Satellite dishes the law ?

As far as I am aware the Horizontal Property Act states that if there is a majority decision at a meeting all owners have to comply whether they like it or not. It would need another majority decision at the AGM to change this

 If your community has a ruling that no personal dishes are to be sited on the community, surely it will be in your property tenancy, as a regulation that tenants/owners agree to abide by, and that any resident gets when they take up occupancy, and sign a contract that  they will abide by such agreements and contracts? If as Scubamike suggests, the regulation hes been majority agreed by the community, i dont see how the new tenants can say thay have the right to site a dish. If there is no tenancy contract stating this, maybe the community should have a meeting and draft a tenants contract and code of practise which all tenants and occupants should agree to and ratify?

 Surely Johnzx if the community voted for and installed a communal dish for all residents to get tv signals from  and their is/are channels on it that have news channels in the new residents language, surely the EU directive you mentioned is served by the communal dish and the tenants have no right, as new residents, to erect a dish of their own, as the existing serves the EU directive?

I would think surely there are channels on the communal dish in English as there are obviously other English residents watching the communal feed?

 Johnzx i agree totally with your comments and what you mean about the legislation regarding regulations for receiving news in your own language. I think the problem as i see it is the new resident just does not want a supply from a communal dish. Normal thinking people such as you or I would think this a little strange when what you get from either aerial would be the same broadcast channels, but some individuals dont like the idea of "sharing" their facility with others. What difference this actually makes to their viewing enjoyment i really dont know, but for some reason that type of person prefer to go it alone and have their own equipment.

If it was their own house i would agree totaly with that, but as they are living in a community it is my opinion that they should abide by any rules and agreements that community enforce, and not contravene them, they are after all living in a far closer proximity to their neighbours than in a private house, and in those circumstances should be prepared to give a little, and be observing of this sort of responsibility before they buy into such a property. I really dont know why that sort of person buys into such a community if they are not prepared to fit in with the other residents

  True Johnzx, there is that likelihood, but at the same time as i say, some people distrust communal systems also even though the communal system is broadcasting the desired channels.

The other thing that comes to mind is that this scenario is from a newly emigrant English person riding roughshod over an established community, but if the community was a complex of apartments in the UK, most private or council owned have regulations regarding the siting of aerials and satellite dishes on the buildings, and similar restrictions to communities in Spain. So move to Spain and nothing really changes with regard to satellite dishes, so why do people think they can do what they like? Another case of an Englishman Abroad perhaps?

Robert

                    I would rather see the best in people than assume they are being difficult or stupid.

 I do tend to agree with you there , there is good and bad in all of us, but when someone buys a communal property and all the pitfalls that may come with it, then move in, aware of any rules and regulations, and then try rocking the boat to the point of capsizing it, i would say that clearly , at best they are being difficult, and at worst they are stupid, and no amount of tolerance and understanding in any form will make the truth of that person any different. lets face it some people thrive on causing misery for others, and when they are like that i am afraid its no assumption, and i call a spade a spade!

 With satellite the signal has for some years now been of a digital nature, analogue decoders were withdrawn some years ago for reception of most satellites available in europe, and so there is no alternative decision as the broadcast was aligned to digital no matter what apparatus you attempt to use.

The other decision that was obviously made some time ago was the majority of tenants/owners decided that they did not want unsightly satellite dishes blemishing their nice pretty apartments and was as a result a majority decision. until the majority of people want that to change, which would be by majority vote, EVERYBODY should comply, as tha decision was made by enough people for it to be adopted by all residents. The new residents should have made sure of this sort of legislation before hanging a dish off the property, and certainly enquired if they were allowed BEFORE they just casually proceeded.

You state,

"Thus a person suggesting a change does not necessarily make them a trouble-maker."

suggesting such a change does not label them as a troublemaker, but stating they will not comply with the normal agreed state of play and that they will install against other tenants wishes to me makes them a trouble maker, there is no suggestion once something is done.

Maybe KMNicholson will come back and post the facts of his question,  rather than us getting side tracked on mights, maybes and ifs.

 Good idea, and hopefully we have given him some thoughts to evaluate in dealing with his original problem

Whilst I don't disagree with the EU Freedom of Information Act that everyone should receive news in their own language this is another law that wasn't thought through properly As a retired building surveyor I am appalled at the way the appearance of some buildings is ruined by satellite dishes of different sizes pointing in different directions happily rusting away.