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Had it a few times with CCTV instals. Then, as I have remote access, their system “mysteriously “ stops working. Karma, Nick. You will always come out on top.

It's good to see someone with professional integrity. I'm a landlord - not many properties - but there are families living in these houses - their home - some with children that we've seen grow from toddlers to teens. It's important to me that they are kept safe. I always impress on the tenants that these are their homes and if there are any problems then to let me know asap. I have an electrician and a gas safe engineer that I always use. They respond quickly and are fair / reasonable with their costs. I'm equally as quick paying them. Not all LL are like this. Stick to your guns - let this one go and learn from it - as I'm sure you have! Keep up the good work!

We never send out certificates until the invoice has been paid. Customers are made aware of this before hand. If they want to play silly buggers and argue the invoice they don’t get a cert or paperwork.

Report the landlord to the local council for renting out an unsafe property

The estate agent appointed you, he should pay for the report.

Send him a letter before action the small claims court, he’ll pay before it gets there. He’s just calling your bluff and winning at the moment

I like the way you have explained the problem. By keeping accurate records/ camera footage you should follow this up at the small claims court. To many hard-working people are being knocked, don't become a soft touch your reputation is your future. Good luck.

Send the report to the local housing officer and file a claim.. It’s unbelievable the lengths that some landlords will go to not to pay out but people who potentially put lives at risk because of greed should be stopped and there assets seized.

Over the past 2 years I've had 3 very unpleasant customers. One of which refused to pay after a rewire. I did eventually get some of the money and I now get all parts/materials paid for in advance. I also (on big jobs) give daily updates with pictures including time arrived and left (tracked by my mileage tracker). Video walk rounds before and after the job showing all marks on carpets ect before i start work. I totally understand how frustrating this situation can be. How angry you get because most of the time you are unable to explain why and how and its not your fault. I still think about the horrible things one particular customer said to me over the phone and email. And these are the customers (initially) you tend to go out of your way for as well. Its when your integrity is questioned, that really hurts!!! Time is a great healer and what i do is try and learn from it and put procedures in place to try and prevent it from happening again. Best of luck.

Some Landlords not all, just take, take, take, invest nothing back into their places and expect to pay trades nothing when things go wrong! F......ing ridiculous!! Karma to him or her!

Hi Nick, love the videos. I would definitely take the guy to small claims court if the estate agent won't pay you. Also increase your EICR price to the estate agent by £10. You'll get your money back and be more profitable.

Hi Nick. Great video as always. I have worked for many years doing IT and printer installations and have twice had customers not pay. I pursued both through the small claims court, the first one had to pay up (after 2 appeals and high court enforcement ceasing their workshop equipment...), the second one went into liquidation before I got them into court. Although I went the legal route, I know that if I removed the emotion, the best thing is to let it go and move on. The time and effort I put into "righting the wrong that was done to me" certainly cost me more than the money I was awarded by the court. You clearly did the right thing on the day of the EICR - there is no way anyone would win an argument trying to prove otherwise, but I strongly advise you to put it behind you. Try not to run things over in your mind, keep the good relationship you have with the estate agent and rest assured you are the good guy here. Anyone who knows you, from watching your videos, is very aware of that! Keep up the great entertainment. Many thanks, Daniel.

Definitely take to court, I took one of my window cleaning customers to small claims court over £20, its the principle

A fair and competent evaluation, I don’t think the customer ever had any intentions of paying. You live and learn!

DO NOT let them off your contract is with the estate agents, the landlord instructed the estate agents not you, the estate agent instructed you your contract is with them, I had a similar issue with a customer for the small sum of £80 by the time he had tried every trick in the book not to pay with the increase in costs for court fee's Bailiff fee's and eventually sheriff fee's he had to pay £535, and he still blanks me when I see him in town, the irony is he is a multi millionaire

Randomly stumbled across this video. If it’s one thing I’ve learned in the trade it’s, take pictures, save emails, and document everything. This guy clearly knows what he is talking about and has everything documented... well done 👍

As a landscape gardener myself, I had this a few times on start up(20 years ago)Got my money eventually,,through small claims..Dont let this go..

I would go and tell his tenants as they can then refuse to pay the rent as they are in an unsafe property.

Your approach to work is excellent and quite thorough. Keep doing what you do and cut them loose. Quality work will ALWAYS win in the long run with better, repeat customers.

