BT Master socket

[Pickled Onion]

For reasons only known to the cheapskate who previously owned my house, the BT master socket is in a bedroom, which is shortly to be converted into a bathroom*. Obviously this will have to move to a more sensible place. Do I have to get BT Openreach out to do this, or can my tame sparks just run the cabling internally and move the socket?

Question 2: if the former, would I be better to get FTTP? Web tools suggest there is no FTTP here, but a nearby new build has got it and they're on the next pole along.



*A bathroom upstairs is so much more normal than one that's through a door in the sitting room 

[Blazer]

We had a similar issue and got a cabling / aerial guy in to move it.  Seemed simple enough for him.  Not sure what/ how he did it but it works fine.

[Jurek]

I think if your sparky knows what he is doing, you should be fine.
It isn't rocket science, and my experience with BT/ Openreach is that they do not keep records of whether stuff has been installed in accordance with their spec.

[Kim]

It's BT's property, and meddling with it is considered naughty.  They probably won't notice, and if they do, shrug and blame the previous owner.

Do a proper job, and it should be fine.

[Jurek]

It's BT's property, and meddling with it is considered naughty.  They probably won't notice, and if they do, shrug and blame the previous owner.

Do a proper job, and it should be fine.

Exactly this.
Anything less, tends to receive little more than a tut from the BT person, when they call, IME.

[Kim]

At the other end of the spectrum, doing a proper job when modifying a Virgin Media installation is likely to arouse suspicion...   

[Jurek]

At the other end of the spectrum, doing a proper job when modifying a Virgin Media installation is likely to arouse suspicion...   

You have experience of this?...........
 

[Pickled Onion]

Thanks, that sounds good. I could do without the grief of dealing with BT.