Property of the week

[SueEllen]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

They've changed the design of them to big Ts, so would you get an upgrade at some point and have to hack the ivy off?


https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories...tricity-pylons

[d000hg]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

If it's anything like having a pole on your property, your local Grid company will do regular inspections of the cable run and the pylon - they check our private line for tree branches annually - and likely remove anything like that which would prevent them properly inspecting it or potentially causing damage.

[Paralytic]

I'm sensing something awry here - there's no mention in the brochure of whether the property has electricity.

[ladymuck]

Think of listening to this every morning -

No worse than living under the flight path for an airport

[Gibbon]

Potential for a cannabis farm methinks.

[xoggoth]

Seriously, I wonder if one could plant a load of ivy round it and let that grow a few feet. As long as it didn't reach the naughty bits at the top, or become too heavy, I'd have thought it would be an excellent refuge for birds and would disguise the full hideousness of having a giant pylon in the front garden. The downside is that eventually it would block a lot of light as the ivy thickened.

There actually are some pylons in my area that are screened all the way up with faux leaves.

PS Or was it a phone mast? Darn it. I'll be awake all night now trying to think where they are.

PPS They are phone masts. Matched this with the grainy little photo from my old phone. One less worry!

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-...-31202367.html

[jamesbrown]

Although it doesn't explicitly say so, I expect this is an auction property. Regardless, they won't get £350k for it.

[PCTNN]

Although it doesn't explicitly say so, I expect this is an auction property. Regardless, they won't get £350k for it.

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

[OwlHoot]

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.

The other snag with a giant pylon is that presumably a lot of birds like to roost on it, so presumably one would have a problem with their droppings

[Paddy]

It's got a value of £0 for me.

Even if they gave it to me for free...I'd never be able to spend 1 night in it.