Restrictive covenant query re satellite dish

teachfast

JamoLew said:

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

wow just wow - we have a Satellite Dish and have had since we moved here 15 years ago and trust me - we aren't low-cost

Plus Sky through cable wasn't available back then and has only become an option in the last 6 months

Time to ditch the dish and brighten the area up then. 

teachfast

unforeseen said:

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

Where did you get that attitude from?
Low cost housing doesn't come into it. According to you every house in my village with a dish must be low cost housing including the couple of £1m houses.
Cable is not, in a lot of cases, an option

Just go and look at some low cost housing in an estate. You'll quickly see what I mean. 

user1977

Keswick1uk said:

Plus estates have rules sometimes too. My parents estate rules say they can't keep chickens and a few other random things. 

The "rules" are what we're talking about. 

AnotherJoe

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

My street where houses range from £500k to £800k has plenty of dishes, probably on the majority of houses.

Of course, maybe you regard that as low-cost.

teachfast

AnotherJoe said:

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

My street where houses range from £500k to £800k has plenty of dishes, probably on the majority of houses.

Of course, maybe you regard that as low-cost.

Probably on the majority? Look down your street, then go to a street of social housing; you'll see what I mean. 

mat1964

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

houses are £700k-£2m in the streets where  round where I live, and most have satellite dishes.  Dishes are normal these days and have nothing to do with 'low cost housing'.

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teachfast said:

AnotherJoe said:

teachfast said:

I understand the need for this covenant. They are really unsightly and are associated with low-cost housing. Can't you get cable there?

My street where houses range from £500k to £800k has plenty of dishes, probably on the majority of houses.

Of course, maybe you regard that as low-cost.

Probably on the majority? Look down your street, then go to a street of social housing; you'll see what I mean. 

Not really. 

teachfast

Having a satellite dish doesn't mean you are in low cost housing, just makes it more likely. 

Eldi_Dos

If it is a modern house which the covenant suggests, front elevation could be brick 102 mm thick side elevations block 215 mm thick. I see many satellite dish installers using 150 mm  coach bolts. Breaching the covenant could invalidate any NHBC warranty

unforeseen

teachfast said:

Having a satellite dish doesn't mean you are in low cost housing, just makes it more likely. 

I take it you can point to evidence to support that half-baked thought of yours?