Electrics Confusion

[StanageDave]

Just my tupennce worth, I looked into getting relevant qualifications to do my own electrical work in kitchen fits, by the time I took the courses passed the exams bought the test equipment etc etc etc . It was just not worth it. My insurance company advised me , that for them to insure me , I would have to jump through every hoop in the kingdom. So now, when I price installs I do not price any electrical work at all, I recommend three electricians, I work with, on a regular basis, and the customer deals with them directly. I wont even connect a hard wired appliance. The electricians I work with basically tell me that the last guy to touch the electrics in the property, is responsible and the fall guy if anything goes wrong.

I work this way also sparkies just deal straight with customer saves me a lot hassle and grief, they give me work in return like redoing walls etc where they've been working, simple two way exchange of working probably will not work for everyone but does for me.

"I wont even connect a hard wired appliance" seems a bit extreme. If this is what it's come to now, WTF is the firm I spoke to doing asking their fitters to do any electrics? The manager I spoke to quite clearly said we'd be expected to handle the lot, apart from gas, where we'd need to find a GasSafe plumber where necessary. I get the impression that plenty of fitters are doing elecs.

Is it really true that if you connect a hob you then become responsible if the light in their en-suite is dodgy? NICEIC may require all sorts of paperwork to justify the fees they charge but that's not the same as a legal requirement to notify building control, is it? What was the point in the Part P regulations being changed to simplify things in kitchens if fully registered sparks are the only ones who can touch anything?