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Hi all,

I am doing up my flat, which is quite a large space, about 150 spot lights and 65 plug sockets (now 95).

My Electrician started on monday and went home Thursday afternoon. He emailed me last night saying he is not willing to come back because I agreed to pay him 3.1k upfront on monday however I did not manage to get the money to him until tuesday which to be honest was my fault however I do feel its a little harsh to quit a job half way through because of that. I think he has just found another better paying job.

NB: job was 7350 first fix and 5k second fix. He is going to keep the £3.1k I have paid him and so far he has run 6 ring mains and boxed up 90 ish plug sockets.

Anyway what are my choices now? Unfortunately this has messed up the rest of my build as I can not put my floors down until the electrical work is finished so I am going to have to cancel the other jobs that are due to start next week.

Will I be able to find someone that is willing to take on a half done job? Should I just get someone on a day rate or get someone to price for the full job again?
 
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Tony said:
What do you want out of this thread? Sympathy? Not from me or many others I would guess.

You pulled a stunt with the first transaction, do the same to me and I’d walk away. During the hearing weren’t questions asked about the payment methods? Very surprised if there weren’t!

It would be interesting if the first electrician were to come on to here, there’s two sides to every story. This one has become long and boring!
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I dont want anything from this thread, I only posted an update because I said I would when I first created the thread.


nottz_spark said:
i have read this thread with interest as i am looking for clues to be a succesful contractor...what i can really decipher is ....there is obviously 2 sides to every story and this is not a personal attack on the poster but it is clear he has flexible ways of working which the original spark wasnt happy with...who the hell calls a place with that many circuits 'small'?...i will pay you on monday which turns out to be 'someone else will pay you on tuesday'.....i think the original spark saw what was coming and just made sure he got out of there without taking a loss and i am struggling to fault him.
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well, its not quite how it played out. I turned up with the cash on monday morning because I did not want to send a bank transfer in advance. He did not want cash so I said I will go and drop it into the bank but I did not manage to find time.

Tuesday came and I took the cash in with the intention of going to the bank during the day, he was so stressed about getting paid and not waiting a couple of hours for me to get out to go to the bank I said I would get my partner to do the transfer while he holds onto the cash.

biff55 said:
i call bulls*** on the job even existing :)
no-one in chesterfield has the coin to build a 6000 sqft luxury designer apartment , the place is a dump lol.
and if they could afford it , they wouldnt build it there in the first place , they'd choose somewhere nicer.......
like the bronx , moss-side or toxteth.
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couple of photos attached, living room on the left and Kitchen on the right.

Chesterfield is not that bad, we are in a small village near chesterfield but yes given a choice I would be living back in London or Prague but work and family have brought us back to the UK.



Murdoch said:
Wonder who the lucky Spark on here is now the contractor?
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He can post if he wants. I know he is following this thread. He seems to have done a very good job so far. I have to huge consumer units filled with RCBO's :)
 
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belmontbuild said:
I would be living back in London or Prague but work and family have brought us back to the UK.
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Now I know London is very international, but when I was there a couple of days back it was till in the UK...has some bugger moved it in the meantime?

belmontbuild said:
He can post if he wants. I know he is following this thread.
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I'm sure everyone would love to hear from him even if just as confirmation the Job is real, as that stops all the speculation dead in it's tracks.

belmontbuild said:
He seems to have done a very good job so far. I have to huge consumer units filled with RCBO's :)
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I'll bet that is a pretty penny.
 
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Just spotted the update, yes its me who is doing the rest. Some quite amusing comments .....
Chezvegas as it is called is my birth town, have travelled a fair bit over the years and its quite nice, we have the Peak District and surrounding villages which "southerners" fall over themselves to buy :)

As for the job, its one of those jobs which was / is always going to change.

I am the 3rd sparkie and the work done by the first was "OK" (probably less than a grands worth - i needed to neaten up a few runs and the zoning was a bit random, as for dead tests, no chance, no cable had been stripped. Have agreed with owner not to put the floors down until we have tested.
 
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plugsandsparks said:
Just spotted the update, yes its me who is doing the rest. Some quite amusing comments .....
Chezvegas as it is called is my birth town, have travelled a fair bit over the years and its quite nice, we have the Peak District and surrounding villages which "southerners" fall over themselves to buy :)

As for the job, its one of those jobs which was / is always going to change.

I am the 3rd sparkie and the work done by the first was "OK" (probably less than a grands worth - i needed to neaten up a few runs and the zoning was a bit random, as for dead tests, no chance, no cable had been stripped. Have agreed with owner not to put the floors down until we have tested.
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A sensible decision by the OP to get someone local!
 
