Should I use company to claim for wayleave on electrical wires

colgor

A company Langford Marsh are suggesting I can get a small amount of money as wayleave payment for electrical lines that run across the back of my house.It is claimed no cost to myself and I keep 100%. Seems like nothing to lose but is there more to it? Thanks.

DCFC79

Whats in it for the company ?


Wonder if its something you could do yourself.

Browntoa

Why not just contact your energy supplier direct and speak to their wayleave department rather than line the pocket of a 3rd party ?

It's equivalent to using a ppi claims company when you could do it yourself

AdrianC

DCFC79 wrote: »

Whats in it for the company ?

About 25% IIRC from the one we had through a few weeks back.

Just contact your local power distribution provider - who they are depends on where in the country you are - and ask to speak to their Wayleaves people.

JudgeDekker

I had a letter from them as well. I translated it as 100% of what's left after they've taken their cut. I wrote to the electricity myself, was all sorted out in two weeks. Dead easy.

foxy-stoat

colgor said:

A company Langford Marsh are suggesting I can get a small amount of money as wayleave payment for electrical lines that run across the back of my house.It is claimed no cost to myself and I keep 100%. Seems like nothing to lose but is there more to it? Thanks.

Arrr I see the companies have finished the PPI claims bandwagen now they are on Wayleaves.
Wonder why a company would do all that work for you and you keep 100% of the claim - scam.

foxy-stoat

JudgeDekker said:

I had a letter from them as well. I translated it as 100% of what's left after they've taken their cut. I wrote to the electricity myself, was all sorted out in two weeks. Dead easy.

Funny....you keep 100% of the claim, after we take our quarter. Jokers.

Former_MSE_Tine

Hi, the company has asked for a right of reply. MSE doesn't endorse anything a company says on the Forum:

"We apologise that the content of our letters has failed to be clear, but Langford Marsh do not charge a fee, or take commission for any monies we obtain for our clients. 100% of the monies we negotiate are kept by our clients.

Our fee is a separate arrangement we have negotiated with the electrical company so that we may represent our clients and their interests without impacting their claim value in any way whatsoever. This fee has been the industry standard for land agents representing clients for decades (in line with the Electricity Act 1989 and relevant case law) as it is a long established business that has traditionally represented farmers, but now also involves homeowners.

We understand that some land agents do charge an additional fee from clients on top of the fee from the electrical company, and perhaps this is where the confusion arises. But we do not do that.

In appreciation of the comments in this posting we will be amending our letters to better reflect this."

Ditzy_Mitzy

There's no negotiation to do - all you have to do is identify yourself as the landowner to the owner of the electricity pylon(s) and they will commence sending you payments. It's entirely up to you as to whether you feel it's worth it. I know it's 'free money' but the payments tend to be tiny. 

NeverTooLate

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

There's no negotiation to do - all you have to do is identify yourself as the landowner to the owner of the electricity pylon(s) and they will commence sending you payments. It's entirely up to you as to whether you feel it's worth it. I know it's 'free money' but the payments tend to be tiny. 

I have just been offered a one off payment for an electricity pole of £350 by SSE - that's not tiny in my book

Ditzy_Mitzy

NeverTooLate said:

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

There's no negotiation to do - all you have to do is identify yourself as the landowner to the owner of the electricity pylon(s) and they will commence sending you payments. It's entirely up to you as to whether you feel it's worth it. I know it's 'free money' but the payments tend to be tiny. 

I have just been offered a one off payment for an electricity pole of £350 by SSE - that's not tiny in my book

Ooh that's interesting. Does it also include a 'buyout' of future obligations in respect of wayleave payments? Generally the offers I've seen are in the £10-£100 per year range, with the electricity company retaining an indefinite obligation to keep paying the landowner.