Partial rewire
Where the dangerous wiring is confined to part of the house.
$6,400 one floor or the knob-and-tube only
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
What rewiring an old house costs
Three scopes with real numbers, and the four things that decide which one your house needs.
Transparent pricing
Rewires priced by the house, after a survey
Two houses on the same Historic District block can differ by six thousand dollars depending on what the last renovation left in the walls. That is why every quote follows a survey.
Whole-home rewire
The full job, sequenced around you living there.
$14,500 typical 1.5-storey
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
- Every circuit replaced
- Power on every night
- As-built drawing included
- Insurer letter provided
- Two-year workmanship warranty
Rewire & panel
Wiring and the panel and service upgrade in one project.
$18,900 wiring and service together
- Failing runs replaced
- Permitted and inspected
- Runs photographed
- Patched to paint-ready
- Circuits labelled
- Every circuit replaced
- Power on every night
- As-built drawing included
- Insurer letter provided
- Panel replaced and service upgraded
- utility disconnect coordinated
- Five-year workmanship warranty
These are real numbers for a 1,300 square foot one-and-a-half storey with plaster walls. Two-and-a-half storeys, a finished basement in the way, or a house that has been renovated three times will be quoted higher — and the survey tells you which one you own before you commit to anything.
What decides a rewire price
Four things, all visible at the survey and all written into the fixed quote.
What is in the walls
Knob-and-tube fishes out reasonably. Cloth-wrapped runs stapled into studs do not.
Plaster or drywall
Lath and plaster costs more to open and much more to make good afterwards.
Whether the panel comes too
Doing the wiring and the service in one project is cheaper than two, two years apart.
Whether you are living there
An occupied house means sequencing so the power is on each night. That is real time and we price it honestly.
Worth doing while the walls are open
These are only inexpensive while access already exists. We list them at survey time so you decide once, not twice.
Whole-home surge protection
Type 2 device at the panel.
+$540
Additional circuit
Priced per circuit during the rewire.
+$165
Smoke & CO interconnect
Hardwired and linked.
+$180 per device
Exterior receptacle
GFCI, in-use cover, sealed penetration.
+$310
As-built drawing set
A drawn record for the next owner.
+$340
Attic insulation reinstatement
Coordinated with an insulation trade.
Quoted
Included at every scope
A partial rewire gets the same photographs, the same permit and the same patch standard as the largest job we do.
- A written scope naming the wiring era and material of every run
- Permits pulled and the your local utility inspection booked
- Photographs of every concealed run before it is covered
- Plaster fished rather than demolished wherever the run allows
- Patching taped, sanded and primed to paint-ready
- An as-built drawing of the finished circuits
Photographed before it is covered
Every concealed run is photographed and the set emailed to you before the plaster goes back. If a connection we made ever fails, we repair it and make good the finish — two years on a rewire, five when the panel is part of the same project.
FAQ
What owners of old houses ask
Send a photo of your basement joists to hello@example.com and we will identify the wiring era for free — no visit needed.
Is the survey free?
It is $320, credited in full if you proceed with us. A free survey pays for itself by finding a reason you need a rewire.
Is the price fixed?
Fixed after the survey. The survey exists so we are not guessing and you are not receiving change orders.
How do payments work?
A third at booking, a third at rough-in inspection, the balance when the patching is done.
How long is the warranty?
Two years on a rewire, five when the panel is included, written on the invoice.
Find out what is behind the plaster before your insurer does
Two hours, every accessible run identified by era and material, a written plan that separates what must be done now from what can wait a decade, and photographs you keep.