Louisville Knob & Tube is a knob and tube rewiring service for Louisville and Jefferson County, and St. Matthews is one of the areas where that work concentrates. Here is what rewiring here usually involves.
St. Matthews grew from farm town to first-ring suburb between the wars, and its older streets off Chenoweth Lane and Lexington Road hold 1920s and 1930s houses right at the end of the knob and tube era. Some builders here had switched to early sheathed cable by then, others had not, so two neighboring houses of the same age can inspect completely differently. The only way to know which you have is to trace it.
Because St. Matthews houses carry strong values, wiring findings here play out at the negotiating table. Buyers do not walk over knob and tube, they price it, usually at more than the fix costs. Sellers increasingly rewire before listing and keep the deal clean. We do pre-listing assessments for exactly that, and the paperwork from a permitted, inspected rewire reads well in a disclosure.
Permits in a home-rule city
St. Matthews is its own home-rule city, but electrical permits and inspections for houses here still run through Louisville Metro Construction Review, the same as the urban neighborhoods. One permit, one inspection process, no extra city layer to schedule around.
St. Matthews streets we serve
We cover all of St. Matthews, including around Shelbyville Road, Lexington Road, Brown Park and Chenoweth Lane. Nearby, we also rewire Anchorage and Old Louisville, and the full published price table lives on the cost guide.
St. Matthews rewiring questions
Our 1930s St. Matthews house passed a panel inspection. Could it still have knob and tube?
Yes. A panel inspection looks at the box, not every branch circuit. Houses from the late 1920s and 1930s often mix early cable and knob and tube room by room. A circuit trace maps which is which for a few hundred dollars.
Is it smarter to rewire before listing or let the buyer handle it?
In this market, sellers who fix it first usually come out ahead. Buyers discount flagged wiring by more than the repair costs, and a permitted rewire with a passed inspection removes the issue from negotiation entirely.
What does a rewire cost for a St. Matthews colonial or cape?
Two-story houses here run $14,000 to $24,000 full rewire. Houses that turn out to be part early cable often need only a partial, which runs $4,000 to $9,500.
Do you coordinate with our realtor’s timeline?
Yes. Pre-listing jobs get scheduled against your photography and listing dates, and closing-contingency jobs get scheduled backward from the closing. Put the date in the quote request and we plan to it.
Rewire before you list
Start with the address. The circuit trace maps what is live, and the quote is written and itemized per circuit.