Would you live near high voltage electricity equipment?

GoldenShadow

dragonsoup wrote: »

FWIW I think you made the right choice. My cousin is still trying to sell his house which has similar pylons nearby. It's been on the market for 3 years although priced cheaper than comparable properties.

I really hope we can find something else

So upset, actually crying over it! That house ticked so many boxes, hadn't come across anything that ticked so many. There is barely anything around at the moment. Do things pick up again at the end of summer/in the autumn?

moneyistooshorttomention

I do get where you are coming from re crying about it - but, honestly really, DO take it from me that those vendors were lying about the position re those pylons.

Also - you have no idea just how much trouble a lying vendor can cause. Lier vendors are quite capable of being very two-faced as part of it - and telling would-be buyers one thing and the neighbours another and you really do NOT want to know just how much trouble a vendor like that can cause.:cool:

GoldenShadow

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I do get where you are coming from re crying about it - but, honestly really, DO take it from me that those vendors were lying about the position re those pylons.

Also - you have no idea just how much trouble a lying vendor can cause. Lier vendors are quite capable of being very two-faced as part of it - and telling would-be buyers one thing and the neighbours another and you really do NOT want to know just how much trouble a vendor like that can cause.:cool:

OH says you don't know what they know etc but I can't help feel you are right. We got told previous buyers had a 50% chance of getting a mortgage hence sellers puled out but I'm not convinced now.

I feel like as FTBs we were naive. Genuinely was aware of the pylons but believed the 'they aren't live'. Was told 'don't waste money on a survey' by the vendors. Only because it said in that tiny little comments box about marketability did I really think to dig deeper and find out. What a mug, cross with my bloody self more than anything too!!

I need to get off Rightmove and stop wallowing. Better stuck with Mum and cheap rent for a couple more years than buying potential dud, as much as it doesn't feel like it right now

Mossfarr

I would not have bought it, not only because of the pylon but because of the asbestos.
It can be horrifically expensive to deal with asbestos because removal has to be carried out by specialist companies and disposal of it is subject to local authority regulation.
Don't be upset, there will be a perfect house waiting for you out there. Instead be happy that you've had a narrow escape X
mossfarr

heath480

You have made 100% the correct decision.Another property will turn up that is just right for you.

chiny

GoldenShadow wrote: »

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.

This can be translated as "You can't sue me as I have told you everything somewhere".

Having said that, some people might well think pylons are not beautiful which will reduce the number of potential buyers and hence the price.

If electricity causes cancer (or other problems) then we are all in big trouble. I'm sitting in a room with electrical wiring in the walls and ceiling; even worse upstairs with wiring in the floor. All that wiring is very near, so inevitably a bigger problem. Aargh, what about the cables in the pavement... the street... there is no escape.

Chanes

Wouldn't even view that property with that proximity to the power lines.

You have certainly made the right decision to back out. It's a lesson learned.

Double_V

No.
Too big. Cannot live in fear.

moneyistooshorttomention

They said "Don't waste money on a survey"!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

- and you've still got doubts in your mind about what they were like?:cool:

That sentence alone was Big Red Flag - that translates into "I do hope to gawd they don't get a survey - because we've hidden/lied about so darn much we haven't a hope in heck of getting away with it if they get a surveyor in".

GoldenShadow

They are almost OAPs I fell into thinking they were just nice people. Should get 'mug' tattooed on my forehead really shouldn't I?

What a naive muppet I am. Shouldn't have taken their word for it about them not being live, I just expected it to be another thing that would be ticked off as we went (like them getting the artex done).

Ironically the house is very well cared for compared to a lot of them. Should have known it was too good to be true. Time to get the gloves off and get ready for round two. After wasting £20 on a big fat takeaway anyway. What's another £20 on £1000?!

Surprisingly I'm not even that bothered about the fact we've 'lost' over £1000 on it. Its well spent if it saved us from a potential dud of a house. An expensive lesson, but a lesson none the less