ᐅ Are the utility connections already located one meter inside the property boundary?
Created on: 14 May 2019 21:52
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Hello everyone,
For our new building plot, according to the building authority, one meter (3 feet) of pipe for water, wastewater, and stormwater each will be installed on the property during the site development work. The cost is 1000 € per pipe.
The same applies for electricity and telecommunications.
Is it standard that the utility connections are laid that far onto the property, and does this provide us with a cost advantage for the house connections, or is this normal?
For our new building plot, according to the building authority, one meter (3 feet) of pipe for water, wastewater, and stormwater each will be installed on the property during the site development work. The cost is 1000 € per pipe.
The same applies for electricity and telecommunications.
Is it standard that the utility connections are laid that far onto the property, and does this provide us with a cost advantage for the house connections, or is this normal?
This also varies by region. In Berlin, for example, the water utility additionally installs a blue (non-flexible) protective conduit, and the water pipe is laid inside it rather than in a different pipe. Only the pipe provided by the water utility is permitted. Furthermore, sealing around the water pipe must be applied in the foundation slab or house wall to prevent water ingress in case the pipe breaks outside the building.
This is the basic schematic:
This is the basic schematic:
Andre77 schrieb:
Or to put it another way, the utility lines are already about 1 meter (3 feet) inside my property. The municipality has contracted a company for the water connection. They can also handle everything else. But if they only take care of the drinking water part (sewage is apparently excluded) and come with a green flexible hose (which is probably what will be installed). They will dig from the sewer line, which extends 1 meter (3 feet) into the property, to the house, insert the green flexible hose, which then reaches the utility room inside the house. Surely they install the water meter and make the connection as well, or is there more to it? For me, it cost 1000€ (about $1100) to extend the line on the property, and I had to arrange for the trench to be dug myself. The water meter is owned by the supplier and therefore does not cost anything. (Only for drinking water, electricity was another 1000€ net)
For us, it was about 7,500 euros for all connections (including empty conduits for telecom and energy providers, as well as an access shaft) from the middle under the road to the house. This was done by the civil engineer who was already contracted by the general contractor for the earthworks for the house.
Yosan schrieb:
For us, it was about €7,500 for all the connections (including empty conduits for telecom and utility providers, and an inspection chamber) from the middle of the street up to the house. The civil engineer doing the groundwork for the house was responsible for this anyway. But in this case, nothing was located on the property itself, right? So the street had to be opened and restored, partly on public and partly on private land?
Andre77 schrieb:
But there was nothing on the property itself, right? So, the road was opened and closed there, partly on public and partly on private land?Exactly. There was nothing on the property. Opening and closing the road is included in the price.