£500 for a full rewire in 3 bed property

[EDMOND MATOSHI]

Was asked to check the quality of work on full rewire. Attached are the pictures I took of yet another shocking installation by a cowboy pretending to be an electrician. The home owner paid £500 and thought he got a good deal what he’s got instead is a death trap.

 

[buzzlightyear]

did you cliant get any paper work with that .and the spake did that did he do ot on the weekend .cause if it was me i would ne riing up the trade and standards up right away .cause to me it was done by a diyer.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Was the work carrird out by a Eu worker by any chance .if i was you i would have shut of the main isolator to off position.to make it safe.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I've been on this forum for 8 years now, looking at pictures like these ... nowt's changed!

 

[buzzlightyear]

the cowboy has rode well in to the sumset.what do the op say! now looking at the picture i. be surprised the owners not done it looking at the plug with written on boiler.

 

[Silly Sausage]

the cowboy has rode well in to the sumset.what do the op say!

Is that what it says on that cable 'Adios sucker' ?
W@kers.

And thing that always gets me about work this, electrics, plumbing, woodwork etc. they must be mentally retarded to do it so badly, it's easier to do it better!

 

[cliffed]

Wago’s look good,shocking,how on Earth can this happen.

 

[Midwest]

If they’ve paid money for the ‘rewire’, the ‘contractor’ wants reported to trading standards, as Buzz suggested. That looks very dangerous, the person responsible wants prosecuting.

 

[SparkyChick]

I'm sure we'd all like to see it... do you have any pictures of the CU internals?

 

[Zdb]

I'm not saying this is the case here but the worst workmanship I've ever seen was done by a Romanian "sparky".

Be interested the know the nationality of the chap that did this....

 

[Octopus]

How can anyone with a brain believe they can get a rewire for £500?

 

[Baddegg]

Appalling workmanship aside,I’d be concerned that all the materials are actually stolen as well cos I can’t see how at £500 he could make any money on that? Assuming he’s had a stab at the Cu as well......

 

[Pete999]

I think the person that did this, is the sort of person who thinks "well it works, therefore I am an Electrician" seen loads of carp like this on my many trips overseas working with local Lads, supplied by the management as Electricians, because they say they are. A lash up of the highest order, the man with no name would be proud of this.

 

[MFS Electrical]

Another case of a poorly educated customer suckered into a cowboys trap. I find it very difficult to imagine that he made much from the “rewire” at that price.
I’d be issuing an electrical danger notification and as buzz said, isolating the main switch telling the customer that the entire installation was a death trap. I wouldn’t even waste my time trying to do an EICR on that.
IMHO the only way forward is another rewire done properly, it would probably be quicker and more cost effective than actually trying to fix that mess. It is a shame for the occupant that this has happened but really £500 for a whole rewire? You couldn’t even buy a new iphone for that what were they thinking when they said yes?
Also If that’s what you’ve seen so far I’d be worried as to what other nasties are lurking elsewhere hidden away as well.

 

[JAWS]

The most depressing & scary thing about this is that the Cowboy who done this left that job with no compassion whatsoever to the dangers he has left to the client.

 

[Wilko]

Hi Edmond and welcome to the Forum!
You've made a grand entrance to the place with those pics, but oh dear - Poor homeowner !

 

[Baddegg]

The most depressing & scary thing about this is that the Cowboy who done this left that job with no compassion whatsoever to the dangers he has left to the client.

I doubt he had any understanding of what he’d left massive....

 

[Deleted account]

OMG!

 

[StephenRowley]

Sure it's not the homeowners attempt and now he realised he's fecked up blaming it on a £500 sparkie?

 

[The Ghost]

I expect he used this piece of work to gain membership with NICEIC. Who would see nothing wrong in it. Or maybe he is already a member? Is that Polish I see written on yonder cable?

 

[buzzlightyear]

the question is was the spark that did the job was he the builder has well .looking at the state of the job like no plaster boards on the ceilings .

 

[buzzlightyear]

if i was the op i would send them
pics to watchdog on behalf on the customer .by the way has the op fallen asleep reading his post .and did not reply to the threads .

 

[Andy78]

How can anyone with a brain believe they can get a rewire for £500?

