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"We could upgrade the electrical protection for the two circuits that used to feed the off peak supplies. These are the underfloor heating in the lounge and the storage heater spur in the bedroom. These two circuits will be rerouted to the existing consumer unit and protected with two new RCBOs, these are combined circuit breaker and residual current device."
Sounds like he's giving me the cheaper option of keeping the current consumer unit and adding RCBOs for the big stuff rather than swapping the whole unit out?
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Seems higher than usual for a 1 bed but not by much.
A full EICR should include checking the condition of the electrical outlets, switches, lighting etc. including polarity checks. In some cases the checks can be 'samples'. The reason some landlords are paying less can be because they have had a full EICR and nothing has been changed since so it's easier to check a few sockets and check the wiring isn't degrading.
What's interesting is they've offered you a dual rcd board, that tech is at the end of it's cycle now and the new style will be all rcbo's. More convenient for the end user.