If a high voltage power line goes through my neighborhood do we all get compensation?

[Thundarr457]

It has a negative effect on property values. When our daughter was looking for a new place in Ottawa most of what was for sale was under or near power lines. They buzz and long term health effects are unknown. We made sure she was far away from any power lines.

[jackmichigan]

As others have pointed out, if there is an existing easement which allows for the power line there will be no compensation paid. If the utility company needs to secure easement rights, they will generally only need to pay for those properties which are directly encumbered by the easement--not adjoining properties which may be visually or otherwise impacted.

I have a high-voltage power line which goes over the back of my property. It's of little consequence, though, since it's 1/4 mile from my house and can barely be seen even when the leaves are down.

[tnff]

Originally Posted by rabbit33

If you're in the US, you can see a great deal with Google Maps; it usually shows the platting of an area (at least in urban areas) and it's 100 to 1 you'll see that power line right of way running right through there. If no, then go to the website of your county's appraisal office.

This is why you always, always, always READ the surveys, plats, restrictive covenants, and deeds.

Problem is those things can somehow magically change when you aren't looking. In our first house, the property just across the street was platted as multi family residential for townhomes, with the streets already in place and paved. But it was never built out.

Several years later suddenly there were bulldozers over there ripping out the streets and a strip mall went in. Somehow the zoning was changed from residential to commercial without proper public hearing. Our neighborhood association tried to fight it but didn't have deep enough pockets.