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charge and breakdown the barriers between traditional roles (financial, commercial and practical) that
come with a dedicated in-building wireless system.

The landlord as owner of the installation is responsible for maintenance of it and bears the capital
investment to install the software and wire the building. If the landlord invests in a SMART system data
can be collected which would be the property of the landlord.

Advantages of Neutral Host Disadvantages of Neutral Host

 Provide choice (access to multiple carriers)  Big upfront cost
 Landlord owns the installation  Landlord is responsible for system
 Income generation belongs to landlord maintenance
 Choice may enhance value of the property  Data will be stored in cloud at the
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 Possible to implement smart connection to (IOT ) installing company
 Landlord owns the data being collected
 Complete control over wi-fi real estate

15.23 Internet & Wi-Fi strategy: ‘Carrier installation’ e.g., BT

Here the carrier purchases and installs the system at no cost to the landlord and owns the installation
thereafter. The carrier takes the risk and holds responsibility of the system, and is the only one
collecting the subscription revenues. Furthermore, in a SMART it will be the carrier company who will
own the data being collected. This solution will still serve as a value adding service to the site. As an
example, typically BT will offer a £47 per unit rebate as a landlord incentive.

Advantages of Carrier Disadvantages of Carrier

 No capital outlay  Committed to the carrier who owns the installation

 No maintenance costs  Not able to own/collect big data

16.0 Insurance

16.1 Buildings insurance: Ringley can achieve rates of around 7.5p per £100 for buildings insurance on large
scale purpose built developments. Increasing the excess will reduce the premium. In a ‘Build to Rent’
situation where insurance excesses will either be a landlord responsibility or recoverable from a tenant
due to neglect this makes sense.

The objective in negotiations will be showing drawings and strategy documents to prove that the
building is designed under ‘stacking principles’ (bathroom on top of bathroom, kitchen on top of
kitchen) and that it is designed to cope with certain types of leaks, e.g.,
 toilet overflows feeding into WC pans,
 washing machine cupboards being raised and draining into wet room floors (usually the adjoining
bathroom),

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