will this affect future installs?
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There's almost no way to know if someone truly rents or own their home. I got written permission for the first install but not for work since then. This will be a on going problem. Didn't this guy look at his rental property while it was being rented out?
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Boy, that guy sure pays attention to his rental property, eh? The dishes were there for four years and he didn't know?
Nope, no tech is going to care, thats the LLs problem. technically the tenants problem, the tennant signs the directv work order assuming liability for any and all damage done to a structure that could be defined as a dish being permenantly attached to the structure, or the drilling of holes to run cabling. The handheld electronically signs all this now. So once the CM signs, its their problem. Not DTVs not the Tech that did the install.
This one will go away.
These days DirecTv won't let their techs use ladders.......but they will not go around collecting all the obsolete & abandoned gear out there (in my opinion).
Joe
These days DirecTv won't let their techs use ladders.......but they will not go around collecting all the obsolete & abandoned gear out there (in my opinion).
Joe
I was a tech for 12 years..Our shop( Dish fulfillment contractor) had a rule about rental properties. No written permission to install. No install. Period.
This was to protect the tech and the install company from exposure to liability.
Also, in both NC and SC tenants cannot be held financially liable for permitting the installation of satellite systems beyond the limit of their security deposit.
The story in the link is an example of the liability which can come knocking at the door.
In fact, Dish policy requires written or verbal permission spoken via phone to the technician.
If verbal was the only method by which I could receive permission, I would get the full name of the person, contact phone number, date and time of the conversation.
This way I was covered in case the property owner had a change of heart.
I made use of tax assessor's websites. I would compare the name on the account with the name of the listed owner. If they did not match, I would ask the custy if they owned or rented the home.
That question would catch the custy off guard. If they had to think about the answer and then stated they owned the house I would ask "who is( name on tax records)"?
At that point 99 times of 100 I would get an honest answer.
Not here in this state. And Dish had and probably still has a policy where land owner permission is required before work can start.
In a perfect world, you would be correct.
Many property owners with multiple properties use management companies.
That is a good idea. Never knew they existed.
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Pretty easy. Most areas mkae use of the county website, as to where the property assessors info is located.
In google( or other search engine of choice) type (County name) followed by "gis".....or if that doesn't get you to the right place, use(County name) then 'tax assessor' or "real property lookup/search"..
In some states, such as NJ or IL each municipality has it's own real property search engine.
If you remember the movie "Ferris Buehler's Day Off"..I read a story about the house where the Porsche through the glass wall scene was shot, was being offered for sale. The story gave the address and town where the house was located. I quickly found the tax card for the home.
For the record, the owners were paying just under $25k per year in property taxes on a home with a tax value of just under $500k.
Don't move to Illinois. The taxes will kill ya. My friend's brother bought a small home in one of the towns in Lake County just north of Chicago. The house , a fixer upper cost $150k. His taxes are about $7k per year, YOW!!!!
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