An electrician has dismissed a fellow trader’s work as being done with ‘zero care’ after a new homeowner questioned it on social media.
A Brisbane woman was so frustrated at not getting what she asked for that she posted photos of the job on Facebook and asked if the work was good enough.
She said she asked for a “flush-mounted electric lounge socket” in the center of her living room, hidden under a flat panel.
But what she got was a white electrical box with outlets on the floor, ruining the look of the entire room and creating a tripping hazard.
“That’s not a flush-mounted socket, that’s a floor-mounted socket, and even that is poorly done,” NSW electrician Elliot Hawkins told me. Yahoo news.
An electrician has rated a fellow trader’s work (pictured) as if it had been done with ‘zero care’ after a new homeowner questioned it on social media
The homeowner asked for a ‘flush-mounted socket’, but did not receive it. What it should have looked like is shown in the photo
He said this type of poor workmanship wouldn’t have happened if his company had done the job, but if it somehow did, the worker would be sent right back to fix it.
But Mr Hawkins said such lack of care is a growing problem in the sector and often results in Australians facing cost-of-living pressures choosing the cheap option.
He said many new-build homes are built by ‘low-cost project home builders’ rather than ‘small, bespoke builders’, and choosing the cheapest quote can lead to poor quality work.
Mr Hawkins said he wasn’t saying it was the homeowner’s own fault, “but this just reiterates my point about the wide variety of quality electricians around today.”
Online commentators were also unimpressed, calling it a ‘nonsense’ job, a ‘danger’ and ‘an eyesore’.
“It’s definitely not good enough,” one person wrote. “I still can’t believe they actually gave you this.”
“I’m no expert, but that seems like the opposite of built-in,” wrote another.
A homeowner asked for a “flush-mounted electric lounge outlet” in the center of her living room, but she didn’t get it (stock image)
What the homeowner got was a white electrical box (pictured) with outlets on top of the floor, ruining the look of the entire room and creating a tripping hazard