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MobileSaver

Nutellover wrote: »

thearchitect wrote: »

Pay him, get the test certificate, and move on. Getting someone else will cost more most cases.

Thanks but I'm not paying someone to fix their mistake.

That's fine and I'd feel the same but you are cutting off your nose to spite your face; it will almost certainly cost you (potentially a lot) more to get someone else to issue the relevant paperwork confirming everything is hunky-dory.

In your shoes I would pay the £100 under protest, get the relevant certificates and then leave honest reviews warning others of how the guy operates. (You never know he may even ask you to take down the negative reviews in return for refunding you the £100...)

Shaun_of_the_Dead

Nutellover wrote: »

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Why do you say I can't go to trading standards?

Because you're a consumer. You'll have to go via the CAB.

shaun_from_Africa

Nutellover wrote: »

In regards to paying someone else to finish the work, it doesn't need to be done now anyway, I'm not selling or renting the house and plan to live here for many years, by the time I need a certificate my whole financial situation will have changed and Ill pay someone else to do whatever needs to be done.

There are a couple of downsides with that.
If the electrician concerned doesn't finish and sign off the work, you will probably face problems should a fault develop in the future and you want him to rectify his work.

Another potential problem is that if there was a problem with the electrics that he installed or modified ("a load of work") and this ends up with you having to make an insurance claim, without the work being signed off as safe, they could refuse to pay out.

thearchitect

The going rate for a standalone test certificate is more than £100.

unforeseen

Nutellover wrote: »

Would getting an EICR from elsewhere negate the need for the electrician to sign off his work?

No because it still needs Part P sign off for the work already done, ignoring the Earth problem.
Unless the electrician signed it off before completing, which I doubt.

thearchitect

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

There are a couple of downsides with that.
If the electrician concerned doesn't finish and sign off the work, you will probably face problems should a fault develop in the future and you want him to rectify his work.

Another potential problem is that if there was a problem with the electrics that he installed or modified ("a load of work") and this ends up with you having to make an insurance claim, without the work being signed off as safe, they could refuse to pay out.

These points are both correct.

davidmcn

Nutellover wrote: »

Is an EICR usually good enough for insurers though? It seems that its good enough for solicitors when buying and selling. A lot of properties don't have certificates for this stuff, does that mean all of their insurance is void?

Buildings insurance? I've never known an insurer ask questions about electrical certification, have you?

thearchitect

Nutellover wrote: »

Is an EICR usually good enough for insurers though? It seems that its good enough for solicitors when buying and selling. A lot of properties don't have certificates for this stuff, does that mean all of their insurance is void?

You've been told what the position is several posters already.


Ask your solicitor and local building control department. Pay £200+VAT for an EICR. It's up to you.


But your best solution remains sucking up the £100.

thearchitect

davidmcn wrote: »

Buildings insurance? I've never known an insurer ask questions about electrical certification, have you?

No. But I've know Loss Adjusters ask, when processing the claim. Which, frankly, is the important bit.

red_boots2

What about paying him then trying to sort it out after with a Letter Before Action and Small Claims? As you said you have all the Evidence, but have little choice at the moment other than to pay the £100.