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Not much help now I guess but the standard response to any of this bullshit from buyers is "fine, you pay for that".
i.e.
We'd like an electrical survey. FINE YOU PAY FOR THAT
The electrical survey says work needs doing. FINE YOU PAY FOR THAT
FWIW we have a weird situation in our loft conversion where the lights are earthed but the switch wire is not...feels a bit wrong. Going to get it sorted at some point so that we can fit dangerous metal faced switches.
Howard
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TLDR: Always get more than one quote...
So the electrical survey which kinda precipitated our house sale falling through wasn’t entirely accurate.
It said the lights upstairs were not earthed and therefore a full rewire was necessary.
Cost was estimated at £2.5k including installing a new RCD and didn’t include redecorating the resulting mess.
The buyers balked at this (think the phrase “dangerous” was used) and insisted we pay half towards costs. We refused, then relented under pressure, and then thought no, we’ve had enough.
We got a more local sparky round to quote for the work. He queried the survey and said it would still be compliant even if wasn’t earthed as long as there were class 2 lights installed where required. (Original sparky didn’t mention this)
He did the work this week and discovered the lights WERE earthed and didn’t even need a rewire.
He (perhaps diplomatically) said he couldn’t see how the previous sparky couldn’t find the earth...
Work was £1k including new RCD, EICR certificate and new light install.
I like to think the best of people but it feels like I was being played - again.
Worst thing is my Brother in Law is a sparky but won’t help at all!