High Tension Lines over the garden of property (Electric Pylon)

garichd

We are looking to buy our first house and the one we like has an High Tension Lines that passes over the garden of the property.

Another thing I found is that the current owners has granted a “Permanent wayleave to Southern Electric for the retention, repair
and re-conducting of the overhead electricity lines that pass over the garden“

I was wondering if it’s something to worry about and what does a permanent wayleave means?

Milliewilly

garichd wrote: »

We are looking to buy our first house and the one we like has an High Tension Lines that passes over the garden of the property.

Another thing I found is that the current owners has granted a “Permanent wayleave to Southern Electric for the retention, repair
and re-conducting of the overhead electricity lines that pass over the garden“

I was wondering if it’s something to worry about and what does a permanent wayleave means?

Don't buy it. Its your first house you will have a nightmare when you try to sell it on.

chris_m

High tension lines, current owners - love it ;-)

Milliewilly

chris_m wrote: »

High tension lines, current owners - love it ;-)

? They also make a buzzing noise if you are directly underneath.

chris_m

On the other hand if you use florry tube lights you could save on electricity bills ;-)

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/02/fluorescent-tubes-powered-by-magnetic-field-of-power-lines/

cautious_bob

Don't walk away from this one- run as fast as you can....
Wayleave agreements are standard for overhead cables and no problem- but personally I would not buy a house in any degree of proximity to high tension
cables - that said at the end of the day, its your money and your choice....
Bob

Owain_Moneysaver

Permanent wayleave means you can't turn round and tell Southern Electric you no longer want their cables overhead.

A house with pylons might be worth 25% less.

Hopejack

Agree, walk away - or google 'pylons next to houses' if you want to make up your own mind after further reading.

My Mum was about to buy a property last year that was next door to an electricity substation (and it wasn't a small one, about 3 garage widths and adjoined this property's garage). She decided against it in the end. The jury is out on whether there is actually any problem with being next to those things, but that house is still for sale now and it was in a fab location at a great price - I wonder why? If you have doubts, someone else will to and it will be hard to sell later on.

new_home_owner_3

I would never buy a house with overhead cables, our old house the garden backed onto a railway track and it did show in the prices of the houses down our road and others that didnt back onto the track, i would say there was about a 20 percent difference.

But these power cables make a buzzing noise, and people even say they can cause health issues, i would run a mile from this one.

martindow

The wayleave gives the electricity company the right to come into your garden to carry out repairs. Often there is a peppercorn annual payment paid to you.

Think hard before buying as HT conductors overhead will put many people off. Selling is likely to be difficult. If you are happy with the lines you should be paying a substantially discounted price.

ItMightBeUsefulOneDay

Just to echo the other posters on here. Run. Run away. Run away now.

I know teachers who can pick out the children in class who live under pylons - I'm not joking. I could go into a physics/biology lecture here but I'll keep it very simple so you don't fall asleep with boredom:
If you put a coil of wire under an electricity pylon it will generate (aka steal) electricity from the HT wires. Your brain uses electricity to work. The two don't make for a healthy combination, doubly so for children with neural pathways forming.

All this aside, they buzz. Massively more so in humid / damp weather. It will also devalue the house, a lot.