Recently used a builder I found on checkatrade to refurbish bathroom.
I had been advised that electrical work should be done by a part P registered electrician and on his checkatrade page he cited a NAPIT electrician which seemed to satisfy the requirement. In fact, he did the work himself and when we asked him after the work was done whether he was Part P registered he said no. The work was putting in downlights, an airfilter and a shower pump. A previous customer feedback had warned that the tradesman was not qualified to do electrical work but the trader's reply on the website gave out the idea that he had been rather pressed in to doing the work by someone who 'in his opinion' knew that he was not qualified 'at the time'. Sitting alongside lots of high scoring feedback and it being 3 years previously I dismissed the single negative.
Warned that the work was uncertified work could produce problems with insurance and when you come to sell we soon found that the only way to get this down was by going to Building Control. They found 5 faults. Checkatrade means very little in terms of standards.
I had been advised that electrical work should be done by a part P registered electrician and on his checkatrade page he cited a NAPIT electrician which seemed to satisfy the requirement. In fact, he did the work himself and when we asked him after the work was done whether he was Part P registered he said no. The work was putting in downlights, an airfilter and a shower pump. A previous customer feedback had warned that the tradesman was not qualified to do electrical work but the trader's reply on the website gave out the idea that he had been rather pressed in to doing the work by someone who 'in his opinion' knew that he was not qualified 'at the time'. Sitting alongside lots of high scoring feedback and it being 3 years previously I dismissed the single negative.
Warned that the work was uncertified work could produce problems with insurance and when you come to sell we soon found that the only way to get this down was by going to Building Control. They found 5 faults. Checkatrade means very little in terms of standards.