BestilleElektriker.no: Find the best electrician near you
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Send us a short description of your electrical job, and we’ll help you find the best suited electrician for your particular project.
Your contact information will only be used in connection with the request. Your personal data will not be disclosed to unauthorized persons.
Three simple steps to book an electrician
1. Send a request
Fill out the request form with a short description of the task you want to get done.
All requests about electrical work are processed as soon as possible.
2. Receive your free quote
You will receive a free and non-binding price quote from an electrician near you soon after your request has been sent.
Once you approve the price quote, a suitable time for the electrical work is scheduled.
3. The work is carried out
A local electrician will show up at the scheduled time and carry out the electrical work quickly and to a high quality standard.
BestilleElektriker.no partners with skilled and qualified electricians all across Norway.
What electrician jobs can I get a quote for?
Through our collaboration with electricians across the country, you can get quotes for all kinds of electrical jobs, large and small, residential and commercial.
Whether you’re looking for a quote to fit a socket, install an electric car charger or completely renovate a house, we can put you in touch with a qualified electrician in your area.
Do you have an electrical job? Get a no-obligation quote.
What does an electrician cost?
The cost of an electrician depends primarily on the size of the job, but there are also local differences. Electrician jobs are done either on a fixed price or hourly rate, depending on your requirements and the type of job you need done.
The hourly rate for electricians ranges from around NOK 700,– to NOK 1.100,– but there are also electrician companies that can be either more or less expensive than this.
Some price examples for electricians:
- Fuse box: price from NOK 15.000,–
- Electric car charger with installation: price from NOK 10.000,–
- Stove guard: price from NOK 4.250,–
- Pre-assembled socket: price from NOK 2.000,–
- Pre-assembled downlights: price from NOK 1.000,–
- Electrical check: price from NOK 3.000,–
- Underfloor heating: price from NOK 1.000,– per m²
What should you consider before booking an electrician?
Before getting a quote from an electrician, it is important to have a good plan behind the job to be done.
Think carefully about what your actual needs are:
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Final result
Do you have a clear idea of what you want the outcome to be? -
Budget
What costs have you calculated and which pricing model do you prefer? -
Quality
What materials should be used and who is responsible for purchasing them? -
Timetable
When should the mission start and when should it end?
Offers from electricians through BestilleElektriker.no
Get quotes for electrician services across the country.
BestilleElektriker.no is a service that helps private individuals and companies find the right electrician for your job. We work with serious and skilled electricians who take on assignments throughout the country.
Electrician price: Hourly rate or fixed price?
Whether you should choose a fixed price or an hourly rate for your job is difficult to predict. There are several factors that can affect the price, and you won’t know what would be worthwhile for your project until the project is completed. In most cases, you will end up paying more or less the same, regardless of which payment model you choose.
Hourly rate for electrical work
If you choose the hourly rate, you simply pay for the number of hours it takes to do the job, from start to finish. This is the most common payment model for most trades, and one that is basically fair for all parties.
What some people fear about hourly rates is that the electrician could, in theory, choose to spend more time than necessary just to increase the price tag. If you choose a reputable electrician, this is not something you need to worry about.
Fixed price for electrical work
Fixed price is best suited for those who have a pre-defined budget and clear budget limits to stick to. With a fixed price, the electrician will estimate the expected time spent in advance, and the price you are quoted is the only one you must deal with throughout the process.
What you must consider with a fixed price is that the electrician is not willing to take all the risk if there are any unexpected time thieves. Therefore, the electrician will usually add a surcharge to ensure that the electrician does not lose money on the job.
Because of the mark-up that is often added to a fixed price quote, it is not possible to predict what will work for your project. With a fixed price, if the electrician spends more time than initially estimated, the fixed price will pay off. If the electrician spends less time than initially estimated, an hourly rate would be worthwhile.
Ultimately, it’s about what the customer is most comfortable with. For many, a fixed price will be perceived as safe, as there is only one price to deal with.
What affects the price of an electrician?
The electricians in your area may have very different levels of experience. Some may have just finished their apprenticeship, some may have been doing it for a couple of years, while others may have decades of experience. The length of experience will of course be a factor that can affect the price.
Different electricians may also have different experience and expertise in specific areas, such as total house renovation. It would be natural for an electrician who specializes in total renovation to have a higher hourly rate than an electrician who has never taken on such a job before.
Beyond this, there are some costs that may not be considered in advance, but which must always be included in the price calculation: start-up costs, material costs and material surcharges. Depending on the size and scope of the job to be done, these costs can greatly affect the final price.
Start-up cost
The electrician charges for all hours spent on the job to be done, including travel to and from the job address, as well as hours spent on office work. It is common for the electrician to have a fixed price per km, or a fixed price for example if the distance is within 5, 10, or 20km. The longer the travel distance, the higher this cost will be.
All installations and changes to an electrical installation should be documented through a declaration of conformity and related documents. The time spent on this will also be baked into the start-up cost.
