computerised report.

Orange Fox Electrical can carry out your electrical work quickly & safely, from fitting new sockets to full testing.  We are happy to contact and liaise with the tenant directly

There are a number of things you can consider to help prevent electrical hazards in the home.

• Does the property contains an adequate number of appropriately sited electrical sockets and appropriate lighting?
• Has the Electrical Installation been properly installed, maintained and checked (including earthed), there should be paperwork to back this up?
• Have RCD’s (Residual Current Devices) been installed to provide additional protection against electric shocks?
• Do you have smoke detectors/alarms installed and correctly sited which have been maintained and regularly tested?

As a landlord you are also responsible for providing adequate and safe cooking facilities (or cooker point) including adequate and appropriate lighting and ventilation.

Orange Fox Electrical know that you don’t want to be without electric, you need to turn the lights on, cook or watch TV after a hard day at work.  Help is only a phone call away, we aim to attend all emergency call outs within 1 hour with fully stocked vans.

If you have an emergency electrical issue then we will come out to you any time day or night,  you are only ever a call away from speaking to a trained engineer