Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1650Mar 04, 2016 12:31 pm hello everyone, building a double storey with metricon and got a quotation today from their electrical contractor asking me to pay $720 for the below tasks. is it normal or am I special ? "Underground pillar Connection of electrical service cables. Supply & installation of Energy Authority meters in meter board, Plus electrical supply authority establishment Fee." Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1651Mar 04, 2016 12:36 pm Jaff hello everyone, building a double storey with metricon and got a quotation today from their electrical contractor asking me to pay $720 for the below tasks. is it normal or am I special ? "Underground pillar Connection of electrical service cables. Supply & installation of Energy Authority meters in meter board, Plus electrical supply authority establishment Fee." Hi Jaff, I haven't heard about that cost before. @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1652Mar 04, 2016 7:04 pm Jaff hello everyone, building a double storey with metricon and got a quotation today from their electrical contractor asking me to pay $720 for the below tasks. is it normal or am I special ? "Underground pillar Connection of electrical service cables. Supply & installation of Energy Authority meters in meter board, Plus electrical supply authority establishment Fee." Where are you building? We had to pay $1,200 for meter connection. Metricon Glendale 38 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&p=1298363#p1298363 Selections: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&start=60 Tiles - p25 Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1654Mar 04, 2016 7:31 pm Jaff @monalisa, we are building in NSW. Should i expect a $1200 bill for meter connection? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1655Mar 04, 2016 7:38 pm Orpheus Jaff @monalisa, we are building in NSW. Should i expect a $1200 bill for meter connection? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Yes... and... if the power is across the road another $500. Metricon Glendale 38 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&p=1298363#p1298363 Selections: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&start=60 Tiles - p25 Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1656Mar 04, 2016 7:46 pm monalisa Orpheus Jaff @monalisa, we are building in NSW. Should i expect a $1200 bill for meter connection? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Yes... and... if the power is across the road another $500. I cant believe power meter connection is not standard for a house build? Do they expect us to make our own power by running sticks together? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1658Mar 04, 2016 8:25 pm Orpheus Update onsite: 1. The dunny is finally here! 2. We are thrilled all the house frames have arrived (see below)! I didn't know we were building a full brick house as there is a lack of timber onsite??? http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii548/Liem_Nguyen/House/20160302_192611.jpg 3. We also have some kind of power connection for the meter box? http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii548/Liem_Nguyen/House/20160302_192922.jpg @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! frame will done in 10 seconds Orph lol Glad to see action on your site I guess the dunny was priority lol viewtopic.php?t=79203 Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1659Mar 04, 2016 8:27 pm Orpheus Jaff @monalisa, we are building in NSW. Should i expect a $1200 bill for meter connection? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! What!! More expense viewtopic.php?t=79203 Re: Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! 1660Mar 04, 2016 10:34 pm Emmz70 Orpheus Jaff @monalisa, we are building in NSW. Should i expect a $1200 bill for meter connection? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! What!! More expense viewtopic.php?t=79203 Why can't they just add it in the contract instead of making it a surprise cost during build? Crazy...... @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10764 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8214 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 17335 |