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Ridiculous, discriminatory, and bringing more pain and loss to an already grieving family!
Well, maybe, but the people purchasing have the right to know if they are going to be harrassed over it during their residency. People aren't shy about banging on doors asking to see where so and so died. The Sharon Tate house was torn down and the land subdivided and people still ask residents is this where it happened?
We had a suicide house in our neighborhood, and we all knew about how it happened, and that house turned over time after time. We kids thought it was haunted. In reality, the neighborhood wouldn't let it go...the guy that hung himself was very well liked, seemingly had no problems and the suicide was unexpected and designed for maximum family blowback. He hung himself in the garage, so when his wife and daughters got home and opened the garage door to pull in the car, they would find him dead.
I was about seven when it happened, and I was in college when the house finally got a long term resident. And the very fact that fifty years later I am still aware of it shows how long this stigma can last. If I bring it up with old time friends....they all remember it, too.
I was about seven when it happened, and I was in college when the house finally got a long term resident. And the very fact that fifty years later I am still aware of it shows how long this stigma can last. If I bring it up with old time friends....they all remember it, too.
No, I'm not trying to be mean, but it shows that you have antiquated and uneducated views about suicide and mental illness. Which is true of MOST Americans. And that needs to change.
I find it remarkably bizarre that California has the foresight and kindness to legally approve physician assisted suicide, then screws the grieving family with these ridiculous disclosure rules.
No, I'm not trying to be mean, but it shows that you have antiquated and uneducated views about suicide and mental illness. Which is true of MOST Americans. And that needs to change.
I find it remarkably bizarre that California has the foresight and kindness to legally approve physician assisted suicide, then screws the grieving family with these ridiculous disclosure rules.
Actually that was in PA. And I don't think anyone had to disclose there, but I'm not sure. It's just everybody knew about -- and then probably told the new families... who then found reasons to leave.
Not sure about the disclosure laws here. I did research into my house long after I bought it and I'm pretty sure no one died in it -- which I find somewhat amazing for a 90 some year old house. I didn't find all the deeds though, but it looked as if it went from person to person, never the estate of...
Actually that was in PA. And I don't think anyone had to disclose there, but I'm not sure. It's just everybody knew about -- and then probably told the new families... who then found reasons to leave.
Not sure about the disclosure laws here. I did research into my house long after I bought it and I'm pretty sure no one died in it -- which I find somewhat amazing for a 90 some year old house. I didn't find all the deeds though, but it looked as if it went from person to person, never the estate of...
In NC an executor can sell the house in the name of the deceased. Deeds and public records would not show 'the estate of'. Also, a child or parent or friend could have died in the house and you would never know.
Anyone familiar with "The Watcher" case here in NJ? (If not, you can google it; it's in Westfield, NJ.) The people who bought the house are suing the former owners because the owners didn't reveal that they had received a letter from some creepy person who claims to be watching the house. No actual physical attacks and certainly no death involved. I'd go into more details, but (a) they are silly and (b) the story has been hyped and covered to death. It's ongoing, BTW.
I once rented a house in a great neighborhood that I otherwise would not have been able to afford because of a family murder, caused by drugs. The son, my landlord, said "I just need someone to break through its past and give it a better name." It was a small-ish town.
Not looking to buy a house, but one thing I am curious about is if something really tragic happened in a house, say multiple homicide, does it need to be disclosed when selling it?
What Information an Arizona Seller Doesn’t Need to Disclose
As stated above, a good rule to follow is to disclose all material property issues to the buyer. There is some information, however, that a seller does not legally have to disclose, such as:
•Whether the property is located in an area with a sex offender. (Buyers can look up this information online, using the Arizona Department of Safety sex offender database.)
•Whether the property was previously owned by someone diagnosed with AIDS, exposed to HIV, or diagnosed with any other disease not known to be transmitted through occupancy.
•Whether a suicide, natural death, murder, or any other felony was committed at the property.
(See Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 32-2156.)
If the buyer asks, however, it is important that you do not lie to or make misleading statements about the matters above. Instead, either answer honestly or indicate that you will not answer because you are not required to do so by law.
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