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In article <1993Nov15.145144.4940@dale.ksc.nasa.gov>, lrobbins@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Lloyd Robbins) writes:
|> According to someone I talked to who used to work for FPL, the price
|> difference between poles and underground is 10-20 times more expensive 
|> for underground. (Which I find rather hard to believe, but he was
|> adamant about it.)

There are probably "hidden costs" that we wouldn't think about.  Such
as conduit for the cables, digging the trenches, stringing the cable
through the conduit, digging & repairing any streets intersecting the
right-of-way, etc...  I can see where it would be less costly to erect
a few towers & string cable than it would be to put everything
underground.

Then there's the cost of maintaining that installation once it's
buried.  Any repairs are harder to find and more costly to fix.

|> 
|> But, now an interesting twist to the problem. I found out this weekend
|> that both the seller and the seller's agent knew about the plans for the
|> lines. The agent (or his father, I haven't figured out which yet) is 
|> a state representative. The head of the homeowners assocation sent a 
|> copy of a letter she sent to all of her elected officials to the 
|> real estate office over a month before we closed.  And she said that
|> she talked to the sellers at about the same time.
|> 
|> So, I'm wondering if this would be considered a "hidden defect" that 
|> they were legally obligated to disclose. If it drops my property 
|> value 10 to 50 percent, I'd call that "materially affecting the stated
|> value" of the property.

Good luck in your endeavor.  I hope you (and/or your homeowners assoc)
can come up with some sort of workable plan.  Maybe in addition to the
power lines (ugly as they may be) you can get the city to work with the
power company to make a bicycle trail.  That's what we have along the
power right-of-way up here in Plano Texas.  It (IMHO) actually makes
the properties along the right-of-way more valuable as they have access
to the trails.  Turn that lemon into lemonade and help everyone benefit.

Just a thought,
Ron

|> 
|> So, back to my buyers agent and see what my options are. Anybody know a
|> good real estate lawyer in Cocoa, Florida? :-)
|> 
|> Lloyd
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> 
|> Lloyd Robbins
|> lloyd-robbins@ksc.nasa.gov
|> "Managing programmers is like herding cats."

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