Short answer: yes. Moving a socket means running cable from the circuit to the new position, fitting a new back box, and making the old position safe. How much work that is depends on your wall and how far it's moving.
Plasterboard walls
Usually the quickest. The cable can often be fed through the void behind the board, so there's little or no chasing. The old position is either blanked off neatly or kept as a joint box behind a plate.
Solid brick or block walls
The cable needs a shallow channel (a chase) cut into the plaster, which is filled afterwards. With care the wall only needs a touch of paint once it's dry. We'll tell you before we start how much making good there'll be.
Common reasons people move sockets
- A new kitchen layout, or sockets that end up behind appliances
- Wall-mounted TVs, with the socket hidden behind the screen
- Desks and home offices
- Bedside sockets that end up behind a new bed
- Sockets on skirting boards that are awkward to reach
Worth knowing
If you're moving several, or adding more at the same time, doing them in one visit saves time and money. It's also a good moment to swap to USB sockets or change the faceplate finish. And in kitchens and bathrooms there are rules about how close sockets can be to water, so ask before you finalise a layout.
WhatsApp John a photo of the socket, the wall around it and where you want it to go. For a lot of these jobs, that's enough for a quote.