New "Have a Look at This" thread

moneysavinghero

Patr100 said:

Bad_Accountant said:

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

Assuming that’s the grave (and not just a new flowerbed)...
the location is terrible, you can barely avoid walking right over the grave every time you go up the garden. Wouldn’t it be more respectful and aesthetic to tuck him in behind the trellis?!
Reminds me of this: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903/updated-its-done-our-buyer-wants-to-bury-their-dead-dog-in-our-garden/p1

"And what , prey tell, were the decease's final words?"
"Just tuck me behind the trellis"

Maybe getting tucked behind the trellis was his final act. What a way to go though.

Rambosmum

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

What would bother me is the proximity to the house preventing an extension and the resale issue. The corpse itself wouldn't be an issue. In terms of depth and how it was buried, it's fairly tightly bound legally, and I would presume all that was followed. The mound will flatten over time. 

davidmcn

Rambosmum said:

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

What would bother me is the proximity to the house preventing an extension and the resale issue. The corpse itself wouldn't be an issue. In terms of depth and how it was buried, it's fairly tightly bound legally, and I would presume all that was followed. The mound will flatten over time. 

Quite, it's not so much what is buried as the fact that it obstructs future development (or even gardening).
I wonder whether there's actually an obligation to disclose it to purchasers...

Patr100

davidmcn said:

Rambosmum said:

robatwork said:

Here's the grave in question - right across the garden 

What would bother me is the proximity to the house preventing an extension and the resale issue. The corpse itself wouldn't be an issue. In terms of depth and how it was buried, it's fairly tightly bound legally, and I would presume all that was followed. The mound will flatten over time. 

Quite, it's not so much what is buried as the fact that it obstructs future development (or even gardening).
I wonder whether there's actually an obligation to disclose it to purchasers...

The EA would have an obligation to disclose significant factors like that but only if told themselves. 
I don't think there is a specific section on the Property Information form when selling for this sort of thing but you are asked about anything "you are aware of that may lead to a dispute about the property.". 
Also possibly the burial registration at the site would show up in local searches?
Would be very silly to keep quiet about it til found out.

od244051

MaryNB said:

robatwork said:

Hannimal said:

robatwork said:

What the hell is a buyer supposed to do with the body?

Uhm nothing? Leave it there to RIP. Put a flowerbed on top? 

Would you genuinely be happy with having a recent corpse in your back garden? 
Not only was it in a mound so not flat - who knows how deep the coffin is - but what about when you get a knock at the door asking if you mind if they left some flowers on dad's grave?

This was right in the middle of not a huge garden mind you, not tucked away in the corner of an estate.

Horrible situation.

Some of the garden is rented from the council so they may have have limited space. But yeah if I was the buyer (not that I would ever buy a house with someone buried in the back) I would be expecting occasion visitors who wanted to pay respects.

I remember a house on HUTH where the bottom half of the garden was rented. The new owner managed to buy the rest of the garden. Think he paid like £7k (house was in Crewe area) for it and this and made £5k more for the house

GaleSF63

People expect bodies to be under the patio not across the middle of the garden.

Gers

Saw this in an online national paper:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/76533279#/

moneysavinghero

Gers said:

Saw this in an online national paper:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/76533279#/

Would not like to have been a neighbour when the previous owner started playing with his organ.

MaryNB

Gers said:

Saw this in an online national paper:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/76533279#/

Wow! An organ installed around a stairwell! Not that I'd want it in my house (or that even half of it would fit...) but I'm impressed.

moneysavinghero

MaryNB said:

Gers said:

Saw this in an online national paper:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/76533279#/

Wow! An organ installed around a stairwell! Not that I'd want it in my house (or that even half of it would fit...) but I'm impressed.

Girls are always easily impressed by massive organs.