Holiday Let & Caravan Park Electrical Testing, Yorkshire Dales

A holiday let is a business, and the rules follow from that.

Holiday lets sit outside the five-yearly rule that covers private tenancies. They come under fire safety law instead, which means the owner needs a written fire risk assessment, and the alarms and any emergency lighting have to be tested and kept in working order.

Most holiday let insurers go further and expect an EICR on a regular cycle, commonly every five years, with the portable appliances tested every year. A national registration scheme for short lets is also on its way, currently expected from March 2027, and having the paperwork in one place before then is the easy option.

Meter cabinets and a wall-mounted isolator with the conduit run between them, clipped in line, the kind of supply an inspection starts from. — Tested between guests, not during their stay

Caravan parks, and why the pitch supply matters.

Caravan and camping parks have their own section of the wiring regulations. Pitch supply points, the earthing arrangements and the distribution that feeds them all have to suit an installation where people plug in, unplug and move on every few days, outdoors and in all weathers.

Site licences commonly set a regular inspection of the electrical installation, often every year. That is work for somebody comfortable with sub mains, three phase distribution and outdoor equipment, which is the same kind of work this business does on farms across the area.

What is covered

What this covers.

EICRs for holiday cottages and lets
PAT testing of the appliances guests use
Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms supplied, fitted and tested
Fire alarm and emergency lighting testing
Caravan and camping park pitch supplies inspected and tested
Remedial work quoted separately
One visit a year that covers the lot, booked round your changeovers

Priced after a look at what is actually there. A figure over the phone on work like this would be a guess, and a guess is how people end up with a second, bigger number halfway through.

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One visit a year instead of four.

Rather than an EICR one year, a PAT test another and an alarm check whenever somebody remembers, everything can be brought onto one annual visit with one set of paperwork. The visit goes in on a changeover day or a quiet week, and a reminder can be sent before the next one falls due.

For owners with several cottages, or a park with a run of pitches, the visits can be planned together.

See EICRs and Minor Works

Where

Covered across North Yorkshire.

This work goes out across the whole patch, from Swaledale and Wensleydale down to York and Harrogate.

HuntonHunton is home.See the area RichmondRichmond and the villages around it, from the market place down to the river.See the area Reeth and SwaledaleReeth and up the dale beyond it.See the area Hawes and Upper WensleydaleHawes and Upper Wensleydale.See the area LeyburnLeyburn and the surrounding part of Wensleydale.See the area Catterick and Catterick GarrisonCatterick, the Garrison and the estates around them.See the area

Hunton Richmond Reeth Hawes Leyburn Catterick Bedale Northallerton Darlington Harrogate York Middlesbrough Ripon Thirsk All areas

Also

The rest of the board.

RewiresFull and partial rewires, and consumer unit replacements carried out to the 18th Edition of the wiring regulations.Read more EICRsAn Electrical Installation Condition Report is an inspection and test of the whole electrical installation, written up so you can read it.Read more Fault findingTripping breakers, dead sockets, lights that flicker when the kettle goes on, a fault that only shows up when it rains.Read more

Everything we cover EV chargers

Questions

Worth knowing before you ring.

Does a holiday let legally need an EICR?

Not under the five-yearly rule for private tenancies, which does not cover holiday lets. Fire safety law does apply, though, and in practice most holiday let insurers expect a current EICR, so most owners treat it as a requirement. If your insurer has asked for one, it is worth doing before the renewal rather than after.

Can you work round our bookings?

Yes. Testing in a cottage is best done between guests, so it gets booked on a changeover day or a gap in the calendar. Say which days are free and the visit is planned round them.

Do you test caravan park pitch supplies?

Yes. Pitch supply points, the distribution that feeds them and the earthing arrangements are inspected and tested, and anything that needs putting right is quoted separately.

We have several cottages. Can they be done together?

Yes, and it is the sensible way to do it. A group of cottages, or a park with a run of pitches, can be planned as one job with one set of paperwork.

Can we add an EV charger for guests?

Yes, and it is worth thinking about at the same time as the testing. There is a separate page on charging for businesses, farms and holiday lets.

Ready for the next booking, and the one after.