Real Estate Investing - These power lines near house, are they bad??

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These power lines near house, are they bad??

wangchieh@wongfaye.com

2006-11-06, 8:25 pm

Hello All,

There is this nice house that I am looking at, that has these power
lines in the back. Take a look at the picture here:

http://www.geocities.com/phul/www/lines.jpg

Questions:
---------------

1. Are these the power lines that are bad for your health? Or are only
the big, tall, metal ones bad for you?

2. If the county assessed the house to be $200k, how much does the
market value fall because of this location next to the power lines and
street?

3. What other considerations should be taken when buying a house like
this?

Junior

2006-11-06, 9:25 pm

<wangchieh@wongfaye.com> wrote in message
news:1162860141.992920.113940@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>
> Hello All,
>
> There is this nice house that I am looking at, that has these power
> lines in the back. Take a look at the picture here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/phul/www/lines.jpg
>
>
> Questions:
> ---------------
>
> 1. Are these the power lines that are bad for your health? Or are
> only
> the big, tall, metal ones bad for you?
>
> 2. If the county assessed the house to be $200k, how much does the
> market value fall because of this location next to the power lines and
> street?
>
> 3. What other considerations should be taken when buying a house like
> this?
>

Those are not high tension lines. They are found in virtually every
neighborhood that does not have underground power. I find it hard to
believe you have never seen these before.

John Mianowski

2006-11-07, 3:25 am

wangchieh@wongfaye.com wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> There is this nice house that I am looking at, that has these power
> lines in the back. Take a look at the picture here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/phul/www/lines.jpg
>
>
> Questions:
> ---------------
>
> 1. Are these the power lines that are bad for your health? Or are only
> the big, tall, metal ones bad for you?

Yes, if you climb up there & touch one it can be very bad for your
health.

> 2. If the county assessed the house to be $200k, how much does the
> market value fall because of this location next to the power lines and
> street?

$0. All such factors are already included. Market value is market
value, which is what somebody is willing to pay.

> 3. What other considerations should be taken when buying a house like
> this?

Oh, I don't know. Location? Condition? Age? Size? Number of rooms?
Age of appliances? Schools? Local market conditions?

JM

mdindestin@hotmail.com

2006-11-28, 9:25 am

wangchieh@wongfaye.com wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> There is this nice house that I am looking at, that has these power
> lines in the back. Take a look at the picture here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/phul/www/lines.jpg
>
>
> Questions:
> ---------------
>
> 1. Are these the power lines that are bad for your health? Or are only
> the big, tall, metal ones bad for you?
>
> 2. If the county assessed the house to be $200k, how much does the
> market value fall because of this location next to the power lines and
> street?
>
> 3. What other considerations should be taken when buying a house like
> this?

These are low voltage (below 46-kV) distribution lines. You may have
heard about EMF from transmission lines. Transmission lines are the
ones you referred to with the metal towers although there are many
transmission lines with wood poles.

Studies have shown that even transmission lines do not have a negative
effect on appraised value.

If EMF was a major issue than then power company linemen would have
greater instances of problems than the general population. They don't.

Spam Reporting

2006-11-28, 1:25 pm

<mdindestin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> wangchieh@wongfaye.com wrote:
>
> These are low voltage (below 46-kV) distribution lines. You may have
> heard about EMF from transmission lines. Transmission lines are the
> ones you referred to with the metal towers although there are many
> transmission lines with wood poles.
>
> Studies have shown that even transmission lines do not have a negative
> effect on appraised value.
>
> If EMF was a major issue than then power company linemen would have
> greater instances of problems than the general population. They don't.

Here's my take on it:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....7c34d40bd887eac

EMF doesn't seem to be so much a problem... particle deposition, however,
does. If you can hear the buzzing and snapping of the power lines, you know
there's corona discharge, and that can cause particle deposition downwind of
the power lines.

I know one lady who lives about a city block length (although she's in a
region that doesn't really have 'blocks', per se) from some high-voltage
power lines, with the prevailing winds typically blowing across the power
lines, then across her house. There's also a power plant several miles
upwind from her.

She's always wondered why her car gets this thick layer of black gunk that
never seems to be easy to wash off... it seems to literally embed itself
into the paint. Her house windows and siding also seem to perpetually be
dirty, despite regular cleaning. Her neighbors upwind of the power lines
don't seem to have this problem, despite the fact that they're also downwind
of the power plant.

So, I'd say that if you've got a pollution source upwind, and high-voltage
lines upwind, that could cause some deleterious effects. Whether that has
any effect upon property values is, as always, up to the marketplace.

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