Pylon in garden

kinger101

parkrunner wrote: »

I lived very close (within 20 metres) to a pylon for many years. Always very quiet and the weather had no effect on the noise or lack of.

It rather depends on the voltage running through them. Have you seen the size of the on in the picture?

kinger101

wwl wrote: »

How, and by whom exactly?

The Lizard Men who run the world.

theartfullodger

Look here chaps, it's very simple...

If you live within line-of-sight of any source on electromagnetic radiation (microwave, wireless router, oven, oil-filled radiator, THE SUN for f*cks sake!!, electric kettle, radio, fridge, car, mobile 'phone, pylon, 'phone mast, TV..whoteva....) you should only continue to live there if ALWAYS - yes, ALWAYS you doubter you - you wear a metallic foil helmet - even in shower or when sleeping - to protect your clearly special brain....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat


- gosh, wish I had a special brain unlike those millions of common, vulgar, peeple ... and me.. oh bum, ..am I doomed??

Anyone else (ANYONE!!) who suggest otherwise is a loony or an alien,, yeah, obviously... innitt....

kinger101

AlexMac wrote: »

When all else fails, read the data;
Cancer research UK say that while there is no definitive established link to electromagnetic fields, some studies show a clustering of child leukaemia cases near overhead power lines, while others don't.
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/cancer-questions/does-electromagnetic-energy-cause-cancer

Yanks- who are more risk averse, concluded in 1998 after a heavyweight analysis that
"a 28-member panel of the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) voted by 19 to nine that electric fields such as those around power lines should be considered possible human carcinogens. Only one of the nine dissenting panel members thought the evidence was against a link; the other eight said the conflicting evidence left them undecided.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/electricity-pylons-pose-health-risk-1167517.html

So while the jury's out, it's not just excentrics and flat-earthers who think its aproblem. So why take the risk?

But the far bigger issue is- will it sell on? If you are short of cash, and they are prepared to take an offer, you can probably live with the slight risk... but 5-10 years on, will you sell it? If you need to sell fast, you may have to take a biggger discount on the price that you can negotiate now.

And speaking personally, I wouldn't buy it from you

It's not 1998 anymore. Many more studies have been conducted since them, and the majority have concluded no such risks could be found.

For example;

http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v113/n9/abs/bjc2015365a.html

Many Yanks think God put dinosaur bones there to test our faith.

theartfullodger

kinger101 wrote: »

... Many yanks think God put dinosaur bones there to test our faith.

They are right: It proves such yanks are loonys....

andypa1

I think a fair few assumptions have been made about my position, mindset and ability.

I'm not blindly wandering in to this because they've put wallpaper up, the house was perfect size and shape for me and at a good point in my budget to get a cheaper mortgage rate.

I think this has shown me representative views of the public, i've got to say i'm really disappointed but as someone already said, perceived threat has a greater impact than the real threat.

Keep on looking

Davesnave

As a matter of interest, although universally ignored, the property shown in the photo looked to have considerable scope for extension.

Does it still retain this? That would be a significant plus point, given the nature of modern property.

andypa1

I don't know about expansion it didn't have a massive garden but it's got a conservatory already

kinger101

If think Dave was referring to the side elevation if it's the end terrace.

Davesnave

kinger101 wrote: »

If think Dave was referring to the side elevation if it's the end terrace.

Yes I was. It looked as if it was full of building materials.

If it was an empty plot alongside, owned by someone else, that would count against it, however.