Dream home near sub station

Petra_70

Do you have a pic of it OP? Or an aerial view?

I know a lady whose garden borders a substation (smallish one; ) and it's about 30 feet from her actual house. You can hear it 'humming' when it's deadly quiet. But only if you're in the garden :- not from inside the house.

Wouldn't put me off personally. But I would like to see a pic of yours if you have one: so I can give a proper informed opinion.

Petra_70

WeAreGhosts wrote: »

I have no opinions on the health issues, but I've stayed in a house next to a sub-station before and the constant buzzing noise drove me crazy (or crazier than usual...)

bigfreddiel wrote: »

I would never buy near a sub-station because of the humming/buzzing they can make. Also potential to explode, one did next to my office in London many years ago - rare but possible

Cheers fj

As I said in my post; it depends how close it is to your house. If it was like 8 feet, then no. But 30 feet away from the house: then yes.

clf1605

I live next to one and have never heard a sound from it.


My BT broadband (wi-fi) rarely works efficiently but that's more likely to be just BT I think, had Virgin previously with no problems, then switched to save money (bad decision in the end).


Re wider problem of cancer and electricity - my father worked at a power station for 30 years and never had any whiff of the big C (not tempting fate here). We used to go to his on-site sports club to play tennis and the pylons overhead gave off a crackle you could almost reach out and touch. That should probably have worried us more, but we just played tennis...

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

wwl wrote: »

And please don't scaremonger by mentioning overhead power lines in a discussion on substations.
Any effects of substations are many orders of magnitude lower than power lines.

In what conceivable way is linking to studies that show power lines have no measurable effect "scaremongering"?

antrobus

Kango wrote: »

.... I know there are no proven health risks and I should look at wi-fi, phones, fridges etc first. Also, I plan to live here for at least 20 years but I am worried about resale value, ...

Lucky you.

I know of two instances round where I live, where people have bought the land on which there was an old substation, paid to have the substation relocated and replaced with a bright shiny new substation with a smaller footprint, and so created a nice little building plot suitable for development.

Trebles all round.:)

Februarycat

I have a small sub station in my back garden, but it just looks like a brick garage. Never hear any noise from it, and it does not bother me and makes the garden more private from the houses at the back and side.

racing_blue

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You could creep out one dark night with a spade and 50 metres of armoured cable. Reduce your electricity bill quite a lot. That's the silver lining.

The cloud is that you might die or- if you survive- go to prison. Life's always about choices.

(I'm not being serious in case there is any doubt)

retepetsir

I work in the industry and wouldn't hesitate living next to one. Regarding the link to cancer, 1 in 3 people now get affected by cancer so it's extremely hard to link them directly.

Davesnave

....And as I'm forever pointing out, if you buy a house out in the country, you'll probably have your own mini one, stuck on a pole somewhere and looking damned ugly!

The alternative is candles, or your own generator. Guess which most of us choose!

bigfreddiel

Nasqueron wrote: »

That's called the anecdotal evidence fallacy.


Power Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear

4-2-14 EU report fails to find conclusive evidence linking pylons with health risks

Cancer Research UK reports on studies showing no harm

Please don't scaremonger with baseless stories

For a long time smoking cigarettes was actually promoted by the medical profession, and the tobacco manufacturers claimed there was no scientific link between smoking and cancer.

Also asbestos was a wonder material with many uses like spreading bags of loose asbestos granules in your loft for insulation, too fake snow used on your Christmas decorations.

So be sceptical when anyone says things are totally safe, no evidence of danger etc, especially from an expert!

Cheers fj