Agree with Chris / but this is typical landlord make money fast BS.
Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Jan 2020, at 17:28, Chris Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ben > > Answering this using experience of being on the other side of the table (my > company is, amongst other things, building an FTTH network): > > We would not normally require, and in fact would be very concerned, if a > customer wanted to enter into a wayleave prior to any site visit. Whilst it > is helpful to know how a customer, or their landlord, expects to proceed I > would not waste the time or cost going through the process of actually > getting something in place until I was sure a project was going ahead. It’s > a bit concerning in fact that anyone would want to go down the road of > granting rights that could be exercised at any time in the future. > > As some more general background, we don’t even necessarily require a wayleave > at all in these kind of situations. Often management companies, business > park owners, land owners, etc are reluctant to enter into anything that could > complicate matters for them in the future. We do have a ‘license to install’ > document however which is the very minimum we expect to be signed by someone > who can demonstrate authority to do so before work commences. Essentially it > just says we are allowed to install in a building/land, that they will take > reasonable steps to avoid damage, but that it is a one-time thing and we have > to ask them again if we ever want to come back (eg for maintenance). > > I would also suggest you check the details in your head lease (assuming you > own the flat). Often there will be a clause something like you 'have the > right to free passage of water, sewage, gas, electricity, telephone’ and, > depending on how clean you want this to be, you can either state that > broadband is a 'telephone service' and/or if you are really lucky it may say > go as far as to include 'other services’. > > HTH > > Chris > > > >> On 14 Jan 2020, at 15:39, Ben Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There's an ISP in my area looking to install fibre into the block of flats I >> live in. Currently we only get ADSL, and that doesn't seem set to change any >> time soon. >> >> I've tried speaking to the managment company about letting them do a site >> visit to see if it is viable, but the management co. are saying they need a >> wayleave in place before this can happen. >> >> My understanding is that the wayleave is requirement to install equipment, >> not for a preliminary inspection (which could lead to nothing). >> >> Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it normal for a wayleave to be >> signed when there are no concrete plans to move forward yet? >> >> Thanks >> >> Ben > >
