Would you ever buy a house if you could get a really good deal on it, and it was right next to a lovely park and a trail, but a murder-suicide happened in it? (And it was cleaned and repaired)
I would want to know how famous the murder/suicide was, which sounds super weird. But I wouldn’t want true crime junkies driving by my house to gawk at it if it was scene of a case that got a lot of publicity. Like the Amityville horror house, or something like that. But otherwise I don’t think it would bother me.
Yes. But maybe have a priest bless the place and someone burn some sage. Like, just to be extra sure.
Just started house hunting and I really feel this question.
I feel like intellectually I can say that the housing stock in my area is older(for the US anyway) and as a result theres a strong chance somebody died in the house I buy. This whole country is built on native american land which was depopulated with either violence or disease, and gun violence is a plague in this country. Even in nicer "low crime" areas you have murders and shootings and you just have to live with it. Ive bought food at places where someone was shot in the head due to some personal grudge.
If it was a good enough deal in a good enough neighborhood and the ghost story was keeping buyers away then I'm a lucky duck and after a few years the murder will be forgotten and when I inevitably move I'll sell it for a good profit when(and if) I need to move.
Of course thats my brain. My gut says I dunno. I dont really believe in ghosts, and even if I did I wouldn't be bothered by like someone dying in their sleep or of old age etc. Still a murder suicide is dark. You know in the dead of the night when it's still and everybody else is asleep or if I'm alone my mind can get superstitious and uneasy. Likewise it's weird to live in a place where you can know exactly where something that horrible happened. To have my growing children playing with toys or running around on ground that someone was legit murdered in recently.
So I could be boisterous and say I'd jump on the deal, but I dunno. I might be able to push myself to go through with it(and regret it some nights) or I might decide I dont want a home with that kind of baggage.
On the other hand, I feel like the victims would probably be happy to see a family or happy person living there. I'd put up some pride stuff, have a bitchin' garden, and have friends over for BBQs and movie nights. Also would make for some good ghost stories around a campfire in the backyard :3
...normally I would be like "hell no" but these days...being broke and dreaming of our own house so bad...yeah I'd do it.
Absolutely! I don't believe in ghosts, I like getting good deals, and I'm not afraid of being known as that person who lives in a haunted house. My only concern would be if it had been truly deep-cleaned, because I would be unhappy to find traces of blood or whatever a few years down the road.
In this market? Absolutely, I wouldn't even hesitate.
In this economy? In a heartbeat.
There was an article in the NYT about what happens to places where murders have happened, and as someone looking to buy a home someday, I realized I wouldn't mind. Especially if it was well below market value.
Shoot, I'd buy one with the chalk outline still in the kitchen if the price is right.
I live in Europe, so I guess the question isn't for me.
Why not?
Everything is super old, so you can be assured that people died and probably were killed. I come from a part of world with similarly old buildings. The house my grandparents lived in is where all of my ancestors until maybe 50 years ago died or committed suicide. Throw in few murders over 300ish years.
Can I split the rent with the ghosts?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but here in California you don’t have to report if someone died in your house after a certain period of time. The only exception, I’m told by my realtor, is if the deceased were a minor.
As long as it doesn’t affect my ability to resell, doesn’t bother me at all.
Are there ghosts? Because I'll pay a premium if there are for sure ghosts.
Just gotta hire a professional cleaning team and a pastor to come to the house first xD
People have died everywhere people have ever lived.