Wooden electrical masts near a property

twink1108

Hi,

I am just wondering if anyone knows the sort of impact that an electrical mast near a property might have? A flat that I am looking at has a small field at the back (maybe 50 metres away from the property), and on this field there are some wooden electric masts - there are 2 of them, which are about 20 metres apart from one another, with about 6 wires travelling across the top. I'm not sure if these are the equivalent to a pylon?!

Around the whole town, there are smaller wooden masts with ajoining cables, so I'm guessing that this is how the electricity supply works in that particular town.

There is also a small electric power substation on this field - it is only the size of a garden shed, but again, I am just wondering what sort of impact this could have on the resale of the property, and if it is anything to worry about.

Thanks!

cheekyweegit

Are you sure they are electrical wires?

They sound like telephone poles to me, have a quick google and see if any of the images match. This may put your mind at rest.

There is one approximately 40 feet from my back door and it doesn't bother me a bit.

Davesnave

All country properties, and some on the edge of more urban areas, have wooden electricity poles serving them. Typically, they come with transformers on the final pole, but in a more built-up situation there might be a small sub-station instead.

They won't have any impact on price, unless of course they are absent and the property isn't on the mains!

witchy1066

I think they are telegraph poles but the one in my back garden has electric cables on them also , if its a rural area they most likely do not have underground cable , so telegraph pole in some instances are the only way to get electricity to homes
nothing to worry about ours only runs electricity to my home from another pole about 20 metres away in a field ,this one has a few cables running from it as well as the telephone lines
I would think any prospective buyers would be happy they are here , otherwise not only would they not have electricity but no phone lines either ,

Davesnave

witchy1066 wrote: »

I think they are telegraph poles but the one in my back garden has electric cables on them also , if its a rural area they most likely do not have underground cable , so telegraph pole in some instances are the only way to get electricity to homes
nothing to worry about ours only runs electricity to my home from another pole about 20 metres away in a field ,this one has a few cables running from it as well as the telephone lines
I would think any prospective buyers would be happy they are here , otherwise not only would they not have electricity but no phone lines either ,

Phones can sometimes use small electricity poles, but I have never seen them sharing the typical 11000 volt lines with multiple wires on them. They all use wooden poles.

I have both on my fields and I'm paid wayleaves separately for them.

Glad to say I have none in my garden!

twink1108

thank you for your replies! they do look like telephone poles when i just googled them - maybe they are, as mentioned, for both!

martindow

twink1108 wrote: »

thank you for your replies! they do look like telephone poles when i just googled them - maybe they are, as mentioned, for both!

I doubt if they are share,d as two separate companies put up poles for their own services. If they were shared I would imagine that electrical cables could interfere with phone lines if they were alongside each other.

ValHaller

martindow wrote: »

I doubt if they are share,d as two separate companies put up poles for their own services. If they were shared I would imagine that electrical cables could interfere with phone lines if they were alongside each other.

Pole sharing is quite common, but normally only between telephone and 400/230 Volt household supplies. This avoids duplication of poles and visual clutter. It is unusual to share higher voltage lines with telephone circuits. The interference is normally minimal

m0bov

Any pics of them?

Itismehonest

martindow wrote: »

I doubt if they are share,d as two separate companies put up poles for their own services. If they were shared I would imagine that electrical cables could interfere with phone lines if they were alongside each other.

Electricity & phone lines share the same poles around here.

witchy1066

Davesnave wrote: »

Phones can sometimes use small electricity poles, but I have never seen them sharing the typical 11000 volt lines with multiple wires on them. They all use wooden poles.

I have both on my fields and I'm paid wayleaves separately for them.

Glad to say I have none in my garden!

its not in the middle of my garden :rotfl: its in the back of a large plot, at the moment can not be seen because the conifers have got so high, we are waiting for the Electricity company to come and cut them , they do this every 4 years (the conifers)

regardless of what you have or haven't seen dave, and you know I respect your views, I do have one in the back of my garden and only recently the electricity company ungraded the cable,

I don't get wayleaves as I don't own the land

its not just one pole , they are all the same around here , we have no underground electricity cables