Could you buy a house someone had died in tragically?

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Have the opportunity to buy a house with below market price. Likely to be at a good price for a four bed detached in our area but has a “bad” history if you like. it could do with renovation.

Last year, a young woman was killed in the house in a domestic incident and years before a young lad had committed suicide. My parents are local and knew the young lad and his family who owned the property but not the young woman who was renting.

Now, DP is keen to go for it as it’s unlikely that we would ever get a house the same size at a similar price and that you would struggle to find a house these days someone hadn’t died in but I am hesitant. We are also thinking of starting a family soon so can houses carry bad vibes? the house is also known locally as a bit of a spooks place so there’s that as well!

If the price is low I'd check the roof. Other is be fine. The dead are no longer here.

how good a price? do you get a good feel for it or not

I know people die at home but I think of the circumstances of how she died and the fact she was murdered and the other one who committed suicide I honestly wouldn’t . I just wouldn’t feel comfortable at all

This was her second post, clarifying

Not so much the woo, just the more thinking “oh god, I’m sleeping in the bedroom where someone was murdered” thought and also being known as the people that live in the “murder house”

Why not? If you're worried get a priest into bless the place. Get rid of any bad vibes.

Normally I would say go for it as I don’t really believe in woo.

however recently we stayed in a holiday home near some cliffs and for the whole time I was there I could not settle at all . It unnerved me so much I googled where it was when I got home and it turns out a man had driven off the cliff next to he house when searching for his dog so now I don’t know 🤷‍♀️

Aa blessing sounds like a good idea.

There is a very desirable road in our village, where all the millionaires in the area live.
In one of the houses several years, ago a man stabbed his wife to death because she was having an affair.
Once the house came up for sale, it was sold within a week or so, and the buyers still live in it, some people will be put off by a bad history, others will just see it as bricks and mortar.

FYI, using the term 'committed' suicide can be upsetting to the families of those who have died by suicide. It suggests that an illegal act has been committed as opposed a tragedy being the result of someone deeply unwell taking their own lives.

Yes this would be my issue too. Not sure I could get the visions out of my brain. Difficult decision really, on one hand you'd be foolish not to go for it but....not helpful I know.

Yes.

I’d buy it m
Redecorate it completely so it looks nothing like what it was. You won’t think
about it.
As for it to be known as the murder house, it will pass. ESP if people are living in it. Whereas atm, the house is ‘stuck’ in that place.

I’d potentially view it however those two quite close together. But the two makes it feel like it’s a sad place to be.

To contradict that I didn’t view any houses in a street a notorious serial killer lived in. They were just getting more and more reduced. so resale may also be an issue.

It wouldn’t bother me.

not a chance. I totally don't believe in woo, but having moved numerous times over the years I honestly feel that houses do soak up the energy of previous occupants.

It's in the past so obviously nothing left from that sense but if you think it might dwell on your mind then you have to decide whether that might taint your life there.

I would.

I don't know whether you're religious but I'd probably get my priest to come round and bless the house just for extra peace of mind.

It wouldn’t bother me. It’s just a coincidence that two bad things happened in the house.

I sleep in a room where my Dad died suddenly when I go back home. Not quite the same but you just put it out of your head.

Also sadly I think there are more places that people have committed suicide in than we would know.

It would depend on the feeling I got when I viewed the house. If I felt uncomfortable during the viewing or thought that it would play on my mind then I wouldn't buy it. But I'm ridiculously sentimental so in one way I'd want to completely transform it and turn it into a happy home. I like the thought a PP had of a blessing for the house or some sort of little ceremony to demonstrate you were bringing light and happiness into the property.

Wouldn't bother me at all! Go for it!

I can't imagine why it should make any difference. People have died in most houses that aren't new. My last house was 150 years old, and I lived in a house in Italy that part of it was about a 800 years old. So many people must have died there.

It's a house. There's no vibes, just walls.

@blueshoes not necessarily at the viewing, but as soon as I'd been made aware of that information I knew I couldn't ignore it.

I would get someone in to bless the house then start with a clean slate (even if it is just a placebo effect)

Most British houses will have seen quite a few deaths, given our older housing stock. People must have died in my house (200 years old).
A violent death would really bother me though. I definitely would not buy a house if I knew someone had been killed there. I would be thinking of the victim all the time and it would be too upsetting.

Pretty much any house over 100 years old will have seen tragic deaths and suffering that could easily be prevented by modern medicine, hygiene and social care.