Re: Home being built in Florida

She is not going to pay for her electricity until she opens her account,
under her name and address with FPL. If she looks closely, there's probably
no meter belonging to the house. Usually the builders will put up a short
pole, FPL will put a meter on it and the builder will draw his juice from
that.
"Dhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> My mother is having a home built in Florida by some  builder (artistic
> homes) and she told me the strangest thing.  The homes being built where
all
> sold before they where built, so she put a down payment on it and the
price
> for the house was set.  But she told me recently that the electricity has
> already been run to the house or at least near it, and the contractor is
> going to use the electricity to build the house, and she will be getting
> utility bills!!!  The house isn't going to be finished until summer of
2004.
> Is this right, I've never heard of such a thing, she is paying for the
> house, she shouldn't have to pay for services the contractor needs to
build
> the house.  Has anyone heard of this and is this common practice in
Florida?
>
> Thanks.
>
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