Has viewing a property ever given you a bad feeling that's lasted all day?

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Inspired by the thread about the house with a presence .
I've been in a few houses up for sale that looked good on paper but felt really 'off'. The negative feeling would then last all day. I have also felt the opposite; houses that are completely unsuitable that leave me with positive feelings.
The feeling does not depend on the state of the house. It doesn't matter if it's a wreck or immaculate.

I'm mad aren't I?

Don’t be silly, @milkyaqua — being credulous and superstitious does not make you a more ‘sensitive’ human being any more than it makes you a better wine taster.

I live there with my husband, dogs and a highly-imaginative young child (whose bedroom is right beside the landing where the murder happened), we regularly have people to stay, my sister has house-sat solo while we were away — and in fact I knew the house for years about 30 years ago when I was a student because it was lived in by 20somethings who threw a lot of parties. We also had builders there for about three months when we bought it, gutting it.

Everyone knows about the murder, especially as it was an anniversary in 2020.

I can assure you that all these people are statistically unlikely to be ‘non-sensitives’, or alternatively, bravely struggling on through the blood-curdling atmosphere of doom.

(@Mushtullo after a name change.)

Oh, and I should have said that a friend and neighbour who is here often is a sommelier with a WSET diploma.

We once looked at a gorgeous thatched cottage which had a horrible atmosphere. I commented on it with the estate agent, she said it felt like a house where the people were divorcing and that you could tell what was going on there. Personally I think it was a bit more than that. Even my ridiculously logical husband gave himself away with that one.

Felt a big desire to run. Such a weird feeling.

Our current house was really run down when we looked at it, but I had a real feeling that it would be great for our kids to grow up in, I was totally right there!

My house is very old-1475 in some places and in 1971 the skeleton of a murdered girl was found bricked into the fireplace. Nevertheless it feels warm and friendly and although it was falling down when I viewed it I knew it would be a happy place for me. We never feel fully alone here-there is some sort of energy but it feels kind, not threatening.

Some ghost hunters came around once and their ghostbusters style Spirit metre thing was bibbing away like mad

There is however one bit of the garden that all of us separately have felt absolutely terrified in for no discernible reason. We all felt silly saying it so it only came out after a few months that we'd all felt odd in the same place after ExDP literally ran out of the garden one day he felt it so strongly. It's very weird.

being credulous and superstitious does not make you a more ‘sensitive’ human being any more than it makes you a better wine taster.

I think you're getting a bit confused here. Some people are finely sensitive to smell, to taste, to sound, etc - and are highly rewarded in their professional capacities.

Some are more sensitive to atmosphere. You are not one of them.

@milkyaqua

being credulous and superstitious does not make you a more ‘sensitive’ human being any more than it makes you a better wine taster.

I think you're getting a bit confused here. Some people are finely sensitive to smell, to taste, to sound, etc - and are highly rewarded in their professional capacities.

Some are more sensitive to atmosphere. You are not one of them.

I’m not confused. It would appear by your reckoning that none of the people who spend considerable time in our house — be they animal, child or adult — meet your definition of ‘sensitive’.

I viewed a large duplex penthouse apartment when we were living overseas a few years ago. Lovely double height windows, great location, needed modernising, but it was a rental with loads of potential. Downstairs all fine.

We go upstairs, feels a bit different. Master bedroom fine, spacious, bright. I looked through the dressing room into the white ensuite. I could see the tiles floor, walls and glass shower enclosure. Awful awful feeling. Like oppressive murder is the only way I can describe it. I know that sounds bizarre, but I honestly got a flashing image of red blood over the white tiles. Most awful headache, I insisted we left immediately and didn't view the other bedrooms.

Never had that feeling before or since then. What an awful place.

Get over yourself, milkyaqua. You are not special.

I once viewed a bungalow where the last resident had recently passed. The house hadn’t been emptied yet, but was still sparse and a bit desolate looking. The house was very worn and needed updating - it had old wiring and a full 60s interior. There was a grubby, stained armchair with a body shape imprinted in it looking out onto a clearly well loved garden with a stocked and organised garden shed. There was a stained man’s cardigan draped over the arm of the chair, a greasy mark where the back of his head would have rested and a used, heavily stained tea mug resting on the other arm of the chair. There were a few magazines on the table next to the chair. The house was in order, but dusty and clearly hadn’t been hoovered. The kitchen had a single tin of beans on the side with a tin opener and a plate next to it.

It just felt very sad and lonely. Not at all in a ‘woo’ way, it just felt like the previous occupant had quietly withered away all alone. I was put off because all I could think about was a little old man, shuffling about the bungalow with no one to talk to, help him wash his clothes, or cook his meals.

That might not have even been the case, but it was the feeling that I got based on how the house was presented. It was an open viewing and there were plenty of other people looking very keen so they clearly didn’t feel the same.

@phishy

Get over yourself, milkyaqua. You are not special.

I don't think anyone is saying anyone is special, just different.

