Yep, took all the way to the boundary except for 200mm. They have a strict policy (at least with knockdown rebuilds) to go no closer than 200mm of the surveyed…

When I spoke with NBN they wouldn't give me a price nor an accurate estimate, but the indication was upwards of $5000 and possibly a couple months.
Did you go ahead…

In my case there will be as I won't accept aerial for the new house, but yeah, if they turn around and act like they don't know what I'm talking…

Yep, bit the bullet. Purely because I need to re-engage them to re-establish us, of which I plan to have them convert us to underground pit and not aerial restoration.…

Still yet to sign contract. Was supposed to site-start in January. We're nearly there. Many weeks & months lost through unnecessary PD delays, but they're finally coming to the party.…

Same as us. 5 whole weeks was wasted/lost waiting for KC to reply to fundamental errors/issues we found with our designs, and by escalating continually through our BC, it took…

Very helpful post!

We're planning to build with PD in early 2019 (Hoffman Villa) and we're extending our garage, but by width not by the length. I have a feeling had we asked…

After weeks, they finally send me a quote and it's for $1,056!!!! To cut a HFC cable and update their internal records.
Trying to get the assigned Case Manager on the…

Thanks for the details, will look into some of those recommendations.
Your electrical pit for $3600, was that single phase or 3-phase power?

Hi brokenstick. A pit is for electrical power. My questions were for a gas connection. Do they also require a pit?

Can fellow Porter Davies home purchasees please advise if PD organises all the gas connections during construction? Do we as the owner need to do anything or bare any of…

We were told this same thing in our tender in the past week. It was said in a semi-nasty way, and not that it can incur but that it WILL…

Did you get the refund and/or were you told off for having the demo people do it?

We're in a HFC-based NBN area planning to KDR in 6 months.
Current old property has that very same modem you speak in a single point in the house (via…

We have our tender appointment in a few days, and have also been presented with the same 3 options.
From what research we can find, all three are panned online, talk…

Thanks for the input.
Part of my frustration is around that VIC demolishers won't do a lot of that, especially the abolishment of electricity and gas supplies. It's all excluded. Some…

Thanks Old Bloke, that makes the decision pretty easy for us, the side that the driveway isn't on. Cheers.
Elsewhere I've been advised that some volume builders, PD seems to be…

Shared a few emails with the energy distributor for our area today, and was told we cannot use the neighbour's pit as it's not within the property boundary. This confused…

Cheers, will do, thanks!
Side note, we're in Kingston council, and I've been told they're actually pretty good to deal with, especially for KDRs, they're quite supportive. Heh, here's hoping.

Yep, in the South East/Bayside. Who did you use as your demo company? I'm conscious of the chance we may have asbestos being a near 60 year old home.
In the…

Thanks Old Bloke.
No we're not living there thankfully. We have a tenant there till late October, once they're out the property will be ours again to get the ball rolling…

Thanks MyFirst! That's provides a very helpful start.

Hi homeone,
Fairly new member to the community. Have paid our $2000 deposit, and next step is the tender appointment in 6-7 weeks (or so we're told). Anyways, this post is…

Hi all.
Can I please be provided the email address(es) and/or phone numbers that you all used to speak to the correct department within NBN Co in relation to the disconnect…

Hi all,
New member here, about to begin the long, painful process of a KDR. Had done some early looking into this over the past 6 months, no further than receiving…