New plug sockets - AIBU?

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We're having some electrical work done and the electrician was not impressed about being asked to make good the area where the socket had been chipped out...

We're paying a decent amount for a lot of work to be done. I would have thought finishing off the socket would be standard, so AIBU??

Did the quote or estimate include making good?

Also, make sure he doesn't do a bodge round it with polyfilla if it's in an obvious place

It doesn't specifically say making good - but as we are paying £80 per socket I would have expected it to be made good... I should have checked I suppose, but at that cost I just expected it to be included!

£80 a socket? . Yes, I would expect it to be made good for that money.

We had some extra sockets out in in our living room a couple of years ago. I remember the electrician got his mate who was a plasterer to make good as he said his skills weren't up to it and he needed to practise, but not on our house! He didn't charge us any more though.

£80 a socket?!?!

We are having a loft conversion done at the moment ant it's £40 per socket and Spotlight. We're in Cheshire. Are these London prices?

That is extortionate. Yes - I think you should say to him that given the cost, you had assumed making good was included. But, if you think he'll bodge it in visible areas, I would think twice

I'm in the south east - so pretty much London prices. Trying to get tradesmen to even quote is difficult...

I've made my expectations clear in an email.... with photos.

He's done a lot of work so if he wants his money he'll have to sort it out!

I'm in the south east - so pretty much London prices. Trying to get tradesmen to even quote is difficult...

I've made my expectations clear in an email.... with photos.

He's done a lot of work so if he wants his money he'll have to sort it out!

Sorry but making good is not his job unless specified as included in price

Really, so when you pay someone to chisel out your wall and fit a new socket you would expect them to fill the holes they make?!!

I'm with the at £80 per socket

I'd expect them to decorate and everything for that. Of course it should be 'made good'.

I'm not sure making good would be included as that will probably need a plasterer and/or decorator. Luckily they chased it into wall rather than supplying trunking as happened to us

Did you make your "expectations" clear before or after establishing the price? Have you already had the electrical work done but not paid for it?

There is no reason to think electricians are competent decorators or plasterers, and quotations for electrical work are usually for electrical work, unless something extra has been specifically included.

I've just asked our electrician - making good not included in the cost. If it was a light switch and he could easily seal around it, that would be no problem. If more messy (eg new socket etc) then he would expect a plasterer or decorator to be brought in to deal with it as he actually couldn't make a very good job of it

Fair enough. It would have been nice if he'd mentioned it first!

All the other electrical work I've had done over the years had been made good... I guess I just got lucky!

And not paying him prob not a good idea ok if you the safety cert Comanche thingy to be honest electricians are amongst the most expensive trade if you can find one who only charges £40 a socket hang onto him

Compliance not comanche