Service area
Electrician and groundworksin Brownhills
One of our closest neighbouring areas, on the Staffordshire and West Midlands boundary, close enough that a Brownhills job is barely a journey for us at all.
Neighbouring our Burntwood base · NAPIT registered · 1-year guarantee
16 years
In the construction industry
NAPIT
Registered for electrical work
F-Gas
Certified for air conditioning
£5m
Public liability insurance
1 year
Guarantee on all trades
What we do in Brownhills
One of our closest neighbouring areas, on the Staffordshire and West Midlands boundary.
Next door to where we are based
Brownhills borders Burntwood, and our yard is on Springhill Road just the other side of that boundary. It is one of the quickest areas for us to reach, which makes a real difference for the jobs where speed matters: a circuit that keeps tripping, a board that smells hot, a blocked drain before a bank holiday.
It also means small jobs are worth our while. Plenty of firms will not travel for two hours' work; when you are five minutes away, one extra socket or a light that will not switch is a sensible job to take on.
Property types in Brownhills
Brownhills is a former mining town with a housing mix that reflects it: Victorian and Edwardian terraces along the older roads, large areas of inter-war and post-war semis, ex-local-authority stock, and newer infill. The older terraces are the ones where rewires and condition reports come up, often with rubber-insulated cable still in place behind original accessories. The post-war stock more commonly needs a board change, an earthing upgrade and a few circuits reworking.
Groundworks here tends to be extension and garden room foundations, drainage to new kitchens and bathrooms, driveways and soakaways, plus the occasional job where a previous owner's DIY patio has been draining into a wall for years.
What Brownhills customers call about
Fault finding and repairs, consumer unit upgrades, EICRs for landlords and house sales, partial rewires, extra sockets and outside power, EV chargers, and groundworks for extensions, garden rooms and driveways. We take on building work occasionally where it sits alongside work we are already doing.
We work out from 88B Springhill Road, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 4UJ. Whatever the trade, the same things apply: the company is NAPIT registered and F-Gas certified, Sam holds City & Guilds 2391 and the 18th Edition, every other operative holds a CSCS or ECS card, and the work carries a 1-year guarantee on all work. More about how we work.
Available in Brownhills
Services we carry out in Brownhills
Electrical work and groundworks are our primary trades; air conditioning and building work we take on occasionally.
Electrician in Brownhills
Faults found and fixed, sockets and lighting added, and everything tested and certificated by a NAPIT registered team.
More on electrician
EICR & Testing in Brownhills
An EICR that tells you plainly what's satisfactory, what isn't, and what it will take to put right.
More on eicr & testing
Fuse Board Upgrades in Brownhills
An 18th Edition board with RCD protection on every circuit, so a fault trips one circuit instead of the whole house.
More on fuse board upgrades
House Rewiring in Brownhills
A full or partial rewire planned around you living there, with certification at the end that satisfies lenders and landlords.
More on house rewiring
EV Chargers in Brownhills
A charger sited where you actually park, on a circuit sized for it, with the earthing done properly.
More on ev chargers
Air Conditioning in Brownhills
F-Gas certified installation and servicing for rooms that overheat in summer and need warming in winter.
More on air conditioning
Building Work in Brownhills
Brickwork, blockwork and structural alterations taken on when they sit alongside the groundworks or electrics we're already doing.
More on building work
Groundworks in Brownhills
Foundations, drainage, slabs and muck-away done to level, so the trades that follow you aren't fighting the ground.
More on groundworks
Drainage & Foundations in Brownhills
Drainage that runs and foundations that hold, dug and laid to the depths the job and the ground need.
More on drainage & foundations
Why us here
Why customers in Brownhills use us
No invented statistics, just what we can stand behind.
Five minutes up the road
Our base is on Springhill Road, Burntwood, on the Brownhills boundary. That is as local as it gets without living next door.
Small jobs still welcome
Because Brownhills is so close, short jobs are practical for us to take on rather than being priced out by travelling.
16 years and the right tickets
NAPIT registered, F-Gas certified, City & Guilds 2391, 18th Edition, Gold ECS card, CSCS or ECS carded team, 16 years in the trade.
Insured and guaranteed
£5m public liability, £10m employers' liability, £250,000 professional indemnity, and a 1-year guarantee on the work.
Local conditions
What comes up in Brownhills
Property age, ground conditions and drainage here shape what we find when we open a board or dig a trench.
