Hi, we are renovating our kitchen and wanting to install some new lights, a range hood, some new LED's and power points. We found a licensed sparky through Hi pages with 5 star references who said his rate was $70 per hour or $550 per day.
Anyway, we hired him and he came in finally after 3 last minute cancellations and completed what he called a "lighting rough in". He left after 2 hours. The next day he sent us the bill - $800. I asked for a breakdown. He responded with:
"The quote I gave is for the five stages
Lighting rough in
Power rough in
Changeover of all switching
Cut out
Fit off
Materials were 250 total
One drum of lighting cable
One drum of power cable
One drum of fig 8 for led
Whether it takes me 2 hrs or 11 hrs the price for rough of lighting is 550
Upon the completion of each stage payment needs to be made before commencing next stage "
So from this it sounds like he is asking $550 for 2 hours work!! The initial quote stated $70 p/h or $550 per day. What should I do about this? Cheers.