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Spitfire:
Not impressed with the diagonal wiring, as others have said it should be vertical or horizontal, I can't imagine a professional doing a job like that, sure I always test a wall before drilling but sometimes these testers are not at all accurate, then you have to rely on the electrician doing it properly.

Cheers

Dennis

Green1:
I'm a decorator by trade and see this sort of thing often in rented property and it drives me crackers.I think you will find the plaster will just be patched and then a painter (not decorator) will be expected to feather it in to loss it if he can be arsed or even capable.But it will look OK in the end.

I rarely see floors tiled under the units and never in new builds anymore unless its a million pound plus propertys now.
I have never come across wiring like that as sure its a no no.

I rearly work for landlords as they are often a funny breed that never want to pay the going rate.I think you will probably find that its an acceptable finish for the price there paying.
Hold in there it will come good in the end.  ;)

matthewmosse:
Bear in mind the mindset of a landlord may be absolute ruthless squeezing of expenditure and maximising of profit margin, my soon to be ex boss has at least 3 properties, probably a lot more, including 2 large farms with workshops where our factory grew up from and a full blown victorian mansion. He got there by being ruthless and pretty cut throat, wish I had known that before I thew in a dull but stable job to work for his firm. Quite willing tomcut corners for a quick profit, we are talking shot blasting 27 ton payload trailers and avoiding the brakes - initially I was told because the brake mechanism was too much work to strip, when I pointed out the back plates and mounts were dangerously thinned or totally rotted, I was told, we know, just paint over it, he wants to sell at the best price he can. I geuss my obvious disatisfaction with this is part of the reason my contract has been cancelled. Anyhow, how does someone get to have a property portfolio worth millions, one way is to really push for every last bit of profit, that trailer I blasted would probably only have cost £600 more to do right, but that hits profit and some folk just want to squeeze for every last drop of profit.

hairygit:
Our landlord owns a large part of Devon, with 800+ rental properties. The kitchen was not a cheap one either. What we think has happened is the contractors have got a contract to do 30 properties to start with, and they may have cut prices to the bone to win the contract, and the diagonal wiring and bodge the plaster later is an effort to save a few quid on materials here and there.

Green1:
Sounds about right I have worked almost for nothing to win contracts in the past

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