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Buying a house? diedinhouse.com
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:13 am
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:13 am
Heard an ad for this website this morning. Apparently, for a fee, they will research a prospective property you might want to purchase and alert you if someone died there because, as it claims, it could "dramatically affect the value" of the place.
Is this something a lot of people are really worried about? I have a 120 year old house and never once thought of such a thing until I heard this ad. Given its age, I would suspect SOMEONE has died there at some point, but I really can't see how that's supposed to spook me.
Is this something a lot of people are really worried about? I have a 120 year old house and never once thought of such a thing until I heard this ad. Given its age, I would suspect SOMEONE has died there at some point, but I really can't see how that's supposed to spook me.
This post was edited on 5/6/14 at 8:15 am
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Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:15 am to Y.A. Tittle
good thoughts
Best way to avoid Haunted Houses.
Best way to avoid Haunted Houses.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:15 am to Y.A. Tittle
who cares if someone died in a house?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:16 am to Y.A. Tittle
I would like to know if there had been any bodies melted through the ceiling previously
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:16 am to SouthOfSouth
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who cares if someone died in a house?
It wouldn't bother me, but I'd damn sure like to know if it could hack the price of a house I was looking at
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:16 am to Y.A. Tittle
Somebody being murdered there maybe. Not just dying there.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:17 am to SouthOfSouth
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who cares if someone died in a house?
Don't want to be a stop on a ghost tour
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:17 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I have a 120 year old house
Check your uptown privilege at the door, whitey.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:18 am to Y.A. Tittle
My mom passed away in our home and the people that bought it knew about it and it didn't affect the value in any way.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:20 am to Y.A. Tittle
quote:I'd rather not know honestly
Is this something a lot of people are really worried about? I have a 120 year old house and never once thought of such a thing until I heard this ad. Given its age, I would suspect SOMEONE has died there at some point
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:28 am to ForeverLSU02
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I'd rather not know honestly
Me either. As mentioned before, if you have an older house, the odds that someone died in it are pretty high -- I would think.
Now, if the website could tell you if the house you were buying was once owned by a serial killer who buried hitchhikers and hookers all over the backyard, I might be looking for a price reduction.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:I think I see what you did there.
It wouldn't bother me, but I'd damn sure like to know if it could hack the price of a house I was looking at
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:31 am to Y.A. Tittle
My mother recently passed away at home and her geist is hanging around--and why not, she lived in the place 51 years. She's not gonna bother anyone when we sell the place though, unless they're real assholes. Besides, the house is in a great part of L.A. with a pool, ocean view, excellent schools, etc., etc. It'll do just fine on the market.
Unless you're talking a particularly gruesome death, like a murder or suicide or something, who gives a frick who previously lived and died in a house?
Unless you're talking a particularly gruesome death, like a murder or suicide or something, who gives a frick who previously lived and died in a house?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:36 am to Y.A. Tittle
This is a good site to know of I hope I remember it when it's buying time.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:42 am to TigerPanzer
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Unless you're talking a particularly gruesome death, like a murder or suicide or something, who gives a frick who previously lived and died in a house?
Why does a murder/suicide matter to you then?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:44 am to JayJay2
I don't think the site is for people who are like "omg I'm scared of a ghost in my future house", I think it's more for people who realize that they could end up paying a significantly lower amount of money for said house. Hell, if I was strapped and looking to buy I would try to intentionally find a murder house.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:47 am to NeverToYield
Yeah and then you end up in real life S1 American Horror Story.
RIP NeverToYield
RIP NeverToYield
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:49 am to WigSplitta22
When one of my friends got married, they moved into one of the apartments off SHerwood, behind what used to be Magnolia Cafe (Now Capital City Grill). The apartment had a loft. After about a week, their neighbor came over and told them that the previous tenant hung himself from the rafters. His wife wanted none of it, and demanded to not spend another night there and demanded to be let out the lease. The office said they were under no legal reponsibility to do so and they were not required to tell them about the previous tenant, but would be courteous and let them break it.
This particular friend lies a lot so none of that may be true, but I do know they moved out about a week after moving in....
This particular friend lies a lot so none of that may be true, but I do know they moved out about a week after moving in....
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:53 am to WigSplitta22
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Why does a murder/suicide matter to you then?
I'd just rather not be hassled by spirits who came to a grim end in the house I'm living in. In the house next to my parents' home, for example, a young girl committed suicide, and you'll occasionally hear crying coming from the garage where she asphyxiated herself with carbon monoxide. Me personally, I'm not bothered by that sort of stuff--but how do you explain it to visitors or prospective home buyers?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:57 am to JimMorrison
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Yeah and then you end up in real life S1 American Horror Story.
RIP NeverToYield
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