Help Please!!!!!!!!!!

[Ismene]

Hi Guys


Very quick question -

Is there a law that someone can either point me in the direction of or provide me with the article which states that no governing body can remove the tools of ones trade? I have a vague recollection of something like that in the Magna Carta - but my googling is not proving profitable....

I have a very officious neighbour who is proving to be incredibly difficult and making complaints left right and centre, who i need to shut down in a hurry.

Many thanks

A

[HOLDorFOLD]

Not sure about all governing bodies - but the bailiffs guide is this

Are there any goods that the bailiff cannot seize?
Bailiffs (except bailiffs acting on behalf of the magistrate's court - see below) cannot seize the following goods:

    * tools, goods, vehicles and other items of equipment necessary for use by you in your employment, business or vocation;
    * clothing, bedding, furniture, household equipment and provisions as are necessary for satisfying the basic domestic needs of you and your family

Bailiffs acting on behalf of the magistrates' court cannot seize the following goods:

    * clothing, beds and bedding tools of the trade
    * basic domestic needs of the family would normally include fridge, cookers, freezers, but may not include video recorders, second TV's, jewellery, washing machines, stereos or microwave cookers.



found on website: http://www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk/debt_basics/bailiff-guide.php#bg11

[Ismene]

Ty.

I've only been moved in for about a month - and had Sky for less - and already a complaint has been made that my dish is on the front of the house (the only place to get reception). Since i require it for work, i now have to present a compelling argument to get planning permission....


sigh - I wish i knew who it was!

[Jon MW]

Is it a listed building?

Because that's the only reason I was aware of that you'd need to get planning permission.

[Acidmouse]

lol planning permison for dish? thats a new one to me.

[Ismene]

Apparently i have moved into a conservation area FML  - with neighbours who are ready and willing to throw the rule book at every opportunity....


FFS why can't people get a life

[Colchester Kev]

A lot of new developments have contractual clauses forbidding the installation of sat dishes and other weird clauses.

[Ismene]

Zero clauses - it's one of the main things i check before buying a place.

I must have failed to read the small print..... I am allowed a satellite dish - just not on the front apparently.....

Since this is the only place where reception can be achieved - I'm up the creek.....

[cia260895]

house or flat?

[AndrewT]

Zero clauses - it's one of the main things i check before buying a place.

I must have failed to read the small print..... I am allowed a satellite dish - just not on the front apparently.....

Since this is the only place where reception can be achieved - I'm up the creek.....

Sounds like they knew which side the dish had to go when they drew it up.

I suspect that, seeing as you signed a thing saying you can't put a dish on the front of the house, and then you did that, it's end of story - the dish has to come down.

[Laxie]

Or they could use a really tall pole from the back going up high enough to get the same reception.  They do it here all the time.

[cia260895]

Or they could use a really tall pole from the back going up high enough to get the same reception.  They do it here all the time.

was thinking along those lines hence my question,

mount it on the rear of the chimney stack

[totalise]

I read this on another forum , not sure if its real or if its a load of bs, but its worth looking at I guess

"My friend wanted to install a Sky minidish at the back of his house in a conservation area in Cumbria where there is currently no Freeview signal. He took a photo of the back of his house and "Photoshopped" a Sky minidish onto the wall, "painting" it the same colours as the stonework, camouflage style. He took the photo printout to the local Planning Department and explained what he proposed to do (most important).

The planning department then inspected his property and gave him the go-ahead. I think what really swung it was his offer to fit a quad-output LNB and feed his neighbour's house as well. Apparently he'd got the whole idea from the eBook "Installing Sky Digital".

The installed dish was duly inspected and approved. The planning officer and local councillor commented on how nicely he'd done the camouflage paint."

[Rod Paradise]

My flat is in a conservation area as well - so all the sat dishes go on the roof & cables dangle down the outside of the building. Sky won't do that part of the installation though.

[DaveShoelace]

Just pay some hoodies to hang around your neighbors houses, they'll soon have something new to complain about instead.