Does an EA have to tell you..?

mufi

billybear1 wrote: »

No, I am a Norwich City fan

So you've got far more to worry about than minor stuff like whether someone snuffed it in the carsey...

Mufi (resident of Norwich)

penguine

I'm from the US originally. My dad's a real estate appraiser (valuer) and if someone has died in a property it does lower the value over there. It's called "stigmatism". So I can see where the OP is coming from.

billybear1

penguine wrote: »

I'm from the US originally. My dad's a real estate appraiser (valuer) and if someone has died in a property it does lower the value over there. It's called "stigmatism". So I can see where the OP is coming from.

Huzzah! See, a whole NATION who think like me! I am not alone!

ognum

penguine wrote: »

I'm from the US originally. My dad's a real estate appraiser (valuer) and if someone has died in a property it does lower the value over there. It's called "stigmatism". So I can see where the OP is coming from.

Stigma = A mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach

Hardly a way to talk of death - Maybe if someone has been murdered but not just someone who has died

If one of your loved ones died in your home would you have to move?

Amber_Sunshine

billybear1 wrote: »

Any EA wanting to laugh me out of their offices for ANY request should be shot! I'll offer what I value the house at. If that's less for the fact I think next doors gnome is looking at me funny it has fluff all to do with them. I'm not put off by what people think of my opinion on what a house is worth. My money is worth the same as any other buyer and I am sure they will know that!

Not if you´re wanting to offer less on the grounds that someone has died there. You said ´ I know now that they do not HAVE to tell you anything, but there are questions that can be asked to lower price´. If you want a seller to consider a lower offer than asking price, then you need to have a more plausible reason for doing so. For example, work that needs doing, the house is overpriced, they want to sell quickly and you´re a cash buyer.

If you don´t want a house where someone has died because you find the idea disturbing, then you´re free to look for one where the Grim Reaper hasn´t knocked on the door. However, you´ve made it clear that you are looking for reasons to put in a reduced offer. Fair enough in the current climate. However, offering 20k under asking price because the house needs new windows/bathroom/kitchen is likely to be taken more seriously than making a reduced offer because someone died there.

Amber_Sunshine

billybear1 wrote: »

Huzzah! See, a whole NATION who think like me! I am not alone!

There´s your answer. Move to the US.

G_M

Amber_Sunshine wrote: »

There´s your answer. Move to the US.

Hey great idea!

solve the UK housing shortage AND the US over-supply of foreclosures (repos) in one fell swoop.

pauletruth

don't worry about the dead. its the braindead next door you should worry about. there would have been deaths on every bit of land in the uk. as others have said if there was a violent death then that could impact the price. but a normal death will not.

Old_Git

Jesswithwings wrote: »

We're buying my grandparent's house, and my grandma died in one of the bedrooms. I'd never really thought about it before this thread

oh god no ,granny could be watching you having sex .:o

LauraFox

The important thing is that you like the house.
If someone died there and that gives you the creeps, enquire about an exorcist at your local faith centre.

My son was born in the bathtub of the house we currently live in (super fast labour). We are in the process of buying elsewhere. When he grows up, I just might turn up at the doorstep with him and ask current owner if we could pay our respects to the place of his birth. And as we leave, we ll cement a massive commemorative plaque on the external wall. So ask the EA about births too. :-)

Joking aside, I m glad other helpful individuals gave you the answer to your query, from the rest of us thanks for the opportunity to crack a joke or two on this.

Good luck with it all OP.