Property - already a body in the garden here...

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www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/56-sissons-crescent/leeds/ls10-4ll/57335464/

I buried my daughter in the back garden, it is quite a lot of work

We had to call the mortgage company and ask for permission. The guy on the phone was rather taken aback and had no idea, guessing it’s not a daily call. The bank clearly thought it was a sensitive issue and wrote a very vague letter ‘we have no objection to the issue discussed’ so we had to ask them to be clearer and finally got a letter saying ‘ we have no objection to you burying your dead daughter in the back garden’

Also had to ring the council to discuss the position of water courses and the woman who answered the phone burst into tears and left and her boss picked up the phone thinking DH must have been abusive to her.

We had a map of the garden and had to make a plan as to what we’d do when we died as more than two bodies you need planning permission as a cemetery. Finding a grave digger took work too but funeral directors did it. Don’t know what the neighbours thought, it was a garden in a terrace in Streatham.

However we did at least exhume her when we moved! £2000 it cost us. Not sure I’d do it again. Apparently it doesn’t reduce your house value though.

No I wouldn't like it. I think it's odd. Wouldn't you want to be with the rest of the bodies in the graveyard?

Slightly nervous about gardening now.

I actually think it's really beautiful to love a place so much

This house has been on here before! With similar comments, no idea how to find an old thread, and I can't remember when it popped up.
Good to see the house sold though.

I remember the previous thread on here, and I think there was speculation that the grave was half way down the garden because that's where the owned part ended and the rest of the garden was rented from the council. It's all a bit hazy though!

Previous threads from Jan 2021

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/property/4140870-previous-owner-still-in-the-garden?reply=103815285

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4140073-Surprise-in-your-rose-garden-Rightmove?page=2&reply=103788976

I remember the original thread. I actually wouldn't mind, quite sweet really that he was born and died there. I'd be more concerned about renting part through garden from the council to be honest.

Really? I don't think so. But if you know better, please quote the legislation.

I’d have to have the body exhumed and cremated before I could even consider living there.

You’re correct. I think many people assume it will be legally complex, because obviously it’s unusual - most people don’t want to do it, or probably don’t realise that they can. But it’s actually pretty straightforward. If you own the freehold then, as long as you advise the local authority in advance, have the body prepared correctly and have that signed off, and have certification to confirm that it won’t contaminate a water course, it’s quite routine after that. In reality it’s not terribly different from a bio perspective to burying your dogs and cats in your garden, which loads of people do, after all.

Umm yes there is. A massive marble grave enclosure in the front garden and metal railings around the whole front garden just for good measure.

It was sold in 2021 for £90k - 35k under asking!

There's a high chance the new owners would have you both moved though

@pinguins @nancy2022

It sold in April 2021

A body in the garden wouldn't bother me.

My favourite house since childhood is in a cemetery. It's used as an office now.😤

And now they have a huge garden with a small corpse…

(I’ll get me coat)

Maybe. I’ll be dead. I won’t care. Personally, I’ve lived much of my life enjoying being a bit contrary and if somebody wants to go through the expense and process of having me exhumed from their land, I actually quite appreciate their commitment!

Moreover, I just suspect the property would be bought by people who don’t give a shit and whose friends would come over and be like,

“What the fuck is that??”

“That? Oh, that’s Kevin and Joan, the people who lived here before us.”

And I imagine that after a few drinks at a house party everyone would have a laugh and toast us for the bells at New Year.

Come on northern mumsnetters someone book a viewing - we need to know where the dude is

I imagine who ever bought it had the body removed. It’s a strange request as the man must have known he would only be in that grave temporarily.

I don't think it's still for sale. The listing is from 2021.

The wording and photos are exactly the same as last time though.

@AlfietheSchnauzer

Didn't even know this was legal!

It's an archived listing not live, it says 'Archived' at the top right.

😆