Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 29, 2012 7:18 pm hey people quick question been about a month of building my house i just got a bill from yarra valley water i got charges for Water supply system charge recycled water services waterway and drainage charge on behalf of melbourne water annual park charges Question does my builder have to pay for all these as they have connected it and use it?? cheers Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 2Mar 29, 2012 7:28 pm With our previous build we paid for all the utilities so I expect the same his time. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 3Mar 29, 2012 7:37 pm You, as owner of the land will be repsonsible for paying water rates and usage as well as council rates. In Victoria, the builder will arrange for the electrical connection and the account will be in their name, which also means they will pay the electricity bills until handover when they transfer the account over to your name. Gas always gets connected last, so this will be in your name. In WA, when I built 20 years ago (and I believe it is still the same) you arrange connection of electricty and pay the bills even if the builder is using it. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 4Mar 29, 2012 7:40 pm The builder has been paying our power and water bills I presume as we haven't received any. The stuff on your bill looks like connection fees for extras and annual fees everybody pays - I guess none of it is for water usage, but like I said we haven't paid a thing for electricity or water thus far. Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 6Mar 29, 2012 10:23 pm My builder Burbank said that they are happy to pay for water usage. Which is not much (5 months of construction - Usage is less than $10.00) I did not bother sending the bills. I am responsible to pay the park and other charges Burbank also pays the electricity. Orchid 4200 with Burbank: Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53034 House Built in 7 Months and 2 weeks Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 7Mar 30, 2012 8:24 am Our builder has paid all utility charges to date (except for gas which was connected yesterday). Our water board and electrical companies contacted us on Wednesday to transfer everything to our name ready for handover. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 8Mar 30, 2012 9:09 am We had to pay those water and sewerage charges during the build ... even though we were not there to use them For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 9Mar 30, 2012 7:43 pm Builder paid our utilities whilst on site. I just scanned the bills and emailed it to them saying that they needed to pay it. I also sent them a $2k bill that one of their contractors incurred for damaging Sydney Water Sewer pipes. Just ask, they can only say no Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 10Mar 30, 2012 9:19 pm This would depend solely on your builder who pays bills whilst your house getting built 11Mar 30, 2012 9:47 pm I have just received our first elec bill for $1.82 (plus the service cost total was $19) I have been paying the water levy but not had a bill since they connected the water. Jasmin Hickinbotham Belmont - modified Signed: February 2011 Slab should go down before 2012 My build thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52310&p=799483#p799483 who pays bills whilst your house getting built 13Mar 31, 2012 1:14 am I thought ALL owners paid their water and electricity bills during the building period (and after, of course). My contract actually had that written into it. Is that maybe a WA thing? I've read other people's posts about this topic before too, and I think they were WA people. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 14Mar 31, 2012 5:13 am I'm in nsw, it's in my contract that I will pay all gas and electricity during the build. I think water too. Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 16Apr 01, 2012 10:14 am Must be different for each builder. In our contract, it says the builder pays all utility from start to handover. Perhaps that was something you could have negotiated in the contract? Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 17Apr 01, 2012 12:23 pm PADAMS2012 Must be different for each builder. In our contract, it says the builder pays all utility from start to handover. Perhaps that was something you could have negotiated in the contract? are u in WA Re: who pays bills whilst your house getting built 20Apr 01, 2012 1:25 pm OurLindrum52 You, as owner of the land will be repsonsible for paying water rates and usage as well as council rates. In Victoria, the builder will arrange for the electrical connection and the account will be in their name, which also means they will pay the electricity bills until handover when they transfer the account over to your name. Gas always gets connected last, so this will be in your name. In WA, when I built 20 years ago (and I believe it is still the same) you arrange connection of electricty and pay the bills even if the builder is using it. I'm in Vic and we had to arrange our connection with our electrician. This has also been the case for several friends of mine who have built. I think regardless of who seems to pay it, in the end it's always a cost we will have to wear. 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