Commercial Electrician for Camden & North London
Three-phase power, distribution and compliance for retail parades, hospitality units, workshops and trade premises across Camden, Hampstead and Neasden — delivered by one accredited contractor.
What the local building stock means for the work
Three property types dominate the commercial stock across Camden, Hampstead and Neasden, and each shapes the electrical scope differently.
High-street retail parades & hospitality — Camden
Independent shops, cafés and bars along Camden's retail parades typically run on a single-phase supply installed for a previous, lighter use. Catering equipment, extraction and display lighting can push the connected load past what that supply was ever sized for, which is where we start — assessing the load before recommending a fix.
Period commercial & consulting premises — Hampstead
Hampstead's commercial stock is largely converted period buildings — townhouses and mews properties now run as offices, clinics and consulting rooms. The wiring and distribution boards inside are often decades older than the business occupying the space, and a fabric that looks tidy on the surface can still be carrying circuits sized for domestic use.
Light-industrial, warehouse & trade units — Neasden
Around Neasden, trade counters, workshops and warehouse units are the norm, and machinery, welfare facilities and racking-mounted lighting all draw on a supply that needs headroom for growth, not just current use. Distribution boards and sub-mains here are frequently the product of several tenants' alterations stacked on top of each other.
What that means for the electrical work
Once we know what the building actually is, the electrical scope follows. Across Camden, Hampstead and Neasden that most often means confirming whether a three-phase supply and a higher connected load is needed for a workshop, commercial kitchen or trade unit, then sizing the distribution board and sub-mains to match — particularly where a unit has changed hands and the previous tenant's setup no longer fits.
The other constant is compliance around occupied, trading premises: fire alarm and emergency lighting for retail and hospitality units, small power and lighting refits between tenancies, and a fixed installation test whenever a unit changes occupancy. Full detail on each of these sits on our commercial & M&E page and our EICR & electrical safety testing page — this page is about how they apply on the ground in this part of North London.
Who this page is for
Independent retail & hospitality operators
Shop, café and bar owners along Camden's parades who need catering, display and small-power circuits that match what the business actually runs — not what the last tenant left behind.
Light-industrial & trade-unit occupiers
Workshop, warehouse and trade-counter businesses around Neasden that need a supply with headroom for machinery and growth, plus a distribution board that keeps up with it.
Small developers converting units
Anyone splitting, combining or repurposing commercial space in Camden, Hampstead or Neasden, where the electrical infrastructure needs to be reassessed as part of the conversion, not inherited unchanged.
Frequently asked questions
Often, yes. Commercial kitchen equipment, catering extraction and workshop machinery around Camden and Neasden regularly draw more than a single-phase supply can comfortably carry. We assess the connected load first — every appliance and machine, not just the big ones — then confirm whether the existing supply covers it or whether a three-phase upgrade and a new distribution board are the right fix before any equipment goes in.
Yes. Independent retail parades and hospitality premises around Camden need a fire alarm and emergency lighting system that matches how the unit is actually used — a café is not a stockroom. We design, install and certify both, and set up servicing so detectors, call points and emergency luminaires stay compliant without you having to track the dates yourself.
Before fit-out starts, we test the fixed installation, check the distribution board and sub-mains match the previous occupier's use rather than yours, and flag anything a dilapidations schedule would pick up at the other end of the lease. Period buildings around Hampstead in particular often carry wiring and consumer units sized for a previous, lighter use, which is worth knowing before you sign for the space.
Yes. We carry out EICR fixed wire testing on workshop, warehouse and trade-unit installations and issue the certificate a landlord, insurer or change of occupancy requires. Where a unit has been altered by a previous tenant — extra machinery circuits, a mezzanine, added sub-mains — we test and record what is actually there rather than what the drawings say.
Yes. Retail and hospitality premises can't simply close for a rewire, so lighting, small power and distribution work is routinely scheduled evenings and weekends, and larger jobs are phased so the unit keeps trading through the working day.
Talk to us about your Camden, Hampstead or Neasden unit
Send us the scope — a kitchen or workshop supply upgrade, a fire alarm install, a change-of-occupancy test or a full fit-out — and we'll come back with a clear proposal for the property in front of us.