Any sparkies about? House wiring question

[daddyfixit]

if the house survey sees an old type fusebox, they say the house needs re-wiring as a condition of you being given the mortgage. when I bought this house we moved in and it was re-wired the next 2 weeks while we went on holiday---the sparkies were cavemen and the house was a shithole when we returned...........apparently they could not get a plasterer in before we got back (utter lies). expect £1500+ for a 3 bedroom semi ???