We have a terraced mews lately refurbished beside another also lately refurbished. In the process of the refurbishment of the neighbours the ESB line on the house was moved to ours with our permission that this was only to be temporary. I don't remember the reason but assume it was when stone was being put on the walls. Then the wires were moved back and we refurbished our house. The wires don't supply electricity to our house. Then the neighbour found he couldn't open one of his windows wide, wide open because of the wires being in the way. He could open it though, wide enough.
The next thing we discovered the wires had been moved to our house. The neighbour swore he knew nothing about it. Our tenants didn't notice anything happening outside. We contacted the ESB. Initially they took a serious view of it but couldn't find who had done it. An informed source of ours said it might have been a contractor who might have done it. The placement of the ESB wires has caused cracks on the stone wall that will have to be repaired. The ESB sent out a man to look at it and my husband met him. He said he would look into it, that they would take a very serious view of it. Then - silence.
We have heard nothing for a couple of months. (This all started in September). We want the wires removed, the wall repaired or compensation to repair it. Effectively, the house had been devalued because of this damage and dampness might become a problem.
My question is do the ESB have a blanket right to put their supply wires anywhere they like? Do we have a legal right to force them to do the above?
The next thing we discovered the wires had been moved to our house. The neighbour swore he knew nothing about it. Our tenants didn't notice anything happening outside. We contacted the ESB. Initially they took a serious view of it but couldn't find who had done it. An informed source of ours said it might have been a contractor who might have done it. The placement of the ESB wires has caused cracks on the stone wall that will have to be repaired. The ESB sent out a man to look at it and my husband met him. He said he would look into it, that they would take a very serious view of it. Then - silence.
We have heard nothing for a couple of months. (This all started in September). We want the wires removed, the wall repaired or compensation to repair it. Effectively, the house had been devalued because of this damage and dampness might become a problem.
My question is do the ESB have a blanket right to put their supply wires anywhere they like? Do we have a legal right to force them to do the above?