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

[Rob Atkinson]

okay but that sounds like the problem was beyond just antennas.
You can have antennas, and keep everything tidy--routing lines in an orderly 
fashion, cable ties, spans without a huge amount of slack, grass mowed, 
nothing leaning at weird angles and so on, which I equate with a 
professional look to a facility (and I satisfy with admittedly limited 
success) or you can turn into the situation illustrated in the other mail i 
just sent, of the guy in southern calif.  my own live and let live rule is 
my neighbors can do anything they want on their property as long as it's 
legal, doesn't put me in danger, or physically damage my property and I only 
ask the same in return.  So i put up with barking dogs, motorcycles, late 
night construction etc. and so far, they have put up with my antennas.

rob atkinson



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Subject: Re: [BC] Prop. values (was Re: No-code Amateur license
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:06:27 -0400

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.

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