Estate agent and money

[chris day]

hello guys

I recently had an estate agent contact me asking for an EICR be carried out, I sent them a detailed quotation with terms and conditions.
These conditions stated £200 will cover the first 10 circuits then £20 for every circuit thereafter.
After spending a day grafting away nocking out 20 circuits i decided to make sure the client is aware there are 60 circuits remaining so please ensure the costs have been aloud for on my return.

I am now no longer getting any response from them and I have the agreed terms communicated by email.

What shall I do to recoup the costs of the day already spent should this wall of silence continue?

 

[westward10]

Sounds like a lot more paperwork.

It is the most sensible thing to do a Report per dwelling. Someone wants to know the condition of No18 you give them its Report and not a document they have to search through. We tested Trellick Tower in London about ten years ago, all separate Reports.

 

[Octopus]

So do you do that in commercial premises. Issue cert for each DB bit by bit?

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One commercial property would have 1 EICR, irrespective of the number of DBs

This block of flats is 16 flats and 1 communal

 

[The Ghost]

I can see the sense in that if people actually are interested enough to read them, haven't met many. But of course we did find that on doing 66 units various tenants did want their EICR separated for insurance purposes. It was not a problem to identify the part of the report but would have been neater if they were all separate in retrospect. Will take note of the above.

 

[westward10]

p

One commercial property would have 1 EICR, irrespective of the number of DBs

This block of flats is 16 flats and 1 communal

It would be dependant on size and the nature of the site, beginning of this year we did a periodic of just under 900 circuits all from a single source. There were several buildings ranging from office space, domestic, public and surgical. Each building had its own Report with another for the mains distribution it just made sense due to the different environments and ease of reading.

 

[The Ghost]

Trellick tower? Wasn't that the one that had a fire in April this year?

 

[The Ghost]

900?!

 

[westward10]

Trellick tower? Wasn't that the one that had a fire in April this year?

Yes it was on the upper floors, not guilty. Fascinating place a proper mix of life and a prime example of the planners dream going wrong. If you are into reading you should try High Rise by J Ballard as it was based on Trellick and portrays brilliantly the dream going wrong just as it did at Trellick.

 

[buzzlightyear]

personally I think you have bitten more then you can chewed .on testing that property .for one man band .the reason possible they might knock you.

 

[dmxtothemax]

Can you withdraw the EICR ?

 

[PEG]

Can you withdraw the EICR ?

That is a very Catholic thing,to suggest...

 

[NDG Elecs]

Both landlords and letting agents will often not read the small print. You say you did a detailed quotation, but that obviously cannot cover doubled up circuits in CUs etc. If you based the quote on 16 flats x5 ccts and that was agreed then crack on I say. I would only do another 20 at the most though before getting paid upfront for works done before carrying out the rest.

Are the agents and or landlord aware what an EICR is? Sometimes they have a misguided belief that remedial works are included within the pricing. Pay the agents a visit, and if all good, ask for email confirmation before proceeding further.

Good luck!

 

[chris day]

personally I think you have bitten more then you can chewed .on testing that property .for one man band .the reason possible they might knock you.

For the price they are paying I am not overly concerned about doubled up circuits although good point.

I feel that is not the reason as they has no idea about my business structure when they called, 80 circuits I can nock out in 3 days.

 

[Octopus]

I feel that is not the reason as they has no idea about my business structure when they called, 80 circuits I can nock out in 3 days.

with 17 flats involved.............. how could you guarantee access?

 

[chris day]

My quotation explains the process and reasons behind the EICR so they don't have any excuses .
I don't think they know what they are doing as they want once certificate.
Every flat has faults so I won't worry about failing a healthy flat, because one flat could catch fire it would affect the rest so they could argue one dangerous flat endangers all the flats, hence grenfell.

 

[chris day]

They very kindly gave me the keys, I wish payment was as straight forward

 

[Billsays]

They very kindly gave me the keys, I wish payment was as straight forward

Well if you still have the keys I wouldn’t worry too much about getting paid.

 

[sparx northeast]

A lot of additional sheets. Main DB(s) then all the submains identified as flat nos and labelled DB subs. etc.

17 meters i.e. 16 flats and the landlords DB = 17 certificates - Simples

 

[sparx northeast]

A lot of additional sheets. Main DB(s) then all the submains identified as flat nos and labelled DB subs. etc.

17 meters i.e. 16 flats and the landlords DB = 17 certificates - Simples