UK/London rewire pricing??

[Dustydazzler]

I live in north surrey but have done a fair amount of work in London.
the rewire alone comes out at £7000 using my current price list. Full rcbo consumer unit and decent brand wiring accessories,
i am not vat registered.
if their is Street parking charges This will go on top at £40 per day For however many days it takes.
(I allowed £250 for the cable run to the shed (4mm swa) but it could be less Depending on how close The shed is)

 

[ppelec100]

We all notify through our respective schemes mate that’s the point of em, if you can find a spark who registered for third party work and is also willing to do it then yep he/she can notify....,but they are thin on the ground...

The tester has said he will notify building control once they have tested the install.
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I live in north surrey but have done a fair amount of work in London.
the rewire alone comes out at £7000 using my current price list. Full rcbo consumer unit and decent brand wiring accessories,
i am not vat registered.
if their is Street parking charges This will go on top at £40 per day For however many days it takes.
(I allowed £250 for the cable run to the shed (4mm swa) but it could be less Depending on how close The shed is)

Hi would you mind sharing your method of pricing please? Do you charge per point? The same for all points or?
Also for the shed supply I am only running it from the consumer unit to the start point of the garden just so that if they plaster/floor the property it won’t be a nightmare to run in the future, I am not terminating it.
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If your going to be rewiring houses then you need to join a scheme.You cannot notify them without being in a scheme or direct which costs the £300.As Baddegg says you might find an electrician who could do the notification.
DEIC is Domestic Electrical Installation Certificate.
To answer your question above,all registered electricians notify their work as and when needed.The house owner would need the certificates when renting or selling the house so it needs notifying to comply with the law.

The tester who has said he will do the initial verification said he will notify building control for me.
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Any methods on pricing then guys? You’ve told me rough prices, but how do you get to them prices normally? How much do you charge per point DS/Switch/Light etc?

 

[Dustydazzler]

ppelec , my prices are based upon experience of looking at what a customer wants and how much I think the job is worth...
pricing a job on a ‘points‘ based system has never really worked for me.
i usually work out the materials using a wholesalers price and then decide how labour intensive the job is (how long it will take).
one think I have learned is that most jobs take longer than you anticipate,
so if you think you can bang out the rewire in say 8 days , it will take you 10

 

[Leesparkykent]

You could do that for £4600. I’m in Kent and that’s how much it would be roughly around here. That would be the keenish price and around £5200 would be pushing your luck, again local to me.

 

[Ruxdhh]

Okay so i've got a 3 bedroom house to rewire and i need to give the client a quote.
This will be my first own rewire, but i've done a few with other electricians i've worked with in the past, simple but messy. Just finished my apprenticeship too, so i'm not too bothered about making a killing off of it, i would like to get the job mainly for the experience but at a worthy price.

The house will have
29 socket points (including double/single/spurs)
11 or 12 switches (for lights)
10 basic lighting points (pendant/bulkhead)
9 downlight points
2 wall lights
1 heat and 2 smoke detectors
Ex fan + isolator /
Electric oven supply (switch and outlet connection)
A cable run and coiled up for a shed supply (when the shed is built in the future)
Electric shower supply (isolator and shower connection)
Consumer unit fit + double pole isolator
Bonding gas + water

Note: they are having the walls plastered so i don't need to make good. the fan hole is already drilled out. house is non occupied, but they are having some small works done before/while we rewire.

The price I have come up with is £3800 but I feel as if this is too low..

What would be a good price for all this work to be done?
Also any ideas/formulas on how to calculate the pricing will be much appreciated!
Also do you add a mark up percentage or anything on materials? If so how much?

How much per hour do you want to earn?
How many hours will the job take to complete?
Multiply those 2 figures together and add on the materials and parking charges

 

[ppelec100]

How much per hour do you want to earn?
How many hours will the job take to complete?
Multiply those 2 figures together and add on the materials and parking charges

As it is my first rewire as my own, I am unsure how many hours it will take and if I price it this way, mentally I will feel as if I am losing out. Maybe in the future. I’m pricing per point. 50/ds/switches/wall lights - 40/pendants/smokes - 50/first downlight then 35 for every downlight after that in each room along those lines. Bit low I think but I’ll see how it goes

 

[richy3333]

I’d say you’re half what I would quote in that area, not that I am in that area.

i think a DEIC is a dangerous electrical installation certificate.

 

[Markyd]

The Electrician who is going to test and sign it off needs to be involved in the design,construction.....if he is not third party registered then he cannot sign it off........its smelling fishy also do you have the correct insurance to cover this work

 

[ppelec100]

The Electrician who is going to test and sign it off needs to be involved in the design,construction.....if he is not third party registered then he cannot sign it off........its smelling fishy also do you have the correct insurance to cover this work

But why’s that? On the installation certificate it has separate sections for the designer constructor and tester. Me being the designer and constructor and him being the tester. I will obviously run through with him how I’ve done things in terms of designing and installation where I’ve complied with regs and a normal high standard of work. I will picture/video things for him also.

Why is it smelling fishy? And what insurance would I need for this? Guessing public liability insurance? Is that compulsory? I mean I know I’m taking a slight risk without it but if it’s going to be a new install and I’m not faffing with someone’s else’s dodgy mess so there’s a slim chance anyone will be injured/shocked. The install will be tested also. There’s nothing to really damage apart from walls and floorboards. I’m not really busy on the private jobs and I’m still picking these things up as I go along so go easy on me... I’m not saying I’m never going to get the liability insurance but I barely get private jobs for me to even bother getting it.

 

[JBW175]

The benefits outweigh the cost, if it’s only for peace of mind in case something goes drastically wrong or you have a monumental balls up, get insurance.