Permission to erect a satellite dish?!

g_attrill

telfordwhite wrote: »

If they do then just remove it. It'll be cheaper.

Removing it will cost nothing and presumably solve any problem of liability. If the owners want a dish then I think Sky will fit a new dish for customers moving house, and they can ask George Wimpey and do everything properly

edit: However, just answering "no" will be fine, the solicitor is just covering their back.

getmore4less

mrsw1983 wrote: »

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Sorry, you've lost me with your last statement?

When you buy a property there is a document that tells you what you are buying, it includes the description and land bounderies especialy the ones you are responsible for.

Included in that document are all the things you can and cannot do with the property, any rights you have over other properties and the same others have over yours. In particular you want access for maintanence.

Some of these may date back to the previous land* where you house was build.


Did you not read this?


* My earliest restriction is from 1905, (house built in 1995)

No manufacure of explosives ..... or offensive business such as blood or bone boiler tallow melter......manufacture of lamp black artificial manure or chemicals........

1994 there is a covenent that requires me not to polute the well that is somewhere on the estate.

The current new ones include
Needing permision to do any extension.
No caravans horse trailers comercial vehicles(loads have them)
Only domestic pets
TV/sat not on the front(back is OK)

Some on the estate can only have grass on some of their property no fence hedge etc. to maintain site lines for the cars.

As I said once the builders have gone no one usualy cares.

dodgy

Some of those restrictions are in the deeds from planning restrictions and are not covenants. I can assure you the council do care, especially if someone causes a fuss.

getmore4less

dodgy wrote: »

Some of those restrictions are in the deeds from planning restrictions and are not covenants. I can assure you the council do care, especially if someone causes a fuss.

All these are "covenents restrictions stipulations" in the original transfer from the builder.

They may have been conditions of planning for them to be there.

Must not break planning regs is another on the list. they(builders) want their £20+ for plan approval on top of any normal planning approval.

I don't think the council will care if the garden is tidy or there are temporary structures(that don't require planning), another two on the list.

mrsw1983

Arrggghhhh, we are ready to exchange today but have just had an email about the satellite dish!

"I e-mailed last week regarding the satellite dish and you confirmed that you did not obtain the written consent of Wimpey’s before installing. Under the terms of your ownership, this would be classed as a breach of the restrictive covenants. Obviously this hasn’t been enforced by Wimpey’s but that’s not to say that they won’t do so in the future. As a result, the options for us in this situation are to approach Wimpeys to obtain their written consent or to obtain an indemnity policy upon completion. The option which would be the most efficient and probably cost effective would be the indemnity policy route. We can obtain an indemnity policy for £129.00 which I could confirm with the solicitors this afternoon and proceed to exchange. However, if we approach Wimpey’s, this would probably cause a delay and could end up costing more money as they won’t issue retrospective consent for free".

Am waiting to speak to WIMPEYS themselves, but is there anything else I can do except for pay up?!

Emmzi

ask your solicitor to say you will remove the dish?

keith969

Remove the dish. Tell your buyers if they want it, it'll cost them £129.

Richard_Webster

Arrggghhhh, we are ready to exchange today but have just had an email about the satellite dish!

"I e-mailed last week regarding the satellite dish and you confirmed that you did not obtain the written consent of Wimpey’s before installing. Under the terms of your ownership, this would be classed as a breach of the restrictive covenants. Obviously this hasn’t been enforced by Wimpey’s but that’s not to say that they won’t do so in the future. As a result, the options for us in this situation are to approach Wimpeys to obtain their written consent or to obtain an indemnity policy upon completion. The option which would be the most efficient and probably cost effective would be the indemnity policy route. We can obtain an indemnity policy for £129.00 which I could confirm with the solicitors this afternoon and proceed to exchange. However, if we approach Wimpey’s, this would probably cause a delay and could end up costing more money as they won’t issue retrospective consent for free".

Am waiting to speak to WIMPEYS themselves, but is there anything else I can do except for pay up?!

Your solicitor is right.

If you phone Wimpeys you will be lucky to get through to someone who knows what you are on about. If you do, then DON'T TELL THEM WHERE THE PROPERTY IS - ask hypothetically. They may say something like "Send us some plans or photos and a cheque for £75 and we will consider it." Make sure you get the department/reference/name of person so you know who to write to.

Their fee might be substantially more, or they could delay replying for a few weeks. Once you have contacted them about the specific property you can't get an indemnity policy.

Therefore you have to balance the possibility that Wimpeys would be slightly cheaper than the indemnity policy against the possible delay involved. If they turned out to be more expensive you are worse off anyway, so in this kind of case I would generally advise the seller to go for a policy.

jsh99

Take it down! And tell the buyers to get a new one installed - then if they want to ask permission of George it's up to them!

mrsw1983

Richard_Webster wrote: »

Your solicitor is right.

If you phone Wimpeys you will be lucky to get through to someone who knows what you are on about. If you do, then DON'T TELL THEM WHERE THE PROPERTY IS - ask hypothetically. They may say something like "Send us some plans or photos and a cheque for £75 and we will consider it." Make sure you get the department/reference/name of person so you know who to write to.

Their fee might be substantially more, or they could delay replying for a few weeks. Once you have contacted them about the specific property you can't get an indemnity policy.

Therefore you have to balance the possibility that Wimpeys would be slightly cheaper than the indemnity policy against the possible delay involved. If they turned out to be more expensive you are worse off anyway, so in this kind of case I would generally advise the seller to go for a policy.

Oh dear...just got off the phone to Wimpey's before I read your message. Thought I was doing the right thing They are getting back to me this afternoon. Uh oh