Would you buy a house that somebody had been murdered in?

Yes, wouldn’t bother me at all.

No.

No I wouldn’t. I have lived in houses where I know people have died and the current one was lived in by a detective who was responsible for catching a murderer back in the day but I would think too much about what had happened if I knew a child had been murdered.

How long ago did this happen?

Yes maybe. Macabre x

Some of the Bamber relatives moved very quickly into the scene of the crime - White House Farm. According to a documentary I watched, such was the haste that blood stains had not been completely wiped off the furniture/walls, etc. I don't know if that particular detail is true or mere sensationalism but they certainly moved in. Jeremy B himself referred to his aunt as a "sick puppy" for doing so but he's in no position to talk.

So yes, there will always be people attracted by a low price/inheritance - even when it's your own relatives who were slain.

Preferably one who hadn't personally murdered anyone.

The only thing that would put me off is it would always be known as that house where a mother and child were murdered.

Where I live in the 50's there was a double murder of 2 children. They lived in the same street as the man who killed them. Whenever it's up for sale the local rag do an article on it. But there's also some confusion over which was the house 1 of the girls lived and which was the murderers house.

Fred and Rose West's house was demolished. But they can't really demolish every house where there's been a murder. A more appropriate use for it would be a women's refuge or a safe house and people in witness protection.

No. We actually own a house where a man killed his wife and child and then himself. Dh was after us moving into it for a while and I said no way Jose!

I had to go and do some bits of painting etc there once and I was really on edge. A shame as it's a lovely period house and could be really gorgeous - we divided it into apartments and let it out.

@Cattery - I think they would have known as the estate agents were explicit about it. Think I recall hearing that whoever bought it did it up quite quickly and sold it on. Maybe it was always their intention to just make a profit (as it was over 100k cheaper than other flats in the area) or maybe it did become uncomfortable living there?

There are probably loads of houses where it's happened and you just don't know it.

Harold Shipman's GP practice is a Lidl now for example.

Wouldn't bother me personally, unless it would be difficult to sell on in future.

In the county where I live a decade or so ago a man had a falling out with 2 people so set out to kill them , he also went on to kill 10 more people and injury a further 11 ( I looked it up to be correct ) before shooting himself.

His house was in a small village and was boarded up for a while before being totally taken back to brick and floors taken up . Presumably to eradicate all his DNA .

Whilst no-one was murdered there , a serial killer and evil man did.
The house once renovated went on the market and someone lives in it now .

No, I live very close to the house where Sara Sharif was murdered and hate walking past, let alone live in it

I’m a rational person so don’t believe in the woo element, but I don’t think I’d be comfortable living somewhere that a child had been murdered. Especially if it was recent. My mind would dwell too much on the sadness, and I wouldn’t want that in my own home.

I lived in a flat at university where someone had taken their own life the year before, and I didn’t dwell on that. I think I probably had less empathy when I was 18, though.

I drive past that flat all the time. Looks v normal obvs tiny bit shabbier than its neighbours but otherwise a nice road / flat.

People don't always know when horrible things have happened in houses they buy.

Aah right. Interesting. I’d imagine someone who WASN’T familiar with what went on there has bought it? Maybe not from the UK? Or maybe someone who has a stronger stomach and a less vivid imagination than me

Yes, certainly.

Yes I would but then I'm classed as 'woo' because I have a small ceremony for the house and land whenever we've moved.

I would cleanse the energy, but yes, I'd buy it.

No way!

It wouldn't bother me. But there was one in our village and in 50 years it never sold, so it does put a lit of people off.

So many houses in the UK are over 100 years old - very likely that people have died in most of our homes. This doesn't bother me, but knowing about a violent death or suicide would I think.

@TallulahBetty - Nilsen's place was in Cranley Gardens, N10 - there's a piece about it here - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/would-you-live-in-a-house-of-horrors-muswell-hill-flat-where-serial-killing-necrophiliac-dennis-nilsen-butchered-victims-goes-up-for-sale-8763510.html

Actually you can still see the rightmove listing if you click on the link, quite an odd selection of photos they showed?! Obviously the flat would have been occupied again and renovated after the awful murders, but I wonder if they only showed limited pictures for a reason?

No.

I live in 3 places. Not a rich lady, it's because my work is kinda peripatetic and two of the places I stay in come with the job. None of them is less than 500 years old, one of them considerably older in parts.

I sometimes think of the things that the places have seen - how many people must have been born or died in them.

I'm more likely than not to be alone - including overnight. It has never bothered me, even in the really old place. Locals are sure it's haunted.
I always greet the places as I arrive and tell them when I'll be back. One day I won't be. The houses will go on waaaay longer than me. Maybe I'll join the ghosts!