Emergency electrician in Streatham
Power cut, burning smell, tripping breaker or exposed live wiring — 24/7, no call-out fee.
From £95
first hour on site, including diagnosis. No call-out fee.
The characteristic Streatham emergency comes out of the 1970s and 80s partial rewires: a lighting circuit with no circuit protective conductor, where a modern metal light fitting has been installed on it and someone has had a shock. That is a genuine emergency and we isolate the circuit immediately. The other recurring one is the wall-mounted fuse box of that era failing at the main switch. Response times here are a little longer than the rest of the patch, and if you are closer to Norbury or Mitcham we will tell you honestly whether someone else can reach you faster.
The property types we see in Streatham
The 1930s semis around Streatham Vale and Furzedown are the defining stock — bay-fronted, cavity-walled, with generous loft space and accessible floor voids, which makes them the easiest properties on our patch to work in. Their weakness is the vintage of their last upgrade: a great many were partially rewired in the 1970s or early 80s, which means PVC cable that is genuinely old, wall-mounted fuse boxes of that era, and lighting circuits with no earth. Telford Park is larger Edwardian housing, much of it still whole houses. Streatham Hill has interwar mansion blocks with communal risers and, in several cases, original 1930s intake positions still in service.
What emergency call-out involves
We answer the phone 24 hours a day and aim to be with you in 60–90 minutes. There is no call-out fee: you pay for the first hour on site and nothing to get us there. If the fault is dangerous we make it safe before we quote anything.
You need us if
- Burning smell, scorch marks or a buzzing consumer unit
- Total loss of power when the neighbours still have theirs
- A breaker or RCD that trips again the moment you reset it
- Exposed, damaged or water-damaged wiring
- Sparking sockets, switches or light fittings
- Shocks or tingling from a tap, appliance or metal fitting
What's included
- 24/7 answered phone — a working electrician, not a call centre
- Attendance in 60–90 minutes across our patch
- Make-safe first: isolate the fault before anything else
- Fault traced and explained in plain English before we quote
- Most faults repaired on the first visit from van stock
- Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate on completion
The standard we work to
All emergency repairs are certified to BS 7671 (18th Edition) and notified under Part P where notifiable.
Getting to you in Streatham
Streatham is the furthest south we go and the response time reflects the run down the A23. Parking is markedly easier than the rest of the patch — much of SW16 is uncontrolled or lightly controlled, and most 1930s houses have a driveway, which makes van access simple and keeps costs down. The Streatham Hill mansion blocks need porter access for intake cupboards.
Questions about emergency call-out in Streatham
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For the rest of the questions people ask about emergency call-out — cost, timing, certification and what happens if we find a problem — see our emergency electrician page. The prices and standards are the same wherever we work.
Emergency call-out in neighbouring areas
We cover the whole of south west London from our Clapham base. Same prices, same hours, same certification.
Minutes to reach Streatham at best
first hour on site, including diagnosis. No call-out fee.
One rate, day or night. No call-out fee, no weekend premium.
Emergency call-out in Streatham?
We answer the phone 24 hours, 7 days a week and aim to be with you in 50–80 minutes. £95 — first hour on site, including diagnosis. No call-out fee.