would you buy a house that someone died in?

[buck]

I hear that someone died in this city, maybe i should move? Either that or grow up...

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Baked
Old house, people died in it. New house, Indian burial ground underneath it. Good luck buying a house if you're asian.

Fixed.


My wife had all these rules and things setup and even brought her mom with us sometimes.

Some things such as no dead people, house can face a corner of another house, sun must set in the right direction, etc...

 

[ravana]

Yeah, unless they were buried in the yard....then no. Last thing I need is the dog bringing in a femur or something 😱

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: ravana
Yeah, unless they were buried in the yard....then no. Last thing I need is the dog bringing in a femur or something 😱

"remember, mrs. farmer. whenever you buy a house, whatever's in the ground belongs to you - whether it's gold or oil... or claude musselman."

 

[Omegachi]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Forgot to add, my wife is asian so maybe that has something to do with it?

damn the asian factor! its part of me.

but i found out, the wife of the elderly man was really sick in the unit couple months before the elderly man passed and died in the hospital. Also, the daughter of the seller (the elderly couple's daughter) has cancer...

maybe the house has bad luck/chi/karma? thats why my parents are freaking out.

 

[Cogman]

Sure I would, why not? It isn't like dead people or things put some curse on everything they touch. Heck, some of the richest people in the world flaunt their wealth by owning things that where owned by dead people.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: markgm
I'd buy a house where the whole family was murdered in it. Who cares, it's a house.

Would you perform said service beforehand so you could get a better deal? 😛

Is it the house that melty posted pictures of? :ninja:

This is purely hypothetical, of course, but yes.

 

[AreaCode7O7]

Death is a part of life. It used to be that houses stayed in the family for generations and people were comforted by knowing that births, marriages and death of their predecessors took place in the house. It became valued for the history of both joy and sorrow it contained.

 

[Capt Caveman]

As long as no one was murdered or tortured, I'd be fine. Oh, also as long as there was no cemetery next door.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: markgm
I'd buy a house where the whole family was murdered in it. Who cares, it's a house.

:thumbsup:

 

[Finalnight]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
My wife and I were looking at houses a while back, I saw one that interested me that was basically acrossed the street from a cemetary. She wanted nothing to do with it. Guess she's afraid of zombies.

Tell her it is your life-long ambition to prove what a badass you would be in a zombie invasion.

 

[Descartes]

Does this also consider that someone might have died on the same land on which the house was built? Superstitions can get out of hand...

The house I had a few years back had someone die in it. That's how I got it. It never bothered me.

 

[Miramonti]

I'm not a big fan of superstitions - they tend to get in the way of my karma.

 

[SpunkyJones]

My house was built in 1904. Did anyone die in it is not the question, its are they buried in my backyard somewhere?

 

[PepePeru]

my parents were moving into a house before i was born. the neighbor was an old lady, she basically walked into the house when they were moving crap in (doors open) and the first thing she says before 'hello' or anything is 'the lady that lived here before you died RIGHT HERE!' and pointed to a spot in the living room.

welcome to the neighborhood!

 

[imported_Imp]

Unless the person was violently murdered/assaulted before dying later, I would not hesitate. If it's haunted, then I will have happy ghosts.

But if you want to get right down to it, better check if there were any wars going on in your area in the past oh, 32000 years. Maybe someone died on that patch of land...

The house I live in is over 100 years old. Not sure if anyone's died in it considering the 'medicine' they had then. Chances are yes.

 

[Stifko]

The previous owner was murdered in the garage of the house that I live in now. His murder is unsolved and the police never got the murderer. Sometimes I feel his presence in the house. It doesn't really bother me.

 

[invidia]

Murdered/suicide........ No.

Natural causes........... Sure.

 

[maziwanka]

pfft. if i can get a good deal out of it, why the hell not? if someone was murdered in your house, that may be a different story

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Stifko
The previous owner was murdered in the garage of the house that I live in now. His murder is unsolved and the police never got the murderer. Sometimes I feel his presence in the house. It doesn't really bother me.

You should leave a pen and paper out sometime so he can write down who killed him.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
My wife and I were looking at houses a while back, I saw one that interested me that was basically acrossed the street from a cemetary. She wanted nothing to do with it. Guess she's afraid of zombies.

That's one of the best places to live, you have quiet neighbors who won't be parking broken cars in their driveway or having loud parties. They also won't build a second addition blocking your view.

Yeah, I lived across the street from one and I loved it. It would be a plus for me.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Stifko
The previous owner was murdered in the garage of the house that I live in now. His murder is unsolved and the police never got the murderer. Sometimes I feel his presence in the house. It doesn't really bother me.

I'm going to guess you don't do late-night oil changes in your PJs.

 

[Kev]

Are you afraid that it's haunted?

Do you have a brain?

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: ducci

Originally posted by: mugs
I live in a house that somebody died in. If you buy an older house, it's probably a good bet that someone died there. So far I haven't died, so I can only assume that dying in a house is not contagious.

I thought I caught "dying in a house" once. Turns out I was just really bored.

Would you suggest the veal, or not?

 

[Mr Pickles]

Put some lime on the body and throw it in the dumpster. You're good.