Electrician - accept day rate or hold out for fixed quote?

orangecrush

Update: We were happy with the day rate in the end and were going to accept it, but a bit of googling suggested the electrician was not registered on NICEIC when he claimed to be. He said he had an error on his account with them. I called them to check, and they said he's never been registered. It could be innocent, but after cowboy builder debacle I am not taking any chances.

In the meantime another NICEIC electrician came round and agreed a fixed price; it's worked out as what the original guy estimated, but we've got a bit more security with the fixed price and the registration.

Thank you everyone for all the advice! I am very grateful!

Risteard

tony6403 wrote: »

If you decide on an hourly/daily rate try to ensure that you do not have to pay for "nipping" off to get unexpected items

Why shouldn't you have to pay for their time if they need to go and get something to complete your job?

Risteard

baldelectrician wrote: »

May I suggest a fixed price per point (say £40 or £45)

Could be more than that.

tony6403

Risteard wrote: »

Why shouldn't you have to pay for their time if they need to go and get something to complete your job?

Agreed.
But it is the questionable length of time that some individuals take to do this.
For example "Got stuck in traffic" or " the lad in the suppliers took a donkey's age" can be used to account for time on things not related to your job.

missprice

tony6403 wrote: »

Agreed.
But it is the questionable length of time that some individuals take to do this.
For example "Got stuck in traffic" or " the lad in the suppliers took a donkey's age" can be used to account for time on things not related to your job.

This can actually be true. If you really dont trust an individual to this extent then don't ask them to do the job.
It smacks of controlling every move they make. I know it's really difficult to find workers these days but treating them like 3year olds won't help.

tony6403

missprice wrote: »

This can actually be true. If you really dont trust an individual to this extent then don't ask them to do the job.
It smacks of controlling every move they make. I know it's really difficult to find workers these days but treating them like 3year olds won't help.

I wouldn't do that - some are not up to that standard.

Damemoor

For jobs like this do not ask for price per point!

Not to sound bossy or overbearing, but this situation warrants both installation work and remedial, price per point is for new and additional to a clean functioning set of systems, which this is far from. I'm an electrician, so this is kinda my thing. Once again no harshness intended.;)

DaftyDuck

You one of those electricians that turn up more than a year after you said you would?