We bought a kitchen from Wren, but fitted it ourselves, as well as laying underfloor heating and wood laminate on top. We liaised with an electrician throughout to make sure that we did everything right and in the correct order. This included him setting up the circuits for our new induction hob. He looked at the spec and the instruction leaflet and got the wiring ready.
He has done a lot of other work on the kitchen and returned today to fit the hob and connect it. He asked me if we had changed hobs. We have never changed hobs. He went on to say that something has changed because he has wired up for a far lower powered hob and that we have to either buy a new one, or rip up the floor to rewire, which will be the more expensive option for us.
My take is that he has cocked up, despite us giving him all the information he needed to complete the job, so he sorts this out for us without us having to pay for his mistake- we checked in at every point. My DH states that ‘in the real world’ mistakes happen and that tradesmen will never admit to making them (hence him trying to tell us we changed models). So we just knock some money off what we were going to pay for all the work overall and buy a new hob.
What is the typical route here?