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Buying a house where someone died of natural causes or some disease is quite different from buying a house where someone was murdered.
I don't believe I'd feel at all comfortable living in a place where any former owner(s) had died a violent death.
well, being a very spiritual person myself, I think if I felt the presence of the spirit around me, (which I most likley would) I would talk out loud (to the spirit) and let the spirit know that I am now the new owner of their home and I promise take good care of it, and be happy here. I would also let the sprit know, it is OK to be here, but you really should go to the light, and it is OK, your home will be safe with me.
So - if a couple that has Domestic Abuse issues lived in the house would you buy that house? Using the same mindset you could say that the bad juju in the house may cause the new couple become abusive.
I wouldn't. But it's not because I believe in ghosts. I don't. IT's because I would sit there and picture in my mind what happened. I would find it very sad to live there. This would likely only apply to a violent death
I wouldn't. But it's not because I believe in ghosts. I don't. IT's because I would sit there and picture in my mind what happened. I would find it very sad to live there. This would likely only apply to a violent death
This. With the Internet, you could get about every gory detail and know exactly how it all went down. You would visualize it in your house all the time.
A murder or suicide would definitely keep me from buying a house. Not for any logical reason, but it would just creep me out, and who wants to live in a house that gives them the creeps? A natural death in the home would be commonplace and wouldn't bother me. I believe that the husband of the woman who sold us this house died at home, because we all really felt a presence here at first, though we didn't discuss it for awhile. To the person who brought up domestic violence without a death, no I don't know why that would bother anyone. People do all kinds of s****y things in their homes, you can't worry about it. Like I said, it's not logical but a house is too big a purchase and part of your life to feel uncomfortable about something.
In Texas, the seller's disclosure has a question if there was ever an "unnatural death" on the premises. That means someone who did not die in bed in thier sleep. The disclosure is given to the buyer with a contract.
Nope.
The wording on the Texas Seller's Disclosure forms (there's more than one form that can be used and I've just looked at two of them to be sure)is, is the seller aware of:
Death on the property other than death caused by: natural causes, suicide, or accident unrelated to the property's condition.
In Texas you are required to disclose deaths that are caused by the property - someone fell down the stairs, off the roof, a gas leak that caused the death, etc.
Deaths not caused by the property's condition are not required to be disclosed, though even though they are irrelevant, I would recommend that a seller disclose. Murder, unless the house somehow forced the murderer to commit the deed and that would be hard to prove, is not related to the property's condition.
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