Want to buy this house? Over my dead body!

MeteredOut

Came up on my Facebook feed...



At first I thought it was a fake, but maybe not....

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/9824778/

Is that even legal?

On a serious note, if someone did purchase this, how would they go about getting the cadaver moved?

EDIT: Just found out it was on the market in 2021, so a few years old, but still...

la531983

Surely they just mean the ashes are buried there.

daveyjp

Nothing illegal about being buried on your own land.

MeteredOut

la531983 said:

Surely they just mean the ashes are buried there.

You'd think if that was the case, they'd not even bother saying it.

Brie

Talk about "buyer beware"!!

I think I'd be fine living next to a cemetery but it would be different to have to plan any landscaping taking the previous owner into account.

Smalltownhypocrite

You can be buried on your own land, of course its legal. 

There was also a clause that he couldn't be moved although why you would be so disrespectful anyway, just don't buy it if you have issues.

People are ridiculous over this stuff, my dad worked for a company that builds houses and they where always coming across historic grave sites when digging foundations. They are literally EVERYWHERE for millions of years we have buried people and its a small island. They would just relocate any directly in the way to somewhere out of the way (maybe even just buy a few meters) and carry on. The future house buyers will never know their is a bunch of historic skeletons in their garden.

MeteredOut

daveyjp said:

Nothing illegal about being buried on your own land.

I assume it would have to be notified to buyers, otherwise future landscapers might get a bit of a surprise!

DullGreyGuy

la531983 said:

Surely they just mean the ashes are buried there.

 Could be either body or ashes... the later is probably more common but that doesnt need to be declared whereas a body does. 

MeteredOut said:

Came up on my Facebook feed...



At first I thought it was a fake, but maybe not....

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/9824778/

Is that even legal?

On a serious note, if someone did purchase this, how would they go about getting the cadaver moved?

EDIT: Just found out it was on the market in 2021, so a few years old, but still...

Yes it's legal and not overly difficult to do if it's just one person. If you want a family plot in your home you get more likely to need permission from planning/environmental health. 

You would need to go through the process to authorise an exhumation licence which includes the agreement from any living close relatives and/or executor. Various people you have to pay along the way inc wherever it's going to be reburied. There is no guarantee a licