£4000 for small 3 bed house electrical re wire

[whataboutbob]

I’ve been quoted the above by an electrician for the re wire plus upgrade of sockets and putting the kitchen on its own circuit It’s in the south east . Does that sound reasonable?

Yes we paid just under 5k for that minus kitchen and bathroom. Similar area.

Thanks. He also wanted a 50% deposit upfront but now accepts 25%, does that sound ok?

That'll probably go on materials.

Very reasonable. We have just paid £8k+ on a rewire for a 5 bed house on the south coast. It’s quite an involved and very messy job

paintcolourwoes- did you have to replaster afterwards?

Don't pay anything up front. I never have.

Read posts in here if people that have and deeply regretted it

No it's expensive. But then I work In construction and wouldn't expect to pay more than £2.5k-£3k

DO NOT PAY UPFRONT - ask for a copy of the invoice for the materials before you pay anything

We paid £5k, nothing upfront, 50% after downstairs down and 50% after upstairs done and we had certificate. We were replastering anyway so not sure what could be done just to patch repair it but one word of warning, it created more mess than I could have ever imagined.

Thanks for your advice. I have agreed to the 25% so will have to pay up. He’s worked for me before and done a good ( albeit much smaller) job. Thanks also for the warnings re the mess!

I agree with not paying up front to be honest. I’ve never paid anything up front for any work on the house. Materials are usually billed monthly with 28 days to pay so I wouldn’t expect an outlay at this stage.

We haven’t replastered, but only really because we chose to use lining paper instead. That was a decision based on the age of the house, thickness of plaster and not wanting to take the whole house back to bare brick. There are massive deep holes in the wall though that require significant filling before any kind of making good can be considered

25% up front is fair and professional.

4k sounds good too. And if you know his work, all the better

Be aware that figure will not include redecorating.

Lots of people on here will say it's a good price. I don't think it is.

You can save by buying the fittings yourself as most electricians I've ever come across go to wholesalers or wherever they have an account and they are not cheapest.

I would pay £2.5 to £3k max. Having had rewires done a no of times.

Ok it’s good to get a spread of views. There will always be cases where jobs have cost less, but considering it’s the south east I’m thinking the price isn’t ridiculous. I have a slight worry about the way the coronavirus might affect his contractor/ he might be very hard pressed financially but hopefully he can weather this and complete the job satisfactorily.

I paid £4.5k for large 3 bedroom house, complete rewire top to bottom with sockets, fuse board etc. Other quotes were over 7k.