Positioning of house connection pillar - electricity - new construction

Sometimes it makes sense because you can then register a normal power connection earlier. That means you do have a temporary construction power box, but it is connected to the pole, and with that, you can register a completely normal power connection. Connecting and disconnecting the temporary construction power connection and then connecting again to the HAR can be more expensive than setting the pole once. If the distance from the street to the HAR is long, the power connection (supplier costs) can be more expensive because the supplier’s flat rate per meter is much higher than the electrician’s rate from the pole (at the boundary to the street). But it all depends on the supplier’s guidelines. So if a pole, then near the street and in such a way that a route to the HAR is as short and safe as possible. However, the pole should not be too close to the future driveway so that nothing gets blocked there.

This is common practice here. A house connection pillar is installed, and the construction site power box is attached to it. When the construction site power box is removed, the house connection pillar is also taken away, and the power connection is relocated to the HAR to the meter.

Big disadvantage:
You pay (almost) double, because for the relocation, of course, the basic fee is charged again, plus the meter price.

I would also like to know what this pillar is supposed to be for. The electrical box is installed in the utility room, all lines come underground and frost-free through the development to the street via the exterior wall. Or is it different for you?

In some areas, it is like this, that they remain standing. We could choose whether we wanted the connection in the pillar or in the utility room. Pillar means the provider is only responsible up to that point, everything after that is your responsibility. You have to/may lay it yourself and are responsible afterward. Connection in the utility room means the provider lays it, which is usually more expensive than if you do it yourself. Then the provider remains responsible. Of course, the providers prefer the first solution. We had it laid in the utility room, but here on some properties the pillars also stand.