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so after asking the relevent questions of the engineer in question:
1. He is qualified.
2. He is GS Registered with the company he works for in his day job.
3. He is not registered separately in his own name.
4. He would carry out the work but under his "good friends" registration !
5. He has done loads of work like this.
6. He doesn't have PL insurance and doesnt believe he needs it. Not that I believe he could get covered in these circumstances anyway.
7. He has never had any issues but is local and would sort out any problems that arose. Including I suppose re-building the house should it burn down, blow up, or flood and invalidate the homeowners insurance.
Obviously I politely passed on this engineer.
Thank you to everyone who provided advice so I could make an informed decision.
Now I am off to do battle with Homeserve to see if I can get them to give me a reasonable quote.
1. He is qualified.
2. He is GS Registered with the company he works for in his day job.
3. He is not registered separately in his own name.
4. He would carry out the work but under his "good friends" registration !
5. He has done loads of work like this.
6. He doesn't have PL insurance and doesnt believe he needs it. Not that I believe he could get covered in these circumstances anyway.
7. He has never had any issues but is local and would sort out any problems that arose. Including I suppose re-building the house should it burn down, blow up, or flood and invalidate the homeowners insurance.
Obviously I politely passed on this engineer.
Thank you to everyone who provided advice so I could make an informed decision.
Now I am off to do battle with Homeserve to see if I can get them to give me a reasonable quote.