Take him to the Small Claims Court regardless of the amount owing. You can do it online. It is easy.

To be fair I would refuse to pay if my electrician turned up in a Batman costume 😂

It’s absolutely shocking landlords can do this you’re a great electrician and a great bloke well done.

The landlord got a dodgy electrician to give him a moody eicr. You should inform the council who will investigate what remedial work has actually been carried out

Being a carpenter of 5 years I’ve had a few clients knock me. I found a lot of it happens when you use invoices to get payment. I invested in a card machine and stipulated on my quotes that payment was due upon completion before we left the property purely for this reason and haven’t had a client knock me since. He sounds like he never had any intention of paying you to begin with and the fact that the estate agents are backing his case would say to me that they are one contract I’d consider ditching. I’ve done maintenance work for estate agents and they’re awful to deal with. I’ve been told that a good way of dealing with these types of people is to leave it 6 months, go back late of an evening, find the outside stop tap to the property, switch it off, tip some water down and some post Crete....... will cost them £5,000 to learn an invaluable life lesson 👍🏻

As much as I have distrusted tradesmen in the past I think due to my father working with them (some of them cowboys), you guys do an amazing job and have really shown me that there are people who take pride in their work and are not out there to rip people off. So it really annoys me that someone would not pay you for quality work, hopefully this is an occasional one off. Keep up the good work.

Who actually contracts you to do the job? - I would have thought the landlord has a contract with the agency. They use the agency to manage the property, the agency therefore has a contract with you. The agency should therefore be paying you, and then invoicing the landlord. If the landlord then contest the task, you provide the agency with all the photographic evidence that confirms you did what was required and to the standard required. If the agency fails to pay you you take the agency to court as they are the party that contracted you. If they can't get payment from the landlord then that's their problem, not yours.

Take him to small claims. He doesn’t deserve to get away with it.

Just stumbled across your video , I’m not in that industry but I feel your pain.... I applaud you in how well you handle this situation ,I admire people who put pride in their work versus the a**ho*s who did the work in the first place ( and you give them a generous review ) as for the estate agent ... a famous person once said ... a smuck ! Some day the tables will turn 👍

I avoid EICR's like the plague. To do them PROPERLY it takes the best part of a day with the paperwork then some idiot will come in cheap as chips and does 2-3 in a day. Landlord is happy as he has the certificate and makes you look expensive for doing a proper job.

Legend thanks for the content idea. I had to take a customer to court, only found out he was a solicitor in court. I represented myself and won!

Hi Nick. I feel your pain. I’m a bathroom fitter and going through small claims as we speak with a neighbour who I thought was a friend. My invoice was for a £1058. They paid nothing, damaged my 4 day installation and they know the legal system. My advice is anything under £2000 it’s not worth the time and hassle. I’ve had to pay claims track £100, legal advice £600, court fee £300 and I’ll be lucky if I win 50% of my claim. They are counter suing me for a new cloakroom now at £3000 and tried to ruin my reputation etc. They are using a barrister and have sued previous employers etc. My advice is don’t let an invoice go over £2000 or walk away as if a customer knows the court system they will tie you up in knots. I’ll update you on my result but so far it’s not looking good for me. Great videos and your a great bloke. Thank you. Garry

Morning Nick, it's stories like this that make me feel that we need a "Body" where we can have these issues put across and sorted out by them. That way if customers do what has obviously happened her, then the landlord is held accountable and forced to implement the remedial works.

I’d feel like going to his house face to face and confront him for calling me a liar 😤 I bet he got an EICR for £60 tested from their van. No work done and someone living in a house with no earths on metal accessories

As a gas engineer, I will not attend a rental property without an agreed ‘work up to’ amount. I’m not wasting my time to go out and diagnose a fault only to be told they’re getting their own engineer.

In the US you can put a lien on the building. This is a fairly common and effective practice.

If the estate agent has authorised the check and and asked for it then it is for them to pay and argue with client .

I once put a CCTV system in a shop, the customer provided all the hardware, however once the job was complete he didn't pay. So i went back a few weeks later when i knew he wasn't working and cut all the cables both at the duplex end and camera end, i also took sections of the cable away, so good luck sorting that out pal

Its flaming annoying but I've found that the small claims court is a great way to solve the issue. Its just a form and submit your evidence.

i worked for 3 estate agents electrical contracting. anything under 100 pounds and was just aproved by the agents to go ahead . anything over the landlord was informed and gave the ok for the job .the money was deducted from the rent and the landlord received the rest every month

Have been a electrical tester for a local authority for 25 years on every property you can think of.. So think how I feel day in day out. If you think that landlords bad go and test a farm you would be well out of pocket. I'm afraid it's money upfront time again before any work takes place. People don't like paying for bad news and think if it works there's nothing wrong. You have my greatest respect in doing your job properly and I wish you good luck.

