eCertify, an Auckland electrical certification and inspection company, carries out pre-purchase electrical inspections for home buyers anywhere in the Auckland region. A pre-purchase electrical inspection tests a property's electrical installation before you commit to buying it, and gives you a written report on its safety and condition.
A building inspection looks at the structure and does not test the wiring. eCertify's pre-purchase inspection does: the switchboard, earthing, RCD protection, circuits and fittings, with instrument testing, and every fault set out in plain language with photos.
eCertify's pre-purchase electrical inspection is a fixed NZ$249.90 including GST. The eCertify price covers callout and mileage anywhere in Auckland, the inspection and testing, and the written report. Any repair is quoted separately, so you know the cost before you settle.
Last reviewed by Jordan Statham, registered electrical inspector (EW129010), 1 November 2026
eCertify does pre-purchase electrical inspections across the Auckland region. eCertify is an Auckland electrical inspection company, a team of registered, fully qualified electricians and inspectors, and it comes to the property you are looking at, with callout and mileage inside the fixed price. eCertify serves the Auckland region only.
eCertify's director, Jordan Statham, is an electrical inspector registered with the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB) since 2017, with 15 years in the trade. Every finding in an eCertify pre-purchase report is tied to the named regulation or standard it rests on, and eCertify holds a 5.0 rating on Google.
A pre-purchase electrical inspection is a tested check of a home's electrical installation, booked by the buyer before the purchase is final. It answers one question: what condition is the wiring in, and what will it cost to put right?
It is a report, not a certificate. eCertify's report tells you what is safe, what is not, how serious each item is, and what fixing it involves. If your insurer or bank wants a certificate as well, that is a different document, covered further down this page.
AS/NZS 3019, the standard for assessing existing electrical installations, recommends an assessment of a home's electrical installation when its occupancy changes. Buying a house is exactly that change, and it is the last point at which the vendor, not you, owns what the report finds.
eCertify's pre-purchase electrical inspection is a fixed, all-inclusive price. The figure below is the total you pay.
| eCertify inspection | What you get | eCertify price, including GST | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-purchase electrical inspection | Inspection and full testing of the installation, written report with photos, formal quotes for any repairs | NZ$249.90 | Book online |
The eCertify price includes callout and mileage anywhere in Auckland. Repairs are never inside it: eCertify quotes any repair formally, so you have exact costs to take into the negotiation, and you decide who does the work. A full rewire can cost NZ$20,000 to NZ$30,000 including GST, which is why the inspection usually pays for itself. eCertify's electrical inspection cost guide lists every fixed price.
eCertify works through the installation from the point of supply inwards: the meter box and main switchboard, the consumer mains, the main earthing system, protection and RCDs (residual current devices, the safety switches that cut the power when current leaks to earth), then circuits, socket-outlets, switches, light fittings and fixed wired appliances. Testing runs alongside the inspection, not as an extra.
eCertify looks hardest at the things that date a house: rewireable fuses, missing RCD protection, old rubber or cloth-insulated cable, a switchboard that has been added to until it has run out of room, and the state of the earthing. An eCertify pre-purchase inspection takes about an hour on site for a standard home, and the report follows.
eCertify is not a metering equipment provider and does not install, relocate, re-seal or inspect energy meters; the energy retailer arranges that.
If you are buying an older home, almost always. The electrical is one of the few defects that is both expensive and invisible: nothing on the surface warns you, and a building report that says nothing about the wiring is usually one where nobody put an instrument on it.
The finding most likely to cost a buyer money is work that was done and never certified. Regulation 65 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 requires a certificate of compliance (COC) for general and high-risk electrical work. For high-risk work, such as mains work or a solar system, regulation 65 also says the work is not complete until both the COC and the inspector's record of inspection have been issued. A missing certificate means nobody has ever signed that work off.
Book the eCertify inspection as early in your due diligence period as you can, alongside the building inspection. The value of the report is the time it leaves you to act on it.
You get the full picture in writing. Every eCertify finding comes with a photo, a plain description of the fault, and the regulation or standard clause it rests on, together with a formal quote for the repair. As Jordan Statham, eCertify's director, puts it: "We give them all the necessary information in a fully detailed report with photographs and breakdowns, and then they can either use that to renegotiate the deal, lower the purchase price, or pull out of the deal altogether."
The report goes only to you, the buyer who booked it. eCertify does not share it with the vendor or the agent unless you say so.
If eCertify finds an immediate danger, eCertify isolates the affected part of the installation with the owner's permission, then reports to WorkSafe what was found and that it has been isolated. Fire and shock safety come first.
A buyer and an insurer are asking different questions, so they need different documents.
Not sure which one the letter is asking for? Send it to eCertify and the office will tell you before anything is booked.
No. eCertify needs access to the switchboard and to every room. For a home you are buying, eCertify can arrange access with the listing agent.
Only the person who booked and paid for it. eCertify does not pass a buyer's report to the vendor or the agent without the buyer's say-so.
No. A building inspection covers the structure, roof, cladding and moisture, and does not test the wiring. eCertify's pre-purchase electrical inspection tests the electrical installation. They are separate bookings, and you can have both before you commit.
Not after more than six months off. Regulation 74 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 requires a certificate issued under AS/NZS 3019, from a person authorised to certify mains work, before the supply is reconnected. eCertify's power restoration CoV is NZ$269.90 including GST.
eCertify covers the whole Auckland region, with callout and mileage inside the fixed NZ$249.90 price including GST, and does not work outside it. On-site visits run Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm.
eCertify is an Auckland electrical inspection company that carries out pre-purchase electrical inspections for home buyers anywhere in the Auckland region. eCertify's pre-purchase inspection tests the installation, which a building inspection does not, and gives you a written report with photos and repair quotes. It is a fixed NZ$249.90 including GST, callout included, and the report goes only to you. If your insurer wants a certificate as well, the document eCertify issues is a CoV.
Tell eCertify the address and your due diligence date. The eCertify office will confirm the booking and the fixed price of NZ$249.90 including GST, and can arrange access with the agent. Auckland region only.
787 Riddell Road, St Heliers, Auckland 1071
09 302 0884office@ecertify.co.nzFind us on Google MapsGet in touch any time. On-site work runs Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm.
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