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Wimsy76
Original Poster
43 posts
16 months
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Hi,
I'm selling my house and have seen a potentially perfect house for my young family, 5bed, 3 bathroom detached house with a double garage. The double garage means my dream of a sports car is that little bit closer!
Thing is, the house is about 200m from an electricity pylon. The house is in a cul-de-sac and there are other houses nearer the pylon than my potential new house.
The missus thinks that we are going to get leukaemia or cancer from the magnetic fields of the pylons. She's found some scare stories from American research and can't seem to get past the fact that if we get this house we are going to turn green and look like a family from Chernobyl...
We took a drive around the area last night to get a feel for the place and stopped a lady who was walking her dogs. She lived a few doors away from the pylon and during the chat she said her 2 dogs were both dying of liver cancer. That then sent the wifes mind into overdrive! I told her it was coincidence but she doesn't think so!
Personally I don't think it would be an issue and may even be able to use the pylon as a negotiating tool to get the price down. But there is a niggle in the back of my head which is telling me that the pylon may emit some type of field which could affect my growing family.
Any of you guys/girls live next to pylons? How do you find it? Do they buzz to a point of annoyance? Any good/bad experiences?
Many thanks.
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hyperblue
2,119 posts
49 months
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I work in a power station and haven't died yet, so you should be ok 
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Stu R
19,513 posts
84 months
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Irrespective of any scientific evidence which proves some or no link, your missus will never, ever be happy in that house.
Just sayin'.
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northwest monkey
1,063 posts
58 months
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Wimsy76 said: Hi,
Personally I don't think it would be an issue and may even be able to use the pylon as a negotiating tool to get the price down. And when you come to sell it, exactly the same thing will happen to you. I'm not sure either way about pylons, but when we went to look at a house a few years ago & discovered it had a pylon very close to it, we decided against it. I think it's a bit like buying a house over an old mine shaft. The chances are you'd be perfectly safe & nothing would ever happen, but at the back of your mind...... Plenty of houses around at the moment, and if this one is cheap, its cheap for a reason. I'd look elsewhere to be honest.
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mildmannered
552 posts
22 months
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Stu R said: Irrespective of any scientific evidence which proves some or no link, your missus will never, ever be happy in that house.
Just sayin'. Wise words.
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h0b0
1,449 posts
65 months
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I'm not a believer that the pylon would have any impact on your health. But, as others have said, best case is that you buy a house that your wife never feels comfortable in and when you come to sell you will be beaten down in price by the buyers wife's doubts.
Then there is worst case. If any one or anything gets cancer ever it will be your fault. If you sell the house and 40 years later you get prostate cancer like every other man she will hold you responsible.
That is not worth 5 beds and 3 baths.
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karona
870 posts
55 months
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We lived right under powerlines for years, in Kilmarnock, the pylon was in our back garden. We're all still alive decades later. TV and radio reception was s  te. Constant buzzing nearly drove us batty, especially in damp weather, and the real estate agent had to photoshop the pylon out of the adverts to get people to come to view the house when we tried to sell. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=kilmarnock&hl...
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Simpo Two
54,215 posts
134 months
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northwest monkey said: And when you come to sell it, exactly the same thing will happen to you. This is a better reason not to buy it. As for the dying dogs, any local problem will be blamed for it. I used to work for a company that owned a pesticide factory, and of course any bad thing that happened to any human, pet or plant in the area was blamed on it regardless of real cause. It's the way most minds work. If your wife is concerned about electromagnetic radiation I presume she never uses a mobile phone. The long term effect of a high frequency, high power transmitter one inch fom her brain (see inverse square law) is unknown.
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NorthDave
376 posts
101 months
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I wouldn't buy it. There is anecdotal evidence of electro magnetic fields causing illness and I wouldn't risk it. It's a buyers market at the moment so I would keep looking until you find something else.
If the buzzing was even slightly audible I would be a complete basket case after a month or two anyway!
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Flip Martian
2,037 posts
59 months
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Sounds like your wife does not want to live in that house. Keep looking. Bad tv and radio reception, possible low level humming noise 24/7, an ugly great pylon always there...buy it and you would always have problems selling it (should the need arise). And anyway, its evidently not somewhere your wife wants.
The house has to be somewhere you BOTH think "yes, this is it" when you see it.
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SystemParanoia
8,525 posts
67 months
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eldar
6,991 posts
65 months
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The noise is the problem, can be very loud if its humid enough.
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dickymint
11,404 posts
127 months
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NorthDave said: If the buzzing was even slightly audible I would be a complete basket case after a month or two anyway! ^^^This. I camped under a pylon once at Glastonbury Festival - the buzzing drove me nuts. Would never live near one.
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Justin Cyder
6,105 posts
18 months
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SystemParanoia said: People have gone to jail for doing that haven't they? Isn't it illegal abstraction of elektrickery or some such?
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m3jappa
2,773 posts
87 months
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I wouldn't buy it if it was right outside but 200m is quite far away to be fair. In areas with pylons then I think there's always going to be one within some proximity.
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DocJock
2,781 posts
109 months
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From previous experience, 9 out 0f 10 potential buyers will see it and not even bother getting out of their car. The other 10% will use it as a big stick to beat your asking price with.
Buy a different house.
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normalbloke
2,274 posts
88 months
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aclivity
3,539 posts
57 months
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We lived about the same distance from a pylon and it killed us completely to death.
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Marty63
1,546 posts
43 months
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She will never have to pay for a perm again.................
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rumple
2,505 posts
20 months
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DocJock said: From previous experience, 9 out 0f 10 potential buyers will see it and not even bother getting out of their car. The other 10% will use it as a big stick to beat your asking price with.
Buy a different house. I agree, did exactly the same myself, may have been an over reaction but i wouldnt want to live near one for no other reason that they are an eyesore.
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