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[gadgtfreek]

Do home owners generally allow renters to have satellite dish's?

My wife and I have lived in rental townhomes since getting married, but since they are basically apartments Im not too used to the rental home market.

Ill be moving to VA in Jan and am going for a house this time around. Id like to just take down my gear and reinstall it when I arrive. I assume they wont let me mount to the house, but Id hope renters would be allowed a timber or pole in the ground.

Thanks for any input.

 

[Hall]

There's simply no "generally" answer. How 'bout "it depends" ?? The FCC rules do apply though....

 

[osu1991]

I currently have that fixed as I have wired and mounted the base plates on our rental houses. My inlaws have gotten into this with a renter and DISH installer for putting holes in a 2 month old new roof without their permission. We put in poles earlier this summer for them now. I haven't had to deal with the new DIRECTV Dish yet and probably will have those pole mounted beneath the old mounts where all the wiring exits the homes in a conduit. The Sat and cable installers are saved a ton of time coming to my rentals as they all have the wiring and backfeeds to all the rooms from a central location already done, and I will have someones head if any of that wiring gets cut by someone that thinks they now better. That happened on my first rental when the Dish 522's first came out and the installer didn't look inside to see everything ran to a central spot before he started cutting wires outside. If all else fails put a pole in a planter with cement and bury the planter about half way. Then when you move you just have to dig up a planter and refill the hole.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Thanks for the idea. I figure at best someone should not object if I mount the dish to a pole. I could see being against it on the house.

 

[whatchel1]

I rent & have multi dish set up

I rent my house but have a multidish setup. It doesn't attach to the house at any point. I have a .9 meter dish mounted on what is normally know as a non-penetrating roof mount. It is actually sitting on my back concrete slab patio w/ a bad of concert used as ballast. I have the mount on sitting top of some 2 X 4's (best are the treated versions that are used for building decks). To 2 of these 2 X 4's I have my dish 500 mounted using the standard dish mount via lag screws. So this another way to go w/o damage to the house.

 

[Hall]

I think a pole-mount would be more acceptable to a landlord vs drilling holes in the roof or side walls. Most important thing is to ask the landlord's opinion first. I see dishes, pole-mounted, in front flower beds around here (too much). It's tacky as hell.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Yeah, I will def make sure before I sign a al ease, just was curious about a difference or lack there of. Seems like since you actually have a backyard with a rental home, there plenty of options most owners should be ok with.

 

[Hall]

Yeah, backyards are good.... My wife's rule on the dish was "it can't be seen from the front of the house". Besides the homes with dishes growing in their flower beds, our two closest neighbors have their dishes mounted on their front porch roof or front corner of their house. Ours is on the back corner, 2nd story roof.

 

[cmcnabb]

The straight answer is that the lessor can not legally prevent you from installing a satellite dish under 1 meter in diameter. They *can* however, tell you where and how to install it. The reality is that if they do tell you that you can not install it, then you have to sue them in civil court for redress.

For more information, look here:
FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas

 

[gadgtfreek]

The straight answer is that the lessor can not legally prevent you from installing a satellite dish under 1 meter in diameter. They *can* however, tell you where and how to install it. The reality is that if they do tell you that you can not install it, then you have to sue them in civil court for redress.

For more information, look here:
FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas

Thanks for the document, I always forget it applies to more than a OTA antenna.

 

[osu1991]

I've never had a problem with the dish installations if done properly. I had Directv within the first month that it became available and have had dish for nearly 10 years. I never had a problem when I was renting places, I always used a tripod or pole mount. My problem is the wiring. One person or tenant will have cable, the next dish then back and forth, eventually you have wiring run everywhere and splices and such that just mess with your signal and so forth.

 

[dishcomm]

Do home owners generally allow renters to have satellite dish's?

My wife and I have lived in rental townhomes since getting married, but since they are basically apartments Im not too used to the rental home market.

Ill be moving to VA in Jan and am going for a house this time around. Id like to just take down my gear and reinstall it when I arrive. I assume they wont let me mount to the house, but Id hope renters would be allowed a timber or pole in the ground.

Thanks for any input.

Best course of action is to ask the property owner first before signing the lease..If he /she says it's ok, go for it..If not, go elsewhere..Do not assume you have the ok..Always ask first..Remember ,it's NOT YOUR property....I have found that too many renters consider their monthly rent check to mean they have carte blanche to do as they wish

 

[Claude Greiner]

When my girlfriend moved to her new apartment the first thing she did was have me check for line of site.

Afterall, why should she rent a place with NLOS have to pay for cable when she knew she could get Free Satellite Tv from me. (Legally)

 

[Hall]

When my girlfriend moved to her new apartment the first thing she did was have me check for line of site.

After she's moved in is a bit late, isn't it ??

 

[Jared Twomey]

not assume you have the ok..Always ask first..Remember ,it's NOT YOUR property....

i have always found it is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission

seriously though, with almost every landlord I have ever dealt with, if you show them the thing from the FCC, and then have a plan.... where you want to put the dish, how you think would be a good way to run the wire, ect... the landlord, in my experience, is a little more willing to work with ya

 

[dishcomm]

i have always found it is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission

seriously though, with almost every landlord I have ever dealt with, if you show them the thing from the FCC, and then have a plan.... where you want to put the dish, how you think would be a good way to run the wire, ect... the landlord, in my experience, is a little more willing to work with ya

Bottom line is (and Dish requires it) always clear it with the property owner. We have a hard and fast rule..No permision, no install...