Help needed - Kitchen fit (Electrician costs)???

[steve_jones]

Hi,

I will be getting a kitchen fitted soon and need to find an electrician, about to get some quotes.

This is what is required:

-Move a couple of light switch down 10 cm.
-Move power socket behind unit for dish washer.
-Make new socket for extractor fan.
-Make new socket for washing machine in the utility.
-Replace all sockets and switch faces (I have bought already)
-Place 6 down lights in the celling.

What cost should I be looking at for this and how long should it take? I am based in the Midlands.

 

[steve_jones]

I’m sure the kitchen will be fine and comes with an inter grated dishwasher, oven, hob and extractor.

I’ve got another electrician coming round soon who has said the other price is too high from what I’ve told him.

 

[Octopus]

I’ve got another electrician coming round soon who has said the other price is too high from what I’ve told him.

Really?

Nobody gives out prices on the phone for such a room without seeing it .............let alone saying another price is high.

Maybe the 2nd isn't registered, isn't paying tax and NI and likes folding cash .................. plus no certificates for you.

 

[telectrix]

but have you told all. there may be issues that you have no knowledge of.e.g.bonding, whether your CU can cope with extra circuit/s. see what he comes up with.

 

[Tes369]

Back in one of my first bedsits back in the 90's when I moved out of home I had a baby belling oven you could just manage to get a fray bentons pie inside the actual oven for width and when it fully puffed up would almost hit the the oven top.

I loved that oven and you even got a free ashtray with your pie. And back in the days of not knowing any better I realised my pound meter was hung on the wall on two screws which when lifted off and then layed on it's front well.........

 

[steve_jones]

Yes I understand no one can give a proper estimate over the phone, I told him everything the other electrician told me. Also I know I’ll require the certificates.

Regarding his tax and ni, that’s not my concern, if he’ll do it cheaper for cash then happy days.

 

[telectrix]

Regarding his tax and ni, that’s not my concern, if he’ll do it cheaper for cash then happy days.

if he's polish though, it'll probably be done in bell wire.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

If he's doing it for cash he wont be registering it with building control, which may be breaking the law. And as the home owner it is your responsibility to make sure the job is registered if required.

 

[steve_jones]

The bloke isn’t Polish, it’s wrong to discriminate like that too, ive worked with a few Polish people in my work and some have been great at their job.

I will make sure everything is safe and above board, however I don’t want to be ripped off.

 

[Squid]

Regarding his tax and ni, that’s not my concern, if he’ll do it cheaper for cash then happy days.

if he's polish though, it'll probably be done in bell wire.

Racist comment as I am Polish, in Poland there were trade schools that you attended if you didn't want to go in to further education.

 

[PEG]

The bloke isn’t Polish, it’s wrong to discriminate like that too, ive worked with a few Polish people in my work and some have been great at their job.

I will make sure everything is safe and above board, however I don’t want to be ripped off.

Hi,that's just Tels site banter - there will be no other insinuation intended

The point the lads are making,is that the final selected individual,is up to your job,and not just the cheapest possible,you can find.

I have given every Polish person,i have ever met,a deliberate benefit of the doubt,purely due to my families RAF involvement.....but very few of them,have had a terminal driver in their hand

 

[Toneyz]

The electrician said he would need a full day once the old kitchen has been ripped out and another afterwards for final fix.

The kitchen cost 4K.

The cost of the kitchen is irrelevant.

 

[Squid]

I have given every Polish person,i have ever met,a deliberate benefit of the doubt,purely due to my families RAF involvement.....but very few of them,have had a terminal driver in their hand

My Uncle had his hands on the wheel of a Wellington bomber over Dresden on a bombing run........

 

[steve_jones]

Thanks for the advice everyone, if anyone has any advice on what I can do to help, make life easier and have a bearing on the price that would be great. I can move everything out of the bedroom above so access to the floorboards is quicker.

 

[Octopus]

^^ I thought you were planning a kitchen refit ...

 

[steve_jones]

I meant for access to the down lights