Industry News — February 2026
Same-Day EICR Certificates Now Available Across Essex and London — Removing a Key Tenancy Bottleneck
Con-fused is offering letting agents and property managers same-day electrical inspection certificates across seventeen areas, eliminating one of the most persistent delays in the tenancy process.
For letting agents managing multiple landlord clients, the EICR bottleneck is a familiar headache. A prospective tenant is ready, the landlord wants the property let, but the electrical certificate is sitting in a queue. Days pass, momentum stalls, and the let is delayed.
Con-fused has built its new same-day EICR service directly around this operational reality. Agents can now book an inspection on behalf of a landlord client, have an engineer on site the same day, and have the signed certificate in hand before end of business — ready to attach to the tenancy agreement and satisfy the legal compliance requirement before the tenant moves in.
The obligation is clear under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020: landlords must provide a valid EICR to new tenants before the tenancy starts. Failure to comply carries financial penalties and puts both landlord and agent in an exposed position. Con-fused’s same-day service closes that compliance gap on the tightest of timelines.
“Agents tell us the same thing: the inspection isn’t the problem, the wait for the paperwork is. We’ve fixed that. Book before 10am, engineer attends the same day, certificate issued digitally the same afternoon.”— Con-fused
Available Across 17 Locations
The service is currently live across the following areas, with locally based engineers available for same-day dispatch:
- EICR Essex
- EICR Chelmsford
- EICR Colchester
- EICR Brentwood
- EICR Romford
- EICR Ilford
- EICR Braintree
- EICR Harrow
- EICR Croydon
- EICR Southend
- EICR Bromley
- EICR Basildon
- EICR Billericay
- EICR Benfleet
- EICR Barking
- EICR Dagenham
- EICR Leigh-on-Sea
Coverage spans Essex, the Thames Estuary corridor through Southend, Basildon and Leigh-on-Sea, and into Greater London through Romford, Ilford, Barking, Dagenham, Harrow, Croydon and Bromley. All inspections are carried out by NICEIC-registered engineers to BS 7671 standard.
Agents managing multiple properties can contact Con-fused directly to discuss account arrangements. To book or check same-day availability: www.con-fused.co.uk.