Cheap EICR prices

[dsnd_medic]

Hi
I wanted some feedback from you guys and some advice and opinions. I am starting to get a lot of domestic EICR requests but when I send a quote I never hear back from them. I am quoting around £350 for a 3-4 bedroom house. Most don't have not had prior PIRs so I recommend a 50 - 100% on inspection and 30 - 50% on testing depending on the inspection results. This takes me around a day to finish plus an hour or two for finishing the report. I use Certifi on my iPad so that speeds things up a little. My local NICEIC rep said that some sparkies are charging around £125 for an EICR!!! How could they possible do it for that price and make a profit.......or am I being a little gullible and missing something here. To do it for that price, they must be missing a lot out but my question is what are they missing out and if so are they missing it out legally.....I'm guessing they must be working in a grey area so I would appreciate if someone could enlighten me ?

Thanks in advance.

Andy

 

[uksparks]

IMO £350 is £175 too expensive

 

[Lewis85]

Hey I've started doing some lately and I charge for a 3 bed around £140-£160.. People are doing it a lot less one lady asked me to price so I did £120 as its a small place her reply was I've seen online people do it for £70! Get on with it then was my reply. £350 is a little steep

 

[Andy78]

Yeah £350 is way out. How long are you taking to carry out the inspection and test on site ?

EDIT: Just seen that's for a day plus writing up. Is that your normal day rate ?

 

[Lewis85]

Also it's not about missing things out or cutting corners its a job in where you'll never make a killing with testing domestic properties it's just an easy day and ok money. You'll be better off to try get two done in a day but go in at a rate of 140 each then it's ok. I know a lad who works for phs doing condition reports in schools and hospitals he say he makes a killing as so many circuits and they charge per circuit where I just do a day rate or slightly under

 

[rich.250]

Agree with the posts above,
I just do hourly rate, normally refuse to price as its a unknown amount of time to do it properly.
You will find that they are doing hardly anything - I.e using the extent box to test one circuit.
Or doing visual only.
Cowboys is my opinion!
Then again how will the customer know any different???

 

[joehat]

£120/150
Some flats/houses only have socket/light/cooker circuits so don't take that long compared to a property with 10 circuits. I don't tend to go quote as the time it takes to quote that even an extra hour that I under charged Ect Anyways pays for that non quoting time

 

[Octopus]

To do a 3-4 bed house properly with 10+ circuits is around 1 full day........ Unless you are cutting corners.

so I charge my day rate

 

[joehat]

To do a 3-4 bed house properly with 10+ circuits is around 1 full day........ Unless you are cutting corners.

so I charge my day rate

That would take be about 6 hours or so and this is 50% of opening up sockets/switches Ect and if theirs a lot loose I will open up them all, I think the minimum is 25%.


Do you go and quote for the EICR?

 

[Octopus]

That would take be about 6 hours or so and this is 50% of opening up sockets/switches Ect and if theirs a lot loose I will open up them all, I think the minimum is 25%.


Do you go and quote for the EICR?

Yes, that said I don't do that many as I find them very boring and lots of people just want a piece of paper for the cheapest price possible and as I do not drop my prices.......

 

[dsnd_medic]

To do a 3-4 bed house properly with 10+ circuits is around 1 full day........ Unless you are cutting corners.

so I charge my day rate

Dare I ask what your normal day rate is ?

 

[Octopus]

Dare I ask what your normal day rate is ?

I won't post it on the forum but its on a PM to you

 

[joehat]

Yes, that said I don't do that many as I find them very boring and lots of people just want a piece of paper for the cheapest price possible and as I do not drop my prices.......

So I save what over an hour by having sort of set prices. So I essentially am covering an hourlong labour saving their. It's not like anyone charges to quote anymore Anyways

 

[Leesparkykent]

There are people out there doing commercial EICR's for £5-£7 a circuit....Its the new PAT testing game :hanged:

 

[joehat]

Dare I ask what your normal day rate is ?

Taking a guess £300 (not that I'll ever know lol)