Electrical Installation Testing- who pays?

Asl77c

I agree with AnotherJoe there is nothing that says whose responsibility it is, however from my point of view it falls to the buyer. We are in the process at the moment and we paid for a full electrical test to be carried out. Cost 150 in total, nothing major flagged up, but it never once crossed my mind to get the vendor to pay.

AdrianC

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Sorry but those who say it's the buyers responsibility are simply wrong.
Given there is no statutory requirement to have one, it's clearly up for negotiation.

Pragmatism rules.

Does the seller have to pay? No.
If the buyer insists on wanting it, should they pay? Yes.
Is the seller willing to lose the buyer over it...?

If t'were me, and given that the other putative buyer is not yet proceedable, I think I'd be saying "Yes, I'll arrange and pay for the test - but on the understanding that there will be no negotiation of price for anything that is merely not to current standards. If there are genuine safety issues, then we can talk. If you can't accept that, then it's perhaps to our mutual benefit that we don't waste each other's time any more."