Electricity sub station risks

Yorkie1

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

the 'Risk Of Death', notice is to deter idiots who want to saw through the cable for scrap value. :eek:

Or in an (unsuccessful) attempt to deter kids who need to climb over the walls to retrieve balls which have accidentally gone in ...

(not that we ever did that, you understand ... :eek: )

jamei305

F1001 wrote: »

When you bought your house what did you consider about the substation? What came up in your survey / searches about it? Would it affect you buying a house near one again in the future?

I had a very close look myself at the local area, and also maps and plans. I probably paid as much attention to the substation as I would a lamp post.

I think my solicitor mentioned it in passing as it came up in a search, but she didn't' say anything about it. Quite a few things came up in the search which weren't a concern (e.g the nearby site of a brewery in the 1920s etc).

F1001

Thanks all! The buzzing isn't that bad, you can hear it if you go near to the station but not if you are nearer to the house.
Now just need to get over the Saniflow in the en-suite to the master bed and the lack of building reg on the loft room! Cheers!

Lord_Baltimore

F1001 wrote: »

Thanks all! The buzzing isn't that bad, you can hear it if you go near to the station but not if you are nearer to the house.

Fair enough. Just be careful that in the dead of night on a Summer's evening when you have your bedroom window open, the buzzing isn't more apparent. Even a faint and innocuous sound in the daytime (when it's competing with traffic 'white' noise) can be a lot more intrusive when you're trying to sleep. Future potential buyers may also be more perceptive of this sound than you are.

Anyway, I'll shut up now; I'm droning louder than that thing buzzes .

Dan-Dan

F1001 wrote: »

Thanks all - I think I am coming around to it - it is literally right behind the back garden so it may be subconsciously on my mind when thinking of kids playing outside there. But seeing that there is nothing else on the market right now so can't be too picky.
Mainly worried that it will limit scope of buyers when I want to sell (and selling during a time when buyers can be picky) - already the house has a few other issues (macerator needed for the master bed en-suite, small rooms and just outside of catchment area of the best schools nearby) - seems that there are lots of small issues attached to the house and not sure when to call it a day and just go for it or to continue to house search...

You need to be picky , its your money , and a lot of it at that , personally , if there is something not ticking my box , i wait till something comes along that does

Chanes

It would put me off (a quick search of substations and health compels me to buy a tinfoil hat, well, some of them do) but as you can see I seem to be the minority so maybe it shouldn't bother you too much?

Davesnave

As I'm forever pointing out on here, we posh people in the countryside frequently have our own sub-stations, stuck on poles, at the end of our gardens.

Nobody thinks anything about it. It's either that, or go off-grid.

Most of us wouldn't have a Saniflo, though!

AdrianC

Davesnave wrote: »

As I'm forever pointing out on here, we posh people in the countryside frequently have our own sub-stations, stuck on poles, at the end of our gardens.

And it means that the nice people from the power distribution network come round and do some gardening for you for free.

Davesnave

AdrianC wrote: »

And it means that the nice people from the power distribution network come round and do some gardening for you for free.

Sure do. They were up one of the oak trees a few months ago and gave me firewood.

They also pay me money each year.

F1001

I read that the National Grid are looking at removing pilons or some other kind of unsightly electricity distribution things in the countryside so that's good news for y'all too.

I am totally over the sub station but can't get over the saniflo!
The property that I was benchmarking this one against I've now found out has asbestos in the walls and roof.
Am feeling like going for a new build house now.... might have to enforce a one-in-one-out policy given the size they give for the living / dining rooms but at least I can be healthy (,broke and claustrophobic)