Would you buy a "Notorious" house/building ?
Discussion
thetapeworm said:
I remember when Denis Nielsen's flat went up for sale the listing said "Buyers are asked to research the history of this property"
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
I think I'd want to redo the plumbing.
I think I'd pay someone else to do the plumbing , and im in the building trade ! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
I think I'd want to redo the plumbing.
Years ago a mate bought a house where allegedly someone pushed someone else down the stairs and they died , I did a few jobs in the house and we decided it would be funny for one of us to lie on the floor while the other one drew around him in chalk , 1970s crime scene style . We thought it was hilarious but the owner was less than amused .
A guy I work with lives on the street in Barry, South Wales where a local chap murdered his wife and kids with I think a hammer or maybe a gun, can't remember the exact details but it was a gruesome ending with lots of strange and unexplained goings on. The house was empty for years until a chap bought it and moved in with his family. He new of the history but just couldn't turn down what was quite a nice place at a really good price. Just a normal family getting on with life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1298202.stm
I recently found out that the track down the side of my house used to lead to some railway sidings. It's now a housing estate. But another guy I work with, who grew up in the area, remembers in the 70's when a guy who lived at the end house murdered and chopped up a prostitute in the lane beside my house. Although I googled for info and found nothing to back up the story. But claims the guy is out of prison and still drinks in the local pub.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1298202.stm
I recently found out that the track down the side of my house used to lead to some railway sidings. It's now a housing estate. But another guy I work with, who grew up in the area, remembers in the 70's when a guy who lived at the end house murdered and chopped up a prostitute in the lane beside my house. Although I googled for info and found nothing to back up the story. But claims the guy is out of prison and still drinks in the local pub.
I was born in a typical fisherman cottage in 1947 in the living room under the only window.(in Scheveningen in Holland)
The cottage was owned by my grandfather and my parents lived in the loft as there were no houses back then (due to the war)
My grandfather died of old age (94) in 1967 under the same window where I was born.
I would have no problem buying that cottage and live there.
The cottage was owned by my grandfather and my parents lived in the loft as there were no houses back then (due to the war)
My grandfather died of old age (94) in 1967 under the same window where I was born.
I would have no problem buying that cottage and live there.
We once looked at an apartment in a converted turn of the century sanitorium.
I'm not spooked easily and I dont believe in supernatural stuff, but I've spent enough time reading about those places and playing Zombie Verruckt on Call of Duty to be glad that we didnt' move there in the end
I'm not spooked easily and I dont believe in supernatural stuff, but I've spent enough time reading about those places and playing Zombie Verruckt on Call of Duty to be glad that we didnt' move there in the end
rufusgti said:
A guy I work with lives on the street in Barry, South Wales where a local chap murdered his wife and kids with I think a hammer or maybe a gun, can't remember the exact details but it was a gruesome ending with lots of strange and unexplained goings on. The house was empty for years until a chap bought it and moved in with his family. He new of the history but just couldn't turn down what was quite a nice place at a really good price. Just a normal family getting on with life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1298202.stm
I recently found out that the track down the side of my house used to lead to some railway sidings. It's now a housing estate. But another guy I work with, who grew up in the area, remembers in the 70's when a guy who lived at the end house murdered and chopped up a prostitute in the lane beside my house. Although I googled for info and found nothing to back up the story. But claims the guy is out of prison and still drinks in the local pub.
I've a friend who lives in Barry too, a few years ago he was woken to the delicate sounds of someone busy doing some murdering at the end of his garden path. He called the police and spent a few days having to hop over his wall to get in and out as the police had to tape off the front of his house. He'd love to move, but mostly because he hates Barry, but a messy divorce means he stuck for time being. The whole corpse thing doesn't bother him at all. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1298202.stm
I recently found out that the track down the side of my house used to lead to some railway sidings. It's now a housing estate. But another guy I work with, who grew up in the area, remembers in the 70's when a guy who lived at the end house murdered and chopped up a prostitute in the lane beside my house. Although I googled for info and found nothing to back up the story. But claims the guy is out of prison and still drinks in the local pub.
otolith said:
Is one obliged to disclose that someone died there when selling a house?
Probably not if it's just someone that's snuffed it, but maybe so if "there's been a murder" (said in a Taggart accent).I bought a rental a few years back where the previous owner had died in bed - not by a mad axeman or anything, just of old age. EA didn't mention it & it didn't bother me in the slightest when I found out.
Completely OT, but the house I live in now used to be "owned" by a local vicar. When we did the viewing, the EA told us he'd died & we had no reason to disbelieve him. You can imagine my surprise on the day I get the keys, I'm wandering round upstairs looking at what work needs doing where etc. and I hear footsteps coming up the stairs - yep, it's the vicar. He took it in very good humour when I (a) swore loudly and then (b) said "I thought you were dead".
Our last house but one.
Built in 1913 and the woman who we "bought it off" (in 1983) had spent her whole life living there. We bought it off her estate rather than her personally.
She was born in the house and had her only child there. Parents died and she lived there alone with the child for many years until he was taken into care with what would now be called a learning disability (rumours of "who was the father" apparently). So, for many years she lived there alone with no known relatives (apart from the son) and no callers. Apparently she died at the bottom of the stairs and remained there for quite some time until a rare visit by the postman alerted authorities to the smell. We bought it the year after she died and spent the happiest 15 years of our lives there (after much updating/extending), one of our children was actually born in the house.
