I'm curious how this would affect your valuation of a home.
Would You Buy a House That Someone Committed Suicide in?
Would You Buy a House That Someone Committed Suicide in?
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With people saying about the negative energy thing, when they give you a bed in a hospital, its likely someone died in that bed in the past. Is there any way for you to know and do you feel that negative energy then? If its been cleaned up and no sign of it, don't see any issues buying the property.
Yes, I hate hospitals for that reason. Recent death. It has caused me anxiety in the past. It's weird, and I don't know why I feel the way I do in hospitals, but a quick walk through a maternity ward with all the cute babies in the warmers often helps me alleviate it
Perhaps you are a woo addict?
I myself are more worried about shonkiness with wiring and plumbing or combustable cladding.
It's a sad situation but the structure isn't the cause of death.
Deceased estates are more affordable.
So your ‘friend’ wants out and doesn’t want to drop the value of his/her estate?
i would really consider buying if it is way below market value. Those willing to pay full value as they didnt do the due diligence. I bought a place with recent homicide and lived there for a few years, nothing bad has happened and then sold it to make a good money in returns. If you have religion, you should not be afraid of it. These days, it is not easy to own a property. If they want market value, if i were you, I will think else where.
i did. This was about 5 years ago. Actually got me the house a bit cheaper as no Asians were interested in the place and there is a high Asian population in the area that were pushing prices up.
The agent made it very clear of the unfortunate incident in the contract. no details except that it happened.
First thing i said to the neighbors was that i am aware of what happened, dont need any details and lets never speak of it.
my wife did organise some sort of clearing of spirits. Not sure if that was any benefit or not.
No problems since.You'd be killing yourself if you missed out on a bargain
I lived in the house this guy was killed in - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-13/patrick-francis-mccar…
Going down to the cellar in the dark was a bit creepy but it grows on you.
If I had the money, why the hell not? I aint afraid of no ghost!
In all seriousness, if it's a good price and the property is suitable for your requirements, I'd go for it. Don't forget to get the property inspected before signing!
I'd be more inclined to buy it.
Maybe the house needs some good energy after that suicide
Maybe it's looking for you
Don't run from a house
Or run towards one
Maybe. Someone suicided by jumping off an apartment building I lived in once. Didn’t really impact me. I’d say mostly you wouldn’t know or would find out after buying if the neighbours mention it.
absolutely, especially if it meant I could get it at a bit of a discount because of it.
That's why it is called a mortgage!
You would have to kill me to live in one…oh wait
If the body is not left there - why not?
I think the question needs to be revised. Would you live in it. Most of the responses are obviously investors who couldn’t give 2 hoots.
I think more likely most of us are just not superstitious, my answer wouldn't change either way. The reality is people live and visit places everyday that people have died from natural causes, suicide or been murdered, they just don't know it.
half price? oh yes!
Is Amityville for sale again?
only if you caused it.waitwhat?
Probably, but I'd rather not know lol
I bought an 1886 terrace house as a rental investment - the first 6 tenants stayed no more than 6 months
I figured there might be a ghost - someone who had died there and was hanging around making the environment uncomfortable
so I went and stood in the empty house and asked the ghost to leave.
the next tenant stayed for 14 years.
Lol, ok.
Doh! It was that easy the whole time!
I didn't know ghosts were that obliging!
Yo, legit. Knew someone who had a haunted house.
Cupboards kept being opened and closed.
Politely asked "you can stay but stop scaring the pets, please". and it stopped.
If I was a bit iffy on a place, like it was objectively a nice property but something just felt off, a prior suicide (or murder, for that matter) would probably send me packing. I don't believe in ghosts or anything, but it definitely wouldn't help an already uncomfortable atmosphere.
If I was loving a property and then found out about a prior suicide, it probably wouldn't dissuade me.
If the price reflects the perceived value the hell yes I would buy… sis bought a home from a deceased estate. The owner had passed away in that home a few months before and since then the home was mostly vacant. Although it's not a suicide (death by old age) someone still died… But that's all there is to it. Based on past experiences I can say that the living can be way more dangerous than the dead.
knock down rebuild, land is untainted
Yeah
What’s wrong with the house?
Dead people stay dead, yet to see a haunting or ghost.
Would love to though.
Why people scared or feel tainted by a suicide house I dunno but people seem to be scared of everything
My grand parents are living in one in Queensland and everyone simply loves it. Grandpa scored a 50% less the market value and double the land size. My father grew up there, I lived in it for over 4 years.
I had someone commit suicide in the rental next door a few years back. He wasn't very nice and had "coercive control" over his partner and her young kids. Didn't speak to me or my daughter - only my teenage son. I'd hear screaming from his mrs that he was trying to hang himself when they had fights (called the cops obv). But it was just attention seeking. One morning I got woken up by the police asking if I heard anything the night before (from next door). I hadn't. Apparently the bloke succeeded in his threat and did the deed in the bathroom off the shower. The partner and the kids stayed in the house for another year or so and everything just changed - the house was full of happiness and music - they were free.
There have been a few more renters since then but I never tell them of course.
Hmm… What about houses where someone died from covid19?
I know in the States people are trying to avoid it. Do they need to be cleaned at a forensic level too?
Suicide is okay, but covid19; maybe that should be the poll. I don't have to balls to open a poll though.
lol well, if they survived it you wouldn’t even be told. So.. what’s the diff, really.
More to the point, would you buy a house that's been build upon a reclaimed cemetery?
Everyone dies; I assume most people would prefer it to be in their own home. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Someone in the hotel industry was saying that the clients have no idea if the person who slept in the same bed a night before died or not. If a person died a night before, they change the sheets and off they go with the next client.
