Work carried out and billed against my wishes

Alias_Omega

I think were talking less than £200 here.

I think you should pay up, as fighting it will cost you more than this.

fred7777

In order to give a proper answer we would need to know the following:

1. How was the work quoted and authorised?

2. Was the Estate Agent notified that you did not wish to purchase before the electrician picked up the keys?

3. Can the Estate agent confirm the electrician picked up the keys?

4. Can the electrician prove that the work was done?

anotherbaldrick

OP does not really make a lot of sense. Starts off saying that an Electrician was asked to carry out a safety inspection on the property, next we are advised that work was carried out on the property. I presume the "work" in question was the inspection. The call from the Electrician saying the work (inspection) had been done would not have fulfilled the request because a written report would have had to be provided giving his findings and recommendations. No mention is made of this . I feel the questioner has left out chunks of the narrative.
Why no request to Electrician to indicate fee at time of giving instruction.

27col

My point exactly, if there was an inspection carried out then where is the Inspection Report.

[Deleted User]

If you read the original post it clearly says that he instructed 1. a house survey and 2. a separate electrical safety check. The first one failed so he cancelled the second one. What he failed to tell us is at which point was the estate agent informed that he was no longer going ahead with the purchase as they would have asked for the keys back from the electrician and possibly have a record of this.

anotherbaldrick

So where is the written report ? The instruction was for a

full electrical check.

..That would not have been satisfied otherwise

iveco_man

was there a written contract if not let him swivel.It happened to me with a client for £3500 and because nothing written i lost and had to swallow the loss.

keystone

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

So where is the written report ? The instruction was for a ..That would not have been satisfied otherwise

Quite - the work can only have been for a PIR.

Cheers

highgreen_2

Thanks for the responses on this - in the end I got in touch with him and we came to an agreement on a reduced fee.

Dippypud

highgreen wrote: »

Thanks for the responses on this - in the end I got in touch with him and we came to an agreement on a reduced fee.

Quite right too...

Sometimes it's a shame that people don't talk to each other BEFORE they talk to others about the problem.