Buying a house you think someone might have died in? Yes or no?

[Aaaghbuying]

Saw a lovely house that's just come on. House here go pretty much within a day - think we saw it first.

It clearly belonged to an old person. And was told it's a probate sale.

What I hadn't expected was that the house still had the hospital bed with all the wipes etc by it. All the personal possessions etc. Looks like nothing has been moved or tidied AT ALL since the owner passed away. Which is a bit creepy.

I asked the estate agent if he knew if anyone had died there and he wisely said he hadn't asked as it's an uncomfortable question to ask, which is true.

Genuinely not sure what to do. It will go very soon whatever and ticks all our boxes in terms of size, location and price.

But I'm not sure if I could buy a house someone could have died in? Is that over-sensitive? It's a Victorian property so someone may well have passed away there in the last 140 years.

Views please. Have you done this and regretted it? Or done this and not regretted it? Or couldn't do it?

Thanks.

Wouldn't be bothered. In fact as a young child my mum inherited a furnished house from an aunt and we moved in for a while, I believe my parents even slept in the bed she died in. It was a gorgeous antique four poster if that makes a difference.

I've posted already but have just remembered that mum's next door neighbour suddenly died sitting on her sofa 2 years ago. She had come home from her brothers funeral and was waiting for friends to turn up when she just died. Her lounge and my parents lounge are joined. Mum said was weird to think she was just sat on her sofa with just walls dividing them while they were sat the other side watching tv. Her sons sold the house as it was. All her things still there including the sofa etc. Even her car still parked outside. A young family live there now. I know she had happy times in the house and I would chat to her often as we both had Jack russels. The house has now been transformed as she had let it get a bit run down. These were built in the 70s so even newish houses sadly have deaths.

@Dizzy1234

Don't fixate on the death, think of the life, a life lived, a life loved, marriage, children, grandchildren, a life time of memories for another family in your potential new home.

^ this

Plus, for many, it’s a blessing to pass peacefully at home

And you know the reason for selling isn’t awful neighbours!

Press on if you like it: if offer accepted you could request all the contents cleared or pay someone to clean & remove junk

My sister's house had an old man did in it and his body was not discovered for a few weeks, and it had to be removed by a specialist team from the council's environmental health department due to the stage of decomposition it was in. The house was then fully refurbished by the local council before being let to my sister. She he lived there a few years now and is happy to do so, as it was like a new house when she moved in, all the fixtures and fittings were brand new and freshly decorated.
Even with the house that you are buying there is a chance that the elderly person passed away in hospital, having been admitted just a couple of days before.

Wouldn't bother be at all.
Also think about it with a house of that age its likely to have had a few people pass away.
But on the other side it's likely there have been a few babies born in the house.

Our current house is 200 years old, so chances are at least one person will have died in it. But it’s a lovely, happy feeling house.

We’re moving soon and I know the previous elderly owner died peacefully in the house - her daughter showed us round and told us all about her parents and her memories of the house. It was lovely. And the house feels so cheerful and welcoming.

That said, we looked at another house which felt completely different. Previous owner’s things were everywhere, including year old shopping lists on the kitchen counter. It somehow felt really sad and lonely - I found it quite an unsettling place to be, to be honest. The house could have been amazing, but I couldn’t get over the sad atmosphere.

I’m not sure I could live somewhere where there had been a murder or suicide. But that’s because I’m odd and think houses sort of ‘absorb’ emotions over the years.