Deliver a copy of the EICR to the new tenant. The installation they are living in is not legal. They could quite rightly stop paying rent until the issue is resolved correctly. The landlord has either let them move in without a satisfactory cert or the other “electrician” has signed off (incorrectly) a potentially dangerous installation. This should not be.

I would go to the house and throw a bucket of water over the external consumer board, that’s probably what the last sparky did when he didn’t get Paid , that’s why it’s now rusty 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍❤️

Starting my nvq in electrical, love your vids they are helping me being prepared on what's to come. Please don't stop your vids 😂. Love

I been there. I remember one time, I installed a high end security system in customers home with cameras and alarm system which he refused to pay. Then, he told Los angels police that i was trespassing his property. He had several pit pulls in the house, so, i took a lose.. I didn’t write a contracts, I had no documentation or agreement. Get it all in writing. Second job. I was paid for equipment and had security system all work but final payment never came.. I saw him as a friend. Well, I learned my lesson. Get everything in writing and agreement. I am in Downey California , we finally have some cold its 40 degrees. I know for you guys this is short day, we wear our coats 🧥 and dying…. I plan to visit Europe one day, hope to see you … Downey California

When I do jobs for agency, they deduct the payment from the rent, ( State agent pay me in 30 days). I also always notice, rich people who are always a pain to pay !

Sound like estate agent requested you to do EICR, invoice them again and once paid, blacklist them and never work with that agent again (and landlord of course).

I used to do work for estate agents (3 different ones), all of them used to add on upto 50% on my invoice and pass it onto the landlords. No wonder landlords think they are being robbed. Remember your contract is with the agent if they asked for the work to be done.

I'm a plumber so u will understand why I don't want yo subscribe but was looking for racking inspiration, which is how I stumbled across u. Nice to hear good honest work and learn something new and then. I would say the problem with rust is down to lack of grommets, around the tails sealing those big old holes u mentioned.. Moisture would definitely get in there and the constant cycle of it condensing, sitting on the ceiling and dripping back down etc, not good over time. Keep up the good work 👍🏾

The only thing i would say is the way i was taught is that if the DB is installed behind something which requires a tool to access (meter key) then it is a C3 and not a C2, i would be tempted to C2 it as well though since it does require access by the public to read the meters.. its a hard one but you probably did make the right call (This is for the IP rating relating to fingers by the way)

I’m sure you know other electricians in the area, I’d tell them his name and then ask them not to do electrical work for him after explaining your situation you were put in. That’s really bad that the customer did that.... I’d be fuming as well mate

I feel your pain. I've been in business for 35 years. There will always be a customer angling in some way. It got to the point, I'd gauge their manner and attitude ahead of time and pass on the work ( I'd create an escape hatch for myself ). It came from experience of being right most of the time when I'd sense before hand, the red flag of trouble came with the first contact. Also, I've still got the scars of being burned. An old guy in business once assured me- These types will never take your reputation down. You do good, competent work!

About 26 years ago I went into my local corner shop and the owner asked me to look at a flashing light in a fridge unit at the back of the store. The tube needed replacing (4' 40W fat tube) and I said I'd sort it the next day. Next day I replaced the lamp and the starter switch, but replaced it with a 36W slimline tube instead of a fat one. The owner wasn't there, so I said I'd come back. Three visits later I finally caught up with him. He asked me what I'd done and I told him. He asked how much and I said £3 (basically the price of the lamp). He told me it was too much lol He said something to his son, in his native tongue, and his son shrugged, so I assume he'd asked if I had changed it or not. He grudgingly opened the till and handed me £3. In the 100m between the shop and my home, my blood began to boil because he'd doubted my integrity over £3. I still had the old tube in my van, so I took it back to the shop, walked to the rear of the store, swapped the lamps, went back to the counter, slammed the £3 on the counter and said "You can stuff your £3!" and never went in the shop again. A valuable lesson was very much learned that day.

