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<blockquote data-quote="Joelondon" data-source="post: 455599" data-attributes="member: 29697"><p>I am renovating a house in London and asked an electrician to put in a new consumer unit in as an older house, he said the wiring was OK in general for 1980 house, I chose an electrician who was well qualified but when he came he put someone else on the job and told me that he would check the work later, the guy seemed competent. I also asked for some more work to be done and again he dropped the guy off to do the work and just popped back when the guy seemed to be struggling. I asked the electrician for a fixed price, but he convinced me that an hourly rate would be better for me.</p><p></p><p>Later in the project I had other builders who commented how slow the electrician was working, I the speed he was going was quite ridiculous, everything was taking 5 times longer than it should, so I politely asked if we could go back to a fixed price system and I would pay for the work already done. To my amazement the original electrician turned up and they both left the job and I never heard from them again.</p><p></p><p>I asked another electrician who was with Napit and because it was a half finished job he was very suspicious I told him that I needed someone to finish off and he agreed but wanted a day rate paid cash at the end of each day which I agreed and he said he would give me certs for his work. He did a days work, I paid him but he never came back or gave me the certs.</p><p></p><p>I am unsure what to do now can do now to make sure all the wiring done is certified and don't want to be taken advantaged of again, can I just get a quote for the final bits to be done and then get a electrical inspection to cover all the electrics and new consumer unit?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any advice in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joelondon, post: 455599, member: 29697"] I am renovating a house in London and asked an electrician to put in a new consumer unit in as an older house, he said the wiring was OK in general for 1980 house, I chose an electrician who was well qualified but when he came he put someone else on the job and told me that he would check the work later, the guy seemed competent. I also asked for some more work to be done and again he dropped the guy off to do the work and just popped back when the guy seemed to be struggling. I asked the electrician for a fixed price, but he convinced me that an hourly rate would be better for me. Later in the project I had other builders who commented how slow the electrician was working, I the speed he was going was quite ridiculous, everything was taking 5 times longer than it should, so I politely asked if we could go back to a fixed price system and I would pay for the work already done. To my amazement the original electrician turned up and they both left the job and I never heard from them again. I asked another electrician who was with Napit and because it was a half finished job he was very suspicious I told him that I needed someone to finish off and he agreed but wanted a day rate paid cash at the end of each day which I agreed and he said he would give me certs for his work. He did a days work, I paid him but he never came back or gave me the certs. I am unsure what to do now can do now to make sure all the wiring done is certified and don't want to be taken advantaged of again, can I just get a quote for the final bits to be done and then get a electrical inspection to cover all the electrics and new consumer unit? Thanks for any advice in advance [/QUOTE]
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