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that's what i m thinking too. thank you zulu400... i've been searching and searching all over the web... that thing is really bothering me... but it is really a great house..and all living room and 3 bed rooms face south, very sunny house..never seen a house like this for 3 months.. i dont know what to do..
Wow.... all bedrooms face one direction ? must be a long house.... , just kidding. You are right it will be nice and sunny facing South, maybe it will get really hot in the summers though.
Another thing to think about - how old are your children?
Sometimes, having a right-of-way bordering your property is a good thing... kids can play in the "woods" or "fields" there, but also, get into trouble there.
However, you do know there will never EVER be a house going up there, with weirdo neighbors.
One thing I would do, get the names of the people that live around you. Go to whitepages.com, do a reverse lookup on the addresses around, and then look up these people using Google, facebook, even the Suffolk County Lis Pendens system (judgements tell a lot about a person) and WebCrims can tell if they have active criminal cases against them. Even Megan's Law websites.
That goes for any house, not just near power lines... It's weird (and kinda unsettling sometimes) what you can uncover about the friendly neighbor next door.
I live in the area of Mineola and Carle Place, I would NOT buy a house anywhere the high tension wires
There are many houses for sale in the area that aren't near these high tension lines. pick another house. if you look on the south east side of Roslyn Road. behind the East Williston firehouse there are some really pretty houses there. It's Mineola not East Williston. Your kids, if you have any will go to East Williston Schools. I'm sorry I didn't look there.
The only reason the house costs less money is because it's not the safest place to live. I honestly believe that your family's health is way more important than saving some money on your taxes.
You get what you pay for if it looks to good to be true,it probably is.
There was a case back in 1994 where the Woodmere Middle School parents became concerned about the electric fields from some towers running right over their school. Lilco (now National Grid) temporarily shutdown the power lines and found that the field strength readings in the school didn't change because the fields were being generated internally.
There is no proof that there are any adverse effects at those levels, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has reference materials that are used for the basis in industry. People should be more concerned with cell phone usage than power lines. Other than being somewhat unsightly they are safe.
I couldn't find the follow up article regarding the test.
You can google the paper below to get an overview but it's rather technical:
[LEFT]THE ANSI/IEEE RF SAFETY STANDARD AND ITS RATIONALE[/LEFT] [LEFT]Om P. Gandhi and Gianluca Lazzi
Department of Electrical Engineering[/LEFT]
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
There is no proof that there are any adverse effects at those levels, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has reference materials that are used for the basis in industry. People should be more concerned with cell phone usage than power lines.
I wouldn't worry about cell phone towers neither, unless you are REALLY CLOSE.
The inverse-square law (as well as cross-section) applies to cell phone frequencies, and you are probably exposed to much more "radiation" holding a cell phone to your head then you are standing a few hundred feet from a cell phone tower.
But then, when did science ever overcome NIMBY'ism?
HI everyone, I am new to the forum. I am planning to buy a house in Carle Place, but after few weeks house hunting, i see many nice houses in the areas are very close to the High voltage towers. I am currently live in Queens and it's hard for us to see those towers. My question is does the tower affact your daily live? such as health, child's health, mobile phone usage, TV single, etc. Can you get tax assessment due to the tower to close to the house? I don't get it why the county don't put them under ground since you people live there pay so much tax compare with Queens, also make the area looks nicer. Beside that, it's a nice area for living. Thank you very much for your help.
It would not be a good investment as far as gaining equity and resale value,I would also stay away from being on a main road,near a fire whistle,or a corner lot with less privacy.JMO
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, just kidding. You are right it will be nice and sunny facing South, maybe it will get really hot in the summers though.
Beside that, it's a nice area for living. Thank you very much for your help.
