Who Do I Report Unsafe Cable To

[Albert999]

Hi my next door neighbour has run a SWA cable through a wall onto my land the cable is not installed to the regs. It has four pipe cilps on it over around 12 feet before it drops to the ground and runs the rest of the way on the surface till it goes trough the fence.

Who do I report this unsafe cable to tried building control but they say they cannot help me.

 

[Lurch]

That's about it really. Building control should be interested if he has contravened building regulations, which it sounds like he has. What a complete waste of space they are.

Tell them the cable is supplying a new structure that you think he is renting out as a dwelling, they'll take notice then and soon be round.

 

[NozSpark]

I would like to think that a nice and polite "please could you remove your cable from my land" would suffice

If that doesn't work then you'll need to get a solicitor involved

 

[ProDave]

Tell him his cable is trespassing on your land, and if he does not remove it within 14 days, you will get an electrician to remove it and send the bill for doing do to him.

(please don't just go and cut it though)

The objective is to get him to remove it rather than you having to do so.

 

[Tony S]

A blowlamp is handy in a situation like this. Just accidentally put it down with the flame on the cable and clear off.

But you haven’t heard that from me.

The neighbour is in breach of wayleave.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Wayleave

 

[ProDave]

I was going to suggest you ask Miss Sweden to borrow her spiking tool.

 

[Tony S]

End result is the same, the cables ******.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Rather than any of the above suggestions, have you spoke or written directly to the neighbour ?   Always best to talk this through before threats of legal action, removal etc.

You seem to be more worried about the way its secured than the fact its there ?

 

[Andy™]

if its on your land, speak to them and tell him to move it, or it might be involved in an unfortunate accident with a lawnmower, hedge trimmer, blow torch, large spike hammered through it, somehow wrapped around your towbar as you moved away or something else destructive you can think of

 

[Murdoch]

It beggers belief that somebody would run a cable across somebody elses' property with our even discussing it with the owner first....

EDIT: the op could benefit financially from this ........

http://www.bsdr.com/an-introduction-to-easements.aspx

 

[Phoenix]

A blowlamp is handy in a situation like this. Just accidentally put it down with the flame on the cable and clear off.

But you haven’t heard that from me.

The neighbour is in breach of wayleave.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Wayleave

The moral is... if you live next door to Tony and want to run your garage supply along his wall.... you best use MICC

 

[Lurch]

The moral is... if you live next door to Tony and want to run your garage supply along his wall.... you best use MICC

Or FP400!

 

[Rob_the_rich]

perhaps Albert999 should phone the Fire Brigade? I guess he knows the number.

It might be that permission was given but Albert is unhappy with it not being buried?

 

[Tony S]

The moral is... if you live next door to Tony and want to run your garage supply along his wall.... you best use MICC

A chisel will sort that out. To keep the cable would be theft so I’d have to return it.

In 6” sections.