As others have said, (if) you were sub-contracted by the estate/managing agent, it's their responsibility to pay you. Assuming you have a solicitor, have them write the estate/managing agent a letter demanding payment ahead of small claims action (assumes that the work is under the £5K limit for small claims).

I feel for you mate, been fleeced a few times in the £1000’s. As you said live and learn 👍

I don’t do electrical works but do conduct drainage and construction services and have a number of letting agents that use me, over the years I have had a couple of incidents where the the agents have instructed me to attend a property and after not having been paid for more than 30 days found that the landlord disbelieves my services were necessary or is just plain ducking the bill, the agent wants the work done so they can continue to let the property (and earn commission) but do little to nothing to help you get what’s owed. My policy now is to ask the agent if the property is fully managed on the initial request if it is then they will pay the bill from the rent account, if it’s not then I ask that the landlord contacts me directly, meets me on site and pays me on completion, if they will not agree to these terms I don’t do the work and accordingly don’t loose time and money. This is a good way to weed out the bad landlords and if all us trades worked this way then they would have to clean up their act

The guy is a breed of landlords that plays the system. Name and shame. You should have the ability to highlight this rogue to other electricians.

Had to watch the video although things are a bit different, mostly terminology, here in Canada. I'm an Electrician/Millwright myself. A couple things struck me; 1) You are well reserved in your demeanor (moreso that I would have been) 2) You are studious to a fault, as a tradesman should be, good onya! 3) I would not have even considered leaving your bill unpaid. I have big hands like Shrek but you...Jeeze those look like a couple of roundmouth spades. Lol. Wouldn't want them coming at me with intent! LOL. Sorry this has happened to you and hope the situation might resolve itself in the future. Cheers Mate!!

To be honest as much of a bell end that landlord is, if the Estate agent requested you to carry out the EICR it should be down to them to pay the bill as there your Client. As much as you probably won't want to push it as you get lots of work off them, they still should of or at least offered to pay you. You've still provided a service and should be paid its not your fault your clients client didn't like the outcome.

It's a damn shame when a truly technical, competent person doesn't get the recognition they deserve. Working in electronics in the lighting industry you really learn how bad some "competent" installers/electricans can be. :)

I’m a gas engineer in training to become Part P qualified. There seems to be too many landlords who just want a certificate they don’t want to know about any safety concerns you identify. They know they can always get someone else to come and do an “inspection” who won’t find any issues. They get paid, anybody doing a thorough check gets problems like this, frustrating to say the least.

Your contract is with estate agent as they appointed you. The estate agents get a fair chunk of money from the landlord.

It’s amazing that the agent isn’t looking out for you, any agents I work for I have a good relationship with and they look out for me.

Hi Nick, I've retired but had very few non payers in my career as an electrician, most people want to pay before the jobs done. The worst non payer I had turner out to be a 'traveller' who had built a house. I took over a job that an electrician failed to complete, ( that should have been a clue). Near completion and I had a feeling all was not well, so asked for payment contribution. His reply was he wasn't paying till the work was finished, and when I insisted, was told my work was crap and he wasn't paying at all. He threatened to kill my dog and dig up my drive. Needless to say I walked away but found he didn't have planning permission so reported it to building control. Japanese knotweed in the garden looked very nice.

The whole EICR testing has been a nightmare for all concerned . As an agent in the middle of it it’s been just as hard as we have found no continuity between the electricians . The opinions seem to vary massively on C2-C3 . We had one flat come back As unsatisfactory because it had no RCD protection on any circuits . It’s a first floor flat and had a private entrance . Our electrician also said what if they plug in an extension lead and take it down the stairs to hoover there car or cut the garden ! This was an electrician we recommended and we trust. He also said that there was evidence that the lights had been replaced in the bathroom and again had no RCD protection. He said the best solution was to put a new metal board in . The landlady then asked for a second opinion and her electrician said that his C2should be C3 and he would give a satisfactory EICR for £150. However he did say that she should have RCD protection. He was very obliging and knowledgable and I asked him about the private entrance of the flat and the extension cable possibility. He said you access under normal use and that would not be normal use I then had to spend an hour on the phone talking to the landlady explaining that she ignored the advice even if she did get a Satisfactory EICR if something happened at the property then I’m sure that she would still be liable if she ignored the C3 . She then contacted me to say her electrician has sorted it out and the solution was to put one RCD on the tales between the meter and the board and this is only costing her £150 so therefore my recommend Electrician who wanted to charge her £600 didn’t know what he was talking about and she refused to pay for his EICR. Here we are as an agent stuck right in the middle of it all. What do we do? We’ve instructed the electrician in good faith and because of a varying opinions within the same profession it is now cause the issue for us. In my opinion it really should’ve just had a new board. The guidelines I have read are No RCD protection is a C3 so in this case would give a satisfactory EICR. Is that safe for a rented property when you don’t know who will be living there in the next 5 Years ? Could be someone venerable , young ,old , anyone of them could decide to un jam their toaster with a knife 🤔 This seems go totally against what the government were trying to achieve in the first place of improved safety . Anyway sorry for the long rambling comment I just wanted you to see it from an agent’s point of view you and so you can see what we are encountering.

