Why so big a difference in price?

[steve_jones]

Hi All,

Just wanted anyone's views on why electricians prices are so different, had a few quotes for wiring in a kitchen, quotes came in at:

£1200
£950 (reduced to £850 when I questioned it)
£460

Went with the £460, did a great job, safety certificate the lot. I know none of you will have seen the job in question but how do people quote up for jobs and why the vast difference?

 

[Nigel]

I will gaurentee the £460 was not qualified.

Why would you go with such a cheap price when the other two are quite close? Surely this would ring alarm bells.

 

[Andy78]

Depends on the specification and work entailed, I have done very simple kitchen fits for the low price and for well over the top price.
Depends on business model and overheads which are different for each company.
Depends on the materials used. There are sometimes quite large differences in price and also quality.
There also some electricians that are great at their job but useless at business and work for peanuts.

 

[Dave OCD]

I'd like to see a picture or two of the job but maybe it wasn't that much work and the guy who did it was on the ball and not greedy?

 

[Pete999]

Rip off Merchant trying it on
Hoping to con you
Got a pic of the certificate we can have a look at? what was the extent of the work, how many sockets, lights, cooker points, bonding OK? was rge Bloke that won the work a CP Scheme member ( NICEIC, NAPIT etc) any part P notification to LABC?

 

[Andy78]

Oh, I've also seen a cheap kitchen fit where the certificate was bogus, all the results were invented, and none of the basic safety requirements were added but later needed to be at a cost of several hundreds extra.

 

[Octopus]

What was the scope of work?

The price differences could simply be the first 2 have lots of work and the 3rd had no work!

AND how did you pay? cash? BACs?

 

[GMES]

Steve you need to come back with some answers to the questions asked and then maybe the guys can give you a few answers, pictures are also useful.

 

[The Ghost]

It's the nature of a free market surely?

 

[Octopus]

This previous thread by the OP is probably a reasonable idea of the requirement:

Help needed - Kitchen fit (Electrician costs)??? - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/help-needed-kitchen-fit-electrician-costs.133747/