LansdowneLiving.com

The online meeting place and marketplace for Lansdowne, VA

Satellite Dish and Covenants

Rating: No Rating

Just got a letter from the covenants committee that my Directv dish, which has been in place for over 2 years, is not acceptable. It is located on the garage roof like all the neighbors. The installer said this was the best place for reception and it could not be placed in the back due to our orientation. Anybody else get this letter? Does this have anything to do with the Openband disputes (I am not a fan of Openband and use Satellite TV instead)?

I plan to call the covenants committee to dispute this.

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by johnf on March 30, 2011 at 1:27pm

You should definitely dispute this. In addition to disputing it with the covenants committee, I suggest you lobby the board to eliminate most of the restrictions about satellite dishes. Given that a large number (and sure to grow rapidly) number of our homes must get sattelite TV in addition to Openband, they need to make it easier for people to do it.

John

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Raj on June 8, 2011 at 7:47am

Have they done anything about this yet? Do you still have the Dish on the garage? I have the same situation. I ordered DirecTV and they told me I need permission to mount this on my own house? Realy?!?!I refuse to use this crappy Openband video sevice anymore....

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by yvonne on June 8, 2011 at 1:37pm

Posted on the FCC website:

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-reception-devices-rule

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Raj on June 8, 2011 at 2:05pm

Thanks Yvonne. Does this mea it "ok" as per FCC law?

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by yvonne on June 8, 2011 at 9:53pm

It's my understanding cannot prohibit homeowers from installing satellite dishes. HOAs can set certain guidelines...

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Mike on June 11, 2011 at 7:25am

My understanding is that it has nothing to do with opendband... but just the location. They don't want dishes in visible areas or areas that can make the house look tacky ... which is hard for some homes since they have to face a certain direction to get reception......

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by mark and lorraine whitton on June 14, 2011 at 3:42pm

Update: I called the covenants person and politely told him why I have this dish, why is it located on garage, etc. He said he would look into it, then never called back.