Thanks for all the updates, My last house which was built about eight years ago which i purchased as a building package had crabtree light switched and plugs. I never really had a problem with their plugs but their light switches were bad, all the plastic toggle switches were falling apart coming off the switches etc.

Din mount breakers were also standard in my old place and gave me no problems.

So i definitley wont be using Crabtree again i have been recommended the CBI light switches and sockets, any comments on those?

After walking around the estate on Saturday and walking into other builds i can cleary see that the general standard of workmanship electrical and building related in this industry appears to be in a bad state, I walked into 3 or 4 homes under construction to find light switches in bathrooms ,thin electrical cable buried in the ground, wiring leading into boxes without adquete protection between the boxes sharp entry holes and the cable itself and no earth on lighting circuits, the list goes on, and these houses are to be issued with COC's.

These COCs appear to be not even worth the paper they written on.

Clearly the regulating bodys arent doing there jobs and appear to be toothless. Do people no longer have pride in their work or the saftey of the people they are building and wiring these houses for? its definitely buyer beware,
If i did my actuary job like some of these guys i would have no job. thank goodness im going the owner builder route and will have some sort of control over the standard of workmanship in my new home. cheers