Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

regards
--
Tim Lamb

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

Close reading of the Virgin website brings up one *gotcha*.

Agreements are only available to freeholders or tenants with a lease
exceeding 12 months!

regards

--
Tim Lamb

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

Of course

If you think about it, thousands of VM customers must be tenants


What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

The contract is between the tenant and Virgin. If they move. Its not
your problem, nor is it the problem for a future tenant

--
geoff

In message , geoff
writes
In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

Of course

If you think about it, thousands of VM customers must be tenants


What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

The contract is between the tenant and Virgin. If they move. Its not
your problem, nor is it the problem for a future tenant

I have also spotted that the landlords consent is required. The current
tenant is on a rolling 2 month renewal so they won't meet the 12 month
plus lease requirement found in the *legal stuff*.

regards


--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb wrote:

What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

I suspect they just leave the coax in the ground ( about 150mm down in our
case) and all the gubbins inside. Ours still functions for basic TV ( I
think I now have freeview and satellite so haven't got the Jerrold
converter in use.

AJH

In article , Tim Lamb
writes
In message , geoff
writes
In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

Of course

If you think about it, thousands of VM customers must be tenants


What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

The contract is between the tenant and Virgin. If they move. Its not
your problem, nor is it the problem for a future tenant

I have also spotted that the landlords consent is required. The current
tenant is on a rolling 2 month renewal so they won't meet the 12 month
plus lease requirement found in the *legal stuff*.

You may be thinking too much :-)

If the tenant wants to lie to VM and say that they have a 12mth tenancy
then let them, you have no need to have knowledge of their arrangement
and definitely do not co-sign their application. Just write a letter to
the tenant telling them that you do not object to them having cable
installed, they can forward it to VM if reqd.

I would not expect VM to want to see a copy of the tenancy agreement, in
fact it may all be done on the phone. This was certainly the case when I
had Telewest (phone only) at a rented property.
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

In article , Tim Lamb
scribeth thus
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

regards

If they are in the VM network this usually means bring a cable known as
Sidecar in which is a dual TV/Broadband and phone cable. They will
usually have access very near to the front of the house and sometimes
will need to bury a cable duct some inch or so in diameter. After that
there is usually a small external wallbox then the cable will come in
thru the wall and connect to the equipment. VM will want it to stay
there if the subscriber cancels.

Its prolly worth it being there as some want cable TV and will see it as
a useful benefit. Just be there when they call to connect to make sure
they make a decent job of it sometimes they do .. sometimes not...

Its no real different to a BT install just a bigger wall box and thicker
cable. Sometimes they might want the tenet to shown them a year plus
contract but sometimes I've heard they don't bother they sometimes seem
desperate to sign up subs like Sky TV...
--
Tony Sayer

On Jul 8, 9:24*pm, andrew wrote:
they just leave the coax in the ground ( about 150mm down in our case)

You must have got the deluxe service the ours was done so
conscientiously that it breaks the surface of the soil. And so did
the one in the previous house.

As for the 12 month minimum, ntl/Virgin have told me more than once
that you can terminate early if you move.

On 08/07/2011 20:01, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Our shorthold tenant has asked if we object to him arranging for a
Virgin cable connection.

We don't have access here so my knowledge is zero!

Can a tenant organise the installation?

What happens at the tenancy end during an unoccupied period and what
happens if the new tenant doesn't want the service?

Close reading of the Virgin website brings up one *gotcha*.

Agreements are only available to freeholders or tenants with a lease
exceeding 12 months!

Nah... my new tenants (on a new 6-month agreement) asked me if they
could install it; I said 'sure, no problem'. It had all been happily
installed, with no further contact by anyone with me, when I was round
at the house a few weeks later.

David

In message
, mike
writes
On Jul 8, 9:24*pm, andrew wrote:
they just leave the coax in the ground ( about 150mm down in our case)

You must have got the deluxe service the ours was done so
conscientiously that it breaks the surface of the soil. And so did
the one in the previous house.

As for the 12 month minimum, ntl/Virgin have told me more than once
that you can terminate early if you move.

OK all.

I think I have grasped the important bits.

1. Connection is an asset.

2. Actual installation requires supervision (this is a flat so the
management committee will have an interest).

3. No adverse financial repercussions to landlord.

4. Tell lies if necessary:-)

regards
--
Tim Lamb

mike wrote:
You must have got the deluxe service the ours was done so
conscientiously that it breaks the surface of the soil. *And so did
the one in the previous house.

The only reason I ever get involved with my tenents' cable service
is to make sure the monkeys don't make a mess of the installation.

Monkey: "So, can we pull this cable out then?"
Me: "No! The whol point of putting that cable under the floor when
the flat was unoccupied was so that several hundredweight of
furniture did *NOT* have to be moved to put a cable in!"

Me: "A power cable runs parallel with that wall (pointing) six
inches from that wall (pointing). Feed the cable a close to the
corner as possible."
A week later, tenant phones saying bedside light keeps going out.
I life the carpet to check the wiring and find Monkeys have
drilled hole straight through the cable. As I lifted the
floorboard it went POP! and everything went out.

Similar with satelite installation.

SkyMonkey: "We'll just put the dish here", placing ladder against
front of architechtually distinctive Victorian building.
Me: "No you bloddy won't, it will go on the chimney where it
won't be visible from street level"
SkyMonkey: "We don't have roof access equipment, it has to be
on the wall"
Me: "Well, bugger off back to the depot and send a roofer over"

JGH

jgharston wrote:
mike wrote:
You must have got the deluxe service the ours was done so
conscientiously that it breaks the surface of the soil. Â*And so did
the one in the previous house.

The only reason I ever get involved with my tenents' cable service
is to make sure the monkeys don't make a mess of the installation.

Exactly. Expect a trench to be dug from the road to the front of the house,
or else the cable to be clipped to whatever's available (eg garden wall). A
grey plastic junction box to be screwed to the front of the house (the lids
tend to fall off after a while and look ugly).

If the entry point (eg for TV) is to be at the rear of a terrace, it's not
uncommon for them to clip a cable up the side of the house, laid loose over
the tiles, and then clip it down the other side.

Unfortunately, when they say they'll come between 1pm and 6, they aren't
always reliable. So you can't necessarily be there to babysit.

Theo

jgharston wrote:
mike wrote:
You must have got the deluxe service the ours was done so
conscientiously that it breaks the surface of the soil. And so did
the one in the previous house.

The only reason I ever get involved with my tenents' cable service
is to make sure the monkeys don't make a mess of the installation.

Monkey: "So, can we pull this cable out then?"
Me: "No! The whol point of putting that cable under the floor when
the flat was unoccupied was so that several hundredweight of
furniture did *NOT* have to be moved to put a cable in!"

Virgin were pretty good at my mates house. They were happy to use the CT100
that I had pre-laid in the house (just before my mate decorated/moved in) to
the required places prior to them arriving.

They were not so good at putting their cable under the lawn. A difficult
blade of grass must have got in the way of their spade preventing them from
actually buring the cable.



--
Adam