Could you buy a house knowing horrible things happened?

I have no problem sleeping in the bed my mother passed away in while she lived in my home. My husband and his sister are hesitant to sleep in the bed their father passed away in while in their mother’s home. I think that’s just a grief dealing with them.

My neighbor down the street shot his wife dead & wrapped her body in plastic, went out of the country for a short time, then came back & shot himself in the same house.

I would not have wanted to buy that house. It eventually sold several years later & I assume the owners are aware of the history. I haven’t met them.

I think it would depend on several factors - price, location, scarcity of housing, etc. I wouldn’t go out of my way to look for a house with a history, but I wouldn’t rule it out if that were the only negative feature.

I think I could. I listen to a ton of true crime podcasts and have heard some horrible stuff and I still think I could. A neighbor of ours was murdered when I was in college. She was elderly and a young man broke into her house and killed her and robbed her. I was surprised when a young family bought the house a year later but thinking about it now I could imagine doing the same if it was the right house for the right price. 

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Depends on what it is and whether it can be torn down and rebuilt. Home that someone was murdered in? No. Self defense where criminal dies, maybe if I can tear down and rebuild. Natural death, maybe a bit hesitant depending how bitter that person was in life (too many haunting shows impacting my decision). House owned by satanic worshipers, nope! The house where those kids were kept? Even though no one died, I’d have to walk through it to see what vibe I got from it before making that decision.

My friend bought a bad vibe house. He did the smudge, salt, cleaned, painted replaced flooring, replaced the attic insulation, redid the kitchen, salted the foundation, did blessing ritual , replaced the yard even had a priest friend come bless the house. They sold it 2 years later. He said the house has been sold 3xs since.

Probably not. Ok, mostly likely not ever. I have a very creative imagination and I know I would scare myself way too often.

Something like that, nope.

There is a house in our town where a whole family died of carbon monoxide poisoning. They found the family dead throughout the house in different spots. I think the house has since sold. While it was an accident, not a creepy thing, I would be too sad living there thinking of the family.  Dh said he didn't think he'd be too bothered by it if the price was right.  

It would depend on what had happened in the house.  The filth described in this house with the kids, no.  I think the cockroaches and other critters that are drawn to filth will try to return.  And a fresh coat of paint won’t remove the urine and mouse droppings that might be in the wall insulation and frame wood, so a dirty house is out for me personally.  At least whoever buys that house will know the neighbors don’t pay much attention to each other.

If there was previous drug deals from the house, that is another huge no.  Years later, someone might come thinking it was still a supply house.

If a family member died from natural causes, I’m okay with that, if I don’t feel any bad vibes while walking through it.  I have lots of antiques, and before I buy something, I have to touch it.  I once fell for a beautiful handmade wooden table, but when I ran my hands over it, I got a creepy feeling.  I have learned to just back away if something gives me a creepy vibe, no matter how much I might like the looks of it.  Stupid?  Probably.  But I don’t want things in my home that make me feel anything other than happy.

So other than those things above, it would be on a case-by-case basis.

Many states do not require disclosures regarding deaths in a real estate transaction. California only requires disclosure for three years.

Five years ago, a man on my parents' street held his wife and children hostage for three days until he shot her and killed himself in front of the children. The poor kids were 17, 9 and 7ish at the time.

The house was sold last year to an adorable young family.

I've watched too many hoarders episodes to buy a house that I would think would be filthy.

I think I could buy it if there were are least one other owner in between me and the event.

He could not find anything about the house, or land. He said the house is just bad.

A neighbour in the street we used to live in was murdered in his hallway. The house sold fairly quickly to a young family who were local to our small town and would have known the history. The victim’s mother came round with flowers to lay on their doorstep on the anniversary of his death for a few years. I don’t know if she continued doing this as we moved, but I would have felt uncomfortable with someone doing that to what was now my family home. Natural death I wouldn’t have a problem with; possibly a violent death I would but I think more because of the risk of it getting attention from nosey folk or being turned into a shrine each anniversary.