Re: Home being built in Florida

She does not have to open an account till after she closes on the house. Let
her call FPL and cancel this account they opened. The builder pays for the
electric till closing.
"Dhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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?
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> "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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