Vendors - Pre-Sale Certificate of Verification (CoV)

About to put your Auckland property on the market? Eliminate roadblocks in the sale and purchase process and give prospective buyers peace of mind. Get your home certified now, before the sale.

Many insurers now require electrical certification before issuing cover on a new home purchase, and finance typically depends on cover being in place. Missing certification can hold up the process, prevent offers, cause agreements to fall through, and restrict the pool of buyers at auction.

Our registered inspectors verify your electrical system. If it's safe and up to code, we issue a CoV (Energy Works Certificate) on the day. If issues are found, small ones are resolved on site and larger ones quoted, with all additional costs confirmed before proceeding.

eCertify's fixed Auckland price is all inclusive: callout and mileage, inspection and testing, certification or full electrical report.

What certification actually does for the sale

It removes a reason to hesitate. A buyer who cannot get cover confirmed cannot get finance confirmed, and a buyer who cannot get finance confirmed either drops out or asks for more time. At auction that thins the room before bidding even starts, because the buyers who did their homework are the ones who found the problem.

Certifying before you list turns that from something a buyer discovers into something you hand them. It is one of the few pre-sale jobs where the cost is fixed, small and known in advance.

The standard itself says to check when a house changes hands

This is not just a sales argument. AS/NZS 3019, the standard that covers periodic assessment of an installation, notes that a verification is strongly recommended when the occupancy of a domestic dwelling changes. A sale is exactly that moment, and it is the one point in a house's life when nobody thinks to check the wiring.

The right time to book

Before the photographer, not after the first offer. If the installation is clean you go to market with the document in the file. If it is not, you find out while you still have time to fix it at your own pace and your own price, rather than under a conditional offer where the buyer sets both.

What we do on site

Our registered inspectors check the whole installation: the meter box and main switchboard, consumer mains, the main earthing system and electrode connections, protection and RCDs, then circuits, socket-outlets, switches, light fittings and fixed wired appliances, with full testing alongside the inspection. Older homes that have been extended or re-wired in stages are where the interesting findings usually are.

How long it takes

About an hour on site for a standard home. Where the installation is safe and up to code the certificate is issued on the day, before we leave. You can put it straight in the vendor disclosure pack.

If we find something

Small items are resolved on site, with the cost agreed with you first. Larger items are formally quoted so you can decide whether to fix them, price them into the sale, or disclose them and leave it to the buyer. All three are legitimate. What you cannot do well is make that decision in the middle of a conditional period, which is the whole argument for doing this early.

What the price includes

The price is fixed and includes GST. It covers callout and mileage anywhere in Auckland, the inspection and testing, and either your certificate or a full electrical report. Nothing is added for the visit afterwards.

Selling and buying at once? Our pre-sale and pre-purchase page covers both sides of the move.