Browse Forums Buying Land Re: Cost of services up driveway - Battle Axe Block 3Apr 19, 2014 9:10 pm Cheers, Si Building & Design Consultant Re: Cost of services up driveway - Battle Axe Block 6Nov 11, 2014 11:00 am HI, It has been a while since I was in this boat - and when I was the services were regulated so AGL had sole right to supply me gas etc and they ran the services for me free of charge (40m drive). In regards power, water and sewer, we had an issue with access - the driveway was already down and the required distance from the boundary was an issue in the remaining narrow corridor so we actually trimmed the edge off (a wider than average drive) and got our own machinery in to trench and run the balance of the services. Fortunately husband is in the electrical game. The biggest issue for us over this distance was fall for the sewer, was a question as to whether we would need a pump or not, and fortunately the answer was not. But again the sewercock was in the middle of the drive, so again we cut out a section and replaced with lovely pavers to make a real feature. Get some quotes from your own providers and compare to the builder, informed is the best way to make your decisions. The builders response to all of this was "we're going to rip your driveway up and you need to pay us to do this and pay to replace it" (on an answering machine message on a Friday afternoon, back in 1997 when you left messages!!). When they turned up to do so it was all taken care of. Enjoy the battle axe, it feels like your own little world, love living like that. Rebecca Jarrett-Dalton Property crazy expert mortgage broker, love building new homes! Two Red Shoes mortgage broker http://www.tworedshoes.com.au/building Hi JW I just read your post and I find this situation quite strange. When we build, we get a temp pole for construction which becomes the permanent pole for one of the… 1 3212 2 6449 When you get a chance watch the last couple of videos. The cracks are pretty bad, it's almost as though he hasn't put any reo in that corner and hasn't compacted/levelled… 2 3360 |