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To ask neighbour to remove sat dish?

134 replies

Girlincognito1 · 18/04/2017 07:47

Just walked out of my door thus morning and noticed a freaking satellite dish attached to the front of our house!! I've come to work to calm down a bit but I can't believe the brass neck! Would I be unreasonable to go around and ask them to remove it and make good the holes?? What if they decline??

OP posts:
DuoTwo · 18/04/2017 18:53

Glad it's sorted. I was a shocked to see quite how far it was onto your property. 😂

Theresnonamesleft · 18/04/2017 18:53

I hope you have a tv license op. That dish could be interpreted as yours to tvl.
Could be the reason why it's not on their house. No license.

Cuppaoftea · 18/04/2017 18:57

As long as they follow their words with swift action and don't think brushing your DH off was easier than they thought it would be.

I'd still remove the dish and force them to deal with fixing it to their own property quickly if they want to watch their new Sky channels.

Fucktifyno · 18/04/2017 19:00

Oh... i am sort of disappointed! Blush sorry OP

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 18/04/2017 19:04

What a reasonable ending you should have made something up

OhWotIsItThisTime · 18/04/2017 19:04

I once got home from work to find a dish installed above my front door. A flat downstairs and several doors down had done it. They seemed most confused by me wanting it removed.

SpookyPotato · 18/04/2017 19:28

Glad you didn't send the note, it's abrupt and not very neighbourly... unless they regularly cause you all sorts of problems!

ChasedByBees · 18/04/2017 20:56

Hope they do get it sorted now

UrsulaPandress · 18/04/2017 22:27

I didn't think your note was rude

Did they rush round when they got home to apologise?

Were they not home during the installation?

Chancers.

ClemDanfango · 19/04/2017 18:23

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pollymere · 19/04/2017 19:22

Mine is on the back of my house. This one needs to be likewise on your neighbours.

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 19:26

Why dont you ring sky and tell them to remove it. They may have made an error. This avoiding the uncomfortable wtf conversation with the neigbours.
I was buying a house and the next door neighbour had a whopping great sign. So i reported them to the council.

SoupDragon · 19/04/2017 19:36

Why don't you read the thread, Jeanneweany?

Goldfishjane · 19/04/2017 19:42

I don't think the note was rude at all.
If I was the neighbour I'd not be annoyed by it.

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 19:48

Soupdragon cos there are hundreds of replies and ive got a life.

cocobatter · 19/04/2017 19:51

then ctrl + f the op's username and skip to the updates. takes 5 seconds.

SnugglyBedSocks · 19/04/2017 20:00

Jeanneweany - we all have a "life" but we also don't waste other's time by posting pointless comments.

SoupDragon · 19/04/2017 20:10

Soupdragon cos there are hundreds of replies and ive got a life.

There aren't hundreds of posts by the OP though. Maybe take the time to read those.

Craftylittlething · 19/04/2017 20:15

Slightly off thread but we had a neighbour who connected to our sky so that she could have it free. She was pissed off when we cut the cable, some folk are just baffling.

halobean · 19/04/2017 20:18

Ohhhhh I had popcorn ready and everything :( How totally reasonable of everyone involved! At least there was a photo!

snarferson · 19/04/2017 20:22

Far too reasonable a solution. Must be a Biscuit Grin

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 20:29

Mumsnet is fun not dreary with the post police riding the airwaves.

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 20:32

Yawn

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 20:37

What is pointless is the truly dumb responses. Some of the replies are irrelevant. Thus is the Guardian or some political summit deciding the future of mankind. It is for fun. Because if it is not fun then are you joking??

Jeanneweany · 19/04/2017 20:41

To clarify. Sometimes you merely have to think a little. To avoid a confrontation then find out the facts. So rather than confront the neighbour directly contact the company first, in case it has nothing to do with the neighbour.

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