Would you buy a house next to a graveyeard?

[organisedmother]

Would you? Or would it freak you out??

This property is a cottage in a conservation area in a beautiful village with traditional red telephone boxes, every house is covered in wisteria and climbing flowers it’s what I would call picture perfect village.

The church is 1800’s I think it still holds weddings and christenings and I guess funerals but no new burials.

I was stood in the kitchen window and my view was a gravestone saying 1803, all the front windows view are the graveyard, from the garden the view is the church aswell.

How put off would you be by the graveyard? I’m trying to think of the positives that the property isn’t over looked at all, it will never have a new build estate built in front of the house.

There is a beautiful local pub and very good school and it’s in the middle of the countryside.

Think I’ve watched to many horror films but was curious to know how many other people feel the same about graveyards?

I quite like graveyards, I find them peaceful so it wouldn't bother me. If it would freak you out I understand avoiding, you don't want to feel freaked out in your own home.

I wouldn't worry at all about the residents of the graveyard and the place you decide sounds idyllic. My daughter once had a house near a graveyard and it was a gathering place for anti social youth, this might put me off in a more urban setting. If I were you I'd go for it.

Wouldn’t bother me at all. There was a thread on this recently and most weren’t bothered.

It depends on whether or not there are church bells or a chiming clock.

Parking might be an issue when there are services.

Maybe you could screen some of the view with plants.

It's not the dead but the living that scare me in graveyards, they attract anti social behaviour.
If the Graves are really old don't rule out it being built on. Our local church has been made into flats, a load of old Graves have been dug up and the Graves that remain have a TP climbing frame on top of them.

Yes. Quiet neighbours

Wouldn't bother me at all, infact I'd like it.

There was a thread on exactly this a few weeks ago!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3942914-Would-you-buy-a-house-next-to-a-grave-yard

General opinion was that it was fine.

Yes, unlikely to get built on.
Oh yes and a constant supply of fresh flowers

The only thing that would bother me is the possibility of some ancient covenant meaning you are responsible for the upkeep of the church. Which is something a vaguely competent solicitor would pick up during the sale.

Otherwise the thought of quiet neighbours is blissful.

I lived next to a graveyard for a bit. Nice and peaceful! Neighbours were quiet and you very quickly get used to the alarm bells. Only downside was there were plenty of small rodents for my cat to catch and bring home. 🤢

I'd love it. My only worry would be the potential for drugs and shagging but that certainly doesn't apply to most graveyards.

It wouldn't put me off. I can see the graveyard from my bedroom and lounge.
I live in a village with an old and new graveyard and the old one has houses alongside it which aren't even separated by a garden.

Definitely! I used to live next to one and it was very peaceful.

Church bells, not alarm bells! 😆 🔔

I grew up next to a church and graveyard and wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

It's very peaceful, lovely to wander round on quiet evenings. Weddings were lovely to see and funerals a sad part of life but comforting to see people resting next to their families.

The house has a lovely sense of history and permanence beyond our generation.

You can get insurance for the church liability fee, cost us a very small amount as a once off.

Put it this way, the dead don't do DIY/have sexpond hot tubs/play music/ask you to receive their Amazon parcels. Apart from the possible parking issue they are the perfect neighbours

We back onto a graveyard and it is fine. Obviously very peaceful, and it is a beautiful space as well. I wouldn't hesitate!

Sure thing. Quiet neighbours.

I wouldn’t be concerned about the graves, I would though check with neighbours to find out how the church effects their daily lives, any covenant on the property with a decent search by professional.

Churches and neighbour disputes can make headline news, boundaries noise etc
www.lawandreligionuk.com/2014/09/06/churchyard-boundary-dispute-a-most-unpleasant-case/

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/aston-cantlow-couple-end-church-106359 Famous case locally

There was a very recent thread with the same q. Resounding yes vote on here.
Do a good search and check you don’t have responsibility for anything to do with the church (Chancel Act or similar name).

Be aware of the potential for bells. It wouldn't bother me having lived next to a church before where the bells rang every 15 minutes. It took me two weeks to sleep through them and a few months to rarely notice bell ringing practice.

No . If you want to sell in the future it will already put off a certain percentage of buyers.

The issue is, if you run into problems with the Church of England as a neighbour- then you take on the entire Church of England and all there different levels of admin and offices

I used to live in a house backing onto a graveyard. The trees were full of birds and it was extremely peaceful as a PP said, the dead are the perfect neighbours.

I can understand concerns about, say, church bells or antisocial behaviour from teens, but I can't quite believe that there are adults who wouldn't want to buy a house by a graveyard in case the dead rose...