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Way leave - worth trying to claim through a company?
I have a low voltage overhead electrical cable running across one end of my garden to my neighbour's house. I have been offered the grand sum of a one off payment of £35 by the power company as a way leave. I am wondering if a company like Sherwill Forbes would be able to negotiate a better deal. I know they will take 20%, but if they get the same offer as me I would only be paying them £7, so nothing ventured nothing gained, right?
Has anyone else tried to get a better way leave offer like this?
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You can ask Sherwill Forbes but would you take on the job for £7
Better go back to the supply company and ask for £100Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill0 -
Is it really worth it - we've got the neighbours power cable across the corner of our garden, it's a bit irritating because we can see it but we can also see the 11kv overhead cables than run across the back of our fence in the field behind us
t's not in the way unless I want to fly a drone in the garden (which I dont) and it's certainly not worth the hassle to try and claim a few quid. However it's entirely up to youNever under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers0 -
I don't think it would be worth their while for £7 either - but they wrote to me a couple of months back, which is why I contacted the power company.0
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Well if you believe some of the hype on Google between 1-4% of the value of your home so maybe it is worth their while.
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Tell them no, you won't accept that amount, please move your wire. They'll come up with a nicer numberBarnsley, South Yorkshire
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matelodave said:Is it really worth it0
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Chino said:matelodave said:Is it really worth it
Also rural areas (where the OP may live) it can be all overhead cables and believe me those houses sell as it is the "norm" for those areas.
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I wasn't expecting thousands, but I did expect more than what they are offering. I would have thought that Sherwill Forbes must think so too - why else send me the letter?They are offering that as 6 years back payment or £2 per year. Part of me is bloody minded enough to go for the yearly payment - cost them the inconvenience of time and admin.If they don't come back with a better offer I am going to ask them to move the cable - which would cost them £££. I am especially annoyed because they know damn well they owe me money. They replaced the old wooden pole that is just outside my garden about 4 years ago - moving it slightly to the left, cutting across even more of the garden- so they already knew this cable infringed on our space.If they don't up their offer I will go to S F. I believe that the electricity company will then have to meet the costs of sending a civil engineer to look at the cable - which will clearly cost more than the sum they are offering me.0
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Phoned the electricity company and they are not budging on the offer - they say it is a set price and cannot be moved. The alternative is for them to put up a second pole in order to get the neighbour's supply to them. I would be quite happy for them to do that, but also do not want to upset the lovely neighbours with inconvenience.I am certainly not going to sign anything that would give the electricity board access rights to my garden for decades for the tiny amount they are offering. I am still considering putting it into the hands of a specialist company to see if they can get anyway with it. Or I may be bloody minded and make the company send me a cheque for £1 something each year.0
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