Holed Drilled without Permission- Advice Needed

Exterior masonry filler will do the job.

 

Use a all purpose filler suitable for outdoors (a small ready mixed tube), once dry sand and touch up using exterior masonry paint. .

Wouldn't need a builder, a handy person would do it, but may not come out as its such a small job.

Alternatively let the tenant carry out the work, using materials you have supplied.

 

Also may be a good idea to have rooms supplied with sky/TV aerial feed off splitter, rather then cables running everywhere. This way could prevent new holes being drilled in future.

People like to watch TV.

 

'A' hole ?

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

As a landlord, you should already have supplied your tenants with Sky, VirginMedia, whatever. Ask yourself, if you were having Sky/ Virgin Media installed at your house, just how would they get the services in?

 

As Mr HA and JJ, it's one hole, for a service provider, could have been a whole lot worse tbh.

 

I thought Mr. H meant something else

Then realized the spelling mistake in title.

 

Yeah, I thought that after I typed it, maybe it might look like an insult!

But one hole. Loads of other wires and holes, how much worse is one hole?

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

Wow let's get this tenant on one of these TV shows. Nightmare tenants, if the tenant is paying his rent on time I'm pretty sure he should be allowed to fit a cable through a wall.

 

Be fair, he could have drilled through on of the other cables, I think the tenant should sue on health and safety issues.

 

Stop being a tight arzed landlord.

 

It's about control, I own, you rent!

 

Are we back on to the EU trade deal again?

 

Did you not vote on that either?

 

Too right Chip, I never voted for this landlord either. I reckon the tenant should take his landlord to the European Courts of Justice,,,,,,,,, hang on,

 

The European Court of Human Rights is nothing to do with the EU nor is turkey's voting for xmas.

 

I did say the European Court of Justice, not the European Court of Human Rights.

 

You did and yesterday you sold the NHS down the river so you must feeling really good about yourself.

 

Snash, is this for real?

You have asked a 'professional contractor' to 'assess the damage'?

And you'll probably bill your tenant for this incredible service? That you are also coming on here for - for free?

The damage is pretty bludy obvious - you have a small hole in your wall.

An egg-cup of mortar or exterior filler (cementous type) would sort it - use a thin dowel to push it right in to the end of t'ole' and pack it all the way out (stop at the bludy cavity, or course... )

Blow out any dust and dampen t'ole first.

Build up the outer layer a few mm and then use anything to roughly texture it as the surrounding render.

Allow to dry. Paint.

Total cost of materials - a £enner.


Or, make sure it's sealed water-tight around the cable - and let him keep it.