sattelite dish issues

[cwallace]

i am in texas...my fiancee and i just moved into a new apartment. when we signed the lease, we recieved paperwork from the apartment management company stating that we could have a sattelite dish on our property as long as it is firmly attached to the property(so as not to fall and cause damage) and we pay a security deposit on it. we signed a 1 year contract the next day with a sat tv provider and had the dish installed attached to our front balcony. we were told shortly thereafter that the property is also a member of a homeowners association(some of the townhomes are independantly owned) and that the paperwork we recieved was only valid from the managements perspective, not the associations. the association requires that the dish be mounted on a tripod. we had an installer for the sat tv company see if he could remount it, but given the location of our balcony, we cannot get a signal unless the dish is overhanging the balcony. can the association force us to remove the dish? can we make them pay for the remainder of the one year contract, because they will not allow us to use the sat system? whos word should we go by, the managements or the associations?

 

[dj1]

Well are other dishes mounted on tripods, or on the building?

Take pictures of the other dishes....Also see a lawyer on Monday, maybe a nasty letter would make them see clearly.

YOU rented the place on the condition you can have a satelite dish, you have it written in a lease, I would demand everyone uphold the lease. or pay you to move.

What a bunch of buffoons at that place...

 

[Bytes of Chips]

I had somewhat of the same problem. In my lease, it does clearly state that no antennas of any kind are to be locate on a balcony. I studied up on this. I installed a Direct Duo dish on my balcony. The apartment comple sent me a notice to remove it because it was in violation of my lease. I told them no and showed them the laws governing this. According to the FCC, there are sever laws on the placement of antenna. The antenna can be place on a balcony as long as it is not in a common area, violating safty codes, and doesn't create damage other than minor scratches. The complex tried to again to make me take it down. They contacted their lawer and he sent me a notice to remove it because it was in violation of my lease and further actions would be taken to make me remove it.

So what did i do? I contact the FCC (800-CALLFCC). After one phone call from them, there was a notice given to all tenants that there could be satellite dish on you balcony as long as it is not attached to the building.

Check out the FCC's web site on this. Look under SHIVA (Satellite Hove Viewer Inprovement ACT.