Neighbours aerial advice

Fire_Fox

Mistral001 wrote: »

The installer maybe an agent acting on instructions regarding installing their aerial, but unless the OP actually instructed the installer to remove the neighbour's aerial then he was acting on nobody's instructions with regard to this matter.

He made a mistake. He is a professional and he should have the technical knowledge to know which TV the aerial supplied and if he was not sure he should have asked the question of the OP or the neighbour and made sure before taking the action he did.

I agree with Aylesbury Duck that the installer is the OP's agent.

There is a legal (contractual) relationship between the installer and the OP, and a legal relationship between long leaseholders in apartment buildings. There is no legal (contractual) relationship between the neighbour and the installer.

The OP allowed the installer access to the communal areas - inc. roof, external walls - and failed to either properly instruct or failed to properly supervise his installer.

This situation illustrates why written consent of the freeholder/ managing agent is required for work affecting the communal areas of leasehold properties. And why many freeholders or their agents are selective about the tradesmen who work on the communal areas.

Andy_L

Alan_h85 wrote: »

My question is should I be paying to put a new aerial up???

No, the installer who removed the old one should (assuming you didn't tell him to do it)

JimmyChanga

Your installer made the mistake and it is up to him to correct it with a new one. The fact that your neighbour may get a new aerial out of the deal is neither here or there. Up to then he had a TV picture and hasn't done anything wrong. Installer's fault and should be at his cost to replace.

If installer is not willing to do this then get another company in to install one for him. Then maybe try and get money back from your original contractor. But this really is a pittance of money against good relations with your neighbour.