Electrician in Rothwell, Leeds

Rothwell is a town in its own right, about five miles south-east of Leeds on the A639, and it was granted market rights in the 15th century. Its centre is mostly late 19th and early 20th century stone and red brick: short rows of through-terraces, Edwardian villas and the shops along Commercial Street near Holy Trinity Church. Inter-war semis followed, then large council estates north of the centre in the 1950s and, from the 1970s, private estates on the outskirts. Coal shaped the town until its last colliery closed in 1983, and that site is now Rothwell Country Park.

That spread of ages means very different electrics from one street to the next. A century-old terrace may carry wiring from several eras joined together, and a full house rewire is sometimes simpler than repairing it piece by piece. In 1930s and 1950s houses the consumer unit is often the first thing to date, and a consumer unit upgrade brings it up to current standards. If you are buying anywhere in LS26, an EICR tells you which camp your house falls into.