Customer of MMC Electrical Services
Rating: 1 out of 5
Safety check new sockets & wire new lights, Basingstoke
Maurice come and quoted for the job - to bring a 1960s house up to code & replace 13 single plug sockets with doubles. The house did not need a full rewrite just a new consumer unit. They quoted for the work and the price was about the same as his peers. I liked him so awarded the work to him.
We spoke 3 days before he was due to start and advised we needed 3 more new sockets and an extra for fan fitted. I agreed to provide all the new faceplate in return for the additions. Then the morning he was due to start he had concerns over finishing on time. We spoke and I assured him he won't be onsite with other trades, if he could get the upstairs done this week the plasterer can start upstairs next week while he finished off down stairs. He agreed and I agreed to pay for any additional labour, I just needed to get it done so we could move in.
However 20 before i was supposed to meet him on site he pulled out of the job!!! As nice as Maurice is he's unreliable, I would not recommend him to anyone in need of a dependable tradesman.
Answer from tradesperson:
I must first apologise for James receiving the cancelation notice late as I was in an area with a limited signal and I hadn't noticed the text hadn't sent as I have two mobile phones. James agreed to a written quotation a few days ago then the day before the job he changed the size of the Ccu and added two extractor fans to the job. I gave him the price for the additional work including some extras I was willing to do for free and he was not happy to pay the price and threatened to go with another electrician. After our conversation he still didn't give any confirmation he was happy to go ahead. I gave James a really good deal and the prices for the additional works where not unreasonable.Me and James couldn't come agree to terms.
Reply created 13 Jul 2016