Cost of materials
The electrician buys all the materials to be used on the job from his suppliers. The different suppliers often offer different brands, some more well-known than others, where there can be significant price differences both in terms of brand and quality. There can be large price differences from supplier to supplier, and the different electricians often have different purchase prices.
The purchase price of the electrician and which brands the electrician prefers to use will affect what you as a customer must pay for the materials. The customer may also have their own preferences in terms of quality, brands, colours, etc.
Surcharges on materials
After the electrician has purchased the material to be used, it will be resold to the customer with a mark-up. The mark-up usually varies between 40% and 500%, depending on the brands/products involved and the purchase price the electrician has for the given products.
What can you do yourself?
Most electrical installations should be left to a qualified electrician, but there are some small jobs you are allowed to do yourself.
You can do this yourself:
- Replace covers on junction boxes, switches and sockets.
- Connect or replace two-pole extension sockets and appliance couplers up to 16 amperes, with and without earthing.
- Replace and install heaters, if they have a movable cord and plug.
- Replace and connect lamps hanging from ceiling hooks, if the lamps are not part of the permanent installation.
- Connecting and repairing table lamps and the like, if wires and cord switches are movable.
- Connect or change two-pole plugs up to 25 amperes, with and without earthing.
For a clueless person, electricity can potentially be very dangerous to tamper with, and faults in electrical installations can be very flammable.
If you decide to do work that is not mentioned in the list and an accident occurs later as a result of a mistake you have made, such as a fire, you are unlikely to receive insurance money because you cannot provide evidence of the work where the fire occurred.
In the future, you may need to sell your home, and if you don’t have documentation on the electrical system at the time of sale, this can be a deterrent to many potential buyers. Under rules that came into force in 1999, all work on the electrical installation must be documented through a declaration of conformity.
Home buyers today are generally more aware of this compared to 20-30 years ago and are aware that inadequate documentation can potentially lead to high repair costs. This can result in you getting a lower offer for the property than you might have expected beforehand.
It is best to use a qualified electrician who will ensure that the work is carried out according to the applicable rules and regulations.
How does BestilleElektriker.no work?
We know that you are concerned about quality, price and service when choosing an electrician.
We’ve made it easy for you – send us an enquiry with a description of your job and we’ll find a quality-assured electrician in your area that’s right for you.
The goal of BestilleElektriker.no is to save you from having to spend a lot of time assessing all the different electricians who take on jobs in your area.
Get a quick response with a free, no-obligation quote from an electrician now.
Get a free quote from an electrician
Send us a short description of your electrical job, and we’ll help you find the best suited electrician for your particular project.
Your contact information will only be used in connection with the request. Your personal data will not be disclosed to unauthorized persons.
Cheap electrician
It can be tempting to choose the cheapest electrician in the area, without thinking about the potential implications. If you’ve compared prices among several different electricians and one of them is far cheaper than the others, there’s usually a reason for this.
For example, the cheapest electrician may be inexperienced, struggling to get work, or using low-quality materials to drive down the price. The latter is something to watch out for.
Products from well-known brands are usually tested on the market for a long time, which ensures high quality and longevity, while so-called cheap products more often experience failures and need to be replaced. If only low-quality materials are used on your project, you risk having to have the electrician visit again after a short period of time, which will add to the overall cost and result in the cheapest electrician not being the cheapest after all.
It is important not to be deterred by a slightly higher hourly rate. A higher hourly rate with an electrician company may be due to experience and expertise. This experience and expertise can ensure that the job takes less time to complete.
Let’s say you find an electrician who charges €700 per hour and another who charges €1000 per hour – it might be natural to think that the electrician who charges €700 per hour is the cheapest, but if the cheapest electrician spends 10 hours on the job, while the «expensive» electrician spends 7 hours, the cost will actually be the same.
The desire to get an electrician’s job done as cheaply as possible is perfectly natural – as long as it doesn’t compromise on quality. The price should always be seen in the context of the quality of the products and services provided.
Best electrician
It is not the case that there is one electrician in a particular geographical location who is the best in all areas. Each electrician has different experience with different projects, and customers may have different needs, criteria and preferences. Based on the job description of your project and your needs, we will find the best electrician for your particular job.
If your electrician’s job is to install an EV charger, we will of course not pass on your request to an electrician who has never installed an EV charger before.
Customers tend to value different qualities and evaluate an electrician in different ways, and what you think is important may be seen as less important by another customer.
Typical criteria that are important for customers:
- Short distance between the electrician’s office and the site address
- Reasonable prices
- Long experience
- A lot of experience in similar projects
- Expertise around modern and creative solutions
- Good references and feedback from previous customers
- That the electrician can set up at the desired time
Usually, there are several things that are important, and it is the combination of these things that determines which electrician we forward your inquiry to. We will always try to match you with the electrician that best suits your specific job and your specific preferences.
It can be difficult to contact different electrician companies and weigh all these criteria against each other, but that’s why we’re here – to make the process easy for you.
We want to make finding a qualified and reasonably priced electrician a simple, quick and smooth process.
