HELP! Freesat and tenants dilemma.

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We have rented our house out and our tenants need a Freesat box as they don't have a sky subscription. Trouble is argos have run out of the BUSH ones. Does anyone have any other recommendations or any ideas about what we can do?

Can they not provide their own?

Or is it a fully furnished let?
I was just surprised as our tenants do have some furniture of ours but they make their own tv arrangements- I have no idea what, as we had Sky all the time we lived there. Haven't asked them tbh!
Just thinking you may be going beyond the call of duty.

Goodmans? If you're near Hertford/Stevenage, I can sell you a hardly used Goodmans box ;-) If not, and there's a branch of Maplin electronics near you, they will sell you a basic Goodmans freesat box for £65 IIRC.

Hello! Many thanks!!! I think we might have sorted it as DH is going to try an old sky box and just order a new card.
giraffe we are going well beyond the call of duty but the person who has moved in really needs help sorting stuff like that out, they just don't seem to understand how things work.
Thanks CandU we are pretty near so if the sky thing doesn't work i might get back to you!!!

And no not furnished. Actually you might know the answer to our next query - is a tenant allowed to run a business from a rented house? Think childcare...

I think the answer to that question would be that it depends on whether or not it is prohibited by the rental agreement.

Did it mention anything about it in the contract?

Lots of rental places don't let people run a business from them - it's one thing turning a blind eye to somebody doing something that involves sitting at the computer as it doesn't really entail much extra wear and tear on the property and could mean if they are in lots of the time that the property could benefit.

But something like childcare with potential for lots of extra wear and tear on the property - no way would I want that!

Not least - if she can't sort out a freesat box etc on her own how on earth does anybody think of entrusting their child to her?!?

Standard rental agreements nearly always prevent a business being run from a rented house and they may also need planning permission here

I would be worried that your landlords insurance would be nullified by your tenant running a business from home.

Mind you, at least they have mentioned it. Our last tenant registered his company with companies house here and then promptly shuffled off to Australia leaving debts and companies house letters behind.

If they don't understand the simple things like sorting out their own tv, then how can the person possibly understand the complexities of ofsted, first aid, eyfs or how to keep simple financial records?

Come to think of it, how comes you don't know what is in your tenants contract?

You can be a childminder and live in rented property yes.

Exactly why ihearsounds is saying. I wouldn't want to leave my children in the care of someone who can't even work out a free view box.

Good question, I need to get DH on to that, he has dealt with it all so far and is getting a bit done in by it all. I will check, our agency has dealt with all the contracts etc but I suspect we might need to check that out.

Blimey scone..... And yes I was worried about the insurance being nullified. I can't go into too much detail but there are more adults in the house then just the one and it's a different adult running the business.

soon do you have personal experience of that and do you need any additional paperwork/insurance etc?

Thanks carol for that link.

It was a friend they needed permission from their landlord though so essentially it is entirely up to you. Ofsted do not have an issue with it.

Have checked tenancy agreement and it says they can't use the property for a business. I will wait and see what happens next and go from there. Thanks for advice, mumsnet delivers again!