If it ticked all the boxes, yeah I'd buy it.
One man's death is another man's treasure? Ooh not sure that works.
Of course, Even more if the price was lower as a result of the suicide. I'd reconsider if it was a murder case, and the allerged perpetrator was still at large.
You know we spend a fair bit of time on public transport. That's why basically even single seat on the train has one or multiple people die on it. A bit of spray and wipe; and the seat in ready for business
And over the last 50,000 years I'm sure more than one person has died on the property your house resides on.
I work in a building where multiple have committed suicide, and many more will. So I don’t see why I wouldn’t.
Yes - no credible scientific evidence to suggest that ghosts/superstitions are real.
Depends if it was a clean or Kurt Cobain style, AND also if the scene was cleanup or not.
I think it depends on how they did it.
But does the price actually come down if the home has a publicised suicide or even murder?
i think they have to disclose if a murder happened
I live in a murder house guy shot his whole family and suicide himself i was there for 10 plus years no problem. went I sold it no big deal.
a guy got murdered in a home invasion and died in the loungeroom like 2 years ago in my complex and someone rented it no problems ..,
Absolutely, why the fk would I care about the previous tenants
No because I think I would think about it too much. Don't believe in ghosts or anything. But I think I would walk around the house and go "damn so that guy walked on these same floors, suffered in this very house.." etc and that wouldn't be a healthy way for me to always spend my time
Have you seen 'last night in soho'?
My sister killed herself in her room in our apartment last year and I'm still living here. I'd buy a house that someone's killed themselves or been murdered in, I honestly don't care and I don't see why it'd be a problem. I don't believe in ghosts and even if I did my sister would be a great ghost so whoever the next owners are would be lucky to have her here lol
Sorry the loss mate and hope you’ve been doing well
Yes as a rental
Nah, I exclusively only buy brand new houses or houses that have only had natural deaths in them. You people are crazy. All buildings including high rises should be demolished if even one soul departed this planet other than natural causes. Including death by misadventure and any Darwin awards.
Sure, why not?
Develop and sell.
Sweet. That's a haunted house right there. Now you can hold attraction and ghost tour. Good Return of Investment I say. lol
There's always a price.
No. I saw the Shining.
I could care less. Even better perceived negotiating ability.
We stay in hotel rooms beds where people root. We sleep in hospital beds that only hours previous someone may have died in.
Also death is a part of life. I use cultural superstitions to my advantage. There are certain cultures who don't like buying houses near cemeteries, which means less competition at auctions.
YEP!
I Don't Believe in Ghosts/Superstition so yea I would, suiciders loss, my gain, even a murder house is fine, does not matter
murder would imply neighborhood is unsafe though (if break-in and murder)
I would ask for 30% discount or walk.
I got 30% off a Herman Miller Aeron from Living Edge as they said a customer farted while trying it out.
I would buy it cheap then sell it and profit lol!
lol I can’t even understand people who expect some discount or to budge the sell price…
By all means, I’d give it a go and try my luck. But ultimately, I wouldn’t expect to pay a penny less. Past tenants are just that; past tenants. It’s not like I’d walk away if I couldn’t get it cheaper. Death literally means nothing - even to the superstitious. Give it a few years, the ‘news’ will pass, and they’ll be none the wiser.
After living at a house for 5yrs, we found out that the previous owners wife died there when she was a young mum with two little kids. She had the same unusual first name as I do. The only thing I didn’t like about it was knowing exactly where she died (thanks neighbour!!), as it was one of my kids bedrooms.
I think I would buy a house where someone as long as I didn’t know specifically where in the house - I know, that probably sounds odd.
We were about to buy a house where a murder occurred. An ex-cop murdered his wife and at the time the house was for sale he had been found unfit to stand trial. He has been subsequently found guilty of murder. We obtained some further information about it and decided we didn’t want to risk being that house splashed across the media as his first house of horrors if he ever did something similar again, as at the time he was an ex-cop that avoided jail for murder.
depend on the price, if you can get similar places elsewhere, then no.
IF YOU DON'T SOME OTHER SUCKER LOSER WILL… EVEN FOR MORE. END OF.
It adds value
What kind of suicide we talking about? Pill popping to death or death by explosive shotgun with guts everywhere and blood seeping into the building and lingering for weeks before being found?
Definitely No.
R U OK?
I'm okay, but if I said no would you help?
Good question. …not a fan of that term being thrown around unless it is meant genuinely.
Certain cultures will not buy if they know about it, they won’t even buy if a house that has a number 4. It just might eliminate certain buyers if you wish to sell the property in the future.
If someone died of old aged/natural causes in the house, it would not bother me so much. Homicide or suicide, I wouldn’t really buy it if I knew about it.
Where I work a few people have died (stroke, illness) but also one suicide. Not health industry btw.
prob not..plenty of houses for sale atm to look elswhere….also would depend on the price- maybe 30% less i'd consider it otherwise not worth it imo
I would. It's probably not as big of an issue in Australia, but imagine having a quarter acre in Europe. Imagine how many deaths have occurred on that particular bit of land in the last 100,000 years…
I buy it if it's posted on ozbargain at a bargain price!
lol op thinks we can afford houses
Is it a bargain?
Here's a question - say you buy the house in particular, are you then obliged to inform potential buyers when it comes time to sell? Is there a statute of limitations on this?
Each state differs, but yes.
NSW is 5 years.No idea why you were downvoted.
Oh hell no! But a house that belonged to the murderer? Yes. - This is assuming they're still alive.
Investment - yes.