To think people might not want to buy a house next door to a funeral director?

[MorgueDweller]

Found out today that two doors away is turning into a mortuary/funeral director's business. So dead bodies will be stored there. It's currently a gift shop in a village, very residential area.

Neighbour who will live next door told me. My first reaction was that I wasn't bothered.....they'll be quiet! Neighbour is worried about house price being affected.

Ive now googled and it does seem that being in the same area as a funeral director wipes 6.5% off the value of your property. And I guess this might be more if you're only 2 doors away?

If we were to sell our house do you think a lot of people would be put off by this? Is it the thought of dead bodies which would put people off because this doesn't bother me? I'm slightly bothered about a possible increase in parking issues If there's lots of families coming and going. I'm not sure how busy it will be. I guess hearses May sometimes bring a body back in the middle of the night if they're rung to come and fetch a body.

I think it probably would turn some people off for reasons they can't quite articulate, yes.

It's not something I'd really worry about, though.

My SIL would love to live next door to a funeral parlour. She's fascinated by them. My attitude would be at least the neighbours are quiet, but I'd want to know what impact it might have on things like parking in the street.

Oo I don’t think I’d like to live next to a funeral director! I wouldn’t want my DC seeing coffins and sobbing mourners on a regular basis, and don’t like the idea of dead bodies on the other side of the wall. I wouldn’t buy your house, sorry.

I'm rather interested in attitudes to death in this country and think it would be quite interesting to live nearby. Wouldn't put me off at all.

There's parking at the back for all the hearses. But anyone coming to view a body or talk about funeral arrangements would be parking on the street. It is the village high street so there's quite a lot of parking up and down the road.

Wouldn't bother me at all.

I’m afraid it would put me off. Rationally, yes quiet neighbours and I really doubt you would see many sobbing relatives in the street. But I have big anxiety around death. I wouldn’t want to be reminded of my own mortality every time I came and went from my home. I accept this is a weird and unhealthy attitude to death and hopefully it wouldn’t put most people off!

Sorry but I do think it will put people off. I've dealt with dying and dead people in a clinical role, so am not squeamish about that sort of thing, but probably wouldn't look at a house so close to a funeral director. The bodies being brought back, the hearses leaving, but most of all the distressed people coming and going would all put me off.

Does anyone know do funeral processions leave from a funeral directors place? Ive only known a hearse come to the house of the relatives and then the funeral procession leaves from there?

I Wouldn't like a procession of 20 cars turning up several times a day?

It would definitely put me off. Sorry! I am a bit biased tho...I wanted to view a house recently and realised it is on the route hearses take to the local crematorium and decided not to bother (but this is partly because it was was the route for dd’s funeral). I think the idea of seeing hearses/ coffins/ v upset family members would put me off buying the house but some people might not mind.
Are you planning to sell?

Right, so far it's looking like about a 50/50 split. I'm beginning to worry now. Cutting potential house buyers by 50% isn't good.

My Grandparents were funeral directors and stone mason's. My late DM used to live next to the graveyard. I asked her once if she wasn't a bit scared and she told me "never, it's the living you having to worry about, not the dead"

Always stuck with me and death has never been a fear since.

We were thinking of selling in a couple of years.

Posted before seeing your latest post. Yes funeral processions quite often leave from the funeral director’s rather than the person’s home (dd’s did).

It wouldn’t bother me and although I consider myself to be an empathetic person, I can’t fathom why it would bother someone.

I grew up on a quiet terraced road with a funeral directors on the corner. I don't recall my parents being concerned about it affecting house prices but I was only a kid. There were often hearses in the street and all the kids learned early to be quiet and respectful if there was a coffin and flowers. There were often cars parked outside and on the corner with families visiting. I don't recall ever getting finding it creepy or anyone else saying that they did although I was aware that bodies would be laid out inside.

Lots of things will always put somebody off, from schools to takeaway restaurants to playgrounds to bus stops. But all of these things have to go somewhere and unless your house is particularly unusual or in an area of very low property demand, there will always be enough people it won’t bother. Can’t say a funeral director would bother me at all.

I wouldn’t dead bodies give me the willies, especially when they are in coffins but I’m not even sure why

its the living you have to worry about..... unless you're shit scared/believe in ghosts which i do so i would def NEVER buy your house. sorry!

I think it would put me off from the point of view that i would feel bad going about my daily life, playing with DC in the garden, the usual happy comings and goings of family life (thinking about how lovely my DC is when we’re heading in and out of the house) with mourners passing my front door/garden daily. Plus the increase in traffic if funerals are departing from the funeral director’s premises. There must be a bit of an impact that’s quite different to that caused by a gift shop (slow traffic, people waiting around...).

*how lively my DC is! He’s lovely at times but lively more often!

I’m not sure it’ll be such a big deal for you if you’re two down and also if it’s a high street with other shops anyway as it’ll sort of meld in psychologically. For me if I was considering a mixed-use street I’d rather a funeral parlour than say a betting shop.

I’m sure you’ll get the odd superstitious person but I’d take that statistic with a pinch of salt (how big can the data set be!?) and enjoy your home for now.

Wouldn’t bother me if there’s plenty of parking for the hearses and people visiting.

As you say, at least the occupants will be quiet. Could be worse tenants and businesses moving in.

I used to live (rent) literally next door to a funeral director. We were the end terrace and they were on the corner. No bother at all and as I’ve found with people in that line of work generally, very kind and considerate people. It really wouldn’t put me off at all.

I might wonder if I could get a job arranging funerals, I've always fancied it as a career. Otherwise, you might get an easy sale to someone who works there and wants an easy commute.
At the very least, a funeral parlour looks respectable- it's got to be better than a bookie!