Electrician walked off the job half way, what now?

[belmontbuild]

Hi all,

I am doing up my flat, which is quite a large space, about 150 spot lights and 65 plug sockets (now 95).

My Electrician started on monday and went home Thursday afternoon. He emailed me last night saying he is not willing to come back because I agreed to pay him 3.1k upfront on monday however I did not manage to get the money to him until tuesday which to be honest was my fault however I do feel its a little harsh to quit a job half way through because of that. I think he has just found another better paying job.

NB: job was 7350 first fix and 5k second fix. He is going to keep the £3.1k I have paid him and so far he has run 6 ring mains and boxed up 90 ish plug sockets.

Anyway what are my choices now? Unfortunately this has messed up the rest of my build as I can not put my floors down until the electrical work is finished so I am going to have to cancel the other jobs that are due to start next week.

Will I be able to find someone that is willing to take on a half done job? Should I just get someone on a day rate or get someone to price for the full job again?

 

[DPG]

7 ring mains and 34 lighting circuits?? 34 lighting circuits? 34?. Maybe it's just me but why is there a need for 34 lighting circuits? Daz 34??!? I mean, 34??!?

 

[Outspoken]

Funny enough I was born in Braintree, Bailey Bridge Road to be exact, and went to the John Bunyan School before the family moved to London to enable my father to be nearer the business he was partners in. I know a sparky in the town whose initials match those in this thread...IF it is the same spark I would very very surprised if the work was below an acceptable standard because having worked with him in the past his work was always very well done, in fact I recall moaning about how long he took to do a particular job because he was taking his time to ensure it was "just right" due to be surface.

Now I am not about to contact him and ask the question, but I will bet there is more to this story than the posts here imply, although I am not taking sides or saying anyone is right or wrong here. Perhaps both parties could have sat down and spoken and resolved matters more maturely, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[belmontbuild]

I agree, it would have been nice if I did not have to go to court to resolve this, I did even drop him a line and say that if he has changed his mind he can come back and finish the job before I get someone else in. As I said he came across as a very nice bloke and I am not out to screw anyone at all and I dont think this guy is a scammer.

I got taken advantage of because I was a little naive and paid a deposit up front which I will never do again.

 

[markc123]

6400sq ft warrants a quite large ?

I wonder what your large is lol...

 

[belmontbuild]

6400sq ft warrants a quite large ?

I wonder what your large is lol...

LOL, yes its not a small place but after project managing the build myself it feels quite small now as I am in there all day every day.

 

[Rockingit]

I got taken advantage of because I was a little naive and paid a deposit up front which I will never do again.

Many of us don't do work WITHOUT some form of up front deposit because of being caught out by bad paying customers!! It's a chicken and egg situation.

 

[Octopus]

Many of us don't do work WITHOUT some form of up front deposit because of being caught out by bad paying customers!! It's a chicken and egg situation.

And many of us don't work with builders/developers because its too much hassle.

 

[dan86]

Glad it's all sorted. that's the main thing I guess

 

[Silly Sausage]

Oi Dan!

Your pikelets could do with some butter and Marmite.

 

[belmontbuild]

Many of us don't do work WITHOUT some form of up front deposit because of being caught out by bad paying customers!! It's a chicken and egg situation.

Yes its difficult what I do now is I pay everyone on friday at the end of the week. I have had some of the same trades working on there for the last 14 weeks so there is a level of trust between me and most of the people working there.

 

[Knobhead]

What do you want out of this thread? Sympathy? Not from me or many others I would guess.

You pulled a stunt with the first transaction, do the same to me and I’d walk away. During the hearing weren’t questions asked about the payment methods? Very surprised if there weren’t!

It would be interesting if the first electrician were to come on to here, there’s two sides to every story. This one has become long and boring!

 

[Essexboy7]

Just a quick email to advise you that I will not be coming back up to XXXX as I was not happy in the way that you handed out the first payment or operated.
I run a professional business and do not run a cash business and that we were paid by a second party.

I have never heard such crap.We are in the middle of a reccession.I would be happy to take any money ,in any form,from anyone

 

[nottz_spark]

i have read this thread with interest as i am looking for clues to be a succesful contractor...what i can really decipher is ....there is obviously 2 sides to every story and this is not a personal attack on the poster but it is clear he has flexible ways of working which the original spark wasnt happy with...who the hell calls a place with that many circuits 'small'?...i will pay you on monday which turns out to be 'someone else will pay you on tuesday'.....i think the original spark saw what was coming and just made sure he got out of there without taking a loss and i am struggling to fault him.

 

[Outspoken]

Personally I have reservation about the whole story, anyone with enough money to build a house of that size, in my honest opinion, is unlikely to bitch and moan about it on here to be honest, perhaps I am wrong, there is always a first time for such behaviour I suppose (The poster not me being wrong, that is regular!)

I would like to see a scanned copy of the Judgement on here (with ID's and addresses protected of course) just to be some form of proof this is not some elaborate bull. I have taken companies and individuals to court several times over the years for none payment, breach of contract etc, and there will be a written judgement...

 

[Guest55]

i call bulls*** on the job even existing
no-one in chesterfield has the coin to build a 6000 sqft luxury designer apartment , the place is a dump lol.
and if they could afford it , they wouldnt build it there in the first place , they'd choose somewhere nicer.......
like the bronx , moss-side or toxteth.
;-)