Would a electricity shed next to your house affect the price

[996 sps]

Been to look at a house this morning and we really like it, there is a house over the road for sale at the same price but has been extended and is bigger in size, I asked the estate agent why is it the same price.

He told me it wouldn't sell that easily as it has a electricity storage/shed next to it rather than another house.

Anyone come across this before or believe there is any truth in what the estate agent was saying?

It is only a small brick building with electrical warning signs on the front.

[Trevelyan]

Sounds like an electricity substation - wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Thousands of houses all over the country have one of these next door.

[goldblum]

If it emits any kind of electromagnetic field you might have a problem.

Linked to Leukemia clusters?

[Flintstone]

I imagine that if you found a way to tap into it for free the value would increase.

[Raverbaby]

If you are going to go for it, (it wouldn't stop me) say you love the house but the eleccy thing is bothering you a bit, he might knock a few ££ off.

[Dogwatch]

Sounds like a bargain unless you have an electromagnetic radiation phobia.

The sub-station won't have noisy kids kicking balls into your garden and the leccy company will maintain the fence to keep you from straying in there.

Might be worth visiting at a very quiet time to see if there is an annoying hum, the OH is more sensitive to that than I am, but if it is only supplying the local houses it shouldn't be noisy.

I do know of a property which has the cables from a line of pylons passing right over it. That I would draw the line at.

[Gareth79]

Depending on the size or how obvious it is, it will affect the price of any houses near it. If you didn't notice it at all then it might be ok, but as mentioned the possibly humming noise and mere proximity will put some people off.

If you are concerned about the future saleability then the actual health risk is irrelevant, it's the perception that matters.

[R60EST]

The vibrations that the substation creates can , in extreme cases, cause subsidence in neighbouring properties.

[Deva Link]

Dogwatch said:

I do know of a property which has the cables from a line of pylons passing right over it. That I would draw the line at.

Saw a TV programme about this and they tried to get a mortgage on a house with power lines going over it. Surveyor knocked on the door and said it wasn't worth coming to do a valuation the building society wouldn't lend on it.

And, apart from all the other real or imaginary issues with sub-stations, it's not unknown for them to blow up:

[DJFish]

Some mortgage and insurance companies won't touch houses next to substations. Best make some enquiries.