Would person dying in a home discourage you from purchasing? (bedroom, house)
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Right you are to be sensitive to children. This past spring, the very popular (liberal) online magazine Slate featured an advice column (Dear Prudence) where a woman wanted to buy a "lovely" house in Minnesota--just lovely, the letter-writer said--where the reasonable price was due to the previous owner dismembering his wife in the "charming" bathroom. Nearly every response mentioned, "But what about your children!"
Children's imaginations are boundless and frequently more morbid than adults. I couldn't believe anyone would just want to sink into a nice bubble bath where the last person who sat in it was missing a couple of body parts.
Yes, you're right Only brand new houses are death free. Once a house is 1 years old or more, a random person will automatically drop dead inside the house
Seriously though, my current house is 30 years old and I've talked to the neighbors (who were original owners of their own house) that knew the prior owners of mine and he indicated that they all sold and moved away. And my first house was a 10 years old townhouse--no death either.
I'd imagine that most deaths tend to be at hospitals anyway.
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
I guess you're doomed to buying brand new houses for the rest of your life, too.
No. I don't care what happened to the previous owners, even if they died in the house of unnatural causes a la Amityville Horror. I am rather a practical person, and I'm not superstitious, so it all boils down to:
Can I afford the home?
Do I like it?
Is it in acceptable condition?
Does the home have the amenities I need for it to be a good living space for my family and I?
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 have a vivid imagination. I wouldn't be able to walk into where a room where the death occurred and not remember their death in whatever manner.
For an example, my friend's grandmother died in her bed. Then friend moved into her bedroom. Every time I spent the night there I would imagine how the grandmother would have felt as she died. I just couldn't stop thinking about it. It was really unnerving.
Nothing about spirits and whatnot, just the fact it makes me think about death. And I don't want to do that in my home. It's also why I won't buy a historical home either.
Yeah. I don't want to be the "Based on a true story" in a horror movie.
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