I'm looking to buy a small house in Richmond, but there's an electronic transformer and a fire hydrant in the front yard, I would like to know if this will hurt me in the future if I try to re-sell the house ? Will you buy a house with this 2 things in your yard?
There are so many houses in Richmond with an electronic transformer in front.. anyone have one in their yard? Please share the experience... any noise? health problems? Thanks
Nope, they are asking a market price, but i haven't put in an offer yet. If i do, they may drop a little bit i guess... Just when i drove around the block, i seem some houses with the transformer, some with the fire hydrant, they rarely have both items in the same yard!!! =(
i think is not a good idea to pick corner house in Richmond...?!
No personal experience, but my friend's mother cannot stand the small buzzy noise from the transformer at night and can't sleep at their old house. Ended up they had to move. The mother is the only person that suffer from the noise in the house.
If you stand close or touch the transformer, you could definitely feel/hear the vibration from the transformer. I don't think there is any harmful radiation from the transformer itself. But if you have a sensitive hearing, better consider this again.
For fire hydrant, the only bad thing is about parking. Since you mentioned it being a corner lot, I don't think parking space is limited. So I wouldn't think it is a problem, but of course you could still use it as your bargaining point.
Just remember on a seller's market, all these minor issue isn't that important when buyers are fighting to purchase your house. However, on a buyer's market, all these minor things could change the decision whether the buyer will pick yours or others.
If you are buying to live then go with what you are comfortable with. Personally, I am not too concern. To me, 水龍頭 is actually a plus as people can't park in front of it. But it sounds like you are not, as it is not a good deal, then skip to the next one then.
Thanks for answering... i don't know they have noise... well, i guess i will need to go look at the house again then... The reason why i want a corner lot is because i am living in a corner lot in Vancouver now. They have more windows, is brighter, more parking... but of coz more garden work too.. =)
we are buying to live, and we don't move that often (current house we lived for 18 yrs.)
but u never know what's going on later in life, right? espically, this is the first time we move to Richmond. I just want to make sure if one day i want to move again, i can sell the house without headache. Personally i don't mind the fire hydrunt too, is cheaper insurance i think... but a fire hydrunt and a power box together in the same yard? i am not so sure.. i think if they can drop 5-7% of the asking price i may buy it thou...
Usually people are not too concern about hydrant. Just curious, are you having a large lot? If so, I don't think the transformer would bother you much as it's usually located at the truncated lot corner at least 6m away from the house. People usually have some landscapings surrounding that area (8ft/2.5m (min. req') away from the transformer).
Like B2L2 mentioned, transformer do make a tiny buzzing noise, especially in rainly days. You may hear that when it's dead silent. Having pad mount transformer and hydrant are quite common to corner lot though.
To most Chinese, they don't like corner lot. But like you've said, corner lots have to be bigger in order to satisfy the side yard clearance in the bylaw.
I asked about the corner lot question only because I remember my parents said no to corner lot where they move last time which I don't quite understand.
Now I think about it, in our previous apartment, we actually have a transformer (slightly bigger than usual since it is for a low raise apartment) about 10 foot away from our kitchen window. It was separated by a wall (5-foot tall) and short trees (my apartment is on the ground floor). I personally never heard any sound from the transformer myself.
Before you move to Richmond, you may want to get a quote on the house insurance and especially on earthquake coverage. I heard that some area in Richmond cannot get earthquake coverage!
發表於 2012-1-9 00:30
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