Cost of a commercial EICR

[E_Jon23]

Hi, I know a public forum isn't the best place to seek advice regarding "How much do you charge" chat but I recently did an EICR on a business property (Bar & Restaurant)
I carried out the EICR when they were closed through the night. 3 boards, roughly 26 circuits total. No previous reports, no nothing for work that's been carried out recently & well lets say nothing was labelled up properly. including paperwork lets call it 12 hours. The report was deemed unsatisfactory.

Anyway I met with the owner and he's asking if I can come down on the price (Probably quite a common occurrence) But has proposed future works on a new site he's in the middle of acquiring & other businesses of his (again, probably quite common, a means of getting a better deal)

My questions are, charge per circuit? or time? Considering I've gone through the night I feel I should be somewhat compensated for that. As they were able to stay open for business and avoid downtime.
Even though the EICR was unsatisfactory, you still charge for that, right? Obviously then it's up to the owner what they want to do regarding making the report satisfactory.

*I didn't quote for the job & I know if I had, the stand-off could be avoided. But things aren't sour. We just need to find a middle ground. He said he was expecting the invoice to be around £150 or a "Days rate" - No chance I'd be willing to drop my price to that.

 

[Dustydazzler]

£30 per circuit , non negotiable

 

[SJD]

Firstly 12 hours is 1.5 days, and given the work is done out of hours, I'd expect it to be at a higher rate than a normal day rate. For example, if your day rate is £300, then 1.5 days is £450, and you might (say) add another 50% on top if that for the out of hours. Suggesting £150 is just laughable.

The owner is just trying it on, I'd invoice them for what you calculate reasonable. Then I'd avoid doing any further work for someone like that, their expectations are more in line with a drive-by EICR.

 

[westward10]

If you don't mind saying what did you charge.

 

[E_Jon23]

Thanks for the responses. Reassuring to know what I had quoted wasn't ridiculous. I had gone £25 p/circuit.

 

[timhoward]

Stick to your guns and invoice it pronto!
I'm not sure you want a customer that (indirectly) valued you as being worth £12.50/hour.

 

[Dave OCD]

Thanks for the responses. Reassuring to know what I had quoted wasn't ridiculous. I had gone £25 p/circuit.

I'd say that's very reasonable considering the unsocial hours and having to properly identify every circuit before testing.

 

[Rochey]

Hi, I know a public forum isn't the best place to seek advice regarding "How much do you charge" chat but I recently did an EICR on a business property (Bar & Restaurant)
I carried out the EICR when they were closed through the night. 3 boards, roughly 26 circuits total. No previous reports, no nothing for work that's been carried out recently & well lets say nothing was labelled up properly. including paperwork lets call it 12 hours. The report was deemed unsatisfactory.

Anyway I met with the owner and he's asking if I can come down on the price (Probably quite a common occurrence) But has proposed future works on a new site he's in the middle of acquiring & other businesses of his (again, probably quite common, a means of getting a better deal)

My questions are, charge per circuit? or time? Considering I've gone through the night I feel I should be somewhat compensated for that. As they were able to stay open for business and avoid downtime.
Even though the EICR was unsatisfactory, you still charge for that, right? Obviously then it's up to the owner what they want to do regarding making the report satisfactory.

*I didn't quote for the job & I know if I had, the stand-off could be avoided. But things aren't sour. We just need to find a middle ground. He said he was expecting the invoice to be around £150 or a "Days rate" - No chance I'd be willing to drop my price to that.

Rule of thumb mate £20 to £25 a circuit 8am to 5pm £35 per circuit out of hours fully paid satisfactory or unsatisfactory