North Shore residents apparently shouldn’t be concerned about property values if a cell phone tower goes up next door,  according to a new study conducted by an Auckland University property lecturer.

Last year a North Shore family came home from a trip to Australia to find a cellphone tower outside their Torbay property.

Richard Andrews wrote a letter to cellphone company 2degrees and the North Shore City Council when they were informed of the proposal to put in a tower four metres from their property in 2007.  Read more... (512 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)