What is a the going rate to replace an old plastic socket front to an chrome one?

[ebee]

I bought a house in France about twelve years ago and insured it for the purchase price, when I had a claim the insurance company said that the cost of re-building a house in France is approximately double if not more that the cost of buying an older property I was therefore underinsured, this is due to labour and material costs, most labours demand about €300.00/day, technical tradesmen can demand their own price due to lack of availability, but not unheard of to be charged €500.00/day for a rood tiler, electricians the sky's the limit.

I think you`ll find that here too, rebuild more than initial build

 

[Mike Johnson]

I don't actually think so, in the UK land price's are much higher so once the land has a building on it the re-build cost are not the major expenditure.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Really don't like the "Latest posts" side bar being populated by the same thing every day?????????

 

[scootknew]

how is the wiring regs compared to here? they have rings, radials etc? split way boards

 

[Mike Johnson]

No rings, no T&E only eight MCB's to an RCD, white goods on separate radials and lots of other differences that will/does perplex most UK sparks, not unusual to have twenty plus MCB's in a Board or three phase in a domestic property, example below
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[pirate]

It's a fair point to consider land cost when looking at insurance/rebuild costs. I have seen many hundreds of survey reports and it's almost always the case that for old properties the re-instatement cost is much higher then the purchase price due to the cost of actually replacing like for like as far as practicable. The value of the land is considerable, but if you take a new-build which is destroyed by fire, the reinstatement figure is often lower than the original purchase price because a) you already have the land b) the price of the "kit" and finishing will be lower than the original price which includes the land and services and c) there is no Builders Premium/profit such as forms a substantial amount of the original price tag.

 

[littlespark]

Going rate for swapping a few plastic to metal?

If one the other threads on here is anything to go by, in London it could be £500 or more!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Going rate for swapping a few plastic to metal?

If one the other threads on here is anything to go by, in London it could be £500 or more!

You jest , but back in the late 90s early 00s I worked in Fulham & Chelsea for a good while for a contractor.
Some of the prices for jobs even way back then we’re eye watering. We used to rewire the old converted flats above the shops along Kings Road and £5000 for a 2 bed rewire wasnt uncommon then

 

[Mike Johnson]

Considering even then you would be paying £5.00/hour or £50.00 a day for parking it's not that surprising.