Welcome to the forum! With the power lines running through the property, be aware that if they want to expand the grid they might "imminent domain" more of your property to do so. With that said, if you do any improvements to the property, stay away from the power lines. I would say stay away at least 1.5x the width of the power lines currently in place on each side of them. Catmandoo here had that problem, and that was one reason why he sold his place in Va.

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