Let's say you came across your dream house/apartment/pad. It's available at an awesome price in the perfect location. The price is extremely low because the previous tenants was an entire family that was murdered.

Question:
Would you take that deal or no?

Choices:
Oh, heck yeah!
No way! Bad juju!
Other.

 

Grudge

In a heartbeat, I'd snatch up that house.

If it’s a purchase and not a rental take it. After all you could immediately sell for a profit since the owner wasn’t murdered.

Only if the outlines are still on the floor.

Sure I would, look at the Amityville house. As far as I can tell the new owners have zero problems with went on there.

If I am not mistaken, some states have to provide disclosures on paranormal activity only if they are asked about it.

I said no, as I’m assuming the question meant buying to live in it.

If I was buying to rent or flip, yes.

I’m not superstitious and I don’t believe in haunted houses. I wouldn’t want to think about the people that were murdered every time I walked through a certain room, or whatever. My home is a place for me to unwind, relax, and feel at peace. I couldn’t do that thinking about how, why, etc., someone was killed.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
I’m not superstitious and I don’t believe in haunted houses. I wouldn’t want to think about the people that were murdered every time I walked through a certain room, or whatever. My home is a place for me to unwind, relax, and feel at peace. I couldn’t do that thinking about how, why, etc., someone was killed.

Where....

Yeah, no thanks. I'm with Noah on this one.

Depends, who did the killing and were they caught?

My current house was a short sale and the previous owners died, but pretty sure in hospice so no haunting but I did get a killer deal.

I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Ghosts aren't real.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
I’m not superstitious and I don’t believe in haunted houses. I wouldn’t want to think about the people that were murdered every time I walked through a certain room, or whatever. My home is a place for me to unwind, relax, and feel at peace. I couldn’t do that thinking about how, why, etc., someone was killed.

I get that I almost certainly have a higher tolerance to this kind of stuff than the average person, due to my line of work.

But honestly, that's not something I'd dwell on.

The sad truth is that terrible things happen to people all around the world, every minute of every day. You can't go through life letting it get to you.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
The sad truth is that terrible things happen to people all around the world, every day. You can't go through life letting it get to you.

I was somewhat surprised the first time I heard of someone’s not wanting to live in a house where a person had died. “What? Why would that matter?” was my response. Death from natural causes is of course different from murder in how it occurs, but ultimately dead is dead. My only concern would be if there was a regulation or law that required me to disclose that history to someone I might sell the residence to in the future. I suspect the people among us who are less and less connected with the realities of life are becoming more sensitive to such things all the time. It’s ironic, too, I believe, because as we’re exposed much more to the horrific elements of life through the teevee and Internet than was even conceived of at one time, it doesn’t make people any more resilient.

And it reminds me of a comment here some years ago from someone who didn’t want to own a WWII German firearm because it might have been used to kill US soldiers. That was a new one to me as well. The views some people have about spiritual issues is interesting to say the least.

There was a very nice house a few blocks from me where a horrific murder took place. It was on the market for a couple years. No one would buy it. By law in this state the murder had to be disclosed to potential buyers. Eventually the house was torn down and the land was sold.

As long as they got all the stains/smells out, I'd snap it up.

A house about 1/2 block away had the husband kill his wife in the kitchen and then tried to haul her body to south Texas for disposal. He was caught and sits in prison now. The house was put up for sale, and I went to the estate sale and actually bought a few inexpensive items. It was/is a nice house and I'd live in it with no worries. It sold with full disclosure in a couple of weeks.

I'd take it, no problem. There aren't any ghosts and if there were I'd say, Dude, why are you trying to haunt me? I didn't kill you.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
As long as they got all the stains/smells out, I'd snap it up.

Even with something really horrific like a body left to decompose for a longer period with fluid/smell that permeates into the building materials, at worst it'd be no real difference from any other major home remodeling where they gut one or more rooms down to the studs/foundation and build it back up. And very likely cleanup wouldn't require anything that drastic.

So even if it required cleanup/remodel, it'd just come down to how good a bargain it was, and how long you could afford to wait before moving in. No different from buying a non-murder "fixer-upper".

I'll take it if my proton pack is fully charged, otherwise no thanks.

Yep. Turn it into a tourist attraction. Jeffrey Dahmers house was a big hit with tourists. Marquette was not happy because of the heavy traffic. It was eventually torn down.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Even with something really horrific like a body left to decompose for a longer period with fluid/smell that permeates into the building materials, at worst it'd be no real difference from any other major home remodeling where they gut one or more rooms down to the studs/foundation and build it back up. And very likely cleanup wouldn't require anything that drastic.

Sounds like the voice of experience. We need to keep an eye on you.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
Sounds like the voice of experience. We need to keep an eye on you.