To not want to buy a house with a pylon in the garden?

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Me and DH are currently in dispute. I intend to fly to England next week to look for a property to buy. There is a gorgeous, spacious house for sale, in the area where we want our dd to go to school with a marvellous garden. And a pylon smack bang in the middle of it. I am adamant that I won't even go to view it, he insists that I should. I will be going on my own, so he won't even know whether I go or not. AIBU to not want to even view it?

Don't do it.

I looked at buying one near a pylon and a colleague, who was the community midwife for that area, said she noticed a big increase in fetal abnormality.

Obviously this is only anecdotal evidence but I wouldn't want the uncertainty.

I used to work in the energy sector and often met with electrical engineers. People who designed the national grid, who knew how High Voltage AC circuits really work.

On the few ocassions I asked about this they all said privately they would not live near sub stations and pylons.

All I can say is ask yourself why electrical engineers dont all go and buy nice cheap houses near pylons and live in them.

They dont.

YANBU.

I wouldn't want to live near one and it would be impossible to re-sell.

I wouldn't. A friend of mine lived with some kind of Electricity board box thing in her garden, her DH died last year from cancer and so did the guy who lived there before them. It may be coincidence but it hasn't half put me off having anything like that close to me.

Not a chance - when i was a child we lived in a cul de sac that had a pylon at the end - there was about 4/5 families that were affected by lukemia/cancer - old and young.

No dont do it!

Until 6 months ago I lived next door to a substation for 4 years. Within two years I developed an autoimmune condition called myasthenia gravis. The person I bought the house from had parkinson. My sister who lives just over the road from that same substation for 20 years now has over 6 autoimmune conditions including autoimmune vasculitis [of the lungs] and lupus. Her husband 3 years ago developed vasculitis of the brain [age 55] and recently diagnosed with vascular dementia. The area is Eltham. Vasulitis is rare in itself so for two people to have it in the same household makes you wonder. My friend moved into a house opposite my old home around 2 years ago. She is 50 and previously in good health. After a year [last Dec] she became very ill and guess what? Autoimmune Vasculitis of the lungs. My sister’s mild mannered Staffie started having rages – last month she was put down after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Some people say it’s ley lines underground or it's the substation. I have no idea how to go about investigating this - if anyone has any autoimmune condition since moving close to an electrical substation perhaps they could let me know. I have now moved to Kent and have time to put in some research. My main aim is to prevent someone going through what my sister has gone through - she is currently seriously ill in hospital with autoimmune. Thanks.