Help!!! Tv Cable Box In My Garden!

russrep · 03-07-2008, 19:48

Hi al lI have just joined sorry if this is in the wrong forum, But I have a bit of a problem.

Ok here goes, I am looking to move my fence about 1 meter along my back garden, I was about to go to the council to fill all the right forms etc etc, But I first got my house deeds and have seen that I all ready own the land where I want to move my fence its all OUT LINED in red!! My question is there is a big green tv cable box just behind my fence on my land, What do I do who can I call? i have heard of tv companys paying rent etc? Any 1 shed any light?

Thanks
Russ

**Chris T** · 03-07-2008, 19:55

Tricky ... but I think I'll move this thread to the installation issues forum. Welcome, anyway.

As for the Virgin Media street cabinet that turns out to be just inside your boundary, I think you could be in a little bit of trouble here. If it's been there for a long time it's possible that they have acquired a 'wayleave' - a kind of permission - for it to be there, simply because no-one has ever objected. For a wayleave to arise, it would need to be there for a certain length of time, but I don't know how long.

Even if no wayleave has arisen in this way, a previous owner of your house may have granted them a wayleave to put it there. If they did, then VM should be able to produce written proof of this.

You are probably going to have to involve a solicitor if you really want to get the thing moved. It is an expensive piece of equipment and they aren't going to shift it voluntarily.

mentalis · 03-07-2008, 20:05

Charge them rent for using your land?

colin-bennett · 03-07-2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by mentalis

Charge them rent for using your land?

I do not think it has been established that the cab is on some ones land that VM has not had the permission for...

aseriouscat · 08-07-2008, 19:46

small claims court is the only way!

Nedkelly · 08-07-2008, 20:05

You could ask someone from the council to come and have a look and for them to check for a wayleave application .Which would of been done when the plans where drawn up for the network .Did you own the house when the box was put there ? if you did not the prev owners could of approved this .Get everything checked before you proceed with court as i have seen many fail in the past

aseriouscat · 08-07-2008, 20:28

NedKelly, how do you have two cable modems? Because I thought to provision a modem you need to pair it to a billing code on the new system. Do you pay twice for your internet because if you do that silly, or am I sooo soo wrong?

off topic, I know...

Nedkelly · 08-07-2008, 22:39

PM sent