How much does a rewire cost in Reading?

The national averages are a starting point. What actually decides the number in Reading is which decade your street was built in — and around here that varies enormously street by street.

We work across Reading and the surrounding towns every week, and the single biggest driver of a rewire price locally is the age and construction of the property. A Victorian terrace in Newtown, a 1930s semi in Tilehurst and a 1970s house in Lower Earley are three completely different jobs, and only one of them probably needs rewiring at all.

Published UK average rewire costs, 2026

Property	Published average	Typical range
2-bed house	£4,800	—
3-bed house	£6,225	£4,450 – £8,000
4-bed house	£7,730	£6,080 – £9,380
5-bed house	£10,000	£7,500 – £12,500

Source: Checkatrade cost guide, retrieved September 2026. National averages including VAT, not Protec Elec Ltd prices. Our quotes are fixed and given in writing after we have seen the property. View the source.

What changes the answer

The things that actually matter.

Victorian and Edwardian terraces — Newtown, Katesgrove, Lower Caversham

This is where full rewires genuinely belong. Original rubber or fabric-insulated cable, no earth at the lighting points, and a board that predates RCD protection. Suspended timber floors usually make the cable routes straightforward, which helps the price; solid ground floors and tiled bathrooms do not.

1920s and 1930s semis — Tilehurst, Caversham Heights, Maidenhead

Mains electricity only reached Tilehurst in the 1920s, so the wiring in the oldest houses there was always a retrofit and has often been added to repeatedly. Brick and flint construction in parts of Caversham Heights changes how cables can be fixed and routed.

1960s and 1970s estates — Caversham Park Village, Bracknell, Thatcham

Usually not a rewire. The cable is generally sound; the board is the problem. On an estate like Caversham Park Village, where around 1,500 houses went up under one developer in a single window, we have a very good idea what is behind the cover before we take it off.

Post-1977 estates — Lower Earley, Woodley's airfield housing

Wired under the 15th and 16th Editions, so PVC throughout and properly earthed. A full rewire here is rare and usually unnecessary. If someone has quoted you for one, ask them what they found that made it necessary.

System-built and concrete construction — Dee Park, some post-war flats

Crosswall and Bison construction means you cannot chase into structural walls. The answer is surface containment and floor or ceiling voids, planned in advance. It is not more expensive if it is designed in; it is much more expensive if it is discovered halfway through.

Listed and conservation-area property — Windsor, Henley, parts of Caversham

Cable routes have to work with the building. Floor and ceiling voids, existing mouldings, no chasing into historic surfaces. That takes longer and it is the right way to do it, and any quote that does not mention it has not thought about it.

Questions

Questions we get asked about this.

Does a rewire cost more in Berkshire than the national average?

Published figures note that rates run higher in London and the South East, so the top of the national range is a more realistic starting point here than the middle of it. The bigger variable is still the property itself.

How do I know whether I need a full rewire or just a new board?

Testing. Not a visual guess, and not the age of the house. We test the existing circuits before we quote, and if the honest answer is that a consumer unit change will do, you will hear that from us.

Do you cover my town?

We are based in Reading and work across Berkshire, Oxfordshire and north Hampshire — Reading, Caversham, Tilehurst, Earley, Woodley, Wokingham, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor, Newbury, Thatcham, Henley-on-Thames and Basingstoke, plus the villages between them.

Is the quote fixed?

Yes. We survey, write the price down, itemise what is and is not included, and leave it with you. It does not move unless you change the scope.

Want a real number for your house?

Published averages only get you so far. Tell us about the job and we'll give you a fixed price in writing after a survey.

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