Well here I am. It has been nearly three months since I began to try to find an electrician to carry out work and issue a safety certificate. I did post the results of the Agents electrician which had a whole load of things which did not quite make sense.
As advised I got hold of three electricians from filling in the Find an electrician part of this site. However when I tried to contact them there was no reply and no response from the emails I sent. A person on here then gave me the number of a friend of his who lived near me and I thought that was the end of my troubles, however four weeks down the line and even though he had picked up the keys he had still not gone in and carried out any work or inspection and he could not tell me when he could go in. He said he was very busy. Fair enough. I then asked a neighbour for their electricians phone number, two weeks down the line he had still not gone in and again as a one man band he told me that his regular customers were his priority. So I went through checkatrade and three came up, so I carefully picked what I thought was a small family business and have very good reviews. I contacted them and asked them to check the Economy 7 cable as well as anything else that required doing in the flat. They came back with quite a few C2 and C3, however not one of the issues which came up with the first electrician. All these appear to do with water and changing the kitchen cupboards ie 7.1 "the top surface is not IP rated along with the entire length. "Kitchen cupboard fcu not ip rated on top surface". On top of that they also said that they could not check the Economy 7 cable. So on top of a whole lot of new C2 abd C3's I still can get the Economy 7 cable checked. Is this normal. I have no idea what to think except these Safety certificates appear to be a bit of a con.
I am feeling quite bewildered by the whole issue not to mention stressed out. I do not know what to think to be honest or what to do.
Bearing in mind it is a rental property I would rather be safe then sorry. Any suggestions, apart from get lost!
As advised I got hold of three electricians from filling in the Find an electrician part of this site. However when I tried to contact them there was no reply and no response from the emails I sent. A person on here then gave me the number of a friend of his who lived near me and I thought that was the end of my troubles, however four weeks down the line and even though he had picked up the keys he had still not gone in and carried out any work or inspection and he could not tell me when he could go in. He said he was very busy. Fair enough. I then asked a neighbour for their electricians phone number, two weeks down the line he had still not gone in and again as a one man band he told me that his regular customers were his priority. So I went through checkatrade and three came up, so I carefully picked what I thought was a small family business and have very good reviews. I contacted them and asked them to check the Economy 7 cable as well as anything else that required doing in the flat. They came back with quite a few C2 and C3, however not one of the issues which came up with the first electrician. All these appear to do with water and changing the kitchen cupboards ie 7.1 "the top surface is not IP rated along with the entire length. "Kitchen cupboard fcu not ip rated on top surface". On top of that they also said that they could not check the Economy 7 cable. So on top of a whole lot of new C2 abd C3's I still can get the Economy 7 cable checked. Is this normal. I have no idea what to think except these Safety certificates appear to be a bit of a con.
I am feeling quite bewildered by the whole issue not to mention stressed out. I do not know what to think to be honest or what to do.
Bearing in mind it is a rental property I would rather be safe then sorry. Any suggestions, apart from get lost!
