Checking if someone died in your house

randomi15

iantojones40 wrote: »

Op has a very appropriate username for what is one of the most random house buying questions I've ever seen on here!

It is on mse guide, would u move in to a house if someone was murdered there?

Bossypants

randomi15 wrote: »

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/mortgages/house-buying-guide#quest

That says murdered, not died, a different kettle of fish altogether. The reason you want to know this is because a house where someone was murdered, especially if the murder or murderer was locally infamous, may attract vandalism and/or 'tourists' which are best avoided.

randomi15

So how can someone find out?

marksoton

randomi15 wrote: »

It is on mse guide, would u move in to a house if someone was murdered there?

No. Because Martin would have told me not to....

Bossypants

randomi15 wrote: »

So how can someone find out?

Google it, like the guide says. If something that was a big deal happened in that house, Google will tell you, if not it doesn't matter.

Davesnave

There is a significant difference between buying a house which was the scene of a murder, and one which has merely been the place where someone passed away.

I can think of one such property in the city where I used to live, which needed a name change before it was sold, but that was a very well-pubicised murder, which remains unsolved to this day.

In short, this guide you've read is either quite bonkers, or you are taking its advice out of context in some way.

mrginge

Hi.
I would like to take a trip into London for a few days. Is there any way I can find out if someone died or was murdered there?

I am an idiot by the way.

antrobus

Bossypants wrote: »

That says murdered, not died, a different kettle of fish altogether. The reason you want to know this is because a house where someone was murdered, especially if the murder or murderer was locally infamous, may attract vandalism and/or 'tourists' which are best avoided.

No, the reason why you might wish to know if there had been a murder in the house is because it tends to effect the value.

Google Sykes v Taylor-Rose [2004] EWCA 299.

iantojones40

Don't forget suicides too!

A friend of mine bought a house largely because it had a lovely balustraded mezzanine level overlooking the living room, found out soon after moving in that a previous owner had hung themselves from it!

Bossypants

antrobus wrote: »

No, the reason why you might wish to know if there had been a murder in the house is because it tends to effect the value.

Google Sykes v Taylor-Rose [2004] EWCA 299.

Well possibly that too, but having experienced living in a neighbourhood with a 'murder house', it would routinely get graffiti'ed by local yobs and random people would show up and take pictures of said graffiti and try to speak to the owners (who were nice normal people in a time before Google existed).