Not really sure why people who don't believe you can pick up on things, feel the need to come on theses threads and sneer at people who do believe it.

Anyone else trying to figure out the murder?

Not saying as obviously identifying. Not recent, though.

I don't think anyone is saying anyone is special, just different.

Not really sure why people who don't believe you can pick up on things, feel the need to come on theses threads and sneer at people who do believe it.

You’ve got that the wrong way round, it was @milkyaqua sneering at @Mushtullo for ‘being incapable of discerning’.and having ‘a lack of sensitivity’.

@phishy

I don't think anyone is saying anyone is special, just different.

Not really sure why people who don't believe you can pick up on things, feel the need to come on theses threads and sneer at people who do believe it.

You’ve got that the wrong way round, it was @milkyaqua sneering at @Mushtullo for ‘being incapable of discerning’.and having ‘a lack of sensitivity’.

You mean Mushtullo who agreed with this, sneery, post, before?

No, I don’t believe in woo crap or bad juju. The bad feelings you get are manifestations of your own internal anxiety, not the fault of the house

If Mushtullo, doesn't believe in it, how is it sneery to say they can't pick up on it?

Or is it only sneery when it goes one way?

@Hekatestorch yes, telling someone they are ‘incapable of discerning’.and having ‘a lack of sensitivity’ is sneery, do you not see that?

Someone else saying they don’t PERSONALLY believe in something and hypothesising that it’s the person’s own internal anxiety is not being sneery.

Not my story (wasn't born yet), but my parents'. When they went to view our hold home, everything seemed fine until they got to the living room. The owners had locked their kids in their and in the short viewing time they had dismantled the TV. My mum said she got a really weird vibe from the family.
She wasn't wrong. Years later the sons murdered their father and left their mother in a coma.

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[quote phishy]@Hekatestorch yes, telling someone they are ‘incapable of discerning’.and having ‘a lack of sensitivity’ is sneery, do you not see that?

Someone else saying they don’t PERSONALLY believe in something and hypothesising that it’s the person’s own internal anxiety is not being sneery.[/quote]
No one hypothesised anything. They stated it was peoples anxiety. Not theory. They stated it as though it was fact. The poster the agreed with it.

A lack of sensitivity to picking up bad vibes, is not sneery. If the person could pick them up, they would believe them.

And to be fair, how can someone complain about being sneered at, when they came out of nowhere, just to sneer at people themselves or to support that sneering?

@Hekatestorch

No one hypothesised anything. They stated it was peoples anxiety. Not theory. They stated it as though it was fact. The poster the agreed with it

You’re wrong, the post started as ‘I don’t believe’. So it’s an opinion.

Some people are less sensitive than others, or not sensitive in this way at all.

A lack of sensitivity to picking up bad vibes, is not sneery. If the person could pick them up, they would believe them.

Except she didn’t say ‘a lack of sensitivity to picking up bad vibes’, she said ‘a distinct lack of sensitivity’.

And to be fair, how can someone complain about being sneered at, when they came out of nowhere, just to sneer at people themselves or to support that sneering?

You’re really reaching here. She agreed with someone, that’s not sneering.

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‘Some people are less sensitive than others, or not sensitive in this way at all.’

We viewed a house in Orange, NSW. On the estate agent’s website, it looked perfect. We were told it was owned by a solicitor couple who had just bought another house. We were so excited to see it.

When we arrived, the entire house was empty, but the smell of cats’ wee was overwhelming. I have had cats all my life, I lived in a squat when I was younger, etc. so it takes a lot to shock me. We just could not take on the house with that smell.

A few months later, there was a reference on Breaking Bad to meth labs smelling like cats’ wee and we wondered if that house had in fact been a meth lab.

A friend of mine went to a house viewing. She opened the built in wardrobes to see how much room there was inside and found a handgun and a baseball bat... She didn't rent the house!

You’re wrong, the post started as ‘I don’t believe’. So it’s an opinion.

Nope. They said they didn't believe in woo. There was a new sentence stating The bad feelings you get are manifestations of your own internal anxiety. They didn't state they believed it was a person's own anxiety. They said it was a person's own anxiety.

If I said 'I don't believe in covid. There's no evidence to support it' no one would take that to mean I simply don't believe there's no evidence, but I am stating that there is non. (I do believe in covid, its just an example)

Except she didn’t say ‘a lack of sensitivity to picking up bad vibes’, she said ‘a distinct lack of sensitivity’.

Yes, while talking about picking up negative vibes.

Agreeing with a sneery comment, is sneery. Yes.

We had this with one house that we actually put an offer on. However they had dogs and were smokers so I think a lot was to do with the bad smell and grubby walls and carpets. The couple were also selling because of a divorce and they seemed really sad whenever we had dealings with them. The house had a lot of potential but our buyers pulled out so we didn't proceed anyway.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-scientific-explanations-spooky-sensations-180973436/

It is thought that a lot of “spooky” houses actual have issues with mild carbon monoxide leaks or low frequency vibrations from pipes etc. These things result in a feeling of dread and unease in humans.