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?

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Hi P&S.

Thanks for the PM, I tried to PM you back but as I am new it would not allow me to. I found someone this morning before I saw your PM but will get back to you if it falls through. Thanks for tasking the time to respond.

okay well if it falls through again then cut your lossess.

16k in unmarked notes, bundled into a sainsbury livelong bag. With a daily intake of hobnob's and widdler will make it all go away.

:tank:

 

[Rampage]

What's the problem with being paid cash rather than BACS?
What sort of age was was the guy who walked off?

 

[drew35]

I wouldn't mind being paid in two pence pieces as long as I'm paid!!!

 

[belmontbuild]

What's the problem with being paid cash rather than BACS?
What sort of age was was the guy who walked off?

No idea, maybe he thought I was was with HMRC

The guy was about 50ish. He was actually quite a nice bloke as was the young lad working with him.

This is going to put me about 4 weeks behind but its not the end of the world.

 

[Guest55]

i'd like to hear the other side to this story.

i cant see anyone walking away from a £12K job after a £3K deposit without a damn good reason.
and over 200 sockets ??? really ???
doubling the amount of power and lighting points in one go is gonna turn the design spec to crap with even the best electrician.
i suspect it was the reason above that gave the installer a bad vibe.

 

[SW1970]

Belmont, what light bulbs are you thinking of using in these 120 fittings?

 

[Octopus]

Lets hope the sparky who walked off is a member here so we can play tennis with the 2 sides of the story!

 

[Kamikaze]

The way I see it:
65 sockets and 120 lights= £12350
That’s an average of £66.75 per item

He then accepted more work:
30 sockets at £25= £750
90 lights at £20= £1800
The new average is £21.25 per item for the extras

Based on the original price the cost of the extras should have been £8010 and not £2550. If I worked out I was going to rob myself of £5460, I would have walked too.

 

[telectrix]

but if the 66/item includes accessories and the 21/item does not????. not enough info to make a solomon's decision.

 

[ipf]

Interesting to see a full spec, including distribution facility. Too many unknowns at present. Seems a large payment for the time spent on site, though.

 

[belmontbuild]

i'd like to hear the other side to this story.

i cant see anyone walking away from a £12K job after a £3K deposit without a damn good reason.
and over 200 sockets ??? really ???
doubling the amount of power and lighting points in one go is gonna turn the design spec to crap with even the best electrician.
i suspect it was the reason above that gave the installer a bad vibe.

95 sockets in total and 210 lights. He must have his side to the story so it would be nice to hear it.

The way I see it:
65 sockets and 120 lights= £12350
That’s an average of £66.75 per item

He then accepted more work:
30 sockets at £25= £750
90 lights at £20= £1800
The new average is £21.25 per item for the extras

Based on the original price the cost of the extras should have been £8010 and not £2550. If I worked out I was going to rob myself of £5460, I would have walked too.

Maybe but no one in their right mind would pay 20k for 3 to 4 weeks work to wire up a single home. The original 12.3k included RCD's 30amp supplies.....

but if the 66/item includes accessories and the 21/item does not????. not enough info to make a solomon's decision.

I was going to supply all accessories.

SW1970 -All lights are going to be LED bulbs supplied by Rako 4 circuit racks in the server room.

 

[Octopus]

95 sockets in total and 210 lights.

Exactly how all all these arranged. The Rako connections are going to be fun (read time consuming), as would all the cabling

 

[Olliew]

Seems like a lot of money to me for what he has done think you get better price than that where do you live

 

[whitestu]

-All lights are going to be LED bulbs supplied by Rako 4 circuit racks in the server room.

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You have a server room in your flat!

 

[pennywise]

You have a server room in your flat!

Quite a few do and plant rooms nice to work on, lots of room . My mates having a look tomorrow at a £62m house in Chelsea, can't wait to see what there server/plant room looks like