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Updated over 7 years ago, 08/29/2017

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Phyllis E.
  • Dunkirk, MD
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Anyone ever have a power pole moved before?

Phyllis E.
  • Dunkirk, MD
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Has anyone ever had to have a power pole moved before, or priced out the cost to move one or have the power lines moved underground?

Yesterday I drove by a home here in rural northern Calvert County that has been sitting on the market for about three years. It is in a great location, and listed for an unusually low price for this area,  and it didn't even look that bad in the online photos (for a foreclosure), so I figured it must have something unusually negative about it that wasn't readily apparent, like "black mold" or whatever.  When I finally got to the property, after driving past the many neighboring, beautiful, bigger, newer homes on acreage along the way,  I quickly realized what the "problem"  was (or at least one of the problems): a huge power pole, complete with a transformer high up on it, was located about sixteen feet from the front of the house, centered on the front door! A power cable ran down from the pole to the ground at an angle, and the overgrown walkway to the door actually led you right under the power cable, brushing by the power pole!  (If it had been an arbor or trellis you were walking under, instead of a power pole, it would have been charming, LOL!)  Anyway, the power lines seemed to stop at this pole, so I assume it was the "end of the line".   Has anyone ever had to move a power pole before, or priced out the cost to move one? Can the cables be run underground, and  the transformer put in a standard ground box?  (I believe the power company there is SMECO, btw.) (It almost gave you the feeling that the power company had a grudge against the property owner when they located the power pole there, but perhaps the power was put there long before the home? ! )  The house was actually in a beautiful, rural setting, other than the power pole. (And I peeked in, and from what I could tell, the interior wasn't in too bad of shape, considering.

Just wondering.....

Thanks!

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