RE: Wiring install. How Much ?

["Dan Khan" <dhk@xxxxxxx>]

This sort of pricing is pretty much what I've heard to get my house
retro-wired.  I was outraged at the 3000 or so they wished to charge. 
After
talking it out, it turned out that the company quoted £40 per line run -
not
£40 per wall port!  So, say 4xcat5 to each room, all laid and terminated at
the same time = £160!!! thus 28 locations around the house = £4480.  This
company specialised in putting HA cabling and systems in.

Anyway, after haggling, and removing some even more outrageous things out
of
the quote, I've heard nothing back from them at all.  Interestingly as
well,
they would *not* provide a breakdown of the large costs or labour costs -
even when I suggested that putting up a lighting cove around my living room
(basically a MDF box around the edge) would probably take 3 hours max and
cost probably £50 for material - they refused to break down their £1700
figure.

Anyway, got a local sparkie to quote me now - they suggested that cabling
up
lots of locations including putting masses of wire in the living room
should
take "a few days".  It's nice to know up front, since paying 2
labourers for
a few days sort of limits the amount of money they can charge!

-Dan "Flood-Unwired For Now"


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Samphire [mailto:jules@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 26 October 2001 03:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wiring install. How Much ?
>
>
> Stuart, are you referring to the 3700, if so its from Ian's original
post,
> thus:
>
> "The quote is a staggering £3700"
>
> If not, could you elaborate as I think I've missed your point.
>
> Jules
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 1:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wiring install. How Much ?
>
>
> On Friday 26 October 2001 00:57 am, Julian Samphire wrote:
> > I ended up thinking about it as thus: If you have all this
> stuff put into
> > the house, having it working correctly etc, its going to add more
than
> > £3700 pounds to the value of the property. Stick it on a card,
> take out a
> > loan, buy it... you will kick yourself when you've moved in
> without any of
> > this stuff.
>
> That's an interesting figure, how did you come up with that dude?
>
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