You were contracted by the estate agents. Let them take the hit. They requested you!!!!

Is it not down to the estate agent to pay you and chase the money from the landlord? The estate agent instructed you to carry out the work. The landlord instructed the estate agent to arrange the EICR.

Had the same situation and the Customer even threatened to report me to the regulatory body. I said fine do that but I have pictures and the report to back up that the Installation had failed. I told as they were determined not to pay me, I would pursue them through the small claims Court. I got paid within 2 hours of sending the email 😉

Do collect half up front, allow that to cover your expenses and time minimally, then collect on the remainder, might help a lot.

Sounds like someone that just wanted the certificate and didn’t want to pay out anything more than the bare minimum, I bet if you revisited nothings been done

When I was plumbing, I got fleeced three times. It's a mixed opinion with estate agents - I've had landlords not paying but have also had estate agents not paying or negotiating after the job is done. I've also has a customer not paying and when I chased it, he turned out to be a member of a notorious family. What would you do in this case? Great video Nick, sorry to hear you're £140 down - karma will get him soon.

I'm sorry to hear this Nick. I hate people like this who will not pay there way, Sadly as we head to a more rented home situation as people won't be able to afford houses tough measures need to come in to protect the tenant and the trade man. An professional trades person who has invested time and money to become highly skilled and qualified needs the protection from this happening

I feel for you Nick. Take this landlord to the cleaners and report them too. You shouldn't have to put up with this. My landlord is the same. Personally I *know what I'm doing* in terms of electrical wiring, safety etc but I'm not qualified (I repair circuit boards for a living). Our bathroom light wiring caught fire and the landlord wouldn't pay for a rewire, and instead told me if I wanted it doing I needed to do it myself. I did under the agreement he would get an EICR and gas safety check (I also moved the gas piping). 4 years and the checks still haven't been done and the plastering hasn't even been done to sort the chasing out. Now I'm reporting him to the council for it. These people need to be held accountable!

Send the report to the council and let them check to see if the house has since been retested

For the sake of £50 id file a small claims. You have proof of request for the job, should be paid!

As a small business owner I feel your pain.. I have customers calling me begging me to fit them in to repair their roof asap and then I have to chance them for weeks for my money.. it's driving me nuts

G'Day Mate, I feel your pain. I have done carpentry and IT work privately (Fully qualified) and won't ever again. The bullshit that people pull to try and not pay you is ridiculous. Thankfully we now have a terrific electrician and plumber (diff blokes LOL) that we 100% trust and pay as soon as they email us the invoice - god, we've actually had to chase THEM to invoice us at different times bc we have such great professional relationships with them. Hope this never happens again mate.

He didn't think you were trying to fleece him, he's just a chance and tried his luck to get out of paying 🤬

Small claims court, You've done the work as requested, you've provided the service. So should be paid, the doesn't like what you've told him then its his problem. I think you can fill the forms in online within 10 minutes.

Very frustrating for you. I remember a householder in the 70s. I changed his consumer unit, made good some bonding, an understairs light, wired a new kitchen extension. He then got manweb in to test it all. He rang me, calling me all the names under the sun, incompetent, where did I learn my trade etc. He said the test results listed over 50 faults with my work. When I went down to see it, he had a generic checklist of all the things to check which were all ticked OK. He thought they were actually faults on his installation. He sort of apologised.

I'm an electrician in the US. I've run into this a couple times. Its tough because you have roughly 5 hours into it and you don't know if its worth investing more into it. I've found its usually best to move on and make more money elsewhere. The other thing I've done is raise my prices. Most of the customers I had like this stopped calling once my prices were higher and I've found I get less of these issues. Let us know how it turns out! Thanks

The electgrician who signed this off needs to be held accountable as well.

