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Would you buy a house if you knew someone had commited suicide in it?

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Yorkshirepudding · 09/10/2007 17:24

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lemonaid · 09/10/2007 17:26

I'd buy it, especially if it were cheap. Would she feel happier if they got a spiritual cleanser person in? (I don't have much time for that myself, but if it would make her feel better it would be worth spending a bit on)

Fimbo · 09/10/2007 17:27

I don't think I could personally. I also felt funny about a house we viewed, where the person that owned it had died in the house (of old age).

MrsWeasley · 09/10/2007 17:27

this actually happened to a friend her DH did as you said and I was surprised that they carried on living there but it was their home and a lovely home too.

Personally I wouldnt like it but then again I live in an old house and dont know what happened to any of the previous owners.

TwigorTreat · 09/10/2007 17:27

but I reckon every house in the land, with the possible exception of newbuilds, have had someone die in them.

And even the newbuilds are probably built on top of a medieval centre of torture and burial

hamabeads · 09/10/2007 17:28

But in theory quite a lot of houses have rooms/bedrooms where people have died. Especially older houses. The difference is she knows about it.

I think I would if everything else was pretty much perfect.

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Yorkshirepudding · 09/10/2007 17:29

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Lulumama · 09/10/2007 17:30

one person died in our house, that we know of, but there was no bad vibe, also, another perosn;s ashes had been scattered at the bottom of the garden

nontheless we bought the house, and the ghost that came with it was easy to get rid of

depends how spooked you;d be, really.

CappuScreamO · 09/10/2007 17:30

we found out on Christmas Day in our new house that someone had killed themselves in the living room, thanks to the sherry-soaked old dear neighbour we invited round for drinks

"It's lovely that the house is full of laughter now"she said

and she was right

who gives a rat's ass

chocolateteapot · 09/10/2007 17:36

My friend found out that the previous owner had shot himself in the house they had bought. They didn't find out until they had moved in and at first didn't know where but were told by neighbours he had shot himself in the end bedroom - hence the reason that half the carpet was replaced.

She was a bit freaked out at first but there was not a lot they could do about it at that point. A few years down the line the house is a lovely family house, she has since had her 3rd child and the sad ending of the previous owner is a rather distant, sad memory.

I'm not sure she would have bought it had she known before, but I know she is glad they did buy it now.

niceglasses · 09/10/2007 17:38

This reminds me of when I worked at Manchester Council in early 90s in the Right to Buy office. We had the ex council home of Brady & Hindley on the books - the one where they murdered the last victim I think. Not surprisingly it wasn't sold and was demolished.

MrsWeasley · 09/10/2007 17:39

how "perfect" is the house?

If it was my absolute, never moving from it again, type of perfect then I would buy it if it felt right!

NotAnOtter · 09/10/2007 17:48

none of us knows the full history of a house do we?
we suspected that someone had been murdered in a house we owned a couple of years back
a few houses round here have had suicides
one is a dream dream dream semi which went to sealed bids and people doing illegal and immoral things to try and get it - so it did not bother them!

muppetgirl · 09/10/2007 17:54

My b/f was lving in a tiny flat in portsmouth adn started looking for another, larger flat. She signed a new lease on a different flat when the downstairs flat in her building became avaiable -it was lovely. She then found out that a previous tennant (2 years previously) had killed his girlfriend and, I think, kept her body in there for days. When she asked her neighbours about it they all said 'yes, he was such a lovely man it was a real surprise' even her work collegues knew all about it yet no one told her...

I always hated going into the basement to put money into the electric meter

Califright · 09/10/2007 17:55

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somegirlsarebiggerthanothers · 09/10/2007 17:55

Not me. Irrational, probably, but I couldn't sleep at night knowing there was that kind of negative energy around. I get nervous going for a pee in the dark as it is!

MeltingandScreamingIcarus · 09/10/2007 17:56

is it cheaper?

and yes I would.

hertsnessex · 09/10/2007 18:05

the original part of my house was built hundreds of yrs ago - has had many many families in since - sur eosmeon must have died ghere and my dad says he can 'see' someone in the corner of the living room, but i have 'got over' it, tbh, i think its best i dont know to much, sometimes i sense a presence, but as i dont know of any major event for sure i ignore it.

i think the cmeansing idea is a good one if she is into that already.

cx

FrightAttendant · 09/10/2007 18:15

I don't think I could!

Tinker · 09/10/2007 18:54

Yes, I would. Murders might make me feel differently, especially of children

FrannyandZooey · 09/10/2007 19:03

I don't think I would

stupid isn't it?

I have often felt uncomfortable in certain houses for no good reason and have wondered if it is because of past things that have happened there (am not normally into psychic twaddle but can't think of other explanations)

Our current house is the happiest house I have ever lived in, I feel completely comfortable here. It is the newest house I have ever lived in and I have wondered if it has only ever been a happy family home with no bad experiences here. Our old neighbours certainly seemed to think that was the case when they told us about all the previous owners.

marthamoo · 09/10/2007 19:09

I think it depends on you - if you are a fairly matter of fact person, then you can quickly make it "your" house and move on - fill it with laughter as someone said earlier in the thread. If you have an over-active imagination then it may not be the house for you. I'd fall into the latter category and I don't think I would buy it. I've always lived in old houses - this one is about about 160 years old, so it is pretty likely someone has died in it - but knowing it and knowing it are two different things, iyswim.

marthamoo · 09/10/2007 19:11

Me too, Franny. We stayed in a holiday cottage in Cornwall once - beautiful thatched cottage - and I never once felt comfortable in it. I felt "watched" the whole time, and on edge - and I was too scared to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. It just had a bad vibe about it. I've never been so glad to come back from a holiday!

pneumalifenewname · 09/10/2007 19:12

If he wasn't left for ages decomposing in there then I would but otherwise not. I just cleared out my friend's flat after he was found several days after death and I really don't think you'd ever get rid of the smell and sense of death tbh.

CappuScreamO · 09/10/2007 21:08

but people die in houses

3 people died in my childhood home - my grandma, grandpa and stepdad - we still lived there

would you rather they all did it outside?

FrannyandZooey · 09/10/2007 21:41

I don;t have a problem with people dying (well you know what I mean)

but the unhappy atmosphere that must have surrounded a suicide...

as I say I don't normally believe in such things but have no other explanation as to why some houses feel 'happy' and 'safe' and why some feel miserable or sinister

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