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

 

[Spazz]

I have not read the whole thread as yet so please excuse me if this has already been said.

How big is this flat?? - An Electrician quoted £12,350 for 1st and 2nd fix of a rewire on a flat and has now walked off site?

I think you have been had mate!

How many quotes did you get? This is 4 times more than I would charge for a standard 2 bed house (not long a flat!) I would be asking this amount for a 10 bed house. Or is there other work being done here as well as the rewire?

Did you check he is a qualified electrician? Did you get references?

Let us know

To check if he is an electrician visit www.competentperson.co.uk and put his details in there! Sorry but this story is not sounding right

 

[pennywise]

I have not read the whole thread as yet so please excuse me if this has already been said.

How big is this flat?? - An Electrician quoted £12,350 for 1st and 2nd fix of a rewire on a flat and has now walked off site?

I think you have been had mate!

How many quotes did you get? This is 4 times more than I would charge for a standard 2 bed house (not long a flat!) I would be asking this amount for a 10 bed house. Or is there other work being done here as well as the rewire?

Did you check he is a qualified electrician? Did you get references?

Let us know

To check if he is an electrician visit www.competentperson.co.uk and put his details in there! Sorry but this story is not sounding right

I would have a little read back mate the place is over 6000sq ft quite a substantial flat , like a warehouse/trendy industrial living conversion. An average two bed semi is 650sq ft :0

 

[Octopus]

Post # 11

"haha no just one huge flat. 6400sq ft"

Big then!

 

[Spazz]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

 

[Octopus]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

 

[pennywise]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

I was just looking at that page to see what a 6000sq ft flat would be lol

 

[trev]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

You'd be surprised mate. Look at the reputation this area has, you would not believe some of the places up here

 

[Spazz]

Mind you, in London you'd need very deep pockets:

Central London flats for sale | Buy flats Central London | PrimeLocation

I will go and buy 3 of them now

 

[Silly Sausage]

I think someone has to much money! I have read a few things just when I was scanning this thread.

The story sounds unreal to me, who on earth would have a 6000 squ ft flat in sheffield or any city.

How about some pictures please of the spec

I don't buy it sorry

We may be in the deepest recession since the 30s, but everyone single one of us is much richer than they were then and there are an awful lot of RICH people in this country.

 

[pennywise]

We may be in the deepest recession since the 30s, but everyone single one of us is much richer than they were then and there are an awful lot of RICH people in this country.

Rich Foreigners

 

[trev]

Rich British too mate and there's lots of em

 

[pennywise]

Rich British too mate and there's lots of em

I know mate but they hide their money better :drunk:

 

[Swicade]

It's all those 5 week trainee's earning £50k+ a year in thier spare time....

Gotta admit when i first read post #49 my first reaction was 'and whats so wrong about living in Sheffield?'

 

[bugsy]

He under priced the job , working on the area you've stated , sockets and lighting points ( which excluded fixed equipment, heating controls, etc etc it should have been about £17k.

 

[Kamikaze]

I have been on a job were each wall light cost more than a brand new sports car and the client got bored of them within 12 months and replaced them with even more expensive ones. At the end of the day it’s whatever rocks your boat. It would be nice to see the spec for this place and pictures of how it’s all taking shape. A grand design of an electrical installation sort of thread. No pressure belmontbuild! :biggrin: