Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1121Apr 22, 2010 9:05 pm Bexi, we had a rough idea of when we would get the keys and had the electricity connected then. We just contacted our supplier and they did it on the day that they said they would. There were no costs. This is what it says in our Tender- " Provide 3 phase underground service cables from Supply Authority network to meter box. Meter box to be wired to suit single phase meters. Underground power connection to the supply authority network arranged by owner (8 metres allowed) " The electrician who did our house was trying to get more money out of us before he put the meters in. When we spoke with our sales guys here in town he said that a few people had said the same thing to him about this electrician. He must have been ripping off innocent people. We got him to put in our lights as an extra. It is funny that he has never come back to get his money. R Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1122Apr 22, 2010 9:17 pm hm... Different sites have different power requirements. Masterton will put the galvanised pole on our site to the meter box (included), but we have to organise aerial power connection to supply network (owner - but it is only a few metres from our site). If anyone is interested, my hubby spoke to another electricity installation company who said providing the galvanised pole (which Masterton are doing) and 8 meters of 3-phase underground service cable is around $1,500. (Our $83K site costs are way too high, so we are researching the different components to work out where the inflation is and try to negotiate...). Kkatt - were you the one a few months ago that had to pay $11,000 to Council for s94? And if you are connecting across a road, sounds like your site has more difficult facility access. Where is your site? I hope the other things are going OK for you ... SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1123Apr 22, 2010 10:01 pm R & R My tender states: "Provide 3 phase underground service cables from Supply Authority network to meter box (up to 8.0lm). Meter box to be wired to suit single phase meters". That is all it says in my tender... It doesn't say the other part that you mentioned: "Underground power connection to the supply authority network arranged by owner (8 metres allowed)" ...So i'm not sure where that leaves me. I'm thinking that maybe the people that have to pay $1000 might be the people building in area's that are NOT a new subdivision where underground cables are all ready to go in the street? Building Sirocco 7 Kellyville Ridge - 630Sqm block Build topic - viewtopic.php?uid=16738&f=31&t=27636&start=0 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1124Apr 22, 2010 10:18 pm I guess I will be checking my contract tomorrow. Did anyone get a laundry chute done by them by any chance? anyone know how much one would cost? and did anyone get the electrician to do extra work? I want to add in some more light points. Everyone seems to be getting along quiet well. Quick update: Our frame has just been finished and starting my new job next week. Villina with Trend facade Sydney Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1125Apr 23, 2010 3:45 am Congrats Beebob! You're build progress is way ahead of us, we've got stuck with brick works and hoping that they can finish it this week. R & R - Thanks for the tender updates and I did dig in to our files and found out that our very first tender says exactly the same as yours, not sure what happened but our final tender states exactly the same as Bexi's tender (missing the last sentence). Our electrical pillar is also underground facility and located less than 8Lm from the meter box. Perhaps, I should call Integral to confirm the cost of power connection if there's any. Bexi - You're right about Masterton trying their best to ignore calls from our private inspector. I just confirmed today with our inspector that our ss (Wane W. hope he's not the same ss as yours) is not responding from his calls (4x with messages) to update him about the progress and dates of inspection. But the good about our private inspector is that he's very persistent to get the job done on time eventhough I have not paid him yet. Kkatt - Sorry to hear about the extra costs going on unitil now with your build . Just hang on there and I'm sure that it'll be over soon. We were also hit with 7K extras on the last minute of our final tender by surprised but we're so stressed out and gave in just to get into construction stage. Lucky we don't have to pay for any of these 94A Development fees based on our council and it was really a relief for us. Building The Fernleigh 33 with Savoy Facade 06/06/09 First Tender 30/09/09 Contract Signed 22/12/09 DC Approval 24/02/10 Slab Completion Frame, Bricks & Roof Completed 09/07/10 Lock Up 09/09/10 PCI Done! 18/10/10 Keys!!! http://www.climbaholic.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1126Apr 23, 2010 7:53 am Hey dram, I'm hoping that because our tenders don't say anything about the "owner" being responsible for anything in regards to electricity connection, that all we have to do to is make the phone call to integral and it's done (with no exorbitant fee) Our SS is Tony. He is awesome... he answers every phone call or sms i have sent to him. If on the odd occassion (2 out of 10) he doesn't answer the phone, he returns my call within a few hours. I ran into one of the contract workers the other day who said i was lucky to have Tony as he was by far the best ss masterton have. As far as the building inspection goes... well yes that's the one thing he did let me down on but seeing as he's looking after the build of about 80 masterton houses, i can forgive him for that ... I was feeling more restraint from head office rather than tony anyway Building Sirocco 7 Kellyville Ridge - 630Sqm block Build topic - viewtopic.php?uid=16738&f=31&t=27636&start=0 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1128Apr 23, 2010 9:14 am I've just had a look at our Tender and it says: It is the responsibility of the owner to arrange with the Local Electrical Authority for the aerial connection from the Authority’s mains to the property pole and for payment to the Authority of all relevant fees and charges associated with the connection. It is recommended that the owner discuss their electrical supply requirements with the Local Electrical Authority and to obtain a quotation for the work. Looks like we'll be up for the cost too. I'd better start sourcing quotes! Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1129Apr 23, 2010 10:03 am lizzy stardust I've just had a look at our Tender and it says: It is the responsibility of the owner to arrange with the Local Electrical Authority for the aerial connection from the Authority’s mains to the property pole and for payment to the Authority of all relevant fees and charges associated with the connection. It is recommended that the owner discuss their electrical supply requirements with the Local Electrical Authority and to obtain a quotation for the work. Looks like we'll be up for the cost too. I'd better start sourcing quotes! If it's Energy Australia you will find that they DON'T do the physical connection. You need to find a private contractor. If anyone needs a recommendation just PM me and give you the details of who did ours Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1130Apr 23, 2010 10:46 am i was advised it would be better to ask the sparky working for Masterton. they should have lvl 2 license for this connection. i will ask when they start at my place. it cost me #300 to disconnect from the pole so i am assuming it would be the same price btw i posted a couple of pics of the frame on my thread but here they are again: http://img121.imageshack.us/i/17042010s.jpg/ (view from rear) Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1131Apr 23, 2010 12:03 pm Lizzy - we have a similar clause. Ekman - great photos! SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1132Apr 23, 2010 12:19 pm Hey r&r: that is exactually what it says in my tender, and the electrical contractor is trying to make me pay another $400, so i will tell my sales guy and defintly wont pay, as i too called up energy australia, and they thought it was very suss, and that no fees are required in NSW when connecting energy. So im glad i found that out as i was about to pay it before hubby said to check it out. Building The Chelsea Elite (Masterton) @ Spring Farm Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1133Apr 23, 2010 12:50 pm Power connection issue: It is true that you shouldn't pay for electricity connection (eg. when moving house and you get the power put on). HOWEVER, aren't these costs not for connection, but setting up the physical cables from the site (eg. pole) to the supply authorities network (eg. Energy Australia power pole on the street)??? Thats how we interpreted it. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1134Apr 23, 2010 1:13 pm Quote: BEXI : Our SS is Tony. He is awesome... he answers every phone call or sms i have sent to him. If on the odd occassion (2 out of 10) he doesn't answer the phone, he returns my call within a few hours. I ran into one of the contract workers the other day who said i was lucky to have Tony as he was by far the best ss masterton have. As far as the building inspection goes... well yes that's the one thing he did let me down on but seeing as he's looking after the build of about 80 masterton houses, i can forgive him for that ... I was feeling more restraint from head office rather than tony anyway im pretty glad to hear that as i just found out this morning that our site supervisor is a guy called Tony aswell. although they wouldnt giveme his number and said any questions ihad i should get intouch with our construction supervisor in the office and she will forward to him if she cant help. is this normal? as for progress they are working very fast now. we had fences, portaloo, excavation done all in under a week. and that was after a delay of a day because some cables were ripped and we needed to confirm if they were dissconnected. and after confirmation they were onsite the same day. so very pleased at the moment. hoping they start pier drilling today Elizabeth estate - Schofields exchanged March 2015 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1135Apr 23, 2010 11:10 pm SunshineT Power connection issue: It is true that you shouldn't pay for electricity connection (eg. when moving house and you get the power put on). HOWEVER, aren't these costs not for connection, but setting up the physical cables from the site (eg. pole) to the supply authorities network (eg. Energy Australia power pole on the street)??? Thats how we interpreted it. Correct. No fees to Energy Australia. It's for the cabling to the consumer telegraph pole from our private pole. Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1136Apr 24, 2010 2:44 pm Hey guys... i just put some updates on our thread if anyones interested... Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1137Apr 25, 2010 8:20 pm SunshineT Kkatt - were you the one a few months ago that had to pay $11,000 to Council for s94? And if you are connecting across a road, sounds like your site has more difficult facility access. Where is your site? I hope the other things are going OK for you ... Hey SunshineT, Yes we had the $11,000 s94.We live in a small country town population about 200' This is what we had to pay for http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy183/kkatt12/DSC01746.jpg Pole out the frount of house, and then cable across road to main power pole. The joys of country living Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1138Apr 25, 2010 9:45 pm Hi kkatt - ah, yes, the price of paradise Thanks for the picture of the pole - that sums it up! But how gratifying to now be so very very close. T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1139Apr 26, 2010 1:03 am Bexi Hey dram, I'm hoping that because our tenders don't say anything about the "owner" being responsible for anything in regards to electricity connection, that all we have to do to is make the phone call to integral and it's done (with no exorbitant fee) Our SS is Tony. He is awesome... he answers every phone call or sms i have sent to him. If on the odd occassion (2 out of 10) he doesn't answer the phone, he returns my call within a few hours. I ran into one of the contract workers the other day who said i was lucky to have Tony as he was by far the best ss masterton have. As far as the building inspection goes... well yes that's the one thing he did let me down on but seeing as he's looking after the build of about 80 masterton houses, i can forgive him for that ... I was feeling more restraint from head office rather than tony anyway Hi Bexi, I hope we don't have to pay extras for electricity connection since R & R proves it can be done. Lucky you had a good feedback for Tony and yeah I thinks head office thats makes us all miserable. Well, atleast you're almost there and I reckon stress level will be over soon for you. Good luck and all the best for now! Building The Fernleigh 33 with Savoy Facade 06/06/09 First Tender 30/09/09 Contract Signed 22/12/09 DC Approval 24/02/10 Slab Completion Frame, Bricks & Roof Completed 09/07/10 Lock Up 09/09/10 PCI Done! 18/10/10 Keys!!! http://www.climbaholic.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 1140Apr 29, 2010 4:28 pm Hi all. Well, some good news for a change! We haven't given up on Masterton - it is taking a long time just to work through the tender in accuracies, so we have agreed to carve off the DA Council process (through a private company, which we had to do anyway as we have a Custom Design) and start that now. Seeing all the paperwork delays in this thread scared me a bit, so hopefully doing DA separately from Masterton will be less pressure all round. And more good news: spoke to my Council today and we don't have to pay the s94 contributions (so if anyone who has read the earlier posts and freaked about potential s94 contributions, I suggest you call your Council as not all Councils require it). Hope everyone else is going OK with your builds / moving in (for BADH and Kkatt very soon). Cheers, T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 4 16901 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. 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