£850 for sockets and wall lights

Bytheway79

Looking for some friendly guidance :-) My other half and I tend to get duped a fair bit by workmen because we’re both women and genuinely have little experience of domestic jobs! We’ve been quoted £850 by a local electrician to move and add some wall sockets (10 to add, 3 to move) and wire up two sets of side lights and hang two ceiling lights. That seemed ok but then I looked up rates and it advised £250 a day and the guy didn’t think it would be a long job... any advice would be welcome. Thank you.

Risteard

Bytheway79 wrote: »

Looking for some friendly guidance :-) My other half and I tend to get duped a fair bit by workmen because we’re both women and genuinely have little experience of domestic jobs! We’ve been quoted £850 by a local electrician to move and add some wall sockets (10 to add, 3 to move) and wire up two sets of side lights and hang two ceiling lights. That seemed ok but then I looked up rates and it advised £250 a day and the guy didn’t think it would be a long job... any advice would be welcome. Thank you.

Sounds very fair to me - in fact quite cheap.

Andy123.

Get another couple of quotes in to compare it against and go from there.

flashg67

When I was suspicious about a quote for electrical work, I got another quote to compare. Gave me some peace of mind that the quote ws actually ok

phill99

My electricians charge £60/ socket


You have 13 so the maths works out

gardner1

Sounds ok to me

Owain_Moneysaver

Is this chasing in and making good 13 new flush sockets, chasing in and making good 2 wall lights, and fitting 2 new ceiling lighting points, lifting the floor above?

Your electrician may have a mate and an apprentice/labourer on site for that, so 3 x £250 = £750 which isn't far off the rate you've been quoted. It won't be a long job because the electrician can throw labour at it to get it done in a day.

On the other hand, if the 10 new sockets are all in one room, you're getting plastic trunking round the skirting board, and the lights are being fitted to existing points, then it's a bit expensive. Unless you're in London, of course.

bxboards

That seems very expensive to me.

I recently got a new RCD fitted, cooker cable fitted, floors lifted and 4 new power sockets + extractor supply + cooker supply switches fitted for 330

If that includes making good after as well (mine didn't I did it myself), it may be OK, but that price is getting on towards a full rewire for a small-ish house.

Doesn't seem a great price to me, shop around!

Risteard

bxboards wrote: »

That seems very expensive to me.

It most certainly isn't. It's actually very cheap. The quoted price just about covers the socket outlets additions/re-siting (assuming that the existing installation is in order including Earthing & Bonding arrangements) - therefore essentially the rest of the work is being done for free.

C_Mababejive

It sounds fine to me. Also one musnt assume that people who dont wear a suit to work are apt to rip you off,especially so if you are female. There are plenty of shysters in suits.

-taff

bxboards wrote: »

... but that price is getting on towards a full rewire for a small-ish house.

Where do you live then because I've been quoted roughly £4,000 for a full rewire....