Would you buy this house? TW-suicide

It would probably give me the heeby jeebies and put me off if I was in a position where I could afford to be a bit picky.

I’d buy it. It’s bricks and mortar. Make it a happy place.

My friend bought a house in which previous owner had done this. She also got it under budget and has made the house lovely.

it’s just bricks and mortar. People have died in houses.

Yanbu
Realistically, a lot of us with older period properties (and even new houses), have absolutely no idea of the history of our houses and what may have gone on in the years before us.

OP, you haven’t even seen it?
Go see it!! You don’t know what you’re debating yet until you do. You may hate it, in which case, no problem. Or you’ll love it and you’ll find a way to be ok with the house’s past

My house is a new build. It’s built directly upon where the morgue of a psychiatric hospital from the early 1900s used to be.

Death is a part of life. I wouldn’t let that put you off the house. That being said, if it’s something that will play on your mind a lot then leave it. You have to be happy living there.

This is where I am a bit of a rubbish atheist because I do think houses carry energy and children pick up on it more than adults.

My parents bought a house with a similar history. Me and my siblings had lots of strange experiences in the house ranging from wierd to terrifying. Both me and my sister saw the figure of a woman and experienced the most oppressive feeling when we saw her. My parents felt the house was fine and told us about the woman when we were adults. The only time my DM experienced anything was the evening my parents split, all the lights in the house flashed and went off and stayed off until morning, all the niegbours had power. Us kids were so relieved to move!

We had a bad feeling from the house from the start, so maybe take your DCs to the viewing and get their honest opinion.

Buy it. We grew up in a haunted house where an old person had died but it was a friendly ghost. The dog didn’t like it though!

You’ll make the house your own and it will be fine and you’ll get a good price. Don’t worry what anyone else thinks. Buy it, if you hate it then resell.

I have friends who live in a high rise where there have been several deaths - natural causes, unfortunate events and the occasional roof jumper.

There are no ghosts or ghoulies, a home is what you make it.

I would take advantage of the discount.

I think it's a bit reductive to define someone's life by their death. Who knows how many lovely happy times they had there? What of the person who moves into your old family house? It sounds like it held a 'lot of pain for the previous owners...'

I personally wouldnt (perhaps irrationally), esp if after ive been through a lot mentally /emotionally. i wouldnt want anything playing on my mind. Im a worrier, so id probably be worrying if the house is jinxed etc. But thats just me. Good luck with whatever you decide op x

Buy it. Let the house bring some joy into other people's lives.

It's just bricks and mortar, horrible things have happened in most houses, mine is 110 years old, God only knows what's happened here, I know the wife of the previous owner died here and her ashes are buried in the garden under the magnolia. Given the prevalence of DA without conviction most houses more than a few years old will have hosted something unpleasant purely by numbers alone. Buy the house, give it a new lease of life

I would buy it but ask your local vicar to bless all of the rooms first.

Buy it and quickly before someone else does!! What happened there in the past is nothing to do with you. Enjoy.

Houses are just bricks and mortar in the end. Whenever you move, and see the rooms completely empty, it's plain they are simply that.
My husband killed himself in our house. I sold it soon afterwards in a private sale to a friend of the next door neighbour who knew what had happened there, the buyers weren't bothered and continue to live there decades later.

Make an offer you may get an even better deal - and to be honest I would snap it up if I were you. I live in an old house in which several people have died, most recently two family members (with a year or two in between these sad events). The history makes no difference - it's all about the atmosphere you and your family create in the house. If you love it, it will be fine.

My house is over 200 years old and before it was a house it was a grain store. I'd be amazed if it hadn't seen a tragedy or two at some point.

I wouldn't care less. Any house could've had someone die in it. Multiple people.

As long as there's no physical evidence left obviously.

Yes, I’d take it, make new memories. Reframe it in your mind that the person made a choice, it might not be a pretty choice but it was their decision to make.
I would feel differently about a murder.
If you are spiritual, burn sage and throw some holy water. 🫣

Land itself has so much history. We're commuting to our jobs over areas where bloody battles were fought, where lives of intense poverty were lived, where horrific crimes were committed. We couldn't go out or be anywhere if we wanted to avoid crossing the lines of historical events that make us shudder. They're in the past. Only you can decide if you're ok with knowing the location of a specific sad moment, but they're all around us, along with moments of great joy.

My favourite ever house was a 500 year old farmhouse. I can guarantee that all sorts of things have happened in that house, some good, some bad, some awful.

That is kind of the magic of old houses, their history and the feeling that we are only transient in them. Think of this house as starting out on its history, and make sure that your transition through it is a happy one. Balance out the energies, if you will.

Yeah, it's just a house. Sad history but a huge proportion of UK houses will have some history of someone dying by whatever method.

Make the house a loved house and yourselves a happy home.

Thank you for your insight into ‘me’!
I would never have known.

My perspective - I sold the house of a close relative a few years ago. My relative died in the house - not suicide, but everyone in the street was aware and it was quite traumatic.

I was very happy when the house was bought by a young family who have completely changed the house and made it their own. It feels like the house has been transformed and is once again the happy family home it should be.