Buying a house - electricity pylon

Sammy85_2

Did you see Richard Hammonds recent series, Invisible World? That had an episode where they looked at high voltage pylons and using special cameras they could see the energy arching out of the lines. If energy can do that then whos to say what else its emitting that we cant see?

On the other hand, my mum grew up next to a large pylon and nothing wrong with her.

I personally wouldnt buy a house next to a pylon, purely because it would be difficult to sell on.

Davesnave

This thread is ancient! Hopefully the OP has bought and moved-in by now....somewhere.

Out in the country, many of us have our own power lines and mini sub-stations stuck up on the poles. If we didn't, we wouldn't have any electricity. I receive a rent for the three poles that cross my fields, but it's my neighbour who has the sub-station thingy. Granted, it's not much to look at.

It isn't the gazillion volt stuff, just about 11 000 volts, but I've seen people worrying and fretting about having supplies like this too on MSE.

The funny thing is, many of the farmhouses that have these sub-stations would be well outside the reach of your average MSE pundit. Is this 'blight' just a town thing?