Would you live near high voltage electricity equipment?

GoldenShadow

Our homebuyer's report highlighted this. I was aware there were a few pylons nearby. Some have them practically in their back garden. House has some cables going either over the very back of the garden or they might actually be other the house behind's garden, I can't quite remember.

We weren't that phased, but the report has said it can affect marketability etc. There is ongoing research because some believe it is risky, but currently no research to say it is of particular concern.

Would it bother you? I hadn't really considered it, and I don't think it does worry be. But, being FTB, not sure my opinion/perspective is overly well rounded!

These were the 'Risks' listed:

l D ! High voltage electricity equipment.
l E5 ! Low!level glazing.
l F2 ! "Artex" to ceilings.
l F3 ! "Artex" to walls.
l F4 ! Thermoplastic floor tiles.
l G1 ! No current safety certificate for the electrical system.
l G3 ! Lead watermain and asbestos cement water cistern.
l H2 ! Asbestos cement roof and rainwater goods to the outbuilding.
l H3 ! Uneven paving and insecure handrail/balusters to the decking.

Anything you would be overly worried about from the above..? Only one '3' for electricity which I expected and a '2' for a workshop with asbestos roof etc. Everything else was a '1'.

Thanks to anyone who can offer their view :j

HappyMJ

I'd need a picture to give you an opinion. Depends how big the high voltage cables are. A local 3 phase 2-3kV high voltage cable leading to a small transformer only 3 metres above ground level is vastly different to the huge pylons connecting hundreds of kV to power stations. How deep the garden is and many other factors?

dragonsoup

No I wouldn't. In fact we decided not to offer on a property for exactly this reason. The agent had been creative with the photographs. Had the pictures been taken from another angle we wouldn't even have bothered viewing.

I am well aware that the health risks are not proven but there are plenty of other properties without the blight and even had we gone ahead there are enough people who think like me to have made resale in the future hard.

If in the future time the risks are proven then the house is potentially worthless.

Mallotum_X

I wouldn't as they can give off an extremely irritating "buzz". Plus whilst I don't believe the scare stories lots of people do so resale will be harder.

GoldenShadow

They are big. Photo at the bottom.

There is one at one end of the road and one at the other end, with overhead cables across the gardens. I've just checked the cables go over the house behind's garden. The gardens are 100 foot in length.

Houses in the area currently sell well enough. The report says it is public perception that may affect marketability. What I have read doesn't look ideal by any means, I guess its the unknown of what research might come out that could be a big issue.

This is our first house, ideally a stay for 5-10 years then move out of area. It ticks so many boxes. Off road parking, OK location, good size, in very good order compared to a lot we have looked at. Its a predominantly ex council area, I think about 30% of the road is still council. Schools just at the end of the road etc.

HappyMJ

GoldenShadow wrote: »

They are big. Photo at the bottom.

There is one at one end of the road and one at the other end, with overhead cables across the gardens. I've just checked the cables go over the house behind's garden. The gardens are 100 foot in length.

Houses in the area currently sell well enough. The report says it is public perception that may affect marketability. What I have read doesn't look ideal by any means, I guess its the unknown of what research might come out that could be a big issue.

This is our first house, ideally a stay for 5-10 years then move out of area. It ticks so many boxes. Off road parking, OK location, good size, in very good order compared to a lot we have looked at. Its a predominantly ex council area, I think about 30% of the road is still council. Schools just at the end of the road etc.

No too big. Sorry.

Broadwood

It's an obvious constant risk which you can easily avoid. Same as I would never choose to buy a property on a flood plain. Some risks in life are genuinely random - others are easily avoided.

GoldenShadow

I swear at some point somebody told us they weren't live anymore, but I can't think who it was...

BJV

No sorry. There is so much conflicting information about what constant exposure to sub stations and electricity pylons can do. Everything to effecting fertility, disturbing sleep patterns, even tenuous links to the big "C" I don't think that we really know enough yet.
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/cancer-questions/does-electromagnetic-energy-cause-cancer


It is your choice but personally no, not for me.

Red-Squirrel_2

Mallotum_X wrote: »

I wouldn't as they can give off an extremely irritating "buzz". Plus whilst I don't believe the scare stories lots of people do so resale will be harder.

Me too, I find the noise is like nails on a blackboard! When there are storm clouds overhead too its even worse. (There are some near a friend's house.)

I'm not completely dismissive of the possible dangers either, I wouldn't discount the possibility of some proof/strong evidence that they're harmful emerging at some point. A google search shows there's legitimate looking research being carried out so its not complete 'tin foil hat' conspiracy stuff from the looks of it.

GoldenShadow

If this proves to be a big issue for us I think we are pretty stuffed. There is nothing around at the moment, it has all dropped off. With my contract we would have to be in by March. Should have known it was all going too well