Neighbour asking for Permission to Install Dish

GoneSavage

My parents live in a tenement block which they own and my Mother was surprised to get a knock at the door from a Sky Installer requesting permission to come into their home to install a satellite dish for the neighbour in the next close/tenement.

Apparently he needed to drill a hole through their shared party wall and then into the external wall because the tenement opposite is blocking the signal.

I told her not to agree to this, but if she decided to that she should get the house owner to sign a document agreeing to pay any monies incurred from aesthetic and/or structural damage to the building fabric from drilling.

Can I ask where I stand here and was I right to advise this?

glasgowdan

I'd simply say no, flat out. No way!

Davesnave

GoneSavage wrote: »

Can I ask where I stand here and was I right to advise this?

You were right to advise her to say 'No,' and wrong to qualify that further.

There isn't really much likelihood that your Mum could draft a watertight, all- encompassing legal document on the hoof, unless she was formerly a solicitor!

xyz123

Sorry but a dish and two holes is it exactly going to cause any structural damage is it? U can say yes or no but don't know expect any "legal" documents..

Davesnave

It would probably become an Implied Easement in England and Wales, so there is a possible legal consequence.

As you used the word 'tenement,' it could be that this is in Scotland, where property laws are often different.

brightontraveller

GoneSavage wrote: »

My parents live in a tenement block which they own and my Mother was surprised to get a knock at the door from a Sky Installer requesting permission to come into their home to install a satellite dish for the neighbour in the next close/tenement.

Apparently he needed to drill a hole through their shared party wall and then into the external wall because the tenement opposite is blocking the signal.

I told her not to agree to this, but if she decided to that she should get the house owner to sign a document agreeing to pay any monies incurred from aesthetic and/or structural damage to the building fabric from drilling.

Can I ask where I stand here and was I right to advise this?

The sky installer wouldn’t need to put dish up on others property they can go high, onto roof, add pole etc but this takes more time as most are only subbies paid a pittance for the install £15-30 they’ll want quickest easiest install method? If you say no they’ll have to work harder to install it or most likely as many are subcontractors they’ll just leave it for the next one to do until those that are actually full time employees of sky whom are paid regardless of works done gets it on there list and can spend the time to install it as above?Regards a legal document too complicated and even if its water tight and written by an expert as you'd still need to pay too enforce it not worth the hassle ?

DigForVictory

If my neighbours want a sat dish & need to drill a hole in my property to achieve this, they can darn well invite me around for tea & cakes & a discussion first.

Getting the sky installer to (try) to do it is graceless.

Start with No to the installer, tell your neighbours of the attempted burglary & let them decide which way they want to proceed. With grace, charm, cake etc or not at all.

FreeBear

Freehold or leasehold property ?

If the latter, the land owner might have something to say about it.

I'm a freeholder, and would certainly refuse permission to install anything on the outside of my property that only benefited another.

mvteng

Davesnave wrote: »

As you used the word 'tenement,' it could be that this is in Scotland, where property laws are often different.

Didn't know 'tenement' wasn't used everywhere.


What do you call tenements in England?

Clive_Woody

DigForVictory wrote: »

If my neighbours want a sat dish & need to drill a hole in my property to achieve this, they can darn well invite me around for tea & cakes & a discussion first.

Getting the sky installer to (try) to do it is graceless.

Start with No to the installer, tell your neighbours of the attempted burglary & let them decide which way they want to proceed. With grace, charm, cake etc or not at all.

And it better be damn good cake :beer:

fairy_lights

DigForVictory wrote: »

If my neighbours want a sat dish & need to drill a hole in my property to achieve this, they can darn well invite me around for tea & cakes & a discussion first.

Getting the sky installer to (try) to do it is graceless.

Start with No to the installer, tell your neighbours of the attempted burglary & let them decide which way they want to proceed. With grace, charm, cake etc or not at all.

Agree with this, it's pretty presumptuous of the neighbours to think they can just send someone round to drill a couple of holes in the wall without even discussing it with you first.