Wao,  that is very good price. Do you know what type of cables they use?  Mine is mega and concealed with PVC conduits. But,  I do agree they are very expensive. Worse,  the Chinese electrician further subcontracted to a group of Myanmar workers without any local to supervise.  That is the reason I terminated their services.

KL, a lot of electricians are quoting very high price.

Yes, you are correct. My brother is building his house at Penang. That is the practice there too.

But, in KL, especially certain locations, the price are very expensive. Actually, I am engaging a main con to manage everything. The prices I mentioned in the thread are without his mark-up.

The lesson I learn is to avoid electricians that want to get the contracts and after that outsourced completely to foreign labour.

Actually, my price was back in May 2021. The problem I face is the location. The moment they know the address, they have many reasons to raise the price.

Recently, I joined a facebook group (mainly for Mandarin users) and got a few electricians to quote me. The price per light point is only RM 65 - 75 per point and the 13A is only RM 100 per point for the current market price.

I am going to share the quality of the "Data Centre" electrician. He claimed that he has done several data centres. Contract signed is Cat6 wire. Get the foreign labour to lay Cat5e unbranded wire.

These are the quality of the "Data Centre" electrician, not mentioned the light, aircond and fan switches of my living room are put at car porch:

Pendant light point is placed next to the fan.


Cat5e was used despite the contract and pricing is Cat6. Argument is I don't need Cat6 for CCTV. But, price is the same.


Because I said I will use LED light, no Earth line for the points.


My requirement is concealed and this picture shows my bathroom. The network and 13A cables were put like this. Below the sinks. If he forgot to place the PVC conduit during casting of slab, he can hack. But, the electrician refused unless I paid VO price. Like this, can I do water proofing?


For a 60 sen joint that was broken - would you replace a new one or tore a piece of paper and cover the hole?