Hi,
I took on a sparky to re-wire my 3 bed semi. He is a mate of my son who has not long finished his training. He quoted what is the going rate for this area but wanted paying in cash
and the job was going to take 3 weeks and it would all get signed off as Part P compliant.
Agreed to the quote, the request for cash and the timeframe. The main proviso was that it was finished for Christmas, and that didn't mean 5pm on Christmas eve!!
Started on 3rd Nov and 10 weeks later and he's still not finished. Much of November and all of December he went missing, and it turned out he was finishing off another big night job in London.
Lots of apologies and a promise to get it sorted asap straight after the new year but appearances have been sporadic at best.
Currently still have no outlet power upstairs ( since Nov ), no lighting in the kitchen and no working sockets in the living room.
So far I've given him 50% of the price for the job.
As you are all trades guys and if you had performed as badly as this chap ( not that you would I'm sure ) would you begrudge the client ( ie me ) holding back some money from the final bill as compensation for all the aggro and late delivery, and if not, how much would be reasonable?
Gammy