Small claims court is quick and easy and I would drop that estate agent

Young man Iv'e heard your account of event's and understand your frustration and anger, I am 73 years of age an retired a year ago after working in the electrical industry from the age of 15 eventually running my own contracting company for the last 20 years,Iv'e experienced yor situation many,many times,you stick to your guns young man,you are obviously a good tradesman [ carbarundum illigitimy] [ dont let the bastards grind you down, good luck in the future. regards Jim Connelly

You were right in your recommendations and the quote seems fair and reasonable IMO. It's obvious that the landlord got one of their unqualified friends to do the shambolic wiring.

I understand that moving forward would be the cheapest solution for you. I understand peoples comments that it is the estate agents responsibility, but no doubt you get a lot of work from them so rocking the boat may seem unpalatable. I have found that a good reputation will keep you employed for years (I'm now close to retirement) and it has worked for me. But your current and future customers will respect you more for speaking to the estate agents getting them on board and taking this to the small claims. If you don't this will bug you for ever! and why not UTube your claim so that people can see how easy the process is - I would employ you based on your UTube videos, I am sure others will too. Good Luck.

Hi Nick, The estate agent has asked you to carry out an EICR so they are responsible for paying you as they have ordered the work. Speak to them and you will no doubt swallow it to get continued work, pop another £20 on every job from them to get it back, they will not know. The Landlord is probably blinded by his own ignorance about electrical work and its a good thing that its only £140, just think if you had done the work, he may have not paid that.

11 years ago I was stitched up for £1700 from the customer for extras then the builder I was subbing to for £650.00 on the same job. My dad died during the job so had to have a fortnight off then they accused me of making the job over-run. The chippie who was their "mate" had 3 weeks off the job and nothing was said and it was him who was holding everything up. They had itemised everything prior to doing the work their reason for not paying was "my dad says its too expensive for the work done". I had a breakdown and not got back full time since. I was registered with the NICEIC and the registration was due in June. I told them I was not working they said I HAD to have their inspection. I told them I had no jobs to inspect...their admin agreed but their management didn't and took me to court for the non-payment for a service I wasn't using and won. Deeper depression and a stroke then downhill from there. Lost my house, my marriage broke up and now the ex is suing me for her share of nothing

I'm currently battling with an electrical contractor that gave an estimate to wire my kitchen, did the work, and gave the bill for $9,000. His estimate was $3500. He so far has refused to give an itemized bill or any real explanation of the $5500 difference in price. He won't get a dime until we come to an agreement. He of course now thinks I'm being unreasonable.

Bill the individual who placed the order with you, in this case the Estate Agent. If they are happy with the service you provide they should be prepared to pay you even if one of their clients decides not to pay. I certainly would not be letting this go.

the rust on your MCB'S is more likely an issuse with condensation rather than water ingress

The person who instructed you is the person who should pay but, you'll understandably be hesitant to chase them if they give you consistent work for inspections. Better to put it down to experience and keep the relationship. I feel your pain though Nick and yes, its a matter of principle and pride. Keep up the great work mate.

It’s an absolute pain when you get a non payer, I’ve had it twice with my small business I run, they were both about £150 if they just spoke to me I would of sorted it with them it’s just time wasting more than anything that I get annoyed at, anyways enjoyed the different type of video today Nick keeps up the amazing work 😀

Look them in the eyes and calmly say..." if you refuse to pay me, it will cost you 5 times the amount in the long run"..😉

Surely, if the estate agent requested you to do the work then they would be responsible for payment, or am I missing something?

Its pretty clear you are a very competent professional with high standards. Thats kind of a good thing when it comes to dealing with a highly dangerous thing like electricity. There will always be scumbag landlords out there willing to risk the safety of their own tenants to save a few quid. Keep up the good work.

Unfortunately there’s always people like this. They don’t realise it’s their property and tenants you are protecting by doing a proper inspection and report. They only look at the cost, not the integrity of the people performing that work.

I'm still triggered by the fact that the fuseboard is outside 😑.

Sue him. He needs to know that this behaviour cannot be tolerated or he will continue to do this to other professionals like this. You have evidence of him soliciting the work and you have evidence of doing the work to a high standard. It will protect others in your trade from his behaviour in future.

As others have said you need to hound that estate agent - they owe you not the landlord. New subscriber btw