Cost for rewire

spadoosh

rosiedee wrote: »

We had a report and quote from the electrician, he wasn't prepared to do the remedial work as it would be too labour intensive so quoted for a full rewire £3000+vat and that didn't include a new consumer unit, plus we would have to remove all the old insulation from the loft ourselves.
I rang our plumber who we have known for years and he recommended an electrician he and his son use when fitting kitchens. He came today and took one look at the report and basically said most of it was rubbish! He has quoted £350+vat and that includes a new consumer unit, new shower light and putting any other bits right that he thought needed doing and a certificate.
I think the difference is this electrician was a lot older and much more experienced.

Hmm, £50 for consumer unit, £30 for light. And probably about 2 hours work there. You'd probably be paying £350 just for that, you sure he's more experienced?!

Ever heard the saying 'too good to be true'.

No point in putting in a new consumer unit if there not touching the wiring, something seems amiss. Hope you don't get a shock!!!:eek:

Does the certificate have the logo L&B on it?!

rosiedee

spadoosh wrote: »

Hmm, £50 for consumer unit, £30 for light. And probably about 2 hours work there. You'd probably be paying £350 just for that, you sure he's more experienced?!

Ever heard the saying 'too good to be true'.

No point in putting in a new consumer unit if there not touching the wiring, something seems amiss. Hope you don't get a shock!!!:eek:

Does the certificate have the logo L&B on it?!

The consumer unit is a 15 way so dearer than £30 and there are two shower lights units to be replaced. He is also rewiring a plug socket that has a damaged cable and tidying up some other bits and piceces.
Have done previous research on having a new consumer unit fitted £350 seem to be about the going rate. As I have already said he is also highly recommended by someone we trust. Considering the last guy charged us £150 for what we thought was going to be an EICR report and all we got was an email containing list of faults not even graded I don't think £350 sounds bad.
By the way what does L&B stand for?

baldelectrician

rosiedee wrote: »

The consumer unit is a 15 way so dearer than £30 and there are two shower lights units to be replaced. He is also rewiring a plug socket that has a damaged cable and tidying up some other bits and piceces.
Have done previous research on having a new consumer unit fitted £350 seem to be about the going rate. As I have already said he is also highly recommended by someone we trust. Considering the last guy charged us £150 for what we thought was going to be an EICR report and all we got was an email containing list of faults not even graded I don't think £350 sounds bad.
By the way what does L&B stand for?

Hi Rosie
The price sounds more realistic
I did a consumer unit today- all the circuits were OK, except the garage. The customer will get it fixed later and it will be reinstated then

redlady_1

I have just had a quote for a new consumer unit of £250 and that is because he has just done a part P inspection for me at £160.

rosiedee

baldelectrician wrote: »

Hi Rosie
The price sounds more realistic
I did a consumer unit today- all the circuits were OK, except the garage. The customer will get it fixed later and it will be reinstated then

I feel much more comfortable with this spark than the first one. As you said in an earlier post you would replace the consumer unit first and then address the problems after. He's looked at the circuits in the loft and doesn't see any problems, just needs to address any niggly bits.
I don't for one minute think the first guy was a con artist just very young and inexperienced and as the guy today said over zealous.