Sparky

Our sparky's name is Chris Dow from Dow Electrics. I chose him purely on price as he was at least 3k cheaper than the other quotes. Here is a link to his profile: http://www.tradeexperts.co.nz/cms/index.php?page=directory-view-listing&lid=8006

Well I think I got lucky because Chris Dow is a young and eager Electrician with a lot of really good, modern ideas. For example, we have an area for a proposed chimney, and Chris suggested putting a powerbox behind the wall so that we can have a hidden multi-plug and cables area for a Mac-Daddy stereo system etc.

Chris also suggested wall lights in the lounge areas and main bedrooms for a modern look. He has also 'reduced' the amount of lights that Lighting Plus suggested in our lighting plan - as he said we didnt need that many - especially along the soffits outside of the house. Chris's new lighting plan has saved us about $1k :-)

Chris has also added wall plugs for our wall-hung TV's, sensors around the house, and really modern bathroom ventilation system in all the bathrooms. Chris said he the heater/fan/lights that you buy in lighting shops are 'out of date', and I agree.

All our electrics include an alarm system, speakers in the ceilings, phone/internet outlets AND advice - all for a total of $24277.35. Pretty good? Compared to my other quotes it is!

P.S. Chris started working on our house a couple of weeks ago and was told off by our builder as he had to drill through a couple of the weatherboards - and the builder said "You wouldnt need to do that if you were here last week before we put the weatherboards up!"