Disclosing the ‘history’ of a house

[brrapp]

Previous owner of our house was a neighbour and friend. I found his body in his bedroom when i broke down the door a few days afer he had died. It didn't put me off buying the house from his estate, but I wouldn't shout about it if selling in future. It was pretty smelly at the time.

[TooMany2cvs]

DurianIceCream said:

Wooda80 said:

Should the seller be forced to disclose if the property has been a rental? After all it might have had lots of different people living there who might have abused it, as opposed to one owned by a retired private owner who paid cash for it.

The condition of a property, rented or owner occupied, is apparent when prospective purchasers inspect it.

I think Sir might be due a mis-selling-hype-shaped parrot, complete with a sad-compo-face..

[jamescodriver]

If its recent (last owners) then yes, if not not really

The basic rule is failure to disclose anything that may adverelsy affect a buyers decision to purchase.

That said, the Agent has to know about it- its not something we ask as standard -

[PhilboSE]

Interesting.

Dozens of people have died in one of my houses - it's an old Victorian pile which was requisitioned in the Great War for use as a palliative care house for wounded soldiers after surgery. Part of the house was consecrated as a chapel - it's unclear which part but I suspect it's the room we now use as a dining room.

I actually really like this historical element and it's not disclosable, but I do wonder if it would put off some potential buyers in the future.

[TooMany2cvs]

PhilboSE said:

Dozens of people have died in one of my houses - it's an old Victorian pile which was requisitioned in the Great War for use as a palliative care house for wounded soldiers after surgery. Part of the house was consecrated as a chapel - it's unclear which part but I suspect it's the room we now use as a dining room.

I actually really like this historical element and it's not disclosable, but I do wonder if it would put off some potential buyers in the future.

If it does, then they don't deserve to own such a slice of history in the first place.

[ChasW]

I once viewed a property in which, I later discovered, the owner had died. Neither the relatives nor the agents took the trouble to tidy it up. There was washing up in the sink and the deceased's bed had not been made. The lazy estate agent waited outside while I viewed. Needless to say I did not proceed partly because of the conduct of the agent.

[Toltec]

TooMany2cvs said:

I think Sir might be due a mis-selling-hype-shaped parrot, complete with a sad-compo-face..

That has to be a wind up, otherwise car owners would need to keep a log of who had travelled in the car, their addresses and personal habits, you know, just in case someone known to fart a lot had sat in the rear for twenty minutes.

[Wildcat45]

PhilboSE said:

Interesting.

Dozens of people have died in one of my houses - it's an old Victorian pile which was requisitioned in the Great War for use as a palliative care house for wounded soldiers after surgery. Part of the house was consecrated as a chapel - it's unclear which part but I suspect it's the room we now use as a dining room.

I actually really like this historical element and it's not disclosable, but I do wonder if it would put off some potential buyers in the future.

I lived in a house as a kid 81-83 that had a similar role in WW1. A VAD hospital. More for convalescence.

I only discovered this a few months ago when I found this site.

http://www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_ho...