Electrician Costs

wardwil

Hi All,

Just wondering how much an electrician should be costing me. The house is 2750sq ft. Have been quoted 7k. How does this sound?

Nothing special in the fixes just standard. 55 sockets, 5 tv points, 10 spots.

Thanks

gman2k

Mine was 8k, but had spots throughout, and around 60 sockets, cat6 cabling, alarm and phone cabling, soffit lights externally, 6 tv, elec shower etc.
There's plenty of sparks out there at the moment who would bite your arm off at the chance to price for a house, so get yourself at least 3 or 4 more prices.

mickdw

wardwil wrote: »

Hi All,

Just wondering how much an electrician should be costing me. The house is 2750sq ft. Have been quoted 7k. How does this sound?

Nothing special in the fixes just standard. 55 sockets, 5 tv points, 10 spots.

Thanks

Sounds expensive to me. Depends on where you are I guess.

sinnerboy

wardwil wrote: »

Hi All,

Just wondering how much an electrician should be costing me. The house is 2750sq ft. Have been quoted 7k. How does this sound?

Nothing special in the fixes just standard. 55 sockets, 5 tv points, 10 spots.

Thanks

Sockets + TV points typically cost around €80 . So €4.8 k for starters
Spots - around €100 - another €1k
a 2750sq ft house will have more lighting than 10 spots add €50 for each "tail" i.e. batten holder to take one standard light bulb

Then add
Light switches - €50 ea
Elec board ( fuse board )
Fire Alarm system ( maybe 750-1000 )
Intruder larm system ( 1500-2000)
Heating controls ( min 1000)
Extract fans ( 200 ea )
Cooker point(s) (200 )
Other spurs - boiler , pumps , garage door motor , driveway gates motor (100)
External power points
External lighting
Earthing
Testing and Certification

€7k starts to look keen - are you sure all you need is included ? I would think the final bill will be closer to €10k - more if you choose other than plain white light switches and power points - and not including your light fittings

Make sure a complete schedule is prepared and that all sparkies price that schedule - otherwise you won't be able to properly compare costs

reilig

2000sq ft house with 5oo sq ft garage

6 TV points
60 Sockets
Intruder Alarm
Supply and install electric shower
Extractor fans
5 phone points
10 spots
Facia lighting
Fire and smoke alarms
2 outdoor sockets
Outdoor lights
Underground cable for garden lights (but not in price for supply and install the lights)
ETC

€5100

Mrs Smith

Our new build house is 2600 sq ft, 500 sq ft double garage, quoted €8600 to cover about 60 sockets, seven tv points, wiring for phone line and four phone points, twenty-one spots, outdoor socket, outdoor lights to house and garage, smoke and fire alarm wiring, wiring to front piers for power, includes power supply wiring to well/pump and sewage treatment system.
I thought this was a bit pricey but reading some of the comments, I feel happier now.

wardwil

Just got back to the electrician and he has dropped the price to €6200.

I have everything in but I forgot the fire and smoke alarms... thanks for the listings on what was needed. He is doing the chasing for this as well.

Happy enough.

Best of luck to everyone building.

Armin_Tamzarian

wardwil wrote: »

Just got back to the electrician and he has dropped the price to €6200.

I have everything in but I forgot the fire and smoke alarms... thanks for the listings on what was needed. He is doing the chasing for this as well.

Happy enough.

Best of luck to everyone building.

You could get cheaper but you really don't want to cut costs on something like that.
Personally I'd do it cheaper myself but many wouldn't.

If your electrician has a good reputation and you're happy with him then pay him,
then €6,200 confident in the knowledge that you're not getting ripped off.

lucybeag

hi all
just wondering how much for a builders finish of a 2700 sq ft house? got quote from 150k up to 205k in co kerry

dfcelt

Lucy your posting in wrong thread, start a new one. How long is a piece of string...ave 90/100 sq ft

2400 sq ft hse + 1000~ sq ft garage. House is 5 bed 2 storey c/w attic 8m x 5m open plan

3500 labour
400 chasing
Materials at cost (haven't a clue of what it'll be tbh)
Cert 350
Alarm terminations/cert excl
Gate controls etc. excl.

knipex

sinnerboy wrote: »

Sockets + TV points typically cost around €80 . So €4.8 k for starters
Spots - around €100 - another €1k
a 2750sq ft house will have more lighting than 10 spots add €50 for each "tail" i.e. batten holder to take one standard light bulb

Then add
Light switches - €50 ea
Elec board ( fuse board )
Fire Alarm system ( maybe 750-1000 )
Intruder larm system ( 1500-2000)
Heating controls ( min 1000)
Extract fans ( 200 ea )
Cooker point(s) (200 )
Other spurs - boiler , pumps , garage door motor , driveway gates motor (100)
External power points
External lighting
Earthing
Testing and Certification

€7k starts to look keen - are you sure all you need is included ? I would think the final bill will be closer to €10k - more if you choose other than plain white light switches and power points - and not including your light fittings

Make sure a complete schedule is prepared and that all sparkies price that schedule - otherwise you won't be able to properly compare costs

Thats crazy pricing and I speak as a sparks.

2K for an intruder alarm system ?

€200 for a cooker point ?

Nuts.

Its not 2004 anymore.

Eircom phone watch installed an intruder alarm for me for under 1K including 3 doors, windows and PIR's.

muffler

I'll move this over to the prices/costs forum.