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large, built beside very small homes and what kind of effect does that have. What kind of effect <br /> does it have when you are on a busy road versus a quiet road within the same neighborhood? <br /> Sometimes it is as much as a 25 percent hit in value. Houses that have— houses that have <br /> power lines, high tension power lines through the front yard - and that again depends on which <br /> neighborhood you are talking about. You talk about say, Green Street over in Durham. It's in <br /> Trinity Park. This is an older established neighborhood with vintage homes. People like living <br /> there. But if you live on Green Street where the high tension wires go through the front yards of <br /> people, you are talking about a 25 percent hit in value, as opposed to any place else in Trinity <br /> Park except if you're on Gregson or Duke Street. It matters. If you took the same high tension <br /> wires and you were putting them in a neighborhood that is not quite as desirable, it would be a 5 <br /> to 10 percent hit. It matters where you are. And in this neighborhood, which is - I can only think <br /> of bucolic— if you are talking about something that is visible, then you are talking about <br /> something that is going to matter. It's going to take a hit. It's going to be a big hit because it's <br /> going to be against the character of the neighborhood. <br /> Do you have any questions for me? <br /> Michael Fox: Just briefly, Mr. Thomas, do I understand that you live in the neighborhood? <br /> Bob Thomas: I live in Durham. <br /> Michael Fox: Oh, okay. Were you hired to do an appraisal? <br /> Bob Thomas: No, I was not hired to do an appraisal at this time. I have appraised maybe ten <br /> properties in the subject subdivision over the years. <br /> Michael Fox: Were you asked to be here by someone tonight, or did you just come on your <br /> own? <br /> Bob Thomas: I was contacted on Saturday by one of the homeowners. <br /> Michael Fox: Okay, to come and speak against this? <br /> Bob Thomas: I was to come and give my opinion as to the effect of what the solar farm would <br /> be. <br /> Michael Fox: And did you do a formal appraisal. <br /> Bob Thomas: No. <br /> Michael Fox: Why not? <br /> Bob Thomas: I said that I didn't have any experience with solar farms, that in the time that was <br /> allotted, that I would not be able to do that. It wouldn't make any sense, but, that I would <br /> consider it in my opinion as an appraiser with decades of experience in the field, almost two <br /> decades I should say. That it would be similar to other things that you see that are sort of <br /> unusual, but that experience tells you will have a negative impact. <br /> Michael Fox: So you didn't look at any comps beside actual solar farms. <br /> Bob Thomas: No <br />