Thoughts on property near pylon?

[NotChained]

Went to look at a house today, hubby absolutely loved it, but when we turned up outside was a massive pylon which explains why the house is still available.

Would you buy a house near a pylon? Not sure if it's far enough away. Worried about noise during rain and we have sensitive hearing. Couldn't hear anything whilst in house, but appreciate weather and times can affect it.

What are they doing with the rest of the land in front of the pylon?

We're closer than that. Panicked when we first went to view and nearly didn't buy it. Looked at the neighbours, lots of elderly who had lived here decades - keeps them alive?! Lol. Anyway we've been here 21+ years, you get used to the wires humming in damp weather. :)

I wouldn’t for various reasons. Price might be lower but can be harder to sell if you want to move. Research isn’t conclusive on health risks but I wouldn’t risk it.

We have one near us, they’ve recently updated it, wasn’t noisy but now is at high usage times ie in the morning and evenings, plus when it rains.

I’ve zoomed in on the camera, it’s possibly 200 meters away? Up the field from us.

To be fair, we’ve been here 30 years most of the time we don’t ‘hear’ it.

@TimeForATerf looking at site plan nothing is going there at all. It's a site with multiple housing providers, plan shows nothing in that space at all.

We have really sensitive hearing would we be able to hear it indoors. We moved from a property with a hum and worry about moving close to something and it humming again! Might be overly cautious but it's a big decision!

I love pylons so it would be a selling point for me.

Pylons do hum when it’s raining, but I doubt you will hear it from indoors. We’ve several near us and houses do seem to take longer to sell, but people stay for a long time. One lady who only moved to be nearer family, lived there for 60 years.

Dp couldn't - being near a pylon makes him poo 😂 I don't know if it's the hum but as soon as he's near one he has to go 🤣

Something will be going on the land around it. Without doubt. If it's trees and shrubs and flowers I'd be happy to have it.

But I bet it's not.

There might not be anything on the plan as there is nothing built yet - but it looks like road entrances have been laid - get your solicitors to check what planning permission has been granted if there are multiple housing providers I would suggest that there is likely to be more building across from you. If you are sensitive to noise this could be a deal breaker while the building works are ongoing.

Monile live that close to a pylon, it’s not a nice view for a start, and it’ll make noise when it rains. There’s also something go going to be built in the land opposite the house as there’s tarmac.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pylons-warning-too-late-989869.amp

I wouldn't - ugly view and it will impact resale.

The mains things you need to consider are:

• They look really ugly
• They hum, especially in wet weather
• Studies have shown a higher incidence of childhood leukaemia and other cancers in people living close to high voltage power lines. However a direct link has not yet been proven.

All of this will impact resale and the price you get in future.

We bought a house 200m from pylons. Far enough to not hear the humming, and we can hardly see them. Not visible out of any windows in the house or from the garden.

We got an EMF survey done to put our minds at rest about any health risks. That showed the EMF levels were normal in the house and
there was no impact at all from the pylons. It would have been a deal breaker for us if that survey had said anything different.

I have no belief you could hear a hum indoors, even at night - but you should have noticed it when you viewed. You obviously aren't going to be happy moving there, look somewhere else.
I'm so glad we bought our house (near a pylon), we could afford because of the pylon and so yes if we sell it may affect the value, but lots of things affect sales value and you should be aware of them.

I would not: I don’t want to have that worry about possible health implications.
And regardless of whether that worry is well based or not- from a resale point of view the price is likely to be affected by other people thinking like me.

You were in the house. Did you hear it?

The plan that showed nothing on our site is now a playpark. I’d be more wary of that and checking for certain what is happening there.

I don’t disagree it’s worth checking, but the roads could also be temporary during the site works.

It’s and ugly view. You are clearly bothered enough to mention it. Whilst you are living in the house to probably won’t bother you. If however you come to sell it, you will struggle. Does struggling to see your house bother you?

I think this is up to personal preference - we have a pylon out the back of us (not directly but you can see it from the house and hear it in the garden).

It doesn’t bother us in the slightest - payoff for us was having a lovely open countryside view and not being overlooked.

in my experience, people are either the same as us (unbothered) or having very strong anti-pylon views. So, people who don’t like them will tell you never to buy there.

I can’t hear it indoors - I also have quite sensitive hearing - but I can hear it outside sometimes, when it‘s wet.

If I was you, I’d work out if this was a compromise I was willing to make. I’d be more bothered by what they might build in front of you based on the photo.

I'm not bothered about selling if we move this would be our forever home. It is an eye sore but again not a deal breaker. Noise would bean absolute deal breaker, I can hear my neighbours boiler buzzing due to noise sensitivity and that's my main concern could it get noisy and we would hear it.

There is another house being built by another provider (slightly smaller and more expensive) on the opposite side of the estate away from the pylons but not sure how far away is enough?

I could hear a hum inside house but think the agent turned on the extractor fan and it wouldn't turn off.

Electro magnetic fields (the alleged cause of some people getting cancer) decrease exponentially with distance from the source. So the other side of the estate you’d be exposed to vastly lower, or non existent levels of EMF from these power lines.

Perhaps 'people stay for a long time' because they can't sell?

Not round here, you couldn't buy until the sellers needed to sell. And as there will always be an adjustment for 'the pylons' then of course you can sell, not everyone 'hears the hummmm'. ;)

Personally it’s one of the things I’d to look out on, so it would be a big no from me.