Would you live near a power transformer ?

asharon

I am currently looking to buy a property that has a transformer in a field right next to the grounds of the property that I am looking at.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n53/asharon/62899168.jpg

You can see it in the distance but it is right next door just a bit further down. Would this put anyone off because it does put me off a bit.

princessamy86

I wouldn't personally, although I know it doesn't bother some people. Just remember it might make it difficult to sell, is that really the only nice property for the money? Is it unique in any way? Because, if there was a similar property a few streets away I would buy that instead, even if it was a bit more expensive.

00ec25

I agree, if you can buy somewhere else within your budget then do so - transformers and pylons no thanks!

davetrousers

You can barely see it in the picture

redpete

asharon wrote: »

Would this put anyone off because it does put me off a bit.

Not me, although I might look to get it cheaper with this as an excuse.

cattie

I wouldn't personally & even if I didn't mind for myself I'd always worry about the knowledge that the house would be more difficult to sell should I ever want to move.

Pee

I would. I knew two people who died of cancer aged about 50 with one of these in the back garden. I have no idea whether the cancer was linked to the transformer, it may just have been a strange coincidence but nothing on earth would persuede me to live in that house... ok, if I had nowhere else to go, of course I would.

zzzLazyDaisy

I would not buy a house like this under any circumstances.

Perosnally I'm afraid of the potential health implications, so wouldn't touch it with a bargepole anyway.

But as others have said, selling it again could also be a problem....

A friend had an electricity pole in the field behind his house - not a high voltage pylon, but the sort of poles carrying electricity cables that you see in country areas.

It took him over a year to find a buyer, at the height of the property frenzy. The house was well priced, but everyone who came said they loved the house but the 'pylon' was a problem. When he did eventually get a buyer, it was a BTL landlord.... who took four months to find funding, having said he was a cash buyer, and then on the day they were supposed to exchange insisted on knocking another £10k off the price.

From offer to completion was almost SIX MONTHS. In all that time the EA continued to market the house but they never got another buyer.

alfiesmum

We looked at buying a similar house once, but talked to the neighbours first. The people at one side thought we maybe shouldn't ask the other neighbours about it as their 8 year old son - born in the house - had recently been diagnosed with cancer...

I wouldn't buy it, years down the line what if someone got an illness, you'd always blame yourself, whether it was conected or not.

dodgy

Buy an EMF tester and check out if it affects the property.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=226482

metroman

I almost put an offer on a property where a transformer was hidden by lots and lots of shrubbery .. It was only as I walked to the very top of the garden on my second viewing that I was suddenly aware of that horrible humming sound.

I would never live near a transformer or pylons or mobile phone masts.