Old mining ground
Brownhills grew on coal, and the legacy shows up in gardens as made ground, buried brick and inconsistent bearing. Any deep dig here deserves a trial hole before a price is fixed, so you are not told halfway through that the foundation needs another metre.
Rubber cable in the older terraces
In pre-war Brownhills property we still find rubber-insulated wiring, sometimes only on part of the installation. It looks sound at the accessory and is cracked where it runs warm under floors. Testing separates the two; opinion does not.
Standing water and flat plots
Parts of Brownhills sit low and flat, with heavy soil that holds water rather than shedding it. Patios, driveways and extensions need levels and a working outlet designed in, otherwise the water ends up against the brickwork.
Layered DIY additions
A lot of housing here has decades of well-meant additions, spurs off spurs, garage supplies in flex, outside sockets with no RCD. Individually minor, collectively the reason a modern board keeps tripping. Finding and correcting them is usually cheaper than a rewire.
Our process
How a job in Brownhills runs
The same sequence every time, so you know what happens next and when.
01
You call or send details
Phone Sam on 07812 971397 or send the job through the form. Tell us the address, what the problem or plan is, and when you need it done.
02
We look at the job
For anything beyond a small repair we come and look. Guessing at a price from a description helps nobody, and a site visit catches the things a photo hides.
03
You get a price for your job
We work on day rates that vary with the operatives and plant a job needs, so you get a price for your actual job rather than a published figure that never fits.
04
Booked in and carried out
We agree a start date, turn up when we said, and keep you told if anything on site changes what we found.
05
Certified, tidied, guaranteed
Electrical work is tested and certificated, the site is cleared, and the work carries a 1-year guarantee. If something isn't right, you call us and we come back.
What customers say
Reviews from the electrical side of the business
Every review below was left for electrical work carried out as Stretton Electrical. We use them as proof of how we work, not as evidence of groundworks, aircon or building jobs.
“Done a full rewire and remodelling of my humble home and co-ordinated with other trades marvellously to pull it together.”
“I've used Stretton Electrical twice now and have been really pleased with the work. On both occasions the job was neat and the area left tidy.”
“Sam was great. He came as soon as possible and identified the issue immediately. He fixed it promptly and went above and beyond.”
Nearby
Areas near Brownhills we also cover
We work across Staffordshire and West Midlands from our base in Burntwood.
Straight answers
Brownhills: questions we get asked
Coverage, response times, cost and availability, answered as plainly as we can.
Do you cover Brownhills?
Yes, it borders our base in Burntwood and is one of the closest areas we work in.
How fast can you get to Brownhills?
Very quickly, traffic allowing, because we are only the other side of the boundary. For urgent faults we will tell you on the phone whether we can come the same day.
Will you come out for a small job?
Yes. Being this close means a one or two-hour job is still worth doing, which is not true for firms travelling in from further away.
What does work in Brownhills cost?
We price on day rates that vary with the operatives a job needs, so you get a price for your job rather than a published figure that may not fit it.
Do you do emergency work in Brownhills?
Our hours are 8am–6pm Monday to Friday, with occasional weekends. We are not a 24-hour call-out service, isolate anything dangerous at the board and call an emergency electrician, or 105 for a supply fault.
Can you do an EICR for a rental property here?
Yes, with a plain-English report covering what is satisfactory, what is coded and why, and what putting it right involves.
Do you dig foundations in Brownhills?
Yes, and on former mining ground we trial-hole first so the quoted depth reflects what is actually there.
Can you fit an EV charger?
Yes, supply and earthing checked, unit sited for how you park, installed on its own circuit with the correct protection.
Are you insured?
£5m public liability, £10m employers' liability and £250,000 professional indemnity. Certificates available on request.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes, a 1-year guarantee on the work we carry out, and electrical work is tested and certificated.
Need an electrician or groundworker in Brownhills?
We are minutes away. Call Sam on 07812 971397 or send the details of the job.
Request an estimate
Tell us about the job
Send the details and we'll come back to you with a price for your specific job. If it's urgent, call instead, you'll get through to Sam or someone on the team.
- Phone
- 07812 971397
- info@stret.co.uk
- Hours
- 8am–6pm, Monday to Friday · occasional weekend work
- Covering
- Staffordshire and West Midlands, from our base in Burntwood