Electrician won’t give certificates

[Dustydazzler]

I have contacted the niceic personally for customers regarding missing certs from previous electricians and they dint want to know.
I can imagine the same will apply to all scams.
They just kept telling me to get the home owner to chase up the original electrician.
Yeah great advice when he doesn’t answer his phone or reply to any texts or emails...
After about 3 months most home owners just give up trying in the end...

 

[Fiftyhertz]

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[Dustydazzler]

Without sound sarcastic, couldn’t you have just done it yourself

 

[Fiftyhertz]

I’ve done the rest of the house myself other than the plastering, wanted to be tip top on the electrical front as I thought it would case more of a problem selling with part p etc but as you stated earlier there seems to be a quick fix

 

[Taylortwocities]

@Fiftyhertz and @Dustydazzler

The schemes do not have, hold or ever see an installation certificate. The only person who has this is the electrician. Do anything about changing schemes is hogwash.

What the scheme should have is a digital record of notifiable work that their member electrician has (if he has) notified them about. The scheme will have sent a (digital) notification of this to the LABC concerned, and a paper Certificate of Completion to you.

 

[DefyG]

I’ve done the rest of the house myself other than the plastering, wanted to be tip top on the electrical front as I thought it would case more of a problem selling with part p etc

Doesn't quite stack up for me. You are an Electrical Consultant working in the Construction industry, want a Rolls Royce (tip top) job yet leave it to someone you don't know but have reviewed on checkatrader (or the like) whilst you do the rest of the house (except the plastering) yourself!
You could have done the electrics yourself, got your rolls Royce job and still got the local authority in to provide a part p certificate (albeit at a little extra cost), and left the 'rest' (carpentry/plumbing etc) to the experts in their field!

 

[Midwest]

Indemnity insurance is to protect the buyer from any potential legal costs from defects or the LBC taking legal action because of unapproved works. It does not cover the rectification of defects.

A potential buyer may be put off from missing documentation, and/or the sale price of would need to reflect that. A friend purchased a property, where work had been done without Building Reg approval. They purchased an indemnity insurance; they have been beset with problems since. They now know why the builder didn't seek approval.

@Fiftyhertz, if your intension is to sell this property in due course, you'll need to address this issue of missing certificates & compliance documentation (if applicable). Either keep pushing the original electrician, or speak to your conveyancing solicitor, an EICR might be an option. Or approach your LBC, and ask for a Regularisation Certificate. My LBC current fee for one of those is £400+vat.

I have just bought & sold a property. You sign a legal document, which amongst other things, ask if you've had any electrical work carried out since 2005, and also ask you to provided copies of electrical certificates & compliance docs. I've had 3 or 4 request in the last year for duplicate certificates, all for house sales.

 

[MDJ]

iME there is always two sides to a story

 

[pirate]

Indemnity policies are wondrous things
They keep the lawyers happy
But if you ever claim on them
You'll soon find out they're crappy

 

[Fiftyhertz]

@MDJ would usually completely agree, but in this case I’ve paid him the day he invoices every time and all I want is for him to come for the final test and I’ve been chasing for months. Just taking the p*ss