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I have a feeling I may have talked myself out of a job!
The couple rent out their house, they started by saying they want an electric shower put in, then the electrics in the shed looked at (just fed by 2.5mm T&E dangling through the air, mixed in with the honey suckle from house!), and then went on to say they really want all the electrics in the house 'safe' and they are adamant they want everything brought up to 'current standards' even though I pointed out it was not a requirement to do so.
After a brief look around (45 mins) there are clearly going to be lots of things to do (16mm tails on 100A fuse, 6mm main earth (TNCS), no bonding to gas, sockets hanging from wall in shed, shed leaking etc etc).
I found it impossible to form an idea of how much this would cost as I felt the need to do a proper condition report which would detail everything and enable me to look at everything and see what needs doing. So I have stated I will do a condition report and then be able to give a quote. Is this what you guys would have done?
My worry is that the other electrician (getting 2 quotes) will just offer a quote straight away and they'll go for that.
Would you guys have formed some sort of quote based on just a little knowledge or gone for a condition report to get a full picture?
The couple rent out their house, they started by saying they want an electric shower put in, then the electrics in the shed looked at (just fed by 2.5mm T&E dangling through the air, mixed in with the honey suckle from house!), and then went on to say they really want all the electrics in the house 'safe' and they are adamant they want everything brought up to 'current standards' even though I pointed out it was not a requirement to do so.
After a brief look around (45 mins) there are clearly going to be lots of things to do (16mm tails on 100A fuse, 6mm main earth (TNCS), no bonding to gas, sockets hanging from wall in shed, shed leaking etc etc).
I found it impossible to form an idea of how much this would cost as I felt the need to do a proper condition report which would detail everything and enable me to look at everything and see what needs doing. So I have stated I will do a condition report and then be able to give a quote. Is this what you guys would have done?
My worry is that the other electrician (getting 2 quotes) will just offer a quote straight away and they'll go for that.
Would you guys have formed some sort of quote based on just a little knowledge or gone for a condition report to get a full picture?