Hi guys,
I wonder if anybody could give me some advice, please?
I am a homeowner, and I have just had a two storey extension done.
My builder was recommended by my architect, and the work has gone through building control.
I have an issue with the electrics. To cut a long story short, the builder insisted that I have a second consumer unit (10 gang in the contract), on the basis that if I did not, when doing the electrical work, the whole house electrics would need to be tested. It is a 1930s house, and whatever electrical work has always been certified, including a new consumer unit about 10 years ago.
I understand his reasoning, and agreed.
He had one of his men do all the electrical work, including fitting the new consumer unit. He had an electrician come and certify the work done. However, he only tested the extension electrics, and not the sockets and lights that he did in the rest of the house.
He now wants to charge me £125 plus vat for each additional electrical point that was installed by an unskilled, untrained and unqualified labourer, and which has not been tested. I know that the quality of work is not up to current standards in some aspects, e.g. when he drilled into a cable in the extension, he simply fixed it with Wagos, and did not fit a Maintenance Free box.
My question is, is it reasonable for me to pay full rate for work done by an unskilled and unqualified worker, and was not tested? I don't want something for nothing, but I do feel that I am being taken advantage of.
Any thoughts would be gratefully accepted.
Thanks very much.
Phil
I wonder if anybody could give me some advice, please?
I am a homeowner, and I have just had a two storey extension done.
My builder was recommended by my architect, and the work has gone through building control.
I have an issue with the electrics. To cut a long story short, the builder insisted that I have a second consumer unit (10 gang in the contract), on the basis that if I did not, when doing the electrical work, the whole house electrics would need to be tested. It is a 1930s house, and whatever electrical work has always been certified, including a new consumer unit about 10 years ago.
I understand his reasoning, and agreed.
He had one of his men do all the electrical work, including fitting the new consumer unit. He had an electrician come and certify the work done. However, he only tested the extension electrics, and not the sockets and lights that he did in the rest of the house.
He now wants to charge me £125 plus vat for each additional electrical point that was installed by an unskilled, untrained and unqualified labourer, and which has not been tested. I know that the quality of work is not up to current standards in some aspects, e.g. when he drilled into a cable in the extension, he simply fixed it with Wagos, and did not fit a Maintenance Free box.
My question is, is it reasonable for me to pay full rate for work done by an unskilled and unqualified worker, and was not tested? I don't want something for nothing, but I do feel that I am being taken advantage of.
Any thoughts would be gratefully accepted.
Thanks very much.
Phil