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?

 

[Spazz]

I have not read the whole thread as yet so please excuse me if this has already been said.

How big is this flat?? - An Electrician quoted £12,350 for 1st and 2nd fix of a rewire on a flat and has now walked off site?

I think you have been had mate!

How many quotes did you get? This is 4 times more than I would charge for a standard 2 bed house (not long a flat!) I would be asking this amount for a 10 bed house. Or is there other work being done here as well as the rewire?

Did you check he is a qualified electrician? Did you get references?

Let us know

To check if he is an electrician visit www.competentperson.co.uk and put his details in there! Sorry but this story is not sounding right

 

[pennywise]

I have not read the whole thread as yet so please excuse me if this has already been said.

How big is this flat?? - An Electrician quoted £12,350 for 1st and 2nd fix of a rewire on a flat and has now walked off site?

I think you have been had mate!

How many quotes did you get? This is 4 times more than I would charge for a standard 2 bed house (not long a flat!) I would be asking this amount for a 10 bed house. Or is there other work being done here as well as the rewire?

Did you check he is a qualified electrician? Did you get references?

Let us know

To check if he is an electrician visit www.competentperson.co.uk and put his details in there! Sorry but this story is not sounding right

I would have a little read back mate the place is over 6000sq ft quite a substantial flat , like a warehouse/trendy industrial living conversion. An average two bed semi is 650sq ft :0

 

[Octopus]

Post # 11

"haha no just one huge flat. 6400sq ft"

Big then!

 

[Spazz]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

 

[Octopus]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

 

[pennywise]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

I was just looking at that page to see what a 6000sq ft flat would be lol

 

[trev]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

You'd be surprised mate. Look at the reputation this area has, you would not believe some of the places up here

 

[Spazz]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

I will go and buy 3 of them now

 

[Silly Sausage]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

We may be in the deepest recession since the 30s, but everyone single one of us is much richer than they were then and there are an awful lot of RICH people in this country.

 

[pennywise]

We may be in the deepest recession since the 30s, but everyone single one of us is much richer than they were then and there are an awful lot of RICH people in this country.

Rich Foreigners

 

[trev]

Rich British too mate and there's lots of em

 

[pennywise]

Rich British too mate and there's lots of em

I know mate but they hide their money better :drunk:

 

[Swicade]

It's all those 5 week trainee's earning £50k+ a year in thier spare time....

Gotta admit when i first read post #49 my first reaction was 'and whats so wrong about living in Sheffield?'

 

[bugsy]

He under priced the job , working on the area you've stated , sockets and lighting points ( which excluded fixed equipment, heating controls, etc etc it should have been about £17k.

 

[Kamikaze]

I have been on a job were each wall light cost more than a brand new sports car and the client got bored of them within 12 months and replaced them with even more expensive ones. At the end of the day it’s whatever rocks your boat. It would be nice to see the spec for this place and pictures of how it’s all taking shape. A grand design of an electrical installation sort of thread. No pressure belmontbuild! :biggrin: