Advice regarding new installation needed

[PeacefulWarrior]

Hello all. I will try to keep this short and hopefully sweet:
I finished a house rewire recently. I am supposed to issue an NICEIC certificate. The owner of the house owes me some money for part of the work(£2000). He initially agreed to pay the money owed, but he has now turned around and says he hasn't got the money(or will) to pay any more. He is saying that I can sue him if I want, as he has a friend who is a top lawyer and that he will go and get the certificate from another electrician. When I mentioned Building Control and following proper procedure, he said he doesn't give a monkey's about them. The house was recently bought, in order to be renovated and sold on for a profit. He already has offers coming in and he needs the electrical certification in order to sell the house asap. Can he just delete me out of the equation and get an EICR of someone else?

Has anyone been a similar predicament? What would be the best thing to do, if you were me?

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

 

[Wilko]

I bet they got some bs insurance policy for this too

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Latest on this: after talks and negotiations, £1500 will be paid. The builder chipped in £700, while the investor came up with the rest. I decided to accept it, as a compromise, in the end. I could have stuck with the £2000 and probably I would have gotten it eventually. But it would have taken longer and who needs the stress and bother anyway? It's not a bad result after all, I think.

 

[Octopus]

^^^ lessons learnt I suspect

 

[Toneyz]

^^^ lessons learnt I suspect

Get stage payments next time & get agreements in writting or email.

 

[Octopus]

Get stage payments next time & get agreements in writting or email.

And a price , if only a ballpark estimate, outlying what it includes ..., then as extras are added , confirm in writing as you go along..