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They require a photograph, not a reading, of the actual device in the loft, showing the reading and the serial number as well. Obviously they're paying-out, so they make it as onerous as possible.

It's a PITA it being in the loft, for sure. But really because E.ON try to force a reading of that device (inverter?) every few months. I actually often leave it for a long period or, if the Tenant is able-bodied and minded to do so, ask them to venture up and take a photo. E.ON will never...

Thank you. I wasn't aware. I'm already asking this one if he'll do another property for me. This EICR was £160. I guess the £40 makes all the difference... or having morals does.

It looks like I have - finally - found a good (non-scammer) Electrician... "Hi,All tested and good at XXXXXX Road.Wiring still all on good condition as you'd expect. Just a few C3 for minor things, plastic board, and smoke alarms out of date, but a "satisfactory" pass anyway.I'll get the...

Seems a fair starting point to me. It's pretty clear there was always an assumption here - of there being fabricated / misrepresented need for significant remediation... of the Landlord not exactly caring about the outcome... of the results not being questioned... and of the work kind of...

It's not any C3 I would be worried about. ;) Even many of the C2s appear legitimate to me - it's the big one of new consumer board I am having trouble with. Something about RCDs and solar panels (which the property doesn't have) - relayed by the Tenant from a side-chat... maybe because...

Of course, before the Tenant reported her vibes back to me, I wasn't aware there were two people on-site - but that makes perfect sense. Ah, well - even if the EICR is paid-for, and they don't remain quiet about it (as they have to this point) they'll not be getting any remediation work. Genuine...

Oh, and I haven't paid yet as I haven't got the EICR. I just had a heads-up as to what he'd quote me for... it went downhill from there. I don't know if he'll send it or if he will even push for payment now. I haven't a clue.

It's a three bedroom semi-detached. One consumer unit and the EICR was £120 - I am in Barnsley, so don't be shocked if you're down South. The going rate is between £120 and £180. I have just learned more directly from the Tenant, she says the lads were both very nice and polite and told her...

Thank you; I feared as much... during the argument he even suggested I contact NAPIT myself to confirm his coding. May have been bravado on his part, but I had that feeling it wouldn't end up anywhere morally just. It stinks that some Electricians are still playing this game of using EICRs as...

Thank you both, sadly, as the Electrician got angry with me, he isn't talking to me any more. So the boat I'm left in is that I currently have what I have... unless he calms down and comes back to me. I know that I need a new EICR, likely after some of the simple remedial options have been...

Five years ago I had the unfortunate luck of finding myself a charlatan Electrician who advised me a rewire was needed on a let property. I created a thread here and I got some help, eventually getting a second EICR done by someone else - that passed - and obtaining a refund from the original...

That means I can treat the job as two separate parts then... first, concentrate on the removal of the arm, second, see what I've got (which is likely to be a metal pipe sticking out of the wall - not too dissimilar to what I have now - which is a spout, not a real shower) and then assess the...

I wonder if part 4 protrudes out of the wall or is wholly inside the wall. Guess I'm going to find out...

Picture... what I thought was a nick / break looks like a pen line when zoomed-in. ;) This feels DIY, but maybe it isn't for me. :oops: