Electricians, how much should I expect to pay?

[TwoIfBySea]

After spending an hour wobbling about on a ladder I've given up and decided to get a sparky in to help! I used to be able to do this but it was so fiddly, I'm not good up a ladder unless it's painting or something easy.

So, to fit four ceiling lights (two hallway, one kitchen, one living room) and one wall light (hall) how much would it be? These are replacing the original ones with new lights.

I also have fencing to replace after the storms so it is going to be an expensive month!

Anyone???

It's not a direct comparison but may help; I got two hall ceiling lights, a living room ceiling light, replaced four spotlights on a central bar with eight downlighters in the kitchen, an extra double socket in the hall & an outdoor (weatherproof) double socket for £350 at the end of November. I forgot to mention the hall socket I wanted when the sparky originally came to price the job, so the quote excluding that was £300. In my case, the kitchen downlights were the best part of a day's labour (& he supplied them) with all other jobs being completed in a morning.

I reckon you'll be less as the bulk of work was the kitchen & would guesstimate £160 - £200.

Hi there, I just had an electrician come out to replace 2 light fittings for me, it was a London job and the call out was £60.00, which is for an hour but is what it would have cost had it taken 5 minutes! So, your job depending on how fiddly it is could take potentially 2 hours, most electricians do have a cheaper rate for the second hour though.......

Cool, just a rough figure was all I needed before I start phoning on Monday! We had a roofer came around here last year and took £250 from my neighbours to replace 5 tiles and refelt their medium size garden shed! I was thinking that was a bit steep and didn't want to be fleeced, especially as the telly has just gone on the blink (still after 8 years that's expected!)

if you are phoning round electricians, always ask which self-certification scheme he is in, and how long he has been a member (write it down). If he is (and is therefore authorised to do certain work which is notifiable under building regulations, without needing it to be inspected) he will be happy to tell you. If he flannels and says it isn't necessary and he's been doing the job for 20 years... try someone else.

It is quite true that some domestic work is not notifiable; and membership is not necessarily a guarantee of quality, but if you were getting in a taxi, you'd prefer to know the driver had a licence.

Do you ask to see the taxi driver's licence PigletJohn?

Thanks PigletJohn, and in my area at least taxi drivers have their photographic taxi permits on their dashboards :)

and here.

Isn't it standard?