In message , Jake
writes

I'm particularly careful with electricians these days. I've rewired
two houses in the past, getting my work passed by the tester who had
to connect the tails to the meter, but am now "incapable" of doing
anything serious because of "Part P" regulations. When I had a new
kitchen fitted at home I got a "Part P" qualified fitter do the
electrical work. Subsequently, having identified problems (which I
couldn't correct as I'm not Part P qualified), I got another
electrician to put the botch job right (and got the first electrician
to pay).

That's not correct.

You can do 'Part P' notifiable works, you just need to put in a building
regs application for them.

Or do what lots of people do I imagine and ignore it all. Building
control have limited powers - they have 12 months to take action over
breach of building regs, and really aren't bothered about joe blogs the
diy-er.

It might come up when selling the house, but people buy houses all the
time with dodgy aspects. If they are bothered, an electrical inspection
could be done, or a 1-200 quid spent on an insurance policy.
--
Chris French