Hang on a minute - why don't they just ring Sky up and get someone to come out to fix it? That's what I would do if I was paying a monthly subscription to a service I was having problems with (and it's what I do, anyway!) It sounds very much like when the dish was put up, it wasn't in the most ideal location, if the line of sight is clipping the front of your property. I wonder if they lost some channels anyway if it rained particularly hard?
I've based all my comments on the assumption they'd have done this. It would have been my first port of call as well.
Or, perhaps they have done this, an engineer is coming to fix it, but they're trying to pull a fast one? It wouldn't surprise me.
Morals are individual and it narks me when others try to project their moral code on me. If you were getting an extension on the same side of your house and were applying for planning permission, would the planning authority reject your application because it meant your neighbour would have to move their satellite dish? I doubt satellite reception is accepted as valid grounds to object. As such, I think you're perfectly entitled to erect temporary scaffolding on your property to maintain a fundamental element of your building without any regard for anything as trivial as satellite reception. If you were restricting their water/electricity/gas supply then it would be a different issue potentially. Even the right to light is limited by the need for a window to have recieved light for 20 years before the light was blocked. Paying for a television licence only entitles you to possess and use a receiver, that is, the television box itself. You have no right to an analogue or digital television signal or radio signal that encroaches on a neighbour's property. The problem was your neighbours'. They approached you in a manner that was not conducive to achieving a cooperative relationship. That's their mistake. To demand money is embarrassing. I would ignore them. If they approach again I would just repeat when the scaffolding is due to be removed and apologise for any incovenience. I would avoid the issue of money/moving the dish completely. The neighbourly thing is for them to be patient while you have essential work carried out.
If only this country built housing fit for purpose extensions wouldn't need to be built and this issue would never have existed.
Please do explain how developers are supposed to predict the needs for living space 30/50/100 years down the line. This thread is not about an extension. Other than that... +1
Not heard from them since the exchange with my Mrs. I can only presume that he has hassled the roofer to the point where he has told him to piss off.
If they don't have the common courtesy to have a reasonable polite conversation then they don't deserve a cent I can't stand rude people who expect others to bend over backwards for them. If they come back I would just say the matter is over and you will report them for harassment if they continue to do so.
