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Wayleaf payment from utilities especially Virgin Media?
Furts
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Virgin Media have various 25mm ducts running through my garden. The route is OK and a wayleaf was signed at the time - without any payment, My problem is they never went in at the specified depth and I have dug through one...fortunately it was not live.
The issue of depths, service and their contractors has been a saga...do not go there!
My question to mse users is; what could I reasonably expect from Virgin Media for them supplying three properties through this land. A token sum? An annual token sum? Or "Sweet Nothing"?
Accepted, Virgin Media are not everywhere, so does anyone have knowledge of telecom, electric or gas? ( There is also a BT there, but they never signed a wayleaf!).
The issue of depths, service and their contractors has been a saga...do not go there!
My question to mse users is; what could I reasonably expect from Virgin Media for them supplying three properties through this land. A token sum? An annual token sum? Or "Sweet Nothing"?
Accepted, Virgin Media are not everywhere, so does anyone have knowledge of telecom, electric or gas? ( There is also a BT there, but they never signed a wayleaf!).
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You need to speak to the wayleave team at virgin (they are based in Bradford) advise them that you have discovered that the aggreed wayleave contract hasn't been met and that if they don't resolve this in the next 14 days the agreement will be terminated and they will have to remove the cables leaving the land as it is now.
Not sure if I can post a link but this might help. http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=344568&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable0 -
Hi dotdash79
Thank you for this.
Any ideas on what VM might offer if cables get sorted and they want to keep me content?0 -
I have an electricity pole just inside the boundary of my property.
I get £14 per annum. Just about pays for a half-price bottle of cheap champers each Christmas!0 -
No idea sorry, however depending on the services they are running it might be worth more to them (if it's TV services to houses then it's worth less than say leased lines running to companies). Do you have the copy of the original wayleave?
Wayleave normally expires when the land is sold, and they should ask for permission needs to extend, an easement last forever.
If it runs near your house you might want to say that you are think of extending. They might want to move it and then you can start a new agreement.0
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