Both Neighbour's power cables on our house

There was a thread on here some time ago about this same problem, & I can't find it.

 

May assist:
http://www.energynetworks.org/info/faqs/who-is-my-wayleaves-contact.html
If there's no wayleave agreement in place, you could remind them (the electricity provider) you are due some back payments,
if they refuse to bear cost of moving neighbours cables on your property.

 

http://www.wayleave.co.uk/wayleave-wwd.htm

 

I have a similar situation and although have decided to leave as is did have a look at what might happen. Seems to me that you would pay for your own relocation works but supplier should pay to sort neighbour. e.g. https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/help-and-advice/documents/looped_services.pdf

 

Whilst not directly related to the problem, my parents house had a similar arrangement where the cables were strung from house to house. What I didn't realise is that in my parents case the cables were unsheathed - bare wire by design! From the ground you couldn't tell and when I found out I went white when I realised all the times I had done things as a kid and adult that could have resulted in a major electrical shock!

So be careful if your builders put up scaffolding prior to the move

 

Sos could have been sauce

 

You can get power cable replaced if they are old.

http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/in...list-of-services/replace-overhead-power-line/

A lot of the bare cables have been replaced with insulated cable, had it done at a previous place a few years ago

 

To be fair if I were you and want to remain on good terms with your neighbour I would pay. Look at it the other way round your neighbour wants to have an extension, so you have to shell out hundreds for moving a cable that was most likely there when you moved in

 

Yep, I really was grey when I found out, the number of times I had carried ladders, replacement line posts all sorts of stuff as adult let alone the things I would have done as a kid

The only reason we became aware of it was my mother mentioned that sometimes the electricity fades in and out. When I looked outside the cables had sagged and in the wet were arcing Western Power came out within an hour with 5 trucks and fixed it. The funny thing was they only had two core armoured cable with them and asked if it was the Live and Neutral to put in the cable or include the earth and run L or N separately !

 

The issue isn't so much as the payment but he has to ask the neighbour permission to relocate the cables and at the moment they are not on the best of terms

 

Agreed sospan but asking for payment will not improve matters and p??? Of the other neighbour too:-(

 

The power company will do the neighbours work for free as part of the change over. So payment shouldn't be an issue

 

Fair nuff.

 

There is a legal document known as a wayleave which grants permission for a third party to use a property to run cables. It might be with checking legal documents that came with the deeds to see if any wayleaves exist.

 

Might be useful.

http://www.wayleave.co.uk/wayleave-wwd.htm

 

From experience there are wayleaves and permenant easements,with a wayleave you can rescind permission for something to be there but you have to give a reasonable amount of time for it to be moved,reasonable depends on what it is.We had a row of 11Kv wooden poles at work and they were getting in the way as the business expanded,we were being paid a small amount each year for them being there and it wasn't economically viable any longer,they took nearly a year to move.
The problem with a permenant easement is it's just that,permenant,sometimes companies use these for larger items eg metal pylons or large pipes underground.They may pay on wayleave say £200 a year but there is the chance they'll be asked to move it later so,they offer a lump sum up front,usually they'll say something like "let us put this here and we'll give you £4000" now £4k may be enough to tempt someone,but it's less than they'd get in the long term and they're stuck with the item until the utility decides to move it,that's why you should check before you buy a property that has something on it whether it's on wayleave or easement. The owner before you may have been happy to take that 4 grand and have a wooden pylon at the bottom of his garden but it doesn't help you when you want to build that detached garage.

 

Where I used to live, contractors installed an inspection pit for BT openreach on my land fronting the property.
It should have been (I assume) on the pavement.
Used to love telling their engineers to 'get orf my land' whenever I saw them there.
Never did get it resolved.