Helen Aitken Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Aitken Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Just now, Helen Aitken said: Is it acceptable to have openreach drill into my outside walls to put in new broadband etc for my neighbours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 What are the details. Do you share a building/house/flat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Aitken Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 (edited) On 06/03/2024 at 10:20, Post and beam said: What are the details. Do you share a building/house/flat? I live in a semi detached bungalow type property their courtyard yard is at the back of my building and openreach have installed equipment on my wall and run wires along the whole back end of my property, I was not informed about this my neighbour and I don't talk Edited April 22 by jack Sorted out formatting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I believe there is a convention that access for services should be allowed to cross neighbours boundaries. For example, our semi has an old cable duct buried just under the rear across all the gardens in our close. This was installed when Redifusion supplied the TV service. It is only visible where it pops up into each house at the relevant point. Another example is when the SKY and other Sat TV companies ran Co-Ax cables along under the eves of rows of houses. Practically invisible of course. I would be mighty Pissed off if Openreach installed a box on my property. I would expect them to try to mitigate their intrusion which means if there was another option they should have chosen that method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 25 minutes ago, Helen Aitken said: Is it acceptable to have openreach drill into my outside walls to put in new broadband etc for my neighbours Not normally. More details and photos might help. In some cases (eg House divided into flats) there might be something in the deeds that allows this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 30 minutes ago, Helen Aitken said: ... I was not informed about this my neighbour and I don't talk ... There are a few ways of framing this problem. One of which could be ; It's a wire. Its on your land. You don't talk. Some might think that puts you in a very strong position indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 If you did talk to your neighbour how much of a problem would this be? What do you want the outcome to be? If it’s removal and relocation then you’ll need to contact Openreach. Without pictures and a better idea how the houses are laid out it’s hard to comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 As an ex BT engineer” NO “( if it’s your house) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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