On paper, a home might say it has “plenty of sockets”, but when you walk around, you may find they’re in odd places – behind doors, too high, too low, or all on one wall. Some may be taken up permanently by fixed appliances.
Counting usable plug points in each room tells you how easily you can live there without a jungle of extension leads. In modern life, you need sockets for chargers, lamps, TVs, routers, work laptops, kitchen gadgets, and more.
If you realise you’d need to add a lot of new points or rely heavily on multi-plugs, that’s both a safety and convenience issue. It might affect your renovation budget or even your decision to choose another property with better planning.
It’s a small, practical check that has a big impact on day-to-day comfort.