Would rumours of a haunted property be a deterrent?

[fruitqueen]

I just came back from a viewing of a lovely property and decided to take a walk in the vicinity to have a feel of the neighbourhood. Along the way, I started bantering with a couple of people and when I queried on the property I was viewing, they gave me a quizzical look and asked whether I felt strange in there. I replied "no, why?" and they said there was a reputation of the property being haunted . I was rather taken aback but thanked them for letting me know. On hindsight, I did feel a little chilly in there but other than that, I didn't feel there was anything strange at all.

Now, I am not one who is superstitious or would believe that things would go bump in the night, but I couldn't help but feel rather awkward when the agent called and asked what I thought. I am having second thoughts to it now but am I being silly?

Any house more than, say 50 years old would probably have had somebody die in it.

The issue is not so much someone or anybody dying in the property but the circumstances of the death, I'd imagine..........

Why would circumstance matter? We rented a home 'haunted' by an old lady who had died peacefully in there.

Anyone who asked for a discount would have been laughed out of the office.