Management Company - UPC - Sky+.

Lord Trollington

Moving into a new apartement. Coming from my old apartment where I had sky+HD and there were no issues with it.

The management company in the new apartment complex say no dishes allowed, however i see loads of dishes around.

There is no communal dish, I was already onto sky.

UPC is available but only the ordinary TV. No Digital, No Digital +, No Broadband or home phone. UPC want/expect me to pay the same money for ordinary TV as what I'm paying on my own sky package.

What are my options/alternatives? Have i got any?
Could I chance putting up a dish? Whats the worse that could happen.
Its a ground floor apartment, how high does the dish need to be?

Maybe this is why the apartment wasn't occupied in the first place.........

Cantona's Collars

If you have a clear line of sight to the South East the dish can be hidden at ground level.If it's done discreetly nobody will even notice it.
Stick a few large flower pots beside it to disguise it,I've seen it done and even some have been placed in flowerbeds,so long as the dishes line of sight isn't obstructed you're fine.
A lot of foreign tenants seem to ignore the 'no dish rule' and get away with it so as long as the dish isn't in plain view you should be fine.

kbell

If in doubt, get a local independent installer to take a look and do a survey for you.

princemuzzy

whycliff wrote: »

Moving into a new apartement. Coming from my old apartment where I had sky+HD and there were no issues with it.

The management company in the new apartment complex say no dishes allowed, however i see loads of dishes around.

There is no communal dish, I was already onto sky.

UPC is available but only the ordinary TV. No Digital, No Digital +, No Broadband or home phone. UPC want/expect me to pay the same money for ordinary TV as what I'm paying on my own sky package.

What are my options/alternatives? Have i got any?
Could I chance putting up a dish? Whats the worse that could happen.
Its a ground floor apartment, how high does the dish need to be?

Maybe this is why the apartment wasn't occupied in the first place.........

i lived in a no sky dish complex and put up a dish 2 days after moving in and never heard a thing about it

the management company is most like very rarely on site and unless some1 reports you id imagine you'd be ok

Trevord

Probably worthwhile clarifying the issue of what a "Management Company" is in this context

The Management Company comprises the property owners and represents the views of the property owners. Owners get nominated onto a Committee and that Committee appoints managing agents to fulfill the management company's instructions (dealing with maintenance, preparing annual budgets, negotiating rates with landscapers, refuse co's etc. AND maintain whatever set of rules the Company has in writing.)

The managing agents are not the Managment Company.

Without knowing which property owners are on the Committee it is difficult for tenants to interact with the Committee. Owners have a right to be heard by the Committee, wheras tenants do not. Some managing agents are accommodating and will convey requests for flexibility in terms of the "House Rules" to the Committee for consideration.