ᐅ Water, Gas, and Electricity – Disconnection and Reconnection?
Created on: 14 May 2018 19:49
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Bauherr&-frau
Dear building community,
We have been silent readers for quite some time and are now becoming active after nearly completing the purchase of a plot of land. We are buying a developed plot, but the existing structure will be demolished. The property already has water, electricity, and gas connections. These are intended to be maintained.
My question is: do we save money because the plot is already connected and the services will only be temporarily disconnected, or does reconnecting cost the same as a new connection? This is not entirely clear to me. The former would seem much more logical in my opinion. We are right in the center of a village, and the plot is still connected. It just needs to be disconnected temporarily for the demolition.
Thank you for your answers and advice!
We have been silent readers for quite some time and are now becoming active after nearly completing the purchase of a plot of land. We are buying a developed plot, but the existing structure will be demolished. The property already has water, electricity, and gas connections. These are intended to be maintained.
My question is: do we save money because the plot is already connected and the services will only be temporarily disconnected, or does reconnecting cost the same as a new connection? This is not entirely clear to me. The former would seem much more logical in my opinion. We are right in the center of a village, and the plot is still connected. It just needs to be disconnected temporarily for the demolition.
Thank you for your answers and advice!
Bauherr&-frau14 May 2018 21:33Thank you, Nordlys, for this entertaining post! Since I have a pretty good imagination, I couldn't help but smile. I will do it that way. However, feedback will take some time, as we are only buying the plot next week, and then the planning will continue. Many thanks to both of you for now! It really helped me.
I am talking about the outdoor area ^^ and specifically North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
First sentence in the building permit/planning permission: New construction is only approved if the old building is demolished within 9 months.
Building inspection: Great, then you just need to show me the demolition permit, and you can get started :/
Now it has to go through all the authorities and offices again—let’s see when it will be granted.
First sentence in the building permit/planning permission: New construction is only approved if the old building is demolished within 9 months.
Building inspection: Great, then you just need to show me the demolition permit, and you can get started :/
Now it has to go through all the authorities and offices again—let’s see when it will be granted.
Bauherr&-Frau schrieb:
Thanks for the reply.
I agree with ypg and wish for it to be that way too!
Maybe I’m oversimplifying things, but with an electrical cable, that shouldn’t really be an issue, right? Can’t the civil engineer include that from the start? Now, more generally about the demolition: how should I imagine the process? We have gas, electricity, and water each disconnected by the utility providers, correct? Then we plan to roughly gut the property (windows, doors, frames…). After that, the demolition company comes in with the excavator. Because of the house’s age, it’s only built with stone, clay, and wood (beams). This means we can separate construction waste and wood and avoid mixed waste.
BUT: what happens with the cables and the gas line? Does the demolition contractor handle that? Does he pull out cables somehow, or do they remain on the property? How does this usually work?
There has to be a cutoff point somewhere, so we can reactivate the existing connection at the new house, right? I thought the civil engineer prepares that part?I’m not sure if we mean the same thing.
In my opinion, you pay your 8,000-10,000 for the utilities, regardless of whether there was a house on the land before or not. :/
Bauherr&-Frau schrieb:
The building is going to be demolished. The property already has water, electricity, and gas connections. These should be retained. What exactly are we talking about: an old building with a basement, and the basement should be removed as well? – because otherwise it might be worth considering keeping it. Then the utility entries wouldn’t be affected at all...
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