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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 19:56:43 GMT
We found a house. Love it so so much! It used to be an old country church but was converted to a house in the 90's. Anywho, the oldest part of the cemetary starts about 100 ft or so behind the house. There's a wonderful fence between the house and cemetary, and the oldest gravesite is circa 1849. There are new graves about a quarter of a mile away. I'm not freaked out. I'm actually excited - if we do buy it, I want to write a history of the church. My husband says "at least they will be quiet". My mom thinks it's the coolest thing ever - she visits cemeteries for fun. My MIL thinks, well, I'm not sure exactly but probably that we are going to burn in hell if we buy it. "Hey, honey, I thought of another reason to buy the house!!!" We are waiting to find out if we can get cable/internet ran to it, but if so....
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Post by gar on Sept 16, 2018 19:59:26 GMT
No. Totally illogical but I just couldn't do it. I hope you get it if you want it!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 16, 2018 20:01:51 GMT
I lived in a Buddhist temple in Japan for 3-4 months in high school. (I have the photos) and there were 3 grave rooms in the house. That was weird. After that I wouldn’t live that close to the dead again. I will move close to the burial park my family is buried in but not on that street for anything.
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Post by scrapngranny on Sept 16, 2018 20:02:00 GMT
If everything else was perfect, yes. It wouldn’t bother me, especially behind my house.
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Post by chlerbie on Sept 16, 2018 20:02:27 GMT
Yes--and I have briefly, in an apartment house I lived in.
BTW,this post made me chuckle because it was right next to my post that I'd called "How well do you get along with your neighbors?"
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Sept 16, 2018 20:02:33 GMT
I think it’s neat, and awesome that you want to write a history piece on it. But I’m not gonna lie, the first night I’m home alone by myself and hear strange noises I’ll be regretting it. Bonus points if there’s a windy storm going on.
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Post by PLurker on Sept 16, 2018 20:03:15 GMT
Yes--and I have briefly, in an apartment house I lived in. BTW,this post made me chuckle because it was right next to my post that I'd called "How well do you get along with your neighbors?"
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 16, 2018 20:03:55 GMT
I think I would. Quiet neighbors on one side at least.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 16, 2018 20:04:35 GMT
No, but people do. If I had to, I would prefer an old cemetery with all the beautiful headstones and wrought iron work.
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Post by scrappysurfer on Sept 16, 2018 20:06:31 GMT
I'd have to really love the house. If it were 100% absolutely the perfect house, exactly what I'd always dreamed of, and could never find another like it, then yes I probably would. But if I had one iota of doubt about the perfection of the house then I'd probably use that doubt as the excuse not to buy it.
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Post by cmpeter on Sept 16, 2018 20:07:11 GMT
I wouldn't be bothered by it and think it would make a cool view. But, I wouldn't buy a house next to one because of the potential resale issues.
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Post by mustlovecats on Sept 16, 2018 20:07:51 GMT
Sure. Dead bodies are just dead bodies. They can’t do anything to you.
It would make me wonder if I could do property improvements to be so close to a burial ground though.
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Post by librarylady on Sept 16, 2018 20:08:36 GMT
My sister's first home, as a young married, was adjacent to the cemetery.
Currently we are very near a historical cemetery. I never even think about it.
If I did purchase a home adjacent to a cemetery, I'd plant some screening shrubs along that side of the property and go on with life. I can't imagine it would present a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 20:09:51 GMT
I couldn't, but I also believe in ghosts.
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Post by txdancermom on Sept 16, 2018 20:15:52 GMT
Maybe - a cousin of my dad's lived next to one, with their big picture window that looked out over the rolling landscape that was the cemetery, remember being slightly creeped out as a kid. I've been back in the area as an adult, it is full of trees and you know that no one is going to build something obnoxious on the land
dh's aunt lives next to one - ironically it is the best place for her to get a cell phone reception!
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Post by malibou on Sept 16, 2018 20:18:26 GMT
Wouldn't phase me in the least. On vacation we always stop to explore cemeteries.