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JD6400 said:
Hi plugs , you say the 3rd sparkie !?
Don't feel you have to answer , if it will put you in a awkward position !:dots:
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as plugsandsparks says there was no issue with the second guy he could only give me 10 days that he had free which was ideal as it allowed me to finish putting up the plasterboard on the ceilings. Plugsandsparks has done a excellent job and so far I am very happy with the result. Hopefully we will be doing the second fix soon.


 
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I'm also glad to hear it sounds like the job is back on track and it's kinda nice one of the established forum members got some work as well. Good luck with the rest of the build.
 
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Hi Guys.

Another update. So Mr CS applied to have the as I am based in the US at the moment I was not able to go to court to fight this and he successfully had the verdict set aside.

So we had our day in front of the judge a few weeks ago, this is the first time I have spoken to CS and I got the feeling he honestly believes he had done 3.1k worth of work and that I am trying to rip him off.

On the other hand I had a valuation of the work with shows it was just under 1.3k worth of work which in my view is what the work was worth.

After calling his accountant he finally agreed that there is no such thing as a VAT exemption number for a new build and that he was not actually supposed to charge me VAT.

After much going back and forth he agreed to pay me back £1500 which I agreed to accept.
He paid me on the date promised and this is now closed.

Its fair to say I will never deal with Mr CS again.


All in all am happy this is over and done with. I cost me £120 in legal fees, £150 in fuel to drive down to court and £3000 to fly back to the uk to go to court. I got £1.5k back. This was never about the money I just dont like being taken for a ride which in my view I was.

I know everyone says there is 2 sides to a story, so as this is public record now here is Mr CS side of the story.

*Removed*

Also I managed to convince Mr CS (after a call to his accountant) that actually there is no such thing as a VAT exemption number for a new build and that he was supposed to zero rate the VAT, so he will get the VAT back that he paid so actually he is only just under £1k out of pocket now.

To be fair to CS he has lost a few days of work having to go to court so he has lost out in all of this also.

I dont agree with some of what is said in the letter, but thats my point of view.
 
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belmontbuild said:
Hi Guys.

Another update. So Mr CS applied to have the judgment set aside, as I am based in the US at the moment I was not able to go to court to fight this and he successfully had the verdict set aside.

So we had our day in front of the judge a few weeks ago, this is the first time I have spoken to CS and I got the feeling he honestly believes he had done 3.1k worth of work and that I am trying to rip him off.

On the other hand I had a valuation of the work with shows it was just under 1.3k worth of work which in my view is what the work was worth.

After calling his accountant he finally agreed that there is no such thing as a VAT exemption number for a new build and that he was not actually supposed to charge me VAT.

After much going back and forth he agreed to pay me back £1500 which I agreed to accept.
He paid me on the date promised and this is now closed.

Its fair to say I will never deal with Mr CS again.


All in all am happy this is over and done with. I cost me £120 in legal fees, £150 in fuel to drive down to court and £3000 to fly back to the uk to go to court. I got £1.5k back. This was never about the money I just dont like being taken for a ride.

I know everyone says there is 2 sides to a story, so as this is public record now here is Mr CS side of the story.

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You shouldn't be publicising the individuals names on here.

£258 for 2 weeks hotel - sounds more like campsite fees
 
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Too late, i had to login to find the link had vanished / had been removed.......

Here's one I prepared earlier .... The whole thing stank, I just had to put her reply up on a public forum

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I told you Its so much easier to remove the link before you post.....lol
 
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OK.

So Belmont Build thinks its OK for him to name and shame a sparky, but then remove his name from said details, to keep his identify secret.

So shall we play hangman to reveal Belmont Builds identity?

so to start off the surname has 7 letters, who's going first with a guess of a letter?
 
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Murdoch said:
OK.

So Belmont Build thinks its OK for him to name and shame a sparky, but then remove his name from said details, to keep his identify secret.

So shall we play hangman to reveal Belmont Builds identity?

so to start off the surname has 7 letters, who's going first with a guess of a letter?
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I saw it, so I won't play

He did change it pretty quick mind, hope he's not a hacker!

:sifone:
 
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ian.settle1 said:
If he is from out of town then this would be reasonable
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It depends how you look at it, the judge was going to appoint a expert witness to put a valuation on the work, its irrelevant where the guy lives the only relevant part is the value of the work done. Even if I was to pay for the hotel why would I pay for 2 weeks worth of hotel stay because he changed his mind about finishing the job?
 
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