Browse Forums Building A New House Re: HELP re: payment of utility bills during construction 3Jan 25, 2017 6:45 pm alex_and_emma It's stating the builder will pay the connection fees for each service (gas power etc) but you must pay for the actual use of them. Although in this one, the builder pays for all electrical use until handover. We have the same in our contract (builder pays for service installation and electrical use, we pay for water use). The water use on our build has only been about $45/month for the main part of the build. 1 62025 regardless, your contract stipulates a payments schedule and SOPA doesn't give provision to that scenario. Your contractual terms appear to stand. Hence get a lawyer, it… 4 11885 There is no reason why building contract reconciliation cannot be done prior to handover, if the builder won't do it get someone to do it for you. Why would you pay for… 3 6691 |