I suspect when we lived there was the first time the house had had happy people living there and to be honest I wish we'd never sold it, it didn't have ghosts despite it's history.
Built in 1913 and the woman who we "bought it off" (in 1983) had spent her whole life living there. We bought it off her estate rather than her personally.
She was born in the house and had her only child there. Parents died and she lived there alone with the child for many years until he was taken into care with what would now be called a learning disability (rumours of "who was the father" apparently). So, for many years she lived there alone with no known relatives (apart from the son) and no callers. Apparently she died at the bottom of the stairs and remained there for quite some time until a rare visit by the postman alerted authorities to the smell. We bought it the year after she died and spent the happiest 15 years of our lives there (after much updating/extending), one of our children was actually born in the house.
I suspect when we lived there was the first time the house had had happy people living there and to be honest I wish we'd never sold it, it didn't have ghosts despite it's history.
I live in a 1950s bungalow and one of the old boys who came over to give the boiler a service mentioned how an old owner had died in the property many decades ago. Apparently the death was left undiscovered for some time and the subsequent buyer of the property decided to give it an enormous makeover with several large extensions.
Doesn't really bother me much although the ancient central heating does crack and pop quite loudly occasionally, which can be quite disconcerting at this time of the night (01:30).
Doesn't really bother me much although the ancient central heating does crack and pop quite loudly occasionally, which can be quite disconcerting at this time of the night (01:30).
Freds said:
Our farmhouse was the scene of a hanging suicide in the 1950's, as time has passed along with most of the chaps family the local notoriety of the place has diluted. The oak beam he hung from is still as was in our lounge. We've had no peculiar visitations nor happenings so he appears to be at peace now. I bought the place already knowing it's history.
Hmmmmmm I couldn't Edited by Freds on Tuesday 18th October 16:54
In my eyes there is a huge difference between a house where someone simply died naturally (or as a result of suicide) and one where a number of awful events have happened.
Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home available to rent / buy:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4480-W-Bath-Rd-A...
One known murder near here when he was 18, body buried in the woods behind, maybe some pieces under the house.... I think I'm OK with that, it's just meat and it's long gone.
His Milwaukee apartment where he went on to try and create zombies, ate and stored body parts and committed the majority of his murders? No thanks (although it's been knocked down now anyway), it's not so much the remains it's just the general "vibe" of what happened there.
As daft as it might sound coming from someone like me with an interest in serial killers I'd probably be more bothered about visits from tourists rather than what happened on the property itself. I'd make an exception for this though:
https://www.elliman.com/california/5121-franklin-a...
Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home available to rent / buy:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4480-W-Bath-Rd-A...
One known murder near here when he was 18, body buried in the woods behind, maybe some pieces under the house.... I think I'm OK with that, it's just meat and it's long gone.
His Milwaukee apartment where he went on to try and create zombies, ate and stored body parts and committed the majority of his murders? No thanks (although it's been knocked down now anyway), it's not so much the remains it's just the general "vibe" of what happened there.
As daft as it might sound coming from someone like me with an interest in serial killers I'd probably be more bothered about visits from tourists rather than what happened on the property itself. I'd make an exception for this though:
https://www.elliman.com/california/5121-franklin-a...
sebhaque said:
I live in a 1950s bungalow and one of the old boys who came over to give the boiler a service mentioned how an old owner had died in the property many decades ago. Apparently the death was left undiscovered for some time and the subsequent buyer of the property decided to give it an enormous makeover with several large extensions.
Doesn't really bother me much although the ancient central heating does crack and pop quite loudly occasionally, which can be quite disconcerting at this time of the night (01:30).
I think the Boiler Man should have perhaps kept that one to himself !Doesn't really bother me much although the ancient central heating does crack and pop quite loudly occasionally, which can be quite disconcerting at this time of the night (01:30).
We bid on a house in a nice area that was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the council. A decade earlier the owner had hung himself from the stairs and the family had argued themselves to a standstill over what should happen to the property, it was in a nice village in a prominent position and was starting to look very shabby. The only thing the family could agree on was that they didn't want it to be sold to a member of the Asian community so they (or someone else) had charmingly sprayed "No P**kis buy this house" across the front of the house.
We set our bid at about 30% under what we thought the market rate was for a sorted house in that area, allowing us £30k ish for a refurb. The house sold to an Asian gentleman at auction for about £70k more than we expected.
We set our bid at about 30% under what we thought the market rate was for a sorted house in that area, allowing us £30k ish for a refurb. The house sold to an Asian gentleman at auction for about £70k more than we expected.
I bought my first house from the deceased estate of a guy that topped himself in the lounge.
Hose pipe from the garage, in through the back door and in to the lounge.
Never bothered me one little bit and I got a bargain!
People live and die in all sorts of situations, how would it make any difference?
As far as a place being haunted........ Utter horse s**t in my opinion, same as the sky fairy brigade.
Just saying.....
Hose pipe from the garage, in through the back door and in to the lounge.
Never bothered me one little bit and I got a bargain!
People live and die in all sorts of situations, how would it make any difference?
As far as a place being haunted........ Utter horse s**t in my opinion, same as the sky fairy brigade.
Just saying.....
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