This must be fairly common.

Around here, this occurs when the owner gets the house bricked. The service entrance cable ends up behind the brick, which means it is inside the house. It amazes me that the homeowner will spend 10 to $20,000 on a brick job but won't pay to have the service cable replaced. The sad part being is the cable is usually the old cloth/tar type & it is definitely ready for replacement.

Tom

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.