Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 01, 2010 4:19 pm We received our water bill and and queried with SE Water as to why there is $173.00 of service charges and $5 actual usage. As the house is under construction and there are no toilets etc connected to sewerage why do you have to pay the $98.00 for sewerage disposal???? Building at Sierra Estate. Re: Water bill on house under construction 2Sep 10, 2010 10:27 pm kavother We received our water bill and and queried with SE Water as to why there is $173.00 of service charges and $5 actual usage. As the house is under construction and there are no toilets etc connected to sewerage why do you have to pay the $98.00 for sewerage disposal???? We got one of those last week too! Ours was all the rates and service charges and parks fees. I think they charge it to you no matter what. You would have sewrage pipes going to your block so you have to pay for the privilege of that. Re: Water bill on house under construction 3Sep 10, 2010 10:32 pm kavother We received our water bill and and queried with SE Water as to why there is $173.00 of service charges and $5 actual usage. As the house is under construction and there are no toilets etc connected to sewerage why do you have to pay the $98.00 for sewerage disposal???? I tried to dispute it last week with SE Water, basically... since your sewerage pipes are connected to their pipes you are basically "using their services" so you pretty much have to pay it. ;0( If you want a job done properly... Do it yourself! Thanks for your advice. So far i have not noticed any issues with doors and windows. Builder advised they will organise drainers to inspect 2 weeks ago but no further… 7 20566 Just removed 40 liters of water in the span of 2 hours. Water fills up the hole just above the seepage point and doesn't overflow. 1 1375 Yeah my reasoning is just that those house posts are designed for vertical load not lateral. I just didnt want to risk interfering with the existing house… 4 11699 |