Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Cost of connecting electricity or gas for new built hous 2May 09, 2014 3:32 pm If you're in a new estate most the time they should have electricity connected before your land titles. If your estate has electricity then the builder should be able to connect themselves so you don't have to get involved plus they also pay for the charges. If your estate does not have electricity when your builder starts then yes you will have to pay for the generator hire which i believe they also add their margins on. This is a provisional cost on our contract so if they don't need it we should get it back. SHOULD anyways. Ours was estimated at roughly $2100 The only thing we are paying for is the water usage. Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Cost of connecting electricity or gas for new built hous 3May 09, 2014 5:00 pm PEARZ If you're in a new estate most the time they should have electricity connected before your land titles. If your estate has electricity then the builder should be able to connect themselves so you don't have to get involved plus they also pay for the charges. If your estate does not have electricity when your builder starts then yes you will have to pay for the generator hire which i believe they also add their margins on. This is a provisional cost on our contract so if they don't need it we should get it back. SHOULD anyways. Ours was estimated at roughly $2100 The only thing we are paying for is the water usage. Hi Pearz, Thanks for the reply. But how can I know whether that the electricity will be connected before titled? Is there anyway I can check on the land contract? In my land contract, for all of the services (water, gas, electricity etc.), they were all ticked 'Not connected' & 'Available'. But in the planning permit from the council, there is another clause saying 'Before a Statement of Compliance is issued for subdivision, the land owner must ensure that...Provision of reticulated water, sewerage and underground electricity must be made available to each lot'. In this clause, does the word 'made available' equal to 'connected' or no? Thanks Re: Cost of connecting electricity or gas for new built hous 4May 09, 2014 5:30 pm bermuda23 PEARZ If you're in a new estate most the time they should have electricity connected before your land titles. If your estate has electricity then the builder should be able to connect themselves so you don't have to get involved plus they also pay for the charges. If your estate does not have electricity when your builder starts then yes you will have to pay for the generator hire which i believe they also add their margins on. This is a provisional cost on our contract so if they don't need it we should get it back. SHOULD anyways. Ours was estimated at roughly $2100 The only thing we are paying for is the water usage. Hi Pearz, Thanks for the reply. But how can I know whether that the electricity will be connected before titled? Is there anyway I can check on the land contract? In my land contract, for all of the services (water, gas, electricity etc.), they were all ticked 'Not connected' & 'Available'. But in the planning permit from the council, there is another clause saying 'Before a Statement of Compliance is issued for subdivision, the land owner must ensure that...Provision of reticulated water, sewerage and underground electricity must be made available to each lot'. In this clause, does the word 'made available' equal to 'connected' or no? Thanks To be honest i didn't look at my land contract that much. It was only after going to tender appointment that we learnt of this cost, drove to our estate and question the sales office about it and she said yes they were going to turn on the lights before XMAS. I would assume this means there will be electricity. If you get streetlights in your area then yep definitely have power. Ask your sales office/land developer about it. They should be able to let you know more in details. Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Cost of connecting electricity or gas for new built hous 5May 10, 2014 7:28 pm Even if there is physically electricity available I believe there are still "connection costs" for when you sign up to a particular company e.g. energex/origin etc, isn't there? Same with gas I think. Can't help with the amount, sorry, why not call up a random company and ask? That'll give you a ballpark. OR ask me again in 2 months! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 37 14039 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair We purchased a 1960s property that is on timber stumps mostly, and a newer section is on concrete stumps. We had a building inspection initially and they reported some… 0 9621 there is a few calculators you can use if you just google it 7 4664 |