I'm worried. I never thought about it before but a couple of months ago someone asked where I lived and when I told them they said they looked at a house here but decided against it because of the power lines. Since then I've been worrying.
Just down the road a bit there is some kind of power thing, I have no idea about this stuff but there's a lot of big steel poles with power lines there. And our house backs on to a main road so just over the fence is where the power lines run along the road.
I just did a bit of googling but got scared and stopped when reading stuff about cancer and childhood leukemia. So thought I'd ask here instead if anyone knows about it.
Should we move? We've lived here for almost 3 yrs, our lease is up soon.
My parents built their last house in a beautiful estate backing onto a state forrest but those big power poles and lines ran through the heart of it. My parents weren't concerned at all, there was a bit of distance between their house and the lines, but we were amazed how many people were put off when it came to selling their house.
So, I'd be inclined to do a bit more research but I know we personally wouldn't live near them.
Recently on a show called Selling Houses Australia Extreme, there was a house for sale with the massive power line thing in the front yard. Someone was brought in to do tests on it and found it emitted as much dangerous stuff as a regular household microwave. I wouldn't be too concerned. My mums friend lived next door to them when I was younger and raised 6 kids there... every single one of their family - kids, grandkids and all - are very healthy people still today.
i also saw that episode of 'selling houses' that Lisa is talking about. they brought an official tester out and he was not worried at all about the level those powerlines were putting out. is there anyone you could contact, like the council or electricity company to find out more info?
DH is an electrician. I read this out to him and he said that on a misty night, you can go under the pylons and hold a fluro tube up and it will light up. The guys he went to trade school had done this, and so had the teacher. There's enough magnetic field around them to effect a person. Neither of us would live near them. There's nothing on power companies websites that say anything about them and no official authority will actually speak about it if pressed. That's enough to make me worry. When we built where we are, there are some in the area, and we were careful which side of the major road we built on.
Living near power lines...
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