No Part P Certificate

Hi, First - Certification. If the electrician installed a new circuit, then he needed to issue an Electrical Installation Certificate. If he altered an existing circuit, he needed to issue a Minor Works Certificate. Certification is NOT OPTIONAL for work that was carried out in your kitchen and it certainly isn't chargeable. Second - Local Building Control (LBC) notification Any work in a kitchen, unless replacing like for like, carries a LEGAL obligation for the installer to notify LBC. When you try to sell, the searches take into account LBC notifications. This is when you could get into trouble as the "new" kitchen isn't on the list and may put buyers off. You may get reported and may have to prove that you did not do the work yourself, as if you did the maximum fine is £5,000 NICEIC have a number of schemes, he may not be on the Part P scheme, and may not have been during the installation. If he was on the scheme at the time then it would have cost him pennies to notify to LBC post project. Write to the electrician and tell him that you intend to write to the NICEIC as to why you did not receive a certificate from their member and why you were told that providing one was expensive. Demand an explanation from him in 7 days. If you get the silent treatment, which is typical when you have been caught, write to the NICEIC and demand answer to the same questions within 14 days. When you get nowhere with them, as is typical, report the electrician to local trading standards for his illegal practices and get in touch with LBC to confirm that work was done, you have reported the illegal work to trading standards, and listen to their advice as to what to do next.

A certificate should have been issued. If he's registered with the nic then inform them that a certificate has not been issued, that's the whole point of the niceic.

Just give the electrician a call who carried out the works as they should have issued documentation. Chances are they weren't registered with a scheme provider when the works were carried out so the NICEIC may not help. You could also speak to your local authority / council to see if they would accept a 3rd party test (Electrical Installation Condition Report).

Sounds very much like you hired a bit of cowboy as it is the electrician's responsibility to issue an Electrical Installation Certificate or a Minor Electrical Works Certificate covering the work he has done. It's not an optional extra but an integral part of the job! You must confront him and state that you require him to come back and test the circuits and issue the relevant certificate. If he refuses then just politely inform him that you will be contacting the NICEIC and making a formal complaint. They will arrange for the issue to be sorted out for you FREE of charge.