A proper local electrician for Lumphinnans.

Lumphinnans sits on the road between Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly in central Fife, a small village with a big history: it was a coal community through and through, and its politics between the wars earned it the nickname Little Moscow. The pits are long gone and what is left is a compact village a short run north of base in Dalgety Bay.

The housing tells you what the work is. Former miners' rows and council-built streets make up most of the village, with pockets of later private housing round the edges. Property of that age has usually taken on a new kitchen, a shower, an extension and now an electric car over the years, and plenty of it is still running on a board that predates RCD protection. That is the first thing to flag on an inspection and the first thing worth putting right.

Because it is only a short drive from Dalgety Bay, Lumphinnans is well inside the range for 24/7 emergency call-outs. Jack answers his own phone day or night. Power off across the house, a breaker that trips straight back out, a socket that is hot or scorched, a smell of burning from the board: he finds the actual fault and fixes it, rather than resetting it and driving away.

For planned work it is usually the board first. A modern 18th-edition consumer unit with an RCBO on every circuit and surge protection is from £700, fitted and tested in a day. Rented property in the village needs a valid EICR at least every five years under the Repairing Standard, from £200, and Jack does the inspection and any remedial work himself so there is no second contractor to chase. EV chargers, Hypervolt, Zappi or Ohme, are from £900 with the board checked on the same visit.