As far as suicide, this just seems like another way to stigmatize mental illness. If I'm willing to buy a house where someone died of cancer, or cardiac arrest, or any other illness, than yes I would also buy a house where someone died of depression.
I don't know. I really don't think so. Logically, I want to say yes, but I can't seem to get there. I'd constantly think about it.
I'm sort of weirded out by the fact that we are the third family to live in this house that had identical twin girls. That's not even a bad thing, but just so weird given the odds of ID twins.
Yes, probably. There was a murder in my neighbors house in Vegas. She buried the guy in the backyard...I smelled in for weeks(months?) not knowing what the smell was. Long story but she got caught and it was on Anericas Most Wanted to identify the guy. The house got foreclosed on but it had a pool. I suggested we buy it to DH. He vetoed. I also live in a neighborhood where the neighborhood park has many bodies buried still in it (was a cemetery but the body removal was....incomplete). Poltergeist anyone? None of it gets to me.
As far as suicide, this just seems like another way to stigmatize mental illness. If I'm willing to buy a house where someone died of cancer, or cardiac arrest, or any other illness, than yes I would also buy a house where someone died of depression.
Sitting here.
We like older houses anyway; chances are someone died there.
As far as suicide, this just seems like another way to stigmatize mental illness. If I'm willing to buy a house where someone died of cancer, or cardiac arrest, or any other illness, than yes I would also buy a house where someone died of depression.
H and I were just discussing this. I feel like I need more details on the suicide. If it was mental illness or assisted suicide due to pain or something, I am fine with it, I don't really have an issue. It's more if someone was driven to suicide because of bad things happening to them ( in the house?) like abuse or something- I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it and the bad karma of the house. Admittedly, I am a nervous nelly with ghosts and death etc.
Yes, probably. There was a murder in my neighbors house in Vegas. She buried the guy in the backyard...I smelled in for weeks(months?) not knowing what the smell was. Long story but she got caught and it was on Anericas Most Wanted to identify the guy. The house got foreclosed on but it had a pool. I suggested we buy it to DH. He vetoed. I also live in a neighborhood where the neighborhood park has many bodies buried still in it (was a cemetery but the body removal was....incomplete). Poltergeist anyone? None of it gets to me.
Suicide, sure. Murder might give me pause, depending on the circumstances. I am aware of two houses in my city that were the sites of high profile murders, and both houses have sat vacant longer than average and gone for less than the comps, so resale would concern me.
As far as suicide, this just seems like another way to stigmatize mental illness. If I'm willing to buy a house where someone died of cancer, or cardiac arrest, or any other illness, than yes I would also buy a house where someone died of depression.
H and I were just discussing this. I feel like I need more details on the suicide. If it was mental illness or assisted suicide due to pain or something, I am fine with it, I don't really have an issue. It's more if someone was driven to suicide because of bad things happening to them ( in the house?) like abuse or something- I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it and the bad karma of the house. Admittedly, I am a nervous nelly with ghosts and death etc.
If you really feel that you won't be able to get past this, then you should pass on the house. It's way too big of an investment if you know you won't be comfortable. How hot is the market? Do you have time to think about it and see if your perspective changes?
H and I were just discussing this. I feel like I need more details on the suicide. If it was mental illness or assisted suicide due to pain or something, I am fine with it, I don't really have an issue. It's more if someone was driven to suicide because of bad things happening to them ( in the house?) like abuse or something- I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it and the bad karma of the house. Admittedly, I am a nervous nelly with ghosts and death etc.
If you really feel that you won't be able to get past this, then you should pass on the house. It's way too big of an investment if you know you won't be comfortable. How hot is the market? Do you have time to think about it and see if your perspective changes?
After chatting with h tonight and without getting more information on what exactly happened (it's also none of our business, of course), we are passing. I wish I were braver and not affected by that stuff but there it is.
We looked at a house where a suicide took place in the master. It was actually H's friend too whcih made it even more creepy. We would be in that housr now if we would've had all our shit in order.
A friend owned a house where the drugged out homeowner hung herself in the closet, directly across from the master bed. It creeped her out and they resold quickly.
When it comes to previous occupants, the less I know the better. Knowing about any death, even of natural causes, would stick with me too much. I like to block out the fact that people lived in my house before me.
No. The previous owner of my house died of natural causes, and I was okay with that. I'm not sure if he died in the house or not. For a couple years after we moved in I thought I could feel his presence sometimes, and I would hear strange noises that I attributed to him. It hasn't happened for a while though.
Sort of unrelated, but my parents were really freaked out that we bought our current place from a couple who was divorcing. They thought the place would be full of bad relationship juju.
Post by iheartbanjos on Aug 4, 2016 22:16:00 GMT -5
Yes, because I love the idea of living in an old home.
Also, I lived in what was essentially a brand new home that dated back to 1920 because it was a flip where they only left 1 or 2 existing walls. It had a super negative vibe and a few creepy things happened when we first moved there. I was stern with whatever it was and told it that it was not welcome there. After that, it never happened again.
H and I came across an amazing house today at an open house- fantastic neighbourhood and price. I was all ready to make an offer.
It's an estate house and the old lady died in June. As we chatted with the agent she said she had to disclose to me that a suicide took place in 2013. I really don't think I can get past something so sad happening in the house and I'm worried I'll get creeped out when I'm home alone.
I would have a tough time with the cause of death.
The first home we purchased after we were married was from a young woman who had died of cancer... her parents were selling her place and it freaked me out. My DH wasn't so worried and was like, we can add a fresh coat of paint, etc. I on the other hand b/c of the cause of death researched everything b/c I was afraid that maybe she got cancer environmentally from living in the house... We ended up buying the place. We had a few spooks / weird shit happen. We ended up selling due to a job transfer a few years later but we never saw a ghost.
On another note, I have a friend who moved in to a house rental with her family in Minnesota.... adorable place by all the pics posted on FB.... but then really, really bad crap started happening. She swore up and down her young daughter would wake up in the middle of the night and tell her mommy that she was playing with so and so.... it went on and on for a while and then the straw that broke the camels back was when my friend went to get her son out of the bassinet on the side of her bed and SHE saw herself the ghost child. Scared the shit out of her and that was the end of that. They moved out so quick.
I guess it all comes down to what you believe. I think a suicide would be hard to get over for me personally b/c the manner or death was not natural.