1. Fire hazard: some homes too close to power lines might be in a fire hazard/brush fire zone. Translation: harder to get insurance, or insurance more expensive. I know a few folks that live in Sea Ridge in Carmel Valley had some insurance companies that gave them crap about it. Though I do not think it’s not directly related to the power lines, they are facing an area which has dry brush and power lines. And they don’t mix.

2. There has been speculation between EMF from power lines and leukemia, though nothing conclusive. Not sure what would be worse: power lines 30-40 feet above you, or power lines buried 7 feet underneath you (as is the case for lots of torrey hills).

3. Power lines crackling you sometimes hear when the it’s damp outside.

4. Hope you don’t plan on putting in a pool. Water and power lines don’t mix.

5. While you might not mind the power lines, there are plenty of people that do. Translation: consider if you ever needed to sell your home.

Personally, I would never buy a home near power lines for personal use, not matter what sort of price discount I could get. It would be along the same thing as buying a home near an airport and then complain about the safety/noise level(Oops, I didn’t say that.)

1. Fire hazard: some homes too close to power lines might be in a fire hazard/brush fire zone. Translation: harder to get insurance, or insurance more expensive. I know a few folks that live in Sea Ridge in Carmel Valley had some insurance companies that gave them crap about it. Though I do not think it’s not directly related to the power lines, they are facing an area which has dry brush and power lines. And they don’t mix.

2. There has been speculation between EMF from power lines and leukemia, though nothing conclusive. Not sure what would be worse: power lines 30-40 feet above you, or power lines buried 7 feet underneath you (as is the case for lots of torrey hills).

3. Power lines crackling you sometimes hear when the it’s damp outside.

4. Hope you don’t plan on putting in a pool. Water and power lines don’t mix.

5. While you might not mind the power lines, there are plenty of people that do. Translation: consider if you ever needed to sell your home.

Personally, I would never buy a home near power lines for personal use, not matter what sort of price discount I could get. It would be along the same thing as buying a home near an airport and then complain about the safety/noise level(Oops, I didn’t say that.)

1. Fire hazard: some homes too close to power lines might be in a fire hazard/brush fire zone. Translation: harder to get insurance, or insurance more expensive. I know a few folks that live in Sea Ridge in Carmel Valley had some insurance companies that gave them crap about it. Though I do not think it’s not directly related to the power lines, they are facing an area which has dry brush and power lines. And they don’t mix.

2. There has been speculation between EMF from power lines and leukemia, though nothing conclusive. Not sure what would be worse: power lines 30-40 feet above you, or power lines buried 7 feet underneath you (as is the case for lots of torrey hills).

3. Power lines crackling you sometimes hear when the it’s damp outside.

4. Hope you don’t plan on putting in a pool. Water and power lines don’t mix.

5. While you might not mind the power lines, there are plenty of people that do. Translation: consider if you ever needed to sell your home.

Personally, I would never buy a home near power lines for personal use, not matter what sort of price discount I could get. It would be along the same thing as buying a home near an airport and then complain about the safety/noise level(Oops, I didn’t say that.)

Power lines are a major impediment when re-selling so if you dont mind them make sure you get a substantial discount (at least $25K).

As for the EMF nonsense, here’s my take on that. If they are dangerous, how come every lineman that works on those things every day isnt dead within a year?

Power lines are a major impediment when re-selling so if you dont mind them make sure you get a substantial discount (at least $25K).

As for the EMF nonsense, here’s my take on that. If they are dangerous, how come every lineman that works on those things every day isnt dead within a year?

[quote=sdrealtor]Power lines are a major impediment when re-selling so if you dont mind them make sure you get a substantial discount (at least $25K).

As for the EMF nonsense, here’s my take on that. If they are dangerous, how come every lineman that works on those things every day isnt dead within a year?[/quote]

Because any (if any) health impacts would be something that is longer term, and not something that would be evident until most likely long after the linesman has retired or left the job. And it’s probably not possible to attribute cancer to the root cause of it in hindsight.

One of the official answers are “no increased risks, with one exception” http://dceg.cancer.gov/reb/research/nonionizing/1

More detailed info here:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-fields

It’s one of those “unknown”, just like there has not been an conclusive evidence that says one way or the other that yapping on a cell phone does/doesn’t not have health consequences. Because we won’t know the long term affects of this until some of us 20-30 years get older. Official answer right now is there is no increased risks also.

[quote=sdrealtor]Power lines are a major impediment when re-selling so if you dont mind them make sure you get a substantial discount (at least $25K).

As for the EMF nonsense, here’s my take on that. If they are dangerous, how come every lineman that works on those things every day isnt dead within a year?[/quote]

Because any (if any) health impacts would be something that is longer term, and not something that would be evident until most likely long after the linesman has retired or left the job. And it’s probably not possible to attribute cancer to the root cause of it in hindsight.

One of the official answers are “no increased risks, with one exception” http://dceg.cancer.gov/reb/research/nonionizing/1

More detailed info here:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-fields

It’s one of those “unknown”, just like there has not been an conclusive evidence that says one way or the other that yapping on a cell phone does/doesn’t not have health consequences. Because we won’t know the long term affects of this until some of us 20-30 years get older. Official answer right now is there is no increased risks also.