Out priced by nearly £400 by a 'family friend'

[mgnelec09]

hi all.

I got priced out of a rewire last week by about £390.00

It was a 3 bed semi about 25 miles away from my base.

I went in at £2190 for all of the following:

They had 5 d/skts in lounge, 3 in dining, 5 in kitchen, 1 hall way,3 conservatory
1 landing, 3 in main bed, 3 in 2nd bed and 2 in 3rd bed
total 26 d/skts

All with pendants in each room with with 1 way switches apart from 2way for landing

1x ip rated globe in bathroom,

2 x batten holders in kitchen,

1x cooker point

1x shower point

new 10 way board with tails/earthing

all niceic tesed and certified?

does any one think my price is dear?

 

[telectrix]

sounds very reasonable to me. is the " family friend " competent to certify?

 

[pennywise]

Too cheap

 

[telectrix]

keep an eye open. if he's not registered, they will have to notify LABC and pay their fat fee on top. you, of course would not grass them to LABC . NOT.

 

[bugsy]

looks like you've been used - you were too cheap anyway!

 

[telectrix]

£2500 to £2800 nearer the mark IMO.

 

[TPES]

Far too cheap

 

[nickblake]

how it is these days i did a quote for a 3 bed house £3500.00 some other guy turned up and gave a quote of £1500 didnt get the job parts alone cost more than that !!!!!

 

[Guest123]

Sounds like it was a case of "I'll do it for £1800 mate"!!!

I'd have been closer to £2500 myself.

 

[Octopus]

You don't say where you are but I'd say you were too cheap.

If someone else is offering to do it for £1800 and the customer is happy you're probably better off without the job

 

[Dunc]

I'd be looking for £3000 or so for a job like that so another vote for far too cheap i'm afraid. Had the same thing happen to be last year though, similar sort of job, total quoted was £3300 then they had a family friend do it because he'd recently been made redundant. Don't even think they got him to quote for it either which really ticked me off!

 

[sparkiegaz]

Let the other feller do it,, how he can supply all the materials and labour for that !!!
Must be signing on and working on the side

 

[nickblake]

dont know if its just me but there is an awful lot of well i got a friend to do it ,mate of mine did it , friend of ours did it ,at the mo who's going to stop them , and talk about doing it cheap we dont stand a chance inform the council, they could'nt give a monkeys

 

[leestaf]

Id say far too cheap!
The other guy must be either desperate for work, willing to work for love or fro reddies.

 

[chiplard]

I always quote at £40 per outlet (socket, switch, light etc ) which in your case would be £1800.

£100 each for the cooker and shower

£300 for new board with tails, earthing and bonding.

Mileage on top plus time to complete certificate and notify.

My price would have been around the £2400 mark so you maybe are slightly too cheap but then again depends where you live.