Electrician in Harehills, Leeds

Harehills sits on a hillside north-east of Leeds city centre, facing south over the city. Much of it was built up in the 1890s with closely packed back-to-back houses for workers, and the terraces still step up and down the slope between Roundhay Road and the two main shopping streets, Harehills Lane and Harehills Road. Banstead Park, the grassy slope at the heart of the area, looks back across Leeds.

Back-to-backs of this age were built before houses like them had electric wiring, so every circuit in them was added later, and many have been altered by several owners since. That history is why an EICR is the sensible first step before any bigger job, and why a consumer unit upgrade often follows when the report finds circuits with no RCD protection. A large share of Harehills housing is now let, which brings the five-yearly inspection rule for private landlords, and since February 2026 parts of the Gipton and Harehills ward also need a selective licence. Our landlord electrical safety work covers the certificate, the alarms and any remedial work the report calls for.

Where the meter and fuse board sit in a cellar, as they do in many Leeds terraces, mention any damp when you book. It affects where new equipment can safely go.