Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 27, 2012 2:27 pm I know when I last built the power was billed to my builder during construction but my current builder seems to indicate the electricity account will be in my name from the start. Curious what peoples experiences are. EDIT: I was wrong after confirming with the builder- yes the account is in my name but I forward them the bill for credit variation, I'm in Qld BTW Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57639 Re: Who pays for electricity during build? 3Jun 27, 2012 4:37 pm I work for a builder and we pay all electricity bills until the property is handed over to the client. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Who pays for electricity during build? 4Jun 29, 2012 2:49 pm The builder should pay all bills if using temporary power. If however there is a meter on site the bill will be in your name therefore you will get the bill. Pay peanuts get monkeys. Re: Who pays for electricity during build? 7Jun 30, 2012 12:38 am Seriously? When spending a quarter of a million clams on a shell , less or more pending your circumstances , who gives a rats about a few $60 power bills? Building anywhere but the west and at least you get a choice of power providers Concentrate on your build people.... Rant over, now where is that scotch ? Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Who pays for electricity during build? 9Jun 30, 2012 8:18 am Just got our 1/4 bill which basically covers the build period $160.00. We are paying, as you say Echo, chicken feed really. Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71792 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98678 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81691 |