Power transmission lines near the site as a selection criterion: the experience of a FORUMHOUSE participant

There are several criteria for choosing a site for construction, and one of them is the location of power lines. When buying land, many rely on Russian building codes, but the participant FORUMHOUSE under the nickname Karakatya took European ones as a basis. What she chose in the end - read on.

Our site selection criteria

The site was chosen not very long, from May to July 2017. Of the main criteria: individual housing construction - so that there are no problems with registration; not a cottage village (KP) behind a fence - a communal apartment in such villages is expensive, there are risks of unreliability of the owners these KPs - this is my husband's opinion, but I am not satisfied with the overcrowding of houses in the KP in the absence of uniformity exterior. There was only one option for us - the village.

They were looking for such sites. The location was chosen due to the proximity of roads. There were several areas in mind, including an area with a lot of vegetation. But not such that it can be left and made part of the landscape, but vegetation that will have to be uprooted. Excavation is expensive, so we settled on a flat, bare area with filled soil.

For me, one of the big advantages was the location next to the platform. The train runs there rarely, but aptly. Not far from where my parents live, this train stops. Therefore, it is possible to get to us by public transport. Parents sometimes made it to us.

Of the land that was sold here, I liked the 12 hectare plot that now belongs to a neighbor. It is also irregular in shape, but not as elongated. But at that time it was booked. I was hoping that the reservation would be removed and the plot would get to us, but it turned out to be no luck.

Power lines and electric field measurements

What confused me very much in these areas was the presence of a high-voltage power line nearby. Russian building codes are very different, for example, from European ones. And if in Russia this safe distance is measured in tens of meters (depending on the power of the transmission line), in European countries it is hundreds of meters.

We googled European norms for magnetic field strength, ordered measurements, walked around the sites - measured. I don’t remember the exact numbers, but it’s still possible to build houses on our site and the neighboring one, closer to the power transmission line. But closer - it's better not worth it - the electric field significantly exceeds the euronorms, and for me this is one of the key factors. But houses have been built there, people live, some houses are being sold.

They also measured the field strength near the outlet where the phone charger was plugged in. The values ​​were higher than these same European standards - so since then I will never put a socket with a charging phone near my head at night!

Cons of our choice

Since the site met most of the criteria, it was taken. The downside is, of course, the lack of public transport. Walk about a kilometer to the stop. But I saw that there was a bus that transported people from neighboring checkpoints. It is clear that the children will have to be taken to kindergarten and school by car, but I am okay with this, since my husband does this.

Ideally, of course, you would like to have a plot within the city, where the entire urban infrastructure is accessible and there is a piece of land where you can plant a tree. But this is a big investment, and we are not ready to pay that kind of money. So the existing option suits us perfectly.

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