Rented property - no tv aerial - how to get better reception?

nightmareinnorthlondon

We moved into a new rented property about a month ago. When we moved in we realised there was no internal plug for a tv aerial. My husband managed to buy a small aerial linked to our tv but it doesn't pick up a lot of the freeview channels. Our landlord is useless and doesn't reply to our calls or answer his mail and has said (the one time we managed to speak to him) that it is not his problem and that there is nothing in the contract about providing a tv point. Is there anyway we can get a better reception without paying for an engineer to come around and install an aerial on the roof that links to our flat?

ormus

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/TV+Satellite/SLx+Digital+Aerial+CAI++32+Element/d190/sd3084/p40554

you could try using a proper aerial hidden in a cupboard or on top of a wardrobe.
or maybe fitted to an external window frame/wall.
(dont tell the landlord).;)

SailorSam

What sort of property are you in, is it a house.
I bought an aerial and cable from Wilkies, it wasn't expensive and put it up in the loft.