Non gas safe made a mess, what can we do?

Pol Anorl · Banned Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Karma :

so payed for someone to come out and fit a new boiler, landlord was reccomended him by a family friend of hers and was told 3 times hes corgi registered, boiler payed for and parts payed for labour hasn't been payed for...

He was fitting the boiler and after listening to him on the phone to his other half talking a bit rude, arguing and being a general dick he made comments about how the boiler was a pain and he couldn't solder some pipe joints which made me suspicious, i decided to go ask to see his gas safe card to which he replied he dosen't have it on him, i asked for his name to check he then said he may have it in the car he would go check, i could see his car out the bedroom window and nope he didn't go check.. came back about 30 seconds later saying he dosen't have it so i then asked again for his name to check to which he refused.. by nows its pretty obvious he isn't corgi registered.

He started to raise his voice a tad stating hes fine to do the boiler but it needs to be signed off by someone else to which i replied thats not legal yada yada, after me telling him how hes lied and is working illegaly he said sorry and said he will pack up his stuff and go and say no more about it so he did...

Upon further inspection hes left, boiler with no front and not working, mess all over the floor, exposed live wires, hole in the wall, pulled the washing machine out and broke the tap for it off the pipe and hes also been smoking and leaving his fag butts laying around.

Now he point blank refused to give his name, only info we have is car registration, first name and phone number.

Had to get southern gas out to turn off the gas at the mains untill we can get someone else to come in and fix the bloody mess hes left behind.

What can we do about this?

few pics..

Excuse the walls and mess only recently moved in and mid decorating

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Note the live wires hanging down...
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property is rented by me and a friends and landlord is her aunty, her aunty has agreed we can do the work as she didn't want to fork out on the boiler so we agreed to fit it for less rent which is fine.

Now the aunty was told by her sister "yes hes corgi and good" aunty said "yes ok this date" boiler + parts paid for by friends nan we have to pay back, now we where told hes corgi registered the landlord was told the same so he got on with it untill i questioned it, i was left in the dark a bit about the boiler actually being sorted out i was simply told he was coming saturday.
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scorps · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Karma :

Im confused, is it your house as you mention landlord?
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scorps · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Karma :

your landlord is legally responsible for that, ive only ever forked out for something for one stupid landlord but then gave him the receipts and deducted it from the rent. I can not believe you agreed to pay.

deduct the cost youve already laid out for a start.
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crazymotorbik... · Nearly there... Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Karma :

So your renting someones house and paying for a boiler to be fitted to THEIR house......Words fail me.

Are some people really that naive?!?!

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95Theses · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Jan 2011 Karma :

Christ alive.

Tomorrow, 9am:

Call landlord

Tell landlord, no boiler no rent.

Pay no rent until boiler installed.

Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

I presume you got the landlords agreement to do it? Because if that was my property and you got some cowboy in to do something like that without my permission or agreement, you would be paying for the repairs.
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scorps · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Karma :

i was under the impression the landlord was the person who agreed from a recommendation from a friend of his
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Jesus wept. Next time, ask before paying out money, eh?

You do not pay for maintenance and improvements to a rented property. Do you think you're taking that boiler with you when you move out? Doh!

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Pol Anorl · Banned Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Karma :

property is rented by me and a friend and the landlord is her aunty, her aunty has agreed we can do the work as she didn't want to fork out on the boiler so we agreed to fit it for less rent which is fine.

Now the aunty was told by her sister "yes hes corgi and good" aunty said "yes ok this date" boiler + parts paid for by friends nan we have to pay back, now we where told hes corgi registered the landlord was told the same so he got on with it untill i questioned it, i was left in the dark a bit about the boiler actually being sorted out i was simply told he was coming saturday.
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Benson_JV · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2010 Karma :

Did you even sign anything? At all?
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mentalboy · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2012 Karma :

How did he come to fit the boiler, someone must have a name/ number or did some random John just turn up on the doorstep one day and say 'I've come to fit your boiler, would you like me to Tarmac your drive with that?' Rolling Eyes

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drzsta · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Karma :

There are no live wires hanging down, that flex is the boiler feed. If it is live for some reason then just switch if off at the central heating spur and take the fuse out.

MattEMulsion · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Karma :

I'm lost...
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

Just to add my two cents; my sisters other half does some work as a plumber in the same way, I can't remember the reason behind it but he has to have somebody come and sign off his work after he has done it. The difference is the people he does work for know the deal from the start, and the prices reflect this.

As it goes I have a good friend who is an electrician and until recently had to get his dad to sign his work off too. Maybe it's a first few years on the job thing?
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Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

The windows look like they need a clean. They appear to be covered in your saliva.
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Fowlersrs · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Karma :

What it sounds like to me is that (and im hoping) is that the guy is gas safe registered with the company he works for but not himself independently, to do private work of his own if he works for a company he has to also take out his own registration in his name alongside his companies one..

I know this because im gas safe registered for my company, so im qualified but I cant sign off my own private work so to speak unless I have my own registration, its a bit of a money making farce tbh.

What does alarm me is his attitude as u described and the fact that he couldnt just explain the above to you if that is the case? Thats all I do if I do a job for a mate, just get a self employed friend who has his own business registration to sign it off because he knows I can do the work competently.

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Imagine if the OP was called DivvyDumbarse.

Oh...
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pits · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Karma :

And this story is different from the shit he was spouting in chat, from what I remember the gas fitter knocked on the door, dumball asked for card and the guy ran away....yet here we have a tread where the boiler has been fitted.
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