EIR contractor trying to put wires across my house

Perhaps I have misunderstood, I took the situation to be that a cable was to be strung across the property aerially, between poles.

The likes of Eir etc. have very little statute rights in law when it comes to entering private property - they 'survive' mostly on the goodwill of landowners and property owners unlike the ESB who have substantially more power (excuse intended pun) Hence the reason that almost all telecom poles etc. are along public roads.

This seems rather odd. When I had fibre installed, it followed the same route as the existing phone line. If across your house is said to be the only route, then does this mean that your neighbours house has no existing phone connection?

I'm not sure where people get this 'devalues your house's angle. What kind of devaluation do you think applies to your house?

Random stranger on internet claims to drop bidding price on house by ten k due to cable on front of house.

Yeah, that's someone who is:

Lying

Or

Still doesn't own a house.

This kind of thing does not devalue a house.

You linked to a post in whice you responded to another poster in which the other poster said they reduced their offer by 10K on a house because a cable was on the house.

A cable on a house does not devalue the property as some have said on this thread.

Maybe they need to go for a walk?

the considerate thing would have been for the neighbour to contact you and advise you of what they are up to… seriously thoughtless of them not too. Probably them AND the installation people..

to be honest there is no perfect solution him being your dentist, but both he and the installers are the ones not behaving appropriately … I’d probably just call the Gardai if the installation team turn up and access your property.

does this apply to cables installed to provide electrical service to the house next door ? have the esb the right to install new cables to say provide service to house no6, eg they can just run electric cables along no 5 without asking the owner of no 5,s permission to do so. i,m curious can the esb just install cables along the front wall of a house without asking permission ?

In a similar vein, a guy called around a few months back asking about installing Eir FTTH. His first suggestion was bringing it from the pole outside ours and our neighbour's house, across to the shared chimney between our houses and down to the front of the house (bungalows), as other wires are doing , where they'd install a small box between us. I agreed and thought no more of it. A week later the fella arrives back asks to put the cable on the front of our house (black cable against white wall and guttering/soffit/facia) which I said no to, as it'd just look bad. No big drama, I just wanted it done a bit cleaner. But I didn't want to be a pain in the arse for them so I then offered for them to take it from the lamp post on the other side of our house and then fish the cable through our soffit and across, or failing that, through our attic. He said he'd try that and then didn't bother. He also said they can't put it in gutters as it'd cause gutters to collapse in the rain (?).

He then started trying pretty forcefully to persuade my elderly neighbour to agree to put a pole on the front of their house, which would raise well above roof level and take it directly from the top of the lampost down to that as apparently people spend their days suing Eir for a new roof after work (why was never made clear) and they won't work above a roof like ours. My neighbour asked my opinion and said I thought a wire coming down at the house at a less than 45 degree angle like that would look dreadful and would be in her eyeline out her sitting room window, but it was her choice. She said no.

I then offered again for them to take it from the lamp post on the other side of our house and then fish the cable across, either through the soffit or attic. He tried that, half-heartedly, gave up and said the blokes installing FTTH on the day would do something. Haven't heard a peep in a month or so, even though he said they'd be back that week.

Odd business altogether.

The point I am making, is that a cable on the front of a house, does not devalue a house.

I get that (A house not being able to get a fixed wire internet connection is one less type of internet connection that house can get, for whatever reason - but again, I don't think it necessarily devalues the house as much as some would think)

However the point being made that I am responding to is that a cable on the front of a house devalues the value of THAT house - ie if the OP allows KN to run a cable across their house, the value of their house goes down and as such the OP should get compensation from someone to allow for this.

A cable on the front of a house does not devalue that house.