Matthez 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2012 Hi all, i juz got a quote from the electrician by our ID company. As i'm a newbie to all these, can i ask you guys is this quotation below overpriced?? Thanks!!!!Living roomSupply n labour lighting point(with installation) 10x$45Installation of lightings 7x$10Installation of ceiling fan 1x$60Labour to conceal wall for light 2x$100Supply n labour cat6 point 1x$200Bedroom 2Installation of celiling fan 1x$60Master bedroomSupply n labour lighting point(with installation) 6x$45installation of lighting 3x$10Supply n labour ceiling fan point with installation conceal 1x$120labour to conceal wall for light 1x$100KitchenSupply n labour cooker hood point conceal 1x$90installation of lighting 2x$102 toilet + storeInstallation of lighting 3x$10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthez 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2012 Total is $1.7k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taichipanda 3 Report post Posted August 9, 2012 Dear RenoTalk members,Please do your due diligent when you engage those highly recommended contractors, unless the person that speak highly of the contractors can vouch for the workmanship and character of the contractor he/she recommended to you, i suggest you better dont trust them wholeheartedly. The electrician contractor highly recommended by gragaschen cannot deliver. Please do not be taken in by the cheap quotation. Personally i dont wish any of you to fall victim like my facebook group member.The following was posted on one of my facebook group about this electrician.Initially he won me over with his low price & eagerness... He spent 1hr to go through my needs & wrote down everything & gave me a quote very swiftly.... Young man, Nice chap I thought, & with some (or maybe it's one) good review at RT....As the project progresses, he started to face problems as he claimed his workers left & he has to do my place personally.... I have already lost count of how many days he has been to my place.... Even as I write now, he is at my living room creating new debris, throwing screws & stuff over my completed & supposingly clean floor... I shall just summarize the dissatisfaction1. Very very poor housekeeping, simply drill & throw things all over the place without protection... I even took the effort to give him cardboards & he said he is used to do things this way.... There was one incident many weeks back that a screw was found stuck under my bedroom door & I think I know who is the culprit....BTW, he keep losing his stuff & have to rebuy.... I have seen him mixing new & old trunkings & placing it together with the rubbish2. Cannot deliver - After so many trips to my place (more than 5), still cannot finish... Everytime he goes off, will tell me only a bit left, but there will forever be something left.... As of last night count, still about 20 items not done. For my fanco fans, he doesn't know how to fix & I have to get bro Eric (from RT)3. No sense of responsibility, absolutely no. All the mistakes r someone else prob. Eg trunking creates big gap but claims it's painter job to touch up, cracked my wall tile blame tiler for not tiling well... Leave messes everywhere & just refuse to do anything about it.... But the worst is he will always come in late, go off early & never finish the jobs....4. Always asking for payment when the job is about to be finished, & always tell me job done... It was prob my fault for being too casual & didn't go through items one by one..... Yesterday he asked me to pay him today & told me almost fin (i went back to take photos & count about 21 items outstanding & tried to tell him today; he still insisted only a few items left).... So far I have been very prompt in payment including some extras like remote controls & lights he bought for me... Maybe my biggest mistake was to be too prompt & friendly....5. Poor workmanship... Plenty of gaps at the joints of trunkings & socket/light point... Trunking covers that cannot close properly, slanted trunking & points.... Everytime point to him & ask him to fix it's either somebody's fault or it's a simple job & he will do it (but he never does)I have already booked the mover to shift next week & keep reminding him to finish it this week... No problem he says, give him one day... & he is now onto his 2nd day (not counting the half day last week).... & a few weeks ago when painting was done, he already spent about 2 days told me he completed his job except the kitchen..... So according to his version with only kitchen outstanding, he can't even complete it in 2 days.....Here are some additional comments my member posted last few days.He left the project on Fri... Called me on Fri to tell me take the bal sum & get someone else to fin the job..... Finally, things were fixed this afternoon..... It's crazy, spent so much time cleaning & cleaning (u should see the warzone heleft behind....) & coordinating everything.... I decided to touch things up myself in case more pple damage the house..... I m shifting on Fri, but I m burnt out now to do anything..... Gotta recharge, regroup & make a final push towards the last hurdle....Tuesday at 7:57pm via mobile · LikeMy touch up refers to the painting, silicon filling etc.... Did I tell u he even threw tiling debris into my toilet bowl & then vehemently denied doing it (no other contractors were in the house).... I had to put my hand in to scoop 4 timesto remove it..... I think he came over 6 times after painting & still couldn't fin... EVERYTIME he spent short duration, at times no drill, material not enough, keep coming back & forth...... Good news is, it's all over with him now!!! I need to Zzzzzzzz now, ciaoYesterday at 7:13am via mobile · LikeMy wirings were supposed to be done after tiling, & installation after painting..... But he kept leaving things up, & he refused to touch the kitchen & toilet until after my kitchen cabinets r up, citing that he needed to do it all at one shot.... & I had like SCV points, phone points etc exposed for weeks because he couldn't find the cover for them.... & a wall light that couldn't be switched on for a week coz he lost the cable for that... Get the drift of how messy he is...... Really, I should be catching up on my sleep.... Zzzzz, ciaoYesterday at 7:31am via mobile · LikeBut today I realised that he smoked my wife by telling her that the SCV splitter was spoilt... In fact, it was his connection at one of myrooms that wasn't working....4 hours ago via mobile · Like Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthez 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 oh man, thanks for sharing. Sounds scary man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
