Some Electrical advice

[sean46mc]

Hi guys,

Im after abit of advice on electrics, My partner is selling her house and moving in with me, The house is basicly sold
But we have hit a snag and know nothing about it really.

She had a new kitchen fitted in 2007, her ex partner sorted it with the company, the company was a proper company and she paid
for by finace

we dont have the certs or guratee

can we get an electrician to come and check the work and get a certificate to say the work, is to the industry standards

sean

 

[RISElectrical]

North west mate. Although I was up in Edinburgh last week on a job.

 

[oldtimer]

North west mate. Although I was up in Edinburgh last week on a job.

Well that pins it down for hime to a couple of hundred square miles lol

 

[sean46mc]

peterlee co. durham is location, its a 3 bed house.

 

[telectrix]

ok. we are happy to have whole house tested, we have been asked only about the kitchen.
we have no idea about this,
whats would be reseanoble cost
what do we look for in a compitant electrician
we are looking to do things right. not on the cheap, but dont want to pay thru the nose
as they say

a fair price would be in the region of £140 - £200. that's without any remedial work ( if required). you should, for that cost, be presented with an electrical installation condition report ( EICR ) consisting of about 9 pages. bear in mind that to do a proper inspection and test will take the best part of a full day.

 

[electromonkey]

9 Pages?!

Is that a typo Tel or do you have very big writing?

 

[Silly Sausage]

peterlee co. durham is location, its a 3 bed house.

Well there's two obvious forum members the OP could contact for this job!

 

[sean46mc]

tel 01915656843

 

[D80]

9 Pages?!

Is that a typo Tel or do you have very big writing?

Single board install mine are 7 + the guidance page so essentially 8.

 

[Octopus]

Single board install mine are 7 + the guidance page so essentially 8.

Doesn't it depend on how may observations you make?? lol

 

[telectrix]

if you look at the sticky on the new EICR, it's 9 pages. the old PIR was 6 or 7 anyway.

 

[electromonkey]

Fair enough.

The digital ones I use are 4 pages plus additional notes.

 

[Brightspark2]

Because you never got the kitchen signed off the penalty is you have to get the whole house tested so the kitchen may pass but you may have a failure some where else

Whys that?

Extent of installation covered and limitations...

 

[brman]

Someone already mentioned it but it is well worth asking the company who did the work if they have copies of the certs. They should keep them for at least 3 years so they might still have them.

If not then as recommended here although if the buyers only want a report on the kitchen then that is what I would ask for. Cheaper and reduces the risk problems will be found elsewhere that will then need fixing. Worth double checking with the buyers before spending the money though.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Hello sean46mc

one other option which may help you, ask the solicitor acting for you about an indemnity. It will cost a lot less than getting an electrician in paid out of your wallet, it will essentially act as an insurance for this "issue" that has been raised. They will rustle one up for just about anything these days, even the weirdest things like the front wall being 1 foot too far from the house, etc etc etc. Might only cost £39.

Just a thought.

 

[Guitarist]

My parents' house sale was held up last year due to no record of storage heater testing. My Dad simply told them there was no certificate and he wasn't going to fork out on having them tested.
The buyers went ahead and bought the place anyway.
Often it is the solicitors who "recommend" things and not the people actually spending the money.