Socket and lighting installation in Battersea
Extra sockets, downlights, outdoor lighting and USB points — the small jobs, done properly.
From £85
additional double socket, fitted and tested.
Battersea flats are chronically short of sockets because the 1980s conversions installed the bare minimum. Lavender Hill kitchens are the usual job: a single double socket where a modern kitchen needs six. Solid brick party walls mean chasing rather than cavity runs, so we quote per room rather than per socket — doing a whole room at once is far cheaper than three separate visits. In the mansion blocks around Battersea Park, lighting alterations often need consent because the ceilings are original lath and plaster.
The property types we see in Battersea
The Shaftesbury Park Estate and the streets off Lavender Hill are 1870s–1890s two-storey terraces, most now split into two or three flats. The conversions matter more than the age: when a house is divided, the original single supply is usually split with tails run through common parts to sub-boards, and the earthing arrangement at the sub-boards is very often incomplete. Around Battersea Park you get larger Victorian villas and 1930s mansion blocks with shared risers. North of the tracks, Nine Elms and the Power Station development are new-build with modern three-phase infrastructure — very few faults, but almost every job needs building-management consent before we can start.
What sockets & lighting involves
An extra double socket spurred from a nearby point is £85 fitted; a new socket on its own run is £120 to £160 depending on the route. We do small work as fixed-price jobs, not hourly, so you know the cost before we arrive.
You need us if
- Extension leads permanently in use because there are not enough sockets
- You want USB-C sockets, or sockets behind a wall-mounted TV
- Downlights, under-cabinet or feature lighting for a kitchen
- Outdoor lighting, garden power or a shed supply
- Dimmers that buzz, or LED lamps that flicker and glow when off
- A new light fitting that needs an earth the existing circuit does not have
What's included
- Fixed price agreed before the visit for standard jobs
- Cable chased in and made good, not surface-clipped unless you ask
- Correct LED-compatible dimmers — the usual cause of flicker and buzz
- Outdoor work in properly rated IP65 equipment on an RCD-protected circuit
- Circuit tested and existing protection verified before we add to it
- Minor Works Certificate for every alteration
The standard we work to
New points and circuits installed to BS 7671 (18th Edition); bathroom and outdoor work notified under Part P where required.
Getting to you in Battersea
Most of SW11 is Wandsworth controlled parking, generally Monday to Friday, and we carry a trade permit. Around Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill parking is genuinely difficult at any hour, which is the main reason our Battersea response times run a little longer than the distance suggests. For the Nine Elms and Power Station blocks we need concierge access booked in advance — tell us the block when you call and we will arrange it.
Questions about sockets & lighting in Battersea
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For the rest of the questions people ask about sockets & lighting — cost, timing, certification and what happens if we find a problem — see our socket and lighting installation page. The prices and standards are the same wherever we work.
Sockets & lighting in neighbouring areas
We cover the whole of south west London from our Clapham base. Same prices, same hours, same certification.
Minutes to reach Battersea at best
additional double socket, fitted and tested.
One rate, day or night. No call-out fee, no weekend premium.
Sockets & lighting in Battersea?
We answer the phone 24 hours, 7 days a week and aim to be with you in 45–75 minutes. £85 — additional double socket, fitted and tested.