Would person dying in a home discourage you from purchasing? (buying a house, basement)
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There's no such thing as a haunted house. There is no such thing as evil spirits or ghosts that remain after death. I can't imagine objecting to buying a house that was the site of a death, violent or otherwise. There are all kinds of things, some of them worse than a natural death, that happen in houses that we never know anything about.
I'm curious to hear why some of you wouldn't want to buy a house in which a murder was committed.
I'm curious to hear why some of you wouldn't want to buy a house in which a murder was committed.
I think it has to do with how sensitive someone is. Some people would be in the house and just be thinking about the pain the victim(s) went through. Hard to be happy in a house when that happens.
No, it wouldn't bother me. But, I wouldn't go asking about it and I wouldn't want someone telling me that grandpa died in the living room. But, those are my feelings on a natural death.
I would never knowingly live in a home that was the scene of a murder. I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about the crime, the victim, etc.
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Originally Posted by Silverfall
I think it has to do with how sensitive someone is. Some people would be in the house and just be thinking about the pain the victim(s) went through. Hard to be happy in a house when that happens.
My house was built around 1850.
In the 1950's it was a nursing home.
I would be surprised if there werent any deaths.
And no I havent seen or heard any ghosts.
It honestly depends. I remember seeing a house for sale in California on the "wrong side" of town that said in the ad, "It has been said that a death occurred here" or something along those lines. I was wondering why it was marked so low, even for the "wrong side" of town, and then realized it was probably "the murder house".
If it was a random violent act, I would be concerned and look for a pattern in the area for safety concerns.
If it was a targeted act (family on family), it would not likely happen there again.
If it was a death that involved bodily fluids (most do), I would very likely want to ensure that ANYTHING that it possibly touched or seeped into was replaced. If it seeped into the floorboards, for example, forget it. I'm not replacing those on my dime. Ew.
And finally...while I'm not necessarily creeped out by death or dying in general...
There was one apartment I walked into once that smelled funny. It felt cold. It felt...off somehow. I couldn't stay in the apartment and just turned around and left as quickly as possible. I was reading the news later on and found a reference to a murder that had occurred in the area. The article didn't mention the exact building address, but the lady was the pastor's wife for the church right out front, so...take it as you will. I couldn't stay in the building.
Only house that sold for less near me was a couple and entire family were murdered in their sleep 20 years ago for no reason. They never caught the killer.
Around two years ago a mafia hit man under immunity was given a list of all the people he killed and brought up 20 years earlier he mixed up addresses and killed a whole family by accident.
It was creepy that the family got killed there for no reason and they never caught the killer.
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