Santa Clara Mission Park - Large, Relatively New Homes in the $700s

Santa Clara Mission Park - Large, Relatively New Homes in the $700s

Mission Park homes were built in northern Santa Clara in 1997. The 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2106 sqft models have high ceilings, separate dining room, inviting family room with fireplace which leads out to a large patio area. If you want a house that is over 2000 sqft and 15 years or younger near major employment centers, then Mission Park might be worth considering.

The schools are Kathryn Hughes Elementary, Buchser Middle, and Santa Clara High.

The homes have a contemporary style - stucco exterior, tile roof, central heat and air conditioning.

All this at a cost in the low $700s!!

What's the catch?

Mission Park is right next to Great America amusement park. Between Great America Park and Lakeshore Drive are massive, hulking high-voltage towers. People are still debating whether high EMF poses any health risks. Just north of Lakeshore has some industrial plant. (I may post photos later.)

Also, it's right under the flight path of planes landing at San Jose airport.

In conclusion, if you don't mind the noise of Great America Park, high-voltage power towers, industrial plants, then Mission Park gets you a nice-looking 2-story high-ceiling home in the low $700s..

Sunnyvale Cherry Chase Elementary Houses Near Highway 85 Power Lines

In a previous blog article, I wrote about the various school attendance boundaries in the Sunnyvale Union School District.
http://siliconvalleyhouses.blogspot.com/2010/05/sunnyvale-elementary-school-district.html

As you can see from the Sunnyvale School District Elementary School Site Boundaries Map, the western portion of the Cherry Chase Elementary attendance area is close to highway 85 and therefore is relatively close to the power lines that run along highway 85.

Those power lines can be an eye sore and the humming noise can sometimes get on your nerves, but the more important question is "Does the extra EMF radiation from those power lines increase the likelihood of cancer in the homeowners who live near power lines?"

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) titled "Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) Radiation from Power Lines"

Some takeaways from that report are:
1. The general scientific consensus is that, thus far, the evidence available is weak and is not sufficient to establish a definitive cause-effect relationship.
2. ... exposure to extremely low frequency EMF, the type found in homes near power lines. Based on studies about the incidence of childhood leukemia involving a large number of households, NIEHS found that power line magnetic fields are a possible cause of cancer.

Concerned home owners and potential home buyers should read the entire NIEHS report. For further discussion, home owners and buyers should read the various "Fact Sheets" from Transpower (a New Zealand power company).

It's Silicon Valley. Don't underestimate the intelligence of your buyers.

When in Silicon Valley, do not underestimate the intelligence of your buyers.

I wrote a Blog about high voltage power lines near a portion of the Cherry Chase neighborhood. Buyers here in Silicon Valley are not satisfied with emf is just "approx" same as a nearby microwave. They want an EXACT answer and will use Pythagorean theorem and inverse square law to compute relative emf of each Cherry Chase listing vs. Microwave in kitchen. I got my buyers the exact voltage and height of power lines.

Robert Lei
REALTOR, ePRO
Century 21 M&M and Associates
(408) 893-2410

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