Overhead electric cables compensation

Rich_E_2

I have received letter from various companies regarding compensation for overhead electric cables crossing my property. Has anyone ever used these companies and what are the pitfulls?

Many thanks
Rich

Incisor

Rich_E wrote: »

I have received letter from various companies regarding compensation for overhead electric cables crossing my property. Has anyone ever used these companies and what are the pitfulls?

The usual pitfalls. They will be on one of the ambulance chasing business models.

What electric cables do you have crossing your property?

Rich_E_2

Just some HV electricity cables from a pylon futher up the road

adrianlowes

The only money you can claim is if the pylon is actually on your property.
There has not been a proven link that the lines cause illness or anything like that so chances are they are trying to con you out of some cash beware

Rich_E_2

Not according to to literature.

IvanOpinion

Could you try contacting the owner of the cables directly or the appropriate watchdog and ask them if you are entitled to anything?

ivan

Krasnoludek

You would need to contact your local electricity distribution network operator, who would be the normal contact if your power went off (not the company that bills you, the company that owns and maintains the network) They will be able to help you, not sure if they would compensate for this or not, as if you have already bought the property, it would be in any Wayleaves agreement already drawn up unless the pylon has been put up recently. K xx

PeteHi

some bad advice on here so far!!

Of course you are entitled to compensation for electric cables crossing your property. How much exactly depends on where they are, and the value of your property. The compensation payment is for the loss of value of your property as a result of the equipment being there (injurious affection).

Granted, you would receive more (up to 20% of your property value) if you had a pylon stuck in front of your living room window, but you are still entitled to compensation for an oversail across your property.

If I were you, Id go with whoever has written to you (PCC?). They'll do a generous valuation of your property and submit a claim to the Utility company, who will then come to someone like me to undervalue it , and hopefully meet halfway.

ic

PeteHi wrote: »

Granted, you would receive more (up to 20% of your property value) if you had a pylon stuck in front of your living room window, but you are still entitled to compensation for an oversail across your property.

But surely as a one off payment when the pylon is installed? I'm guessing the OP moved in and the cables were already there - in which case who ever owned the house at the time got the money to compensate them for the reduction in value of the house. The OP will have paid less for the house seeing as the cables were already there.

PeteHi

ic wrote: »

But surely as a one off payment when the pylon is installed? I'm guessing the OP moved in and the cables were already there - in which case who ever owned the house at the time got the money to compensate them for the reduction in value of the house. The OP will have paid less for the house seeing as the cables were already there.

that depends if the equipment is there under an easement or a wayleave, and there is no way of guaranteeing they paid less for the house because of the equipment being there. Then theres situations such as people buying land and building their own house, which they've lived in for say 20 years and has never been on the market, only to realise once they put it up for sale that the equipment is having a negative impact on the value of their property. etc

markbloke

The family up the road have chavvy kids that keep walking past my house. I can't help but think that brings down the price of my property. Where is my compensation eh? Further more nobody ever got stabbed to death by a drunken pylon (probably).