Stopping a dish from being mounted ?

bauderline · 30-05-2005 11:12am #1

Hi Folks,

Need some advice / guidance !

An italian friend of mine who has recently started working in Ireland has moved into a flat in a certain part of Dublin. He is renting it from a private landlord.

He installed a 80cm dish which a management company for the estate threatened legal action if he did not remove. So he is now stuck with Cablewatch <snip> !

Can the management company enforce this ?! Could they enforce the removal of a mini-dish ? I think he is trying to pull Sky Italia from Hotbird.

On a similar note I remember when I was living in Navan a few years ago a Chorus saleswoman complaining I needed planning permission for my mini-dish because I would not subscribe to Chorus..... not a good way to attract customers !! Needless to say she was swiftly rerouted !!!

rgs. baud.

Rippy · 30-05-2005 11:20am

Do they also prohibit standard sky minidishes (60 cm)
If not most italian programming on hotbird comes in ok on a minidish. So simply swap the dish. Another comproise could be a see-thru plastic dish, not cheap but more discreet.

Darby OGill · 30-05-2005 12:08pm

This is a good explanation of the planning situation.

http://www.donegal.ie/DCC/planning/faqs/exempt/edq9.htm

dmeehan · 30-05-2005 12:22pm

does your friend have a contract with his landlord?

Krusty_Clown · 30-05-2005 2:32pm

He needs to check the terms of his lease carefully, which may prohibit him from mounting anything on the exterior of the building. A number of other house/apartment dwellers have run into this problem recently with Wireless broadband antennae/modems.

MrLNB · 30-05-2005 4:09pm

id have told the B*t*h in Navan to F"#K Off. Tossers, just grabbing sales. :cool:

Gilgamesh · 30-05-2005 4:15pm

you have to look into the houserules presented by the Management company, most new estates don't allow dishes to be attached to the outside of the building as it defaces them, contact management of the estate to find out exactly what the story is