Full House Rewiring Cost in Delhi NCR (2026)

Rewiring rates — Delhi NCR, 2026

Both of the first two rows describe the same work at different scales. Material is extra on every one of them.

Indicative Delhi NCR market ranges, 2026. Each professional sets their own charge and quotes you free before starting. Parts are normally billed on top of labour.

Count your own points — it takes ten minutes

A “point” is one terminating device: a light, a fan, a socket, a switch position. Walk the flat with your phone and count. A typical Delhi 2BHK lands somewhere in the region of 45–70 points, and the spread is mostly kitchens and bathrooms.

• Per room: ceiling light, any wall lights, fan point, 5A sockets, and the 15A socket for an AC or geyser.
• Kitchen: this is where counts climb. Chimney, hob area, fridge, microwave, mixer, RO, plus lighting. Six to ten points is normal.
• Bathrooms: light, exhaust fan, geyser point, and a socket if there is one.
• Shared spaces: passage lights, doorbell, the inverter connection, the TV wall, the router.
• Count the AC points separately and tell the electrician. They are 15A on their own circuit and they are not the same job as a 5A light point — an electrician who does not ask how many ACs you run is not planning your load.

Multiply your count by the per-point range and you have the bracket a lump-sum quote should fall inside. If it sits well above, ask which points they counted that you did not.

Does the flat actually need rewiring?

Full rewiring is disruptive and expensive, and it is sold more often than it is needed. These are the signs that genuinely point to it:

• Aluminium wiring. Common in older Delhi construction and a real reason to rewire — it work-hardens, creeps at terminals and develops hot joints. Copper has been standard for decades.
• No earthing, or a two-pin-only installation. Not an upgrade, a safety defect.
• Rubber or cloth-sheathed cable, or insulation that is cracking and crumbling when a switch plate comes off.
• Repeated tripping across different circuits, rather than one circuit misbehaving.
• Scorch marks, warm switch plates, or a smell of hot plastic. Deal with these immediately regardless of what else you decide.
• The flat is being gutted anyway. Rewiring during a renovation costs a fraction of rewiring afterwards, because the walls are already open.

Our signs your wiring needs replacing guide goes through this in more detail.

Getting a rewire done properly

• Insist on a written point schedule — room by room, point by point — before work starts. It is the document that prevents “that socket was not in the quote” three weeks in.
• Agree who buys the material. Buying wire and boards yourself usually costs less and lets you choose the brand and gauge, with the bills in your name. Ask for a labour-only quote against material you supply.
• Separate circuits for heavy loads. Each AC, the geyser and the kitchen should not be sharing a circuit with the lights. This is the part that a cheap quote quietly economises on.
• The board must have an RCCB, not just MCBs. MCBs protect the wiring from overload; an RCCB protects a person from a shock. They are different devices and you want both — our MCB and board guide explains which does what.
• Photograph every wall while it is open. Before the chases are filled, walk round with your phone and photograph each run. It costs nothing and it is worth a great deal the next time anyone drills a wall in that flat.
• Expect dust and plan for it. Wall chasing produces exactly the cement dust our post-renovation cleaning guide is about. Budget for the clean.

For individual jobs rather than a whole rewire, see our electrician charges guide.