Going under shared driveway

[SamMcCaffrey]

Hello,

I'm having trouble getting Virgin from the street to my house as there's no way to get there without going through a neighbours or shared driveway.

The neighbours issue is they don't want their driveway drilled and patched. So I'm wondering if it's possible to go under?

• There are areas of gravel on my neighbours side and my side of their driveway so I want to dig down on my side and install some ducting under the concrete drive. If I did would Virgin be able to use this install the cables?

 

[jpeg1]

You'd need to check what the house deeds say, but I strongly suspect that they don't make a difference between crossing over or under the drive. Would your neighbour agree to that? 

Is there no other way to get from the road on your side of the drive? 

[Adduxi]

If you install the conduit with a pull rope, I don't see why they wouldn't use it.  Note that it may be 3rd party contractors that come to do the initial cable install, not a VM technician.  If you read some of the threads here, it can be difficult to pin down a specific time for the install, especially if you need to be there.

[SamMcCaffrey]

Neighbour is fine with going underground as long is I don't damage the driveway. it's just whether Virgin install team would agree 

[SamMcCaffrey]

And no there's no other way unfortunately. Corner plot and we're surrounded by concrete drives 

[jpeg1]

If he's happy, you just need to get him to tell VM that. They have a standard form for him to sign. Good luck with your tunnelling!