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MSE Blog: Would you live at a murder scene to bag a house price discount?

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  • mezebu1
    mezebu1 Posts: 54 Forumite
    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    MSE Helen obviously needs some proper work to be getting on with

    And you don't? And exactly how does your comment contribute to the topic?

    @OP, I wouldn't. Creepy.
  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,279 Forumite
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    mezebu1 wrote: »
    And you don't?

    Hmm ,good logic
    Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
  • sirmosh
    sirmosh Posts: 701 Forumite
    I wouldn't do it just to get a discount but if it was a house I liked then I would definitely live there.
  • propertyman
    propertyman Posts: 2,922 Forumite
    Buy it as a rental investment.

    And when the tenants complain about the oven answer

    " Well let me tell you what happened to the last occupants......":eek:
    Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
    Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold";     if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn
  • TeaCake
    TeaCake Posts: 429 Forumite
    Nice loo shot.

    Theres a house a few streets along where a man murdered his wife in front of their kid about 10 years ago. It always seems to be up for sale, the longest ive seen it without a sign up the front is 18 or so months so I guess people dont settle that well in it.


    FWIW it wouldn't bother me living in a house with a shady past.
  • atarisrocks
    atarisrocks Posts: 645 Forumite
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    i would live a murder house but only if there was little chance the police coming round digging up the garden after a late confession of where bodies are hid or accidentally digging one up myself
  • Sharon87
    Sharon87 Posts: 4,011 Forumite
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    atarisrocks wrote: »
    i would live a murder house but only if there was little chance the police coming round digging up the garden after a late confession of where bodies are hid or accidentally digging one up myself

    Same. So that house I'd ask questions about the pipes!

    I don't see why not, houses are houses after all. I'd have to look at the house and see what kind of vibe it gives off first. Te be honest I'd rather view the house, then tell me about it's past, so it doesn't cloud my judgement in the viewing!
  • carslet
    carslet Posts: 360 Forumite
    I would not personally, but I do know someone who bought a house where two murders took place, he got it about 50% less than the rest of the street were selling for.
  • RevolvingDoor
    RevolvingDoor Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    beecher2 wrote: »
    I'd be a bit concerned that strange people might turn up at the house if they knew its past

    Hmm yes that would bother me too. Hasn't anyone seen the first series of American Horror Story with the Murder House?:eek:
  • makeyourdaddyproud
    makeyourdaddyproud Posts: 1,294 Forumite
    poet123 wrote: »
    No, I wouldn't buy a house where there had been a murder, or where a serial killer had lived. Especially one where he had flushed body parts down the pipes.

    Nilsen as a neighbour wouldn't even bother me. Just make sure your not a young male from the Soho area.
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