I would really appreciate some advice here please.
12 months ago we did a first fix of a complete rewire on a large terraced house complete with cellar and attic conversion. The customer was completely renovating the property ready to move his family into. There was a lot of work in not very nice conditions. On completion, the plasterers moved in. After hearing nothing for a few weeks we visited the house to find the house partially plastered and no sign of work. We rang the customer and he said he had run out of money so had suspended work. We asked for part payment to cover cost of 1st fix and he said he had no money but would let us know when 2nd fix could commence.
Since then he has not answered our calls so we make occasional visits to the house to check on progress (its quite a distance away)
Called this morning and noticed that the house is now finished (at least in the rooms we could see), complete with splendid chrome sockets etc.
I am going to give him a final invoice for the work/materials so far but I am not holding my breath.
We obviously can't notify the council because we havn't completed the job, and whoever completed the job can't notify the council because they weren't responsible for the initial build and design. If BCO were informed of all the building works (attic conversion etc) would this cover the Electrical work regardless of who did it.
It was remiss of us I know but we only knew his as 'Joe' and we don't know his home address. All initial correspondance was via his girlfriends e-mail (they are not together any more - surprise surprise). A Land registry search of the address gave us a name and a google search of the name tells us he is a stall holder at a market.
If we make enquires at the council and he is found to be non-compliant we would certainly be saying goodbye to any money.
Assuming its the same guy who runs the market stall, should we threaten him with informing the council unless he pays.
Should we threaten him with informing the council unless he pays, and then tell the council.
I am not really sure what the best course of action is.
12 months ago we did a first fix of a complete rewire on a large terraced house complete with cellar and attic conversion. The customer was completely renovating the property ready to move his family into. There was a lot of work in not very nice conditions. On completion, the plasterers moved in. After hearing nothing for a few weeks we visited the house to find the house partially plastered and no sign of work. We rang the customer and he said he had run out of money so had suspended work. We asked for part payment to cover cost of 1st fix and he said he had no money but would let us know when 2nd fix could commence.
Since then he has not answered our calls so we make occasional visits to the house to check on progress (its quite a distance away)
Called this morning and noticed that the house is now finished (at least in the rooms we could see), complete with splendid chrome sockets etc.
I am going to give him a final invoice for the work/materials so far but I am not holding my breath.
We obviously can't notify the council because we havn't completed the job, and whoever completed the job can't notify the council because they weren't responsible for the initial build and design. If BCO were informed of all the building works (attic conversion etc) would this cover the Electrical work regardless of who did it.
It was remiss of us I know but we only knew his as 'Joe' and we don't know his home address. All initial correspondance was via his girlfriends e-mail (they are not together any more - surprise surprise). A Land registry search of the address gave us a name and a google search of the name tells us he is a stall holder at a market.
If we make enquires at the council and he is found to be non-compliant we would certainly be saying goodbye to any money.
Assuming its the same guy who runs the market stall, should we threaten him with informing the council unless he pays.
Should we threaten him with informing the council unless he pays, and then tell the council.
I am not really sure what the best course of action is.