No dish

macman

I think you are overcomplicating this, just call out an aerial installer and get it fixed. Your tenants can then get Freeview via the tuner on their existing TV. If they want Sky or Freesat then they can pay for a dish. The dish is included in the install price anyway if they have Sky, so you won't save them any money by paying for it yourself.
You can install either Freeview or Freesat, there is no subscription required for either, just the install cost.

macman

N9eav wrote: »

You can get a Sky dish and Sky box second had and use them as free view without subscription. How much that costs depends on your abilities to install them.
But it seems the best bet is to get the aerial issues solved and the tenants can use Freeview on their own TV.

You can't get Freeview via a Sky dish and box. You can get Freesat from Sky.

janet278

macman wrote: »

I think you are overcomplicating this, just call out an aerial installer and get it fixed. Your tenants can then get Freeview via the tuner on their existing TV. If they want Sky or Freesat then they can pay for a dish. The dish is included in the install price anyway if they have Sky, so you won't save them any money by paying for it yourself.
You can install either Freeview or Freesat, there is no subscription required for either, just the install cost.

Ok, I will do this. Thank you.

HappyMJ

janet278 wrote: »

Ok, I will do this. Thank you.

Do you even have to do anything at all?

I do not use the aerial or the satellite connection provided by the building management company.

I watch everything streamed over the internet. I get higher quality HD streams which are much better than the SD Freeview channels that I've seen before (I don't have a HD tuner to compare to Freeview HD) and the streams are better (being ad-free and on demand) and significantly cheaper than a Sky Movies HD subscription.

janet278

HappyMJ wrote: »

Do you even have to do anything at all?

I do not use the aerial or the satellite connection provided by the building management company.

I watch everything streamed over the internet. I get higher quality HD streams which are much better than the SD Freeview channels that I've seen before (I don't have a HD tuner to compare to Freeview HD) and the streams are better (being ad-free and on demand) and significantly cheaper than a Sky Movies HD subscription.

Perhaps not. I will be speaking to some potential letting agents in the near future so will see what they say

Kurtis_Blue

Yes, just get it done, nothing annoys tenants more than that sort of cheap penny pinching.

We install for tenants and landlords, proper decent landlords just get it done, slum landlords say its not included.

If you want happy tenants that stay put and keep you house nice this sort of basic stuff is important.