Told to remove sky dish off new home, or court action
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My brother just messaged me, he has bought a brand new house in a huge housing development. He had sky installed a couple of months ago, in which he was told the dish has to be mounted on the side of the house (by the building company) in which he has done.
Any way fast forward to today the management company that maintains the roads etc have told him it needs be taken down because it can not be seen from the road or he'll be taken to court. Also apparently they can stop him selling his house in the future.
Further info, its a freehold but they pay to maintain the roads (like i believe all new builds)
Can this be done it seems a bit petty over a satellite dish?
sorry if the above is all over the place, i'm still being messaged by him whilst i type.
Any way fast forward to today the management company that maintains the roads etc have told him it needs be taken down because it can not be seen from the road or he'll be taken to court. Also apparently they can stop him selling his house in the future.
Further info, its a freehold but they pay to maintain the roads (like i believe all new builds)
Can this be done it seems a bit petty over a satellite dish?
sorry if the above is all over the place, i'm still being messaged by him whilst i type.
egomeister said:
Had a similar issue with my flat. Many dishes had sprung up over the years until the management company enforced the covenant and went on a purge. To be fair they did fit a communal system, but with only one feed per flat which wasn't much good for Sky+.....
Very common on new build flats. Right PITA but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. hyphen said:
Disagree, Dishes mounted prominently look chav, gets even worse when they are the larger ones for foreign channels.
As an alternative, you can mount them at the back on a pole facing the correct way I think.
You think a dish on a pole in the back garden is less chav than one attached to the fking house?As an alternative, you can mount them at the back on a pole facing the correct way I think.
_Rich_ said:
Any way fast forward to today the management company that maintains the roads etc have told him it needs be taken down because it can not be seen from the road or he'll be taken to court.
So the management company want the dish to be installed where it can be seen from the road? Surely that makes the houses look worse! Am I missing something?pidsy said:
egomeister said:
Had a similar issue with my flat. Many dishes had sprung up over the years until the management company enforced the covenant and went on a purge. To be fair they did fit a communal system, but with only one feed per flat which wasn't much good for Sky+.....
Very common on new build flats. Right PITA but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. The most frustrating thing is that there seems to be no acknowledgement that these are places people live, and satellite TV isn't exactly uncommon. We had a similar thing suggesting bikes should not be brought into the flats, yet there is nowhere else they could be securely stored (much easier to ignore that one though!)
hyphen said:
No need to swear- needless swearing is also a chavvy thing to do
Quick google to illustrate:
This won't be seen from the front:
That looks utterly st.Quick google to illustrate:
This won't be seen from the front:
This is not what you want:
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