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A garden office is not a shed with a desk in it once you add heating, a kettle and a second monitor. This is the practical audit for cable, consumer units, RCD protection, heating loads and data before you commit.
An EICR is a survey, not a repair job — and a wasted visit costs you twice. Here's how the C1, C2 and C3 codes actually work, where older homes typically fall down, and the questions to ask before you book so the report becomes a plan rather than a surprise.
A 7kW charger, an air source heat pump and an induction hob squeezed onto an ageing 60-amp cut-out sounds like a recipe for trouble. Sometimes it is. Quite often, though, a bit of arithmetic and some smart load management mean the supply never needs touching at all.
EV chargers, heat pumps and solar all need the same thing: sound electrical foundations. Here is the sensible order to plan low-carbon upgrades in 2026, where hidden costs crop up, and how to avoid cheap installations that cost more later.