By way of some background; my DH and I are in our late 30s and have still to buy our first home. We have a three year old DS and are really keen to make some proper roots before he starts school.
We've been renting in south west London and more recently, Surrey, for the past 8 years and have been gradually priced out of the area.
I've been working full time for the past two years and despite both earning really good salaries, high rent and childcare costs have made it almost impossible to save.
So we've decided to bite the bullet and move out to Gloucesteshire to be nearer to family for general support, to be in a nice area where houses are much more affordable than where we currently are and there are plenty of good schools that are not oversubscribed.
The plan is for DH to still work in London with a mixture of commuting and working from home. We are lucky enough to just about be able to afford to buy a 4 bed house on DH's salary with help from government help to buy scheme. This is something we've been considering for a few years now and think it's the right decision for us.
We have found a small new build development in an area we like. The houses are by far the nicest new builds we've seen in terms of layout and the price is right. However, the reason why they are probably cheaper is because the development is built on a field with electricity pylons running along side it. There is also a sub station at one end.
The plot we had thought we liked is going to be released soon and after going down to the site today, we've realised that it's around 50 m from one of the pylons, which has made me feel very uneasy. I'm now very anxious about putting an offer on the house due to potential health risks and also resell value.
From doing some brief reading this afternoon I can see that the health risk studies are inconclusive.
I guess my question is should we completely forget about this development because of the pylons even though the house and area are right for us as this time and we are unlikely to be able to afford a house as nice this as this otherwise?
Any experience of living near pylons / advice would be very much appreciated.
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Beeegcuddle · 26/12/2015 17:42
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