On 23/08/17 01:29, Phillip Baker wrote: > In fairness, while BT were a bit glacial at this sort of thing (and > have recently made strides to improve on this), freeholders and their > solicitors really are often just clueless/deluded/slow bastards in > equal measure because there's just not enough competition in their > line of work to compel them not to be. Even getting a single leased > line in to one commercial tenant can be hard enough, much less doing > an entire estate, especially if you're going to have to drill/cut > holes in communal areas.
And drilling holes in communal areas probably under a bit more scrutiny after Grenfell. There's also a big difference between getting a formal wayleave (for a commercial service). And then having guys on the ground who know all the security staff in all the blocks, and then just getting on with it (for consumer services). Tim
