I needed an electrician to stick a light in the loft and a switch on the landing. I found ipswichelectrician.com online, and it looked impressive, although there was no postal address -- which I believe is not allowed these days. There's a Facebook page here. He also came out on a Saturday, which was useful. His name is J. Stanojevic, although he's clearly lived in Suffolk a long time and there was no language issue. He seemed to know what he was doing. When he had to go off for parts, he was only gone 15 minutes. He did work rather slowly, but it was a fixed price job.
But it wasn't that good an experience. He did put the light in the loft, but then left it with one bulb not functioning. It was necessary for me to point this out. He also put the switch on a surface-mounted box on the wall, sticking out an inch, which he said was unavoidable. Yet ... it's a plasterboard stud-wall. He also drilled through that wall into the next room by accident, leaving a half-inch hold. He said that he couldn't fix that. He gave no receipt either.
He seemed a genuine enough guy, but no good at plasterwork sort of stuff. But surely this which must be an essential part of doing domestic electrics? And ... looking at the bottom line, he did leave me with a problem that I didn't have before. So ... not really that pleased.
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