When ds was 5 we went to England. We were on some tiny roads in the middle of nowhere when ds spotted a cemetery and asked to stop. We wandered about, but ds seemed to be on some weird mission. After about 20 minutes he asks us to come read a stone to him. The name on it was Abraham J Tudball with a birth date of 1698 and death date of 1767. Ds very matter of factly told us he knew him and then walked back to our car. The little freak, lol. To this day we continually reference Mr. Tudball. Ds bought dh a license plate frame that says Abraham J Tudball's Granny McFanny, and one of our Halloween tomb stones has his name.
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Post by peabay on Sept 16, 2018 20:19:39 GMT
No. Honestly? No.
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Post by jackie on Sept 16, 2018 20:21:38 GMT
Absolutely.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 20:23:33 GMT
An older one like that, yes. The history buff in me would be investigating, etc. I'd also set up a camera for security and possible ghosts. Older cemeteries around here get vandalized regularly so I'd be setting up something to catch anyone who tries to use my property to escape.
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Post by iluvpink on Sept 16, 2018 20:24:49 GMT
When I was younger I would have said no way. But then we lived in an apartment that overlooked a large newer type cemetery (flat headstones only). Then our last house that we lived in for 20 years was almost next door to a funeral home. There were a few houses between us but in our backyard you could see the building. To me a funeral home is creepier for some reason.
Now I love visiting cemeteries. It wouldn't bother me much at all and I would probably get used to it pretty quickly.
I say buy it!
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Post by iluvpink on Sept 16, 2018 20:28:01 GMT
Ooh fun story. When my sister was in her early twenties she was living at home and going to the local college. She and my parents were having problems getting along so she decided to move out. She rented an apartment in an older house in the tiny tiny town where my parents lived. Somehow she never knew that it used to be a funeral home. Once she found out she was pretty freaked out and moved out not long after! Apparently her living area was the main room where they put the coffins out for viewings.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 20:37:49 GMT
I don't think it would bother me, I don't believe in ghosts or anything of that nature.
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Post by Sue on Sept 16, 2018 20:44:21 GMT
I was married in a cemetery! My husband's father was a cemetery sexton and their home was inside the cemetery grounds. My husband lived and worked in that cemetery for many years as a youngster and then a teen helping his dad. We chose to be married in their family home there. I love working on my genealogy and visiting cemeteries is part of that work. Cemeteries don't bother me in the least.
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Post by PLurker on Sept 16, 2018 20:44:22 GMT
If I did, I would prefer an older "full" one that would have less processions.
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Post by flute4peace on Sept 16, 2018 20:57:44 GMT
I want to see pictures of the house. It sounds super-cool!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Sept 16, 2018 20:58:32 GMT
I grew up in a house and later bought it when my parents divorced that backed up to a cemetary. It was beautiful. Quiet. Peaceful. We often walked and rode bikes in the cemetary. In my teenage years we snuck out and smoked pot and drank in the cemetary.
I loved around memorial day the pretty flowers. And the flags for the veterans near veterans day.
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Post by marzbar71 on Sept 16, 2018 21:07:19 GMT
I wouldn't mind. My old apartment had an very small old cemetery on the grounds.
My grandfather was a funeral director and lived in the funeral home so that's where my dad grew up and I spent many a summer staying there as well. Back when my dad was growing up the embalming room and chapel had not been built on yet so there were many days there was a coffin in the living room waiting for a funeral.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Sept 16, 2018 21:12:45 GMT
My grandparents have lived next to a cemetery for sixty years. Nothing had ever happened.
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 16, 2018 21:18:14 GMT
I think it’s neat, and awesome that you want to write a history piece on it. But I’m not gonna lie, the first night I’m home alone by myself and hear strange noises I’ll be regretting it. Bonus points if there’s a windy storm going on. Yeah...my first reaction was "of course I would! why not?" Then I read polargreen's reply. Then I started thinking of all the horror movies that I love to watch. And after that I remembered how often my dh travels for work, for weeks at a time. um... Maybe not. eta: on the other hand, you'll have the coolest house ever for the Halloween party.
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Post by NanaKate on Sept 16, 2018 21:38:13 GMT
Yes if I loved everything else about the house. As my dad used to say “nobody there is going to bother you.”
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