How much does a pylon in the garden affect house price

Louiseb88

Found  a lovely house however it has a pylon in the back garden  realistically how much does this affect the value

prowla

I wouldn't buy a house with a pylon in the garden.

csgohan4

offer what you think the house is worth with the pylon

anselld

It is not really a question of price.  Many people simply would not buy regardless of price.

davidmcn

Define "pylon". Single pole (possibly holding the transformer supplying the house)? Or massive four-footed steel thing?

Salemicus

How large is the garden? How close is the pylon to the house? What easements/covenants exist for repair/maintenance/access to the pylon?

hazyjo

anselld said:

It is not really a question of price.  Many people simply would not buy regardless of price.

Exactly this. I wouldn't buy it. Wouldn't care how reduced it was.

Paully28

I, when looking at houses, discounted any that had a pylon anywhere near them, so you couldn't give it away to me. 

theoretica

How big is the garden?  If there were two imaginary identical houses with pylons 40 feet away I would prefer to 50 foot garden, including pylon, over the 20 foot garden not including pylon.  But unsurprisingly would prefer big garden and no pylon.

Assuming small domestic poles - big pylons can hum annoyingly!

fishfingerbutties

To be fair, the question wasn't should I buy a house with a pylon, but how much would it affect the price (relative to other similar houses without a pylon). 

Not that I have an answer to that (and before the hounds circle, I wouldn't buy a house with a pylon in the garden either!)

hazyjo

fishfingerbutties said:

To be fair, the question wasn't should I buy a house with a pylon, but how much would it affect the price (relative to other similar houses without a pylon). 

Not that I have an answer to that (and before the hounds circle, I wouldn't buy a house with a pylon in the garden either!)

People have answered the question. It was asked how much it affected value. Some have us have said we wouldn't buy it. Surely anyone would reach the conclusion its worth would be zero (to us). Obviously there is no calculation to say it's worth something like -11.73%.

People are trying to say it doesn't so much affect price as saleability.

And it's a forum - you don't get to dictate what advice is given. Especially when it wasn't even you who asked the question. The 'hounds' quote won't stop people people replying to defend their replies either. You don't get to throw a bone and criticise anyone who grabs it.