Rented house,sky dish.

leslie1961

Hi everyone,Just a quick question.My friend is behind with the rent,approx one month.£380.00.The local housing association have told him he cannot have a sky dish lnstalled untill the rent is brought upto date! The really silly thing is that he was three months behind and since finding work in june he,s nearly cought up!
It seems to me they have no right to do this.But i dont know to much about the law regarding rented property.
The other thing is that the sky deal saves him another 15.00 per month.
Any thoughts would be welcome.Thanks in advance.

clutton_2

what does it say in his tenancy agreement about installing satellite dishes ?

if he has the money to pay for a Sky dish... why cant he pay his rent ?

its a matter or priorities surely......

tbs624

leslie1961 wrote: »

Hi everyone,Just a quick question.My friend is behind with the rent,approx one month.£380.00.The local housing association have told him he cannot have a sky dish lnstalled untill the rent is brought upto date! The really silly thing is that he was three months behind and since finding work in june he,s nearly cought up!

Even if his rent was paid up to date a LL ( private or HA ) is not obliged to agree to a sky dish being affixed to the property

The "silly thing" is that your mate put himself at risk of eviction by having more than 2 months rent unpaid. If he continues to have rent outstanding/paid late he may still be running a risk of that happening, in which case he would be having to take down any sky dish and making good the holes.

leslie1961 wrote: »

It seems to me they have no right to do this.But i dont know to much about the law regarding rented property.

Does your mate have a "right" to not pay rent on time and instead spend his funds on unnecessary TV gear?

The other thing is that the sky deal saves him another 15.00 per month.

Flogging his flatscreen telly may help him clear his rent debts.

T's have to prioritise their rent payments or they risk losing the roof over their head.

leslie1961

Thanks for your prompt replies.Just to put a little more flesh on the bones.
A fixed increase in rent has been agreed,debt will be cleared by jan 2011.Dean has rented the house for 16 years now and had never missed a payment till feb this year,while unemployed.The block is full of other peoples dishs.And moving to sky from talk talk would bring in a saving of 15.00 per month! for an outlay of less than 20.00.

tbs624

leslie1961 wrote: »

Thanks for your prompt replies.Just to put a little more flesh on the bones.
A fixed increase in rent has been agreed,debt will be cleared by jan 2011.Dean has rented the house for 16 years now and had never missed a payment till feb this year,while unemployed.The block is full of other peoples dishs.And moving to sky from talk talk would bring in a saving of 15.00 per month! for an outlay of less than 20.00.

How much would Dean save in total by having neither talktalk nor sky?

leslie1961

tbs624 wrote: »

How much would Dean save in total by having neither talktalk nor sky?

Its a fair point,having said that,we all need internet access for everyday use,not least to become money saving experts.

Uncle_Rico

leslie1961 wrote: »

Its a fair point,having said that,we all need internet access for everyday use,not least to become money saving experts.

Internet access is generally free in Libraries.

dollydiva

Sky basic bundle is £19.99 and there is a £60 set up fee and you need to pay a months rental in advance, total outlay £80 on booking sky. If the dish needs extra cabling or needs to be placed high up, that'll cost an extra £25 for install.

That said, you'd be surprised how many folks call me at sky, pay off a whopping debt where we've cut off their services, and order extra stuff...course we don't care...you're supposed to be the responsible one...

Dd

david29dpo

My tenant spent the last 2 months rent on an Iphone, he leaves on the 31st. Hope they will both be very happy together.

undetterred

david29dpo wrote: »

My tenant spent the last 2 months rent on an Iphone, he leaves on the 31st. Hope they will both be very happy together.

Well its an essential more than a roof over yer head.

buzzama

There is a lot of "holier than thou" replies here none of which are actually relevant to the question.