ridiculous charges for builders electric

Ged · 6th February 2010, 19:04

hi folks
the builders of our site are demanding £50 per week for supplying electric !! the project should have been completed in april 2010 but now will not be done until 2012. would anyone please suggest a fair rate or let me know what they are paying as we need to confront them about this.

regards

ged

juco · 6th February 2010, 19:16

You pay by the amount used not by the week. There is no doubt he is ripping you off!

I am not kidding when I say this....I would go holiday elsewhere until 2012.

I done a quick approx calculation based on approx 15 weeks usage and less than £7 per week. 3 bed/2 x air con units/wash machine

Added....
Is this £50 per week only when you are staying there or for 52 weeks of the year regardless, not that it changes anything.

luddendenturk · 6th February 2010, 19:20

£2,500 per year for Electricity

- sounds fair to me!

Why would you need us to tell you that this is a Rip Off?????

Tell them to S*D O*F

Robert · 6th February 2010, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ged

hi folks
the builders of our site are demanding £50 per week for supplying electric !! the project should have been completed in april 2010 but now will not be done until 2012. would anyone please suggest a fair rate or let me know what they are paying as we need to confront them about this.

regards

ged

Ask the builder to supply you with a meter and pay for what you use. Even on builders rate it will be no where near what they are asking.
Robert.

butt007 · 6th February 2010, 20:49

Yes an absolute rip-off, a builders fair rate would be around .23kurush per unit used.
Warren

yalimart · 6th February 2010, 20:51

it would arouse my suspicion that the finances were not well, I should proceed with caution !

martin

akbukowl · 6th February 2010, 20:53

yep check there is no debt on your apartment

shirleyanntr · 6th February 2010, 21:17

you say the builders for your site..do you mean this is the charge for the combined buildings or yours alone...if its just yours tthats too much..if its a shared bill thats a different story

hijo · 7th February 2010, 04:58

..i was going to ask a similar question ..has the rest of the people on your complex been asked to pay this £50 a week....if theres any way you can find out

pmhym · 7th February 2010, 08:51

Yes, this is being requested from everyone that wants to use
thier apartment, and will go on until the complex is complete
and we can then get the habitation cert and be able to get our
own meters.