TV in a house with no aerial or cable?

girl_withno_name

Thanks everyone for your suggestions - I've queries our solicitor further, about the Sky dish currently in place, the repercussions of leaving this in place or having another aerial installed and whether there's any way to circumvent the covenant.

Assuming the response (from their legal stand point) will be "it's recommended you take it down, don't put it back up and no, there's no way to circumvent the covenant" ... we will look into the suggestions given above.

And googler - we don't currently have a TV licence and I do read, I do listen to the radio, I do play a musical instrument (which we'll have room for in our new house), I'm useless at art, and I study way too much already (about 20 hours in a 'normal' week and in excess of 50 hours closer to exams)! Either way, this wasn't meant to be a discussion about whether or not we choose to have a TV...

I'm also not really convinced that a more expensive house necessarily equals no covenants??

LordMirg

Elsewhere wrote: »

So long as you have a clear view of the right part of the sky a satellite dish can be at ground level - it doesn't need to be attached to a building.

You can actually get boxes for concealing dishes in such a manner.

They are made of a material that allow the signal through.

ianders

This is a satellite dish believe it or not. A bit pricey at £220 though...

*Robin*

My house and all those in the road have a similar covenant (built 1989). Everyone has TV aerials in the loft - they work fine. Interestingly, one of the neighbours told me satellite dishes are not prohibited as they were not in use when the houses were built (apparently they asked the council before installing one).

girl_withno_name

This one is wording as such:

"Not to erect on any buildings on the said land any outdoor aerial of any description and not to affix to any buildings or pole any overhead wires or cables for relaying radio or television but to provide any such relay service for radio or television to any dwellinghouse on the said land by means of underground cables and to install and maintain such cables in good order and condition to the entire satisfaction of the Transferor"

While it does sound as though there are other options (as discussed above), the covenant does seem to suggest using cable TV - which surely didn't exist in 1979??

jjlandlord

Well the covenant does include satellite dishes...

PlutoinCapricorn

How close are you to a transmitter?

I get good pictures via a HUMAX box even when my (indoor) aerial isn't plugged in, but I can see the transmitter from my window and am high up.

girl_withno_name

PlutoinCapricorn wrote: »

How close are you to a transmitter?

It looks like we could be a good few miles away...

googler

girl_withno_name wrote: »

I'm also not really convinced that a more expensive house necessarily equals no covenants??

A house as opposed to a flat is more likely to be covenant-free, surely.... one would imagine the covenant was put in place to avoid one resident impairing another's amenity. Not an issue in a detached house.

agrinnall

girl_withno_name wrote: »

While it does sound as though there are other options (as discussed above), the covenant does seem to suggest using cable TV - which surely didn't exist in 1979??

It did, Rediffusion provided TV through cable then in some areas, I had it in my student house in Hull in 1979.