Mortgage with an electrical substation?

Just viewed a property that has an electrical substation within it's plot.

Not close to the house but it is on one side of the driveway.  Access for the electrical company is presumably via the driveway of the property.
The agents have no idea where the underground supply cables are but potentially they are under the property as well.

It is not an issue for me personally but am I likely to encounter any problems getting a standard residential mortgage on this place?

Thanks!

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  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 17,444 Forumite
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    I wouldn't have thought so (assuming you don't mean massive transformers/pylons towering over the house) 
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,695 Forumite
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    Can you give us the Rightmove ref please
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
  • se2020
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    It I surrounded by 6' fence panels and below the level of those,  12' x 12' so it's only a local one rather than a massive thing.

    Irrelevant now as the agent has just rang to say they have had an offer £25k over our asking price offer so I'm out anyway!

    Thanks for the replies so far though :)
  • Don’t live near a sub station 
    it is 100% not a good idea 
  • coffeehound
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    Don’t live near a sub station 
    it is 100% not a good idea 
    Pourquoi?
  • Eldi_Dos
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    I am hard of hearing and do not hear higher frequencies very well but lower frequencies are now much more noticeable than before.I think with more electrical/telecom equipment becoming part of the street furniture more and more people will be noticing this.Living next to a sub station is something I could not do.
  • happyc84
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    Unless you go  off grid you can't really complain about electricity supply. Small distribution substations are local to the users in the street, and with more electricity being used for heating and transport its going to increase. 
  • Eldi_Dos
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    Do not see why you have to go off grid before you can have an opinion.When we purchased our present property one of the things we made sure of was we were not near a sub station so the drone did not affect us.
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