Openreach carries out work illegally.

lammy82

Once you get hold of them you should ask them to remove the wiring and put things back as they were.

I don't think you're entitled to any compensation for them being on your property unless they have caused damage that costs you to put right. They didn't break in, unless something was broken.

Sounds like a mix-up rather than something to be at your end over. Forget about compensation for now. There's no fire risk. It's just a mix-up over an installation that has been abandoned.

pinkshoes

What are you actual losses?

If they didn't actually break your gate, then no loss there.

Give them a deadline to remove the wires. Send them a LETTER telling them to do this.

DoaM

It sounds like BT OR committed trespass. You can sue for damages caused by trespass ... but those need to be quantifiable; either a nominal small sum (£1) or actual losses caused by the trespass (e.g. broken gate, broken lock, damaged paving of lawn, etc.)

societys_child

someone illegally breaking into my garden

As already mentioned, it's trespass not 'breaking in'.

Ectophile

Sc132 wrote: »

I don’t know what the wires are. That’s the exact point of this post.

They are telephone wires. What else would they be?

I didn’t agree to them doing any work, they just did it.

Yes you did. They just turned up a few days late.

I don’t know what the wires are, or what will happen if they keep getting wet and are touching the wood etc. It’s part of my concerns.
Thanks for your helpful reply though

Little or nothing will happen. At worst, they will have a low voltage on them. But until the job's completed, they are probably not even connected at the other end.

Gavin83

What are you actually looking for as a resolution to this? If it!!!8217;s money, which is appears to be how much are you looking for and how are you quantifying that?

jb66

OR are a utility company, they are allowed access to their equipment, im not sure its even trespass

lammy82

jb66 wrote: »

OR are a utility company, they are allowed access to their equipment, im not sure its even trespass

In this case they didn't have any equipment on the OP's property. They had an appointment (which from the OP's POV was cancelled) to install their equipment there.

So it may be argued that it was trespass - but as they have left the property now there's not much that can be done about it (from a legal perspective anyway).