Out of interest

£3 for the notification if a member of a competent person scheme. (plus another £3 for the insurance-backed warranty, these are niceic figures, not sure if all the other schemes are the same.

 

Plus your time to complete certification and do the submition. Many companies add it on to an invoice as an "administrative" charge.

 

It could cost that if they had to get building control to sign it off as they were not registered to self certify.

They should have made this clear though.

 

Why would the Electriciam be notifying Building Control?

 

Some sparks don't believe in the schemes and notify notifiable jobs through BC. Other sparks have to until registered. I've seen builders do the wiring too, and then realise they need to get it signed off, and they use BC.

 

That's what the Local Authority charge so why shouldn't we? Its not excessive when you put in to context the paperwork involved and the overheads it puts on the business. People are always moaning about prices.

 

It depends on whether you expect to get any repeat business or recommendations from the client.
I include it in the quote, the thing is we have to do the EIC anyway so another 15 minutes to do an on-line notification is no problem is it!

 

Thing is, it's not the Electrician's responsibility to notify, it's the housholder's, or person ordering the work.
So why is the Electrician notifying, if they have not already discussed doing so with the client?

 

I got the impression T-dog1068 isn't a spark but has been hit with the bill!

 

If the electrician is a member of a CPS (NICEIC, etc) then it IS his responsibility to notify. But he notifies to the CPS scam, who then notify the works to the LABC. The CPS scam also sends a Certificate of Completion directly to the customer.