electricity and water connection charges

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
08/05/2008 12:46

Trevor on another posting has kindly given us the cost being charged by his developer to connect both electricity and water, £1500.

Can anyone else add their charges here for comparisons. My developer has just asked for a little over £3000 for the same service with little chance of connecting water in the near future.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/05/2008 13:01

I paid £400 for water meter and connection and £170 for electric meter and connection in September 2007. I think the electric has now gone up to £540 for non TC home owners.



Lem

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
08/05/2008 14:12

My contract says 1500 pounds

jimm

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
08/05/2008 14:50

Our builder asked nothing. It was already included in the price of the contract. We just had to pay for the meters. £150 water, 180YTL electric.

Murales


Joined: 15/01/2008
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
08/05/2008 15:15

The final price depends on the size of the development, and the infastructure. Eg the distance from the main electric pylon and main water pipes to the houses/apartments. So every development will have a different price. To have your electric and water "meter" is a standard fixed charge from Kib Tek and the local authority.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
09/05/2008 09:08

Anyone know if the electric fee has gone up to 540 pounds or 540 ytl ?



Cooper

jmg171


Joined: 19/05/2007
Posts: 183

Message Posted:
09/05/2008 10:37

Cooper

Electric meter deposit was 180 ytl it has gone up to 540ytl

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
09/05/2008 16:23

Thanks jmg171



Cooper

Discovery


Joined: 21/04/2008
Posts: 36

Message Posted:
09/05/2008 16:42

Hi to you all



My developer has also asked for over £3000 i will list what it states in my contract . The vender shall bring the supply of electricity and water and telephone to the site . the purchaser hereby further agrees to pay only for the costs associated with the connection of the supply of electricity water and telephone to the property including the meter deposits and sewage taxes and charges . Can anyone guess who my developer is ill give you a clue ( The first letter of there name begins with (E) Frank

martyb49


Joined: 22/02/2008
Posts: 42

Message Posted:
09/05/2008 19:09

On the same development and am also awaiting this ridiculous bill. We will have to stick together on this and i'm sure it's E trying to claw back money they have lost. Has anyone else on the forum had costs which are in this region or are we the only ones. Nobody minds paying what is fair, however using this as a way to recuperate losses is outrageous and so blatant...

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 13:35

Just to bring this back to the top as 2 of our neighbours are going out next week

ilovemydogs



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 16:50

what trevor failed to mention was, that the £1500 that they took for connection is also supposed to be in part a deposit in case we don't pay some bills. but they didn't say how much is for what. at that time my head was exploding with facts and figures. the good thing about chelsey village is the electric is free for the time being as a gesture of goodwill . good for people living there. hardly relevent to the rest of us.

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
12/05/2008 16:57

My contract said everything was included, BUT had to pay £2600 for electricity and I will have to pay 540YTL for water.

stevie-d

Discovery


Joined: 21/04/2008
Posts: 36

Message Posted:
13/05/2008 01:38

Reading through all the replies above it looks like the developer can ask what he likes regarding connection charges . Nearly three years ago the estate agent told me the connection charges would be in the region of £250 now i am told by Evergreen that the charge is over £3000 when asked to justify this sum no answer . Who do you go to for complaints solicitors don't want to know these developers need to be shamed and solicitors need to tighten up contracts so that builders / developers cant get away with the many things that they are at the moment getting away with .

Frank

lisacedy


Joined: 13/04/2008
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
23/05/2008 19:08

just arrived home from 2 weeks in sharm, to an email saying ready to do snagging, and if we cant get over then they suggest a few companies. also is this

Electric Meter/Connection fee Water Meter

£2.457,00



5% VAT of Purchase price

£4.897,50



Delivery stage payment

£5.830,00



Previous Stage Payment shortages

£86,62



Total Due

£13.271,12



looks like i need to try and sort out connection fees, am I bound to pay my developer or can i sort it myself, Help

martyb49


Joined: 22/02/2008
Posts: 42

Message Posted:
23/05/2008 19:48

Nightmare on charges with electric also, but i'd suggest asking for a itemised breakdown as i have (still waiting). On the stage payment shortages (i also had the same) i went back through all my statements and also contacted the bank as i paid the transfer charges separately. It seems they may also (like my developer) be trying to pass on their bank charges. Is this your final/ snagging payment?

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
23/05/2008 20:13

Hi All,



Sounds very much like.....Tails I win (the developer) heads you lose!



Not a very honourable way of conducting business!



QUESTION.

Did your advocate give you a schedule of taxes and duties, and when due.?

Did your advocate advise you of essential connection charges, and maximum amounts?

Did your advocate advise you that penalties in the contracts are rarely recoverable?

Did your advocate advise that judgement debts in the TRNC are irrecoverable?

Does your advocate owe YOU a duty of care?

Did your advocate give you a letter of appointment, advising what you could expect from his/her practice, in return for your "up front" fees?



HPBG site (Marion Stokes) wanted to sue an advocate as a test case! Perhaps we should all be putting our hands in our pockets, and supporting that initiative. The HPBG reckoned that 70% of the problems in buying property in TRNC lay with the advocates!.



I am up for it!. Any takers?



wynyardman

Chris


Joined: 26/03/2008
Posts: 454

Message Posted:
23/05/2008 21:03

Im up for it!!

Just got a letter via my advocate from someone working for her to try and sort out the problem I have with the developer, in short it says if you pay him £50 an hour we will attempt to come to some sort of negotiation, its highly unlikely we will, but we will charge you anyway, and if we havent resolved this in the 6 months more he is stating it will take to finish your villa, he is entitled to keep £20,000 of your money, and try to recoup the rest when and if he sells the property.

I was never told that the contract I signed was not worth the paper it was written on, and I paid up front fees!

Chris

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
23/05/2008 21:19

Chris,



I would take advise from Marion Stokes at HPBG site. She is a first class very knowledgable in these things and would probably point you to an appropriate advocate for the circumstances

that you relate.

I am so sorry for the stress that all of this is clearly causing you.



Take care,

John