They came and asked to take photo where we wanted to put the ONT. They also told us where the aggregation node was. Your mileage may vary!

Yeah they usually require internal access so that they can discuss internal cable routing & location of the ONT with you. Not sure what the limits are on the newer connectorized installs, but on the blown fibre installs they have a limit of 30m for the internal cabling. Luckily mine was around 5m from the external CSP so no issues there.

Btw don't forget the obligatory tea/coffee & snacks to 'bribe' him or her with

Just to add, the surveyor didn't need to see indoors at mine at all. Literally spoke to him for 5 minutes outside, wrongly presuming he'd come back after it was done to discuss so I never got to ask any of the technical questions I had sadly so I'm not the wiser about any of the challenges of my install.

In reply to a post by LeeEng:

Just gone live today with our FTTPod

Timeline �
12/07/18 Requested desktop survey
23/07/18 Full survey requested & paid.
30/08/18 quote received
07/06/19 final commission & test
Our fibre node is exactly 5.5 metres (not a typo) from our building � it�s taken 11 months of pain to get connected, that�s an average of half a metre a month!

Looks like we�ve just managed to swerve any 12 month grant issues.

Was it worth it - oh yes

Phil

We went live on Monday PM. My timeline is eerily similar to yours:

02/07/18 Requested desktop survey
12/07/18 Full survey requested & paid.
24/09/18 Final quote received
10/06/19 final commission & test

Mind you our aggregation node is roughly 1.8km away and requires about 34 pole spans and several underground sections. Clearly time to deliver by OR is not distance dependant.

What was your install cost if I may be so bold to ask? Ours was one of the rare cases on here of the final quote actually being higher than the Desktop EBC (by almost £1500).

Edited by Pheasant (Wed 12-Jun-19 23:01:14)

Estimated Build Cost: £34,000.00 ex VAT

The confirmed build charge is £2,216.05 + VAT. This includes the reduction for the survey charge and a £700.00 deduction for your FTTPoD order.

Surveyor initially thought our local node was approximately 2km away - until we pointed out it was actually outside our office, hence the large reduction in costs.

It actually took 15 Openwound visits to complete the job !

Phil

I got the result of the survey (got it on 23 May) The email stated:
We have received the confirmed build charge from Openreach following the survey for your FTTP on Demand order. The installation costs for this order are on the attached quote.

Openreach provided an initial estimate of the build charge at £14,300.00 + VAT.

The confirmed build charge is £8,867.00 + VAT. This includes the reduction for the survey and a deduction of £900.00 for premises passed.

There was no break-down of the costs included. With VAT this comes to £10,640.40
I've decided this is more than I can afford

Just wondering, what price would you have proceeded at? 5K? Personally I'll pay the full desktop quote given to me but not if it's much more.

In reply to a post by darren_mccoy:

Just wondering, what price would you have proceeded at? 5K? Personally I'll pay the full desktop quote given to me but not if it's much more.

Most people end up with a final price which is lower than the desktop quote.

My update this week confirms the duct is unblocked and next step is "commissioning". Can't be too much longer!

Hi guys,

With regard to the GBVS, is the 2500 business voucher including or plus vat?

cheers.