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Hi, I have recently moved into an old farmhouse. We bought during covid so weren’t allowed to walk around the land. The land is quite steep and the house sits in a bowl with a cliff two metres from the back of the house. The cliff is higher than the house And covered in large trees which we are going to remove for safety. The searches showed no electrical installations on the land and we didn’t see any when viewing. When we got here we walked up and found that the pole supplying several peoples (4) electricity was at the top of the cliff where it’s loose shale. The supply for others is attached to my fascia boards (rotting) all along the side of the house and then down to other properties. None of this is shown on the searches. . I can touch the cables standing on tiptoe on my path . We then, to our horror, noticed a few metres back a large 3 phase pole with a transformer box (the big grey kind). Again on a steep slope. There is another pole with three cables further along too, which run across the valley, that we can touch as the garden slopes upwards. We have an Emf monitor and the results are off the scale in the house. We called WPower to come to see if they will move them. They immediately offered us £2000 to leave it. We refused. They are now saying it will cost us £62k plus vat to move them as it’s too dangerous to put them further up my field as it’s on a slope!! They are happy to leave the existing on a slope and balanced on the edge of a cliff though.... if the one came down the cliff it would pull the transformer onto the house! There is no easement or wayleave. I also can’t believe that they expect us to in theory be a pylon for 4 other properties supply and have their cables tacked to my house. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Building on the content of this topic on connecting LED strip lighting drivers to the mains, a little bird whispered in my ear, loud enough for me to worry ( - overthink - Ok @Russell griffiths ? ) about where I can / should / may /may not / would / could / oughtn't to / may / am permitted to place the drivers. You know, those things that are called drivers, but are transformers really. Thinking about fire regulation, are there any rules where they may not be placed ? Of course, it makes sense to place them in an accessible place for maintenance reasons - but what about ceiling spaces where sound insulation might increase their working temperature. Can I bury one in some of the over-abundance of insulation that exists in my front wall?