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A visual condition report records the observed condition of a domestic electrical installation from a visual inspection only, without dead or live testing. It is useful at the point of a house purchase, a quick landlord check, or where a full inspection and test cannot yet be carried out.
TradePlanr gives you a clear visual checklist covering the consumer unit, earthing and bonding, accessories, signs of overheating and safe access, plus an unbounded schedule for observations with BS 7671 classification codes.
The report states plainly that no testing was carried out and, where appropriate, recommends a full Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR).
A visual condition report is used where a quick, visual-only assessment is appropriate — for example a pre-purchase check or an interim landlord look — and where full inspection and testing is not being carried out.
It does not replace an EICR. Where testing is required, or the property is rented under the PRS Regulations, a full EICR must be issued.
Record the purpose and extent, and confirm the report is visual only with no testing.
Tick off each visual item and note anything of concern as an observation with a code.
Give an overall outcome and recommend a full EICR where the installation needs testing.
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No. A visual condition report is based on a visual inspection only, with no testing. An EICR includes inspection and testing and is the report required for rented properties and most compliance purposes.
For a quick, visual-only assessment such as a pre-purchase check, where a full inspection and test is not being carried out. It should recommend a full EICR where one is needed.
The periodic inspection report for existing installations, with observations and codes.
The landlord EICR for rented homes in England, with the 28-day remedial and copy-to-tenant duties built in.
The notification issued on the spot when a C1 or C2 dangerous condition is found.
Maximum earth fault loop impedance for BS EN 60898/61009 devices.
Expected conductor resistance for a run from OSG Table I1 values.
Fault current from a measured loop impedance.
Calculated Zs for a circuit from external loop and conductor resistances.
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