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

[Mike McCarthy]

Cowboy's last point is a HUGE point.  We often will argue the "open 
fields/park like" nature broadcast tower sites create. Even if fully 
fenced. Local officals KNOW that nothing else will be devloped on the 
property short of a MAJOR land shortage. Even then, THEY still have 
the power to regulate what can be built.

Bottom line, even with the narrow sticks which protude up, most home 
buyers will prefer the open space behind/next to them than a row of 
houses.  Therefore, having the open space a radio tower site will 
create often fetches a PREMIUM over neighboring properties with no 
such open space.

Problem is...the NIMBY's don't see it that way and we don't have any 
hard evidence or research to counter that argument.

MM

> 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.