An old lady friend recently had 2 residential consumer units fitted: one for the electric overnight storage heaters in her very small house and the other for the ring mains. She was charged £800 cash for supply and fitting. No other work was done.
The receipt shows the tradesman as "Local Electrician", only a mobile phone number is given, his address does not tie up with Electoral Register and the receipt states that 2 men did the work when there was only 1. The work took 3.5 hours but some of that time the electrician had gone out.
Looking at a "Price for a job website", I see variations for supply and fitting of a single (12 way 17th version) consumer unit varies from £200 (Scotland) to £450 (London).
Does the £800 seem a fair price ? If not, can trading standards help with a situation where the electrician is, I suspect, just one chap working as a sole trader.
The receipt shows the tradesman as "Local Electrician", only a mobile phone number is given, his address does not tie up with Electoral Register and the receipt states that 2 men did the work when there was only 1. The work took 3.5 hours but some of that time the electrician had gone out.
Looking at a "Price for a job website", I see variations for supply and fitting of a single (12 way 17th version) consumer unit varies from £200 (Scotland) to £450 (London).
Does the £800 seem a fair price ? If not, can trading standards help with a situation where the electrician is, I suspect, just one chap working as a sole trader.