Someone murdered in house

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I think its a perfectly good reason, so do the people who organise it (as most people wouldn't want to waste that kind of money). Compared to the amount of empty unlived in homes in the country, the odd one or two (or even if it was 20) which are torn down because a murder happened inside them is insignificant.

welshbookworm

mgarl10024 wrote: »

Given the current shortage of homes, I think that it is a real shame when perfectly good houses are torn down because of something that went on inside them.

Would you want to move into the Wests old house?

marleyboy

It depends just how many other previous owners had been murdered in the course of its history.

System

Depends on the press coverage. If it was quite high profile, and the house was in the news etc. recently that might put me off a little, just because of the unwanted attention really.

The fact that it happened wouldn't bother me too much, and if it knocks some money of the asking price, it would bother me even less!

The question is how much does it bother you personally? If it's something that will be on your mind then perhaps the property isn't for you?

vqmismatch

If I thought I could get it cheaper as a result, and planned to keep it long enough for the next buyer not to be likely to be put off, then I see no reason to be put off at all.

If it was going at or close to market rate, and I was not sure how long I'd keep it then I wouldn't go near incase it was harder to sell on.

Wi88le

Money_maker wrote: »

I have a good imagination at night with the lights off!

:rotfl:

fairy_lights

I would depend on the murder, if it was a recent one and still remembered by everyone in the area I think that would put me off, especially if it had been a particularly sordid murder.
If it had happened 50+ years ago I don't think it would bother me so much, and if it had been a glamorous Victorian widow bumping a series of wealthy husbands off using household poisons, well...it would make a good talking point!

moneyistooshorttomention

Probably not.

I would think the only way I would consider it is if the murderer had been identified beyond all shadow of doubt and, one way or another, was now dead themselves.

Otherwise, I'd always be just that bit nervous about answering my doorbell.

rach_k

It wouldn't put me off. Other than murder, a whole host of horrible or wonderful things could have happened in any house - I'd rather that a quick murder went on than that a person was beaten mercilessly every night for 50 years... you'd probably never hear about somebody being beaten though. You just never know so I don't waste time thinking about it. If you do think about it, you can always put a positive spin on it - give the house a happy new future!

antrobus

welshbookworm wrote: »

Would you want to move into the Wests old house?

That would not be possible. 25 Cromwell Street does not exist. It was demolished, 20 years ago? Used to walk past the site regularly at one time and it's just a pedestrain walkway with some shrubs.

inatdeepend wrote: »

Would it put you off? I know it shouldn't really and a house is a house, but honestly, would you be put off buying a house if you knew that someone had been murdered in it?

It clearly puts some people off.

There was a case Sykes v Taylor-Rose [2004] EWCA 299, in which a Mr and Mrs Sykes purchased a house, discovered that there had been a murder, sold the house on and lost £25k on it, and so sued the vendors for the loss. They lost.