Dunno, but they do. I once recommended a rewire in a property with no cpcs in lighting and rubber cable all over.
"Ooh that sounds expensive, what are we talking, about a grand ?" Said the well educated home owner.
Property is a large 5 bed semi over three floors on the most expensive street in our city.
My mate actually let out an involuntary "Ha!" When he gave us his idea of an estimate.

 

[PEG]

Listen...i for one,am not going to condemn this installation...until i see the test results...

 

[ruston]

Sadly a lot of that could have been covered up . It is just as well that it has been discovered.

 

[Octopus]

And this is precisely why CPS "inspections" should be conducted on ongoing work ...........

 

[MJPD29]

Probably worse than it was before he started the rewire

 

[camerabloke]

Any pictures of where they tied their horses up?

 

[Pete999]

Any pictures of where they tied their horses up?

They came in Caravans Mate, pulled by Mules.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I wonder what they did with the old wiring, I bet they wade that in .
I wonder if the op client has still got his rad pipes in .

 

[Pete999]

I wonder what they did with the old wiring, I bet they wade that in .
I wonder if the op client has still got his rad pipes in .

Weighed Buzz Weighed, he doesn't improve with age.

 

[littlespark]

Weighed Buzz Weighed, he doesn't improve with age.

He only spells his name right, cos it’s written on his pyjamas.

Seriously, that is a shambles of a job. I’d be surprised if there is a CU to speak of. Will be all supplied from what’s left of an old Wylex fuseboard or something.... with nails instead of fuses!

 

[EDMOND MATOSHI]

The guy that did the work was from Spain . The worst bit was the installation was energised and bonding conductor had been cut and left hanging. 8 junction boxes in kitchen area, with no way to access them. Shower and sockets on same circuit. No earth sleeves throughout and no continuity of cpc

 

[Octopus]

It’s going to cost much more than £500 to improve ...

 

[TJ Anderson]

To be fair, don't feel too sorry for them on this one.
The homeowner went super crazy cheap so what did they expect? Only lost £500, so not an expensive lesson.
The "spark" lol, made sweet FA out of this job, poss 1st attempt so prob won't want to do another haha

 

[magnoliafan89]

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[BruvDunk]

Plenty of nuggets about.... What did they expect!

 

[davesparks]

If the customer wants to gamble with their life then let them, it is a free country after all. They are free to commit suicide by whatever means they see fit.

 

[Markyd]

£500 for a rewire.....the client got what he deserved....seriously..isolate the whole installation and rip the lot out

 

[Mapj1]

Well the bit saying "Enchufez Plant." is either mis spelt Spanish or Portuguese for "socket supply " more or less translated, and the whole thing looks a bit South American, but safer.
Still I don't see anything live you can actually touch, just rather a lot of single insulation, and a feeling they are not used to the bare CPC in T and E. How do the breaker or fuse ratings and cable sizes stack up?

 

[Wilko]

Hi M - strangely I feel that wiring systems are a bit like icebergs, in that only a small % is ever on display. And the bit the installer knew would be seen is likely to be their best efforts .

 

[johnduffell]

Given the number of people who don't know the difference between a rewire and a new consumer unit i bet the are plenty who have no idea how hard a rewire is. And what a reasonabe price is. The so called electrician is the one in the wrong in my opinion.a professional would have walked away.

 

[pirate]

Either Spanish or Portugese, badly spelt. I won't condemn hin because of that, because I have seen lots of really good Spanish electrics...
(he lied)

 

[richy3333]

I'd have done that rewire for £250 £500 sounds like he was over charged!

 

[Sigurd]

Unfortunately many people have no knowledge of electrics. I neither am nor was an electrician, but when a neighbour asked me (as a schoolboy) to look at the broken cable in his house which they "repaired" but didn't work, I could see the problem. They had basically wrapped all three wires from each end together. At least they had put some tape round it!!

 

[LeeH]

I couldn’t do any better for 500 quid.

 

[Coach]

Worst I have seen in 50 years as a spark. (I've led a sheltered life)

 

[oracle]

That homeowner paid far less than he should have, that cowboy may be able to milk a cow but failed at milking the customer properly.

 

[Amnesh Singh]

The person who carried the work should be behind bars. Ridiculous.

 

[ZippyMo]

I'm a trainee sparky studying for my Level 2 C&G. I have re-wired homes before with my dad and now with my brother in law.
Even I can tell that is a total ---- job.

I might just even show this to my college tutor.