Buying a house - electricity pylon

silvercar

You can estimate the effect a pylon will have on current prices, you can guess that a number of people will be put off by the pylon.

What you can't guess is what research, either way, will come to light between when you buy and when you sell.

For that reason alone I would stay clear.

tbs624

If there is something near a property that makes you uneasy about buying then it likely that others may also have those same concerns and you have to allow for that when you would in turn come to sell the property on.

However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You could always sell it on to one of this lot: link. Pylon poetry, no less

See this too.

besonders1

Why doesn't the lecky companies make pylons
in the shape of the angle of the north or paint them pink then they would be a good selling point LOL. Much prefer to look at pylons than those horrible wind farms.

tbs624

besonders1 wrote: »

Why doesn't the lecky companies make pylons
in the shape of the angle of the north or paint them pink then they would be a good selling point LOL. Much prefer to look at pylons than those horrible wind farms.

What degree angle ? It's not just the aesthetics that concern some people though.

I actually like the *look* of wind farms - I think they are quite stunning - but I wouldn't want to live near one.

tbs624

silvercar wrote: »

You can estimate the effect a pylon will have on current prices, you can guess that a number of people will be put off by the pylon.

What you can't guess is what research, either way, will come to light between when you buy and when you sell.

For that reason alone I would stay clear.

Good point: there was a bit of an uproar two or three years ago about some proposal that the Govt should prevent new houses being built within around100ft of high voltage power lines or 200/250 ft of low voltage lines & slap CPOs on all pre-exisitng properties.

There was some EU directive that has been put back until 20212 on EMFs - don't know whether that is related.

The first SAGE link here is interesting

besonders1

oops sorry its that spell checker again, I meant to say that pylons should look like the angel of the north - that newcastle upon tyne - geodie sculputure thingy? and the house would be more sellable as it would be an attractive feature with cables of course.

ukcarper

redfanatic wrote: »

right guys, its not in the back garden, its like the backgarden had wooden fence and behind is massive long field where it goes to the motorway, midway from garden to motorway is one of the big steel ones, and we dont know what to do, the price is fine and lower then it would be but we dont know, should we just leave the house and move on?

thing is some people tell us yes they are risky, some people say no its not risky, so we dont know at all, and were close to goin in for the buy and etc so now is the time to decide!

thanks for all advice

How far is the pylon from the back fence and how close to the fence are the wires.

If you have a pylon near you that is much more likely to be struck than your house your own personal lightning conductor.

mcopland

We are currently looking at a house that we would like to buy, but there is a electricity junction box in the adjoining field, which is awful. We want to hide this with a tree. By a junction box, I mean a wooden pole with a grey box on the side and wires coming off it.

We have contacted EDF (the relevant electricity board), who were very unhelpful and would not give us the distances over the phone and insisted on a site visit. All we need to know is the legal distance we can plant a tree from one of these poles.

Can anyone help us as we are tearing our hair our right now and can't wait 4-8 weeks for a site survey with EDF is insisting on.

Cheers
Martin

bad_boy_2

Hi peeps
The compensation game has finally come to my door. I have had lots of mail over the last 2years or so offering the services of no win no fee solicitors.
They say the electric wires from pylons which go over my house are damaging the value of the property and that new legislation means that I can claim against the electricity suppliers for compensation.
I have always viewed with scepticism this offer from them but if there is a chance of some money for old rope then count me in. I have had my house since it was built 25years ago so I have not sighted a lay away agreement.
Has anyone had experience of this issue and if so can I really claim. Do they know a more appropriate course of action to get some money without using the no win no fee guys.
Regards Nigel

silvercar

They say the electric wires from pylons which go over my house are damaging the value of the property and that new legislation means that I can claim against the electricity suppliers for compensation

You mean the property you got cheap because there were electric pylons over it?