Cost for EICR reports

[Toonlad]

Had an enquiry the other evening for a condition report for a 3 bed house, i said £140.......I heard a thud... i think he fell off his chair. Any way he said he didnt have much money and he heard it was about £60. I said you get what you pay for and if you think £60 will sell your house quicker then best of luck to you.

 

[mamba]

quoted £100 last time, did not get the job, cowboys do it for 50 quid

Amlu. Just curious why he is automatically labeled a "COWBOY" simply because they offered a better competitve price, and got the job ahead of you in todays very over supplied and competitive market. Like yourself and most, I am also very frustrated at the under value of our skill and trade.
I take it we do not know what the reason why you did not get the work, and they did, and it is not always price - it could be a host of other factors, and dare I say it the client may even have thought you were to cheap at £100 and gave it to someone more expensive as the other party awarded the work may have sold and presented themselves and product a lot better than you.

 

[Toonlad]

Amlu. Just curious why he is automatically labeled a "COWBOY" simply because they offered a better competitve price, and got the job ahead of you in todays very over supplied and competitive market. Like yourself and most, I am also very frustrated at the under value of our skill and trade.
I take it we do not know what the reason why you did not get the work, and they did, and it is not always price - it could be a host of other factors, and dare I say it the client may even have thought you were to cheap at £100 and gave it to someone more expensive as the other party awarded the work may have sold and presented themselves and product a lot better than you.

Complete bollox,,,,, YeeeeeHaaaaaa

 

[markc123]

EICR for £50 quid is ridiculous.

Like to see how they can do a EICR + rectify any hidden/unhidden faults aswell.

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EICR for £50 quid is ridiculous.

Like to see how they can do a EICR + rectify any hidden/unhidden faults aswell.

 

[markc123]

Double-post!!!!!!!!

Although this will make it a tripple-post. I hope we're not having these double-post shenanigans starting again lol

 

[mamba]

Complete bollox,,,,, YeeeeeHaaaaaa

What is "Complete bollox"???
Please expand as interested in and value your views and opinion from a debate platform. YeeeeeeeHaaaaaa is not really contributing or putting foward another view point that adds to the debate.

 

[markc123]

Amlu. Just curious why he is automatically labeled a "COWBOY" simply because they offered a better competitve price, and got the job ahead of you in todays very over supplied and competitive market. Like yourself and most, I am also very frustrated at the under value of our skill and trade.
I take it we do not know what the reason why you did not get the work, and they did, and it is not always price - it could be a host of other factors, and dare I say it the client may even have thought you were to cheap at £100 and gave it to someone more expensive as the other party awarded the work may have sold and presented themselves and product a lot better than you.

What is "Complete bollox"???
Please expand as interested in and value your views and opinion from a debate platform. YeeeeeeeHaaaaaa is not really contributing or putting foward another view point that adds to the debate.

My tuppence worth, even though you were having this conversastion with Toonlad.

It is complete bollox because - the way of joe public in todays climate (bar the few who use tradesmen on a clientel bases) is that they will go for the cheapest price. And for someone to be doing an EICR for under £100 they're either a millionaire or they have no clue what they're doing...my guess is the latter.

 

[KAS1]

£50 doesn't even cover doing the paperwork

 

[markc123]

Should be more the £200 mark not £50.

How someone can justify £50 is beyond me. Like KAS1 says...the paperwork, thats not even to mention the diesel/petrol cost, half a day/full days work, remedial costs ect. ect. ect.

My guess that anyone charging £50 for an EICR is that they're doing it 'to get the job' then they'll charge the poor unsuspecting customer £200+ by the end of it because of 'unforseen circumstances' which is wrong IMO.

 

[MDJ]

What is "Complete bollox"???
Please expand as interested in and value your views and opinion from a debate platform. YeeeeeeeHaaaaaa is not really contributing or putting foward another view point that adds to the debate.

Don't fight it, 50 quid is total Rollocks and anyone with half a brain would agree, take your finger out of your a** and just accept there are members here with more knowledge trying to help you.

HUH.

 

[Toonlad]

Ok i will elaborate my comment as that all it deserves Mamba.

1. What is complete bollox...Its the part where your implying if you dont present yourself well you dont get the job, there is no product to sell, you are simply carrying out a test and inspection of the wiring, to formulate a report for the customer. Complete bollox is a term used often when someone spouts sh1te.

2. Yeeehaaaa is a phrase often used by cowboys.

3. You want to know why it was suggested that these people are to be branded as cowboys like the op Said. News flash for you mamba son. They cannot be doing a THOURGH REPORT, and cutting corners.

Finally let me give you a scenario.. You get to do EICR and its 40 miles away from your home, most of us take jobs within a 50 mile radius and take this for normal daily work. 80 mile around trip at todays prices thats about £16. then the time you lost travel 1hr 30. so your 50 quid is now 34. you still have to write out report, do the testing. which includes actually taking the cover off the board, sockets switches. Then test approx 8-10 ccts on a 3 bed house build in the 70s and early 80s. For these guys to make a living at 50 quid a pop they are claiming at doing about 6 -8 a day. Not ****ing possible.

Is this enough expance for you mamba, I and the majority of the members who see this priceing only draw one conclusion from yrs and yrs of experiance, they dont give a ----, and dont do the job correctly. Therefore I am more than happy to say its complete bollox and they are yeeehaaas

Sorry to the pub members for my wall of text. You may reply with the ™ TLDR (to long didnt read)

 

[KAS1]

Well said Toonlad

 

[markc123]

I'm officially stealing your term 'yeeehaaaas' instead of cowboys lol love it.

 

[KAS1]

That'll be 50 yeeehaaaas please I mean £50 lol

 

[Des 56]

I always contend that perhaps as much as 95 % of domestic Eicrs are as much use as bog roll and for the reasons given by others

Competent sparks cannot compete with rogue large companies doing these bin reports
The prices and the work involved does not compute,it is a farce,it is a sham,both on the part of these companies and the rental sector landlords, be they private landlords or housing associations

This must be the only occupation where the skilled person is alienated from his natural work in favour of necessary incompetents

I must edit my bog roll example and issue an apology to bog roll manufacturers
The residue that gets deposited on bog rolls is made only by the producers of these Eicrs ,bog rolls does not make the residue,it just clean it up