Electrics and gas
The kitchen looks newly wired and there is no electrical certificate in the pack. What has the survey not been given about who did that work?
The survey has not been given the name of the person who did the kitchen wiring, or any certificate for that work. The kitchen looks newly wired, which is an appearance: new faces, new points, perhaps a new cable where it shows. There is no electrical certificate in the pack. Looking new does not identify an electrician, a scheme, or a tester. The home survey has not tested the new work and has not invented the missing paperwork. Who did it, and on what authority, is the gap.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
Kitchens are often rewired when they are refitted, and the joinery can hide the cables the same week. A tidy splashback is not a record of design, of testing, or of who signed. The surveyor can say the installation looks recent and that no certificate was provided to them. They should not guess that a competent person notified the work, or that nobody did. Those are facts to be found in papers or from the seller, not from the colour of a socket.
Ask the solicitor to raise the kitchen electrics in enquiries: who did the work, and where is the certificate or the building-control trail. Until that arrives, do not tell a lender the new kitchen wiring has been certified. If you want the circuits checked regardless of the paper, that is an electrician's inspection, separate from the home survey. Keep the survey limit in one line. The work looks new, and the survey was not given the who or the certificate.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- What about the kitchen wiring looked new, and what certificate was absent?
- Were you given any name for the person who did that work?
- Have you avoided treating a new appearance as a tested installation?
What are the typical next steps?
- Record that no electrical certificate and no name were given for the kitchen.
- Ask the solicitor to enquire who did the work.
- Do not describe the new kitchen wiring as certified.
Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.
Also asked about this
If the sockets match the rest of the house, was it the same job?
Not necessarily. Matching sockets are a look. The survey has still not been given who wired the kitchen or a certificate for it, and matching faces do not create that paper. The pack still lacks the name and the certificate.
Does a building-control stamp on the extension cover the kitchen rewire?
Only if the stamp actually includes that electrical work, which the survey has not been shown. A stamp for something else is not a certificate for the kitchen wiring, and no electrical certificate was in the pack. The kitchen paper is still missing.