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Thinking of buying buy to let - but next to graveyard

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  • I'd think carefully before you buy. You don't want to end up coffin up a lot of money for a place that could turn out to be grave mistake.
  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,279 Forumite
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    one way or another , living next door to one would give someone a good chance to get used to the idea of living in one
    Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
  • Better_Days
    Better_Days Posts: 2,742 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I rent a bungalow with a graveyard at the bottom of garden. It has never given us a moments bother. And it means we are not overlooked into the back of the garden.

    Much more of a problem is the school nearby and bloody parents selfish parking.
    It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
    James Douglas
  • Next to a graveyard?

    At night?

    Creepy deepy! I think this best sums it up:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

    :)
  • xylophone
    xylophone Posts: 45,683 Forumite
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    Offer the tenants ( of the house that is) free garlic?:rotfl:
  • mezebu1
    mezebu1 Posts: 54 Forumite
    No I wouldn't, feels creepy IMO.
  • witchy1066
    witchy1066 Posts: 640 Forumite
    it wouldn't bother me , for the same reasons others have given
    quiet neighbours , not overlooked ,
    graveyards are tranquil places,

    nothing scary about the dead, its the living that scares me
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 15 August 2013 at 6:19PM
    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    a few strategically thought out re-opened graves?
    I was thinking more along these lines:

    http://movingsoundtech.com/

    ;):D



    Edit: Come to think of it, that's extreme and expensive. The local Co op where I used to live managed to achieve much the same thing with opera. :)
  • Dear all

    Thanks for your replies - its interesting how some people are a definate no and others not so much. My conclusion now is that i wouldn't want to live in it but for an investment - I think it's fine. now it's crunch time and talk to the mrs for final decision.

    Dan
  • SG27
    SG27 Posts: 2,773 Forumite
    I live next to a graveyard and church. Our bedroom and living room window look out onto it. It's beautiful. Very scenic. No one overlooks our house. And it's very quiet. I'd much rather leave next to dead people than living! :)
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