[BC] Prop. values (was Re: No-code Amateur license

[Cowboy]

On Monday 25 July 2005 17:29, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> <<< His point was that the junk yard in the sky looked so bad, it depressed
> property values, and he was right. >>>
> 
> I'm not sure there is really any hard proof that antennas depress property 
> values.  I think that's one of those things that gets repeated so much it is 
> believed, like power lines cause cancer.
> 
> But, let's assume it's true.  If I hear a complaint along those lines it 
> tells me that the person doing the complaining has poorly managed his net 
> worth.

 I didn't believe it, at first, either, so I took a ride over there to see what the
 stink was about.
 Trust me. This was the WORST case of neglect, disregard for safety, tasteless
 disregard for the sensibilities of human observation, that I've ever seen, or
 ever hope to see.
 I do wish I'ld taken a photo at the time.
 Had there been any maintenence AT ALL, I suspect the case
 would have never been filed.

 Comparison appraisals of the selling prices of properties in and around
 the area did offer an empiracle suggestion that the claim was valid.

 This was more along the lines....
 You buy a house, paying little attention to the used car parked in the neighbors
 back yard.
 A few years later, it's a full blown scrap yard, unfenced, and a real eye sore.
 What do you do ?

 I'm not saying that it wasn't an over reaction by a huge ego, but it appeared
 to be not totally reasonable, and not completely unjustified.

 Normally, and all except this case that I know about, the evidence tends to
 suggest that an antenna has no effect on property values whatever, and in
 some cases where a property abuts the open field surrounding broadcast
 structures actually tends to increase the value, as the prospective buyer
 pretty much knows that there isn't likely to be a development going in
 next door, or at least the used to be the case.