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 Do you have legal cover on your insurance? 

Keep_pedalling

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

Eldi_Dos

Keep_pedalling said:

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

The DNO will only be concerned up to the meter and be unlikely to express opinion on a neighbours installtion beyond the meter.

Keep_pedalling

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

The DNO will only be concerned up to the meter and be unlikely to express opinion on a neighbours installtion beyond the meter.

They can cut the supply where wiring beyond the meter presents an immediate danger.

https://www.electricalsafetyroundtable.co.uk/england-wales-scotland.aspx

I think I would at least threaten my idiot neighbours with doing this if they refused to disconnect the cable. 

Baldytyke88

AyeJackson said:

They have not responded regarding what they plan to do with the cable, so we have sent another letter outlining the options again and are awaiting their response (which I'm not hopeful about)!

I suppose my main question is, what are our options if they refuse to move the cable? We ideally would not like to fork out for legal fees if possible, but we're unsure how to renovate the parking space without it being removed or installed properly, and are also concerned for safety.

Is it just like an extension cable, it shouldn't be too difficult to reinforce it. It would be reasonable for you to grant him access to a shared drive, if you are relaying, just get him to pay for the new cable.

Eldi_Dos

Keep_pedalling said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

The DNO will only be concerned up to the meter and be unlikely to express opinion on a neighbours installtion beyond the meter.

They can cut the supply where wiring beyond the meter presents an immediate danger.

https://www.electricalsafetyroundtable.co.uk/england-wales-scotland.aspx

I think I would at least threaten my idiot neighbours with doing this if they refused to disconnect the cable. 

If the DNO needed entry, which they would be unlikely to want in this case, they would need a warrant or court order and have to liase with bailiffs or police to enforce such order. Do you think in this case that is really going to happen.

QrizB

It's tempting to say you should tap into his cable and use it to heat your home, but that would be naughty

Brie

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

The DNO will only be concerned up to the meter and be unlikely to express opinion on a neighbours installtion beyond the meter.

They can cut the supply where wiring beyond the meter presents an immediate danger.

https://www.electricalsafetyroundtable.co.uk/england-wales-scotland.aspx

I think I would at least threaten my idiot neighbours with doing this if they refused to disconnect the cable. 

If the DNO needed entry, which they would be unlikely to want in this case, they would need a warrant or court order and have to liase with bailiffs or police to enforce such order. Do you think in this case that is really going to happen.

Wondering if one would have to tell the neighbours how unlikely DNO would be to enforce the order.  Maybe just the mention of the possibility might suffice?

Eldi_Dos

Brie said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Keep_pedalling said:

Have another word with your electrician about who to report the unsafe non compliant power cable to. Alternatively call 105, who can put you through to you DNO and see what they say. 

The DNO will only be concerned up to the meter and be unlikely to express opinion on a neighbours installtion beyond the meter.

They can cut the supply where wiring beyond the meter presents an immediate danger.

https://www.electricalsafetyroundtable.co.uk/england-wales-scotland.aspx

I think I would at least threaten my idiot neighbours with doing this if they refused to disconnect the cable. 

If the DNO needed entry, which they would be unlikely to want in this case, they would need a warrant or court order and have to liase with bailiffs or police to enforce such order. Do you think in this case that is really going to happen.

Wondering if one would have to tell the neighbours how unlikely DNO would be to enforce the order.  Maybe just the mention of the possibility might suffice?

To quote Mark Twain
      If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Veteransaver

AyeJackson said:

Baldytyke88 said:

AyeJackson said:

They have not responded regarding what they plan to do with the cable, so we have sent another letter outlining the options again and are awaiting their response (which I'm not hopeful about)!

I suppose my main question is, what are our options if they refuse to move the cable? We ideally would not like to fork out for legal fees if possible, but we're unsure how to renovate the parking space without it being removed or installed properly, and are also concerned for safety.

Is it just like an extension cable, it shouldn't be too difficult to reinforce it. It would be reasonable for you to grant him access to a shared drive, if you are relaying, just get him to pay for the new cable.

It's an extension from their consumer unit to another unit in their garage that they've placed there themselves. They've got it running through their back garden, then through our land - just encased in a hosepipe. We are happy for them to reroute it through the shared driveway and have offered that as an option to them, we just don't want it on our actual property if that makes sense.

Are you sure it's actually just a bit of flex in a hosepipe? That is a highly unsuitable way of doing it. It should be in SWA cable, which is safe to be buried directly, but that could be run through a hosepipe or conduit and would be acceptable.
But if it is just extension cable, then it definitely wouldn't be part p compliant, so if it was installed since part p came in you could threaten to report it to building control.