Re: Home being built in Florida

She says she already opened up an account for "temp power" and had to pay
$70 for the setup.  She is now going to receive a "temp power" bill.  -
again this sounds like a scam to me.  Anyone out there know this to be
common practice for a respectable contractor?



"Jerry L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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