Are we really cheapening ourselves THAT much?

[Zeespark]

My mum is just about to rent out a property, EICR via letting company which is optional - for £30, unreal

Andy Guinness

 

[Badger]

That's redicoulous what is it a sit in the van and make up the numbers again 

 

[Blue Duck]

Thought the going rate for that sort of thing was £100, £30 for the "spark" and £70 for the agent to share the location on Google maps.

We had 3 testers on site at a rate of £250/day....

When it came to witnessing the test results it was quickly revealed they were making them up! 

They were pumped there and then. 

:C

 

[Murdoch]

My mum is just about to rent out a property, EICR via letting company which is optional - for £30, unreal

Andy Guinness

Won't be worth the paper its written / printed on

 

[Jono Pashley]

Drive by

 

[Andy™]

probably done by the handyman, plug in tester,  all 3 lights on, must be OK

 

[Sidney]

At a guess they've already got a copy of an EICR for the property and are charging £30 for a copy of the copy...

 

[Blue Duck]

@Zeespark

I think you should part with that £30 just to see what you get for the money!?

 

[Andy™]

@Zeespark

I think you should part with that £30 just to see what you get for the money!?

good idea. id also act the dumb customer and ask loads of daft questions like are my sockets going to melt, whats is there a green and yellow thing under the sink etc

 

[kerching]

Also,start asking things like

is my fuseboard illegal?

its ok to,get an occasional shock from the taps, isn't it?

that big wire near the meter sometimes smells, should it do that?

then when they have answered ask them about Network Impedance

thats got to be worth the £30!

 

[Zeespark]

Thanks all, I know the house intimately, especially the electrics, I know whats wrong (which isnt much that can be noted on an EICR). Its the sort of house that I would strip everything back to bare walls and start again. In the 'new' house, a 1902 build, there are even more fun and games.

Andy Guinness

 

[Evans Electric]

£30  !!  I just moved moved my van 200 mtrs  down the road,   put a light up they had bought  and parked it up again ..£30   :C

 

[Murdoch]

What poor fool would agree to put their signature on an EICR for just £30?

 

[Andy™]

micky mouse

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

What poor fool would agree to put their signature on an EICR for just £30?

micky mouse

Or...

Donald Duck..

Goofy...

Pluto....

Bugs Bunny....

Captain Pugwash....

Sponge Bob....

Del Boy...

Buzz Lightyear....

Actually. quite a few names I know may be willing to put their autograph on a £30 EICR...

Guinness

msl1:

 

[Evans Electric]

This has reminded me of a  question I posed  some years ago ,   I'll try it again . 

Including myself  I never met anyone who has actually SEEN  a Mickey Mouse cartoon .    Everyone 's heard of him .   Bugs Bunny ,  Road Runner Tom & Jerry  yes ....the most famous one in the world ...no . 

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

I will put money  on the EICR being a Landlords condition report, which is a visual only.  Even if i offered those it would be more than £30.

About 10 years ago we used to do call out work for a local agent at £40 each job. That was cheap then but all work was within  1/2 mile of his office which was 5 min drive from home and generally never took more than half an hour to complete. It led on to many bigger jobs.

 

[MG201]

The drive to do testing at £5 a circuit is getting crazy.  It seems to me that all these main contractors are taking on full FM jobs then trying to drive the price of every unit down. As NICEIC reccomend a max of 40 circuits a day how can the SME manage to make a living. I know good testers will do 80 a day if all centrally located and no access limitations.  I also seen a Edinburgh testing company offering £70 a property this includes PAT EICR fire check. . OK 70 IS LOW but it's companoes like this that are driving the testing sector down. Making there £ changing a socket or switch for £60 a time to make there real £ out the jobs 

 

[Murdoch]

How can the NICEIC recommend a maximum test rate of 40 circuits per day?

For an 8 hour day that works out at 12 minutes per circuit max.

Like to see somebody do that ...... All day

They are undermining the quality of the testing and the value of the reports....

Just saying

For me a 10 way board is a working day ... Or else it's not worth doing

 

[Risteard]

As NICEIC reccomend a max of 40 circuits a day

Where have the NICEIC ever made any such statement?