Owning your own home

Just had an electric check. I suspected it would be bad, some of the work seemed to have been done by an enthusiastic amateur, but I wasn't expecting:

**thank you for your enquiry and as requested have visited the above premises and carried out a full test and inspection of the electrical installation and list deviations from IEE Wiring regulations as follows.

1. No bond to gas pipes at meter under consumer unit. (1)
   
2. Broken twin socket in kitchen. (2)
   
3. Broken twin socket on chimney breast in dining room. (2)
   
4. No earth to single socket in dining room. (1)
   
5. Open live connectors tucked behind panelling in mains cupboard. (1)
   
6. No circuit identification at consumer unit. (3)
   
7. Broken twin socket in 1st floor front bedroom. (2)
   
8. Excessive number of socket outlets bunched onto 1 x 16amp mcb with risk of overloading circuit
   – 5 x twin and 2 s single sockets. (2)
   
9. Excessive use of extension leads where sockets are limited including flexes run around door
   frame and extension leads plugged into extension leads. (2)
   
10. Boiler in bathroom plugged in via extension lead on landing with flex run along floor and under
    bath. (2)
    
11. All lights bunched onto 1 x 6amp mcb. (3)
    
12. Pendant in rear bedroom showing signs of overheating. (3)
    
13. No earth to ground floor and 1st floor lighting circuit therefore metal light fittings are not earthed.
    (1)
    
14. No fire rating to recessed lights on 1st floor landing. (2)
    
15. 240volt extract fan fitted over shower unit in loft room. (1)
    Recommendations
    Taking the above into consideration I would strongly recommend a complete rewire.**
    
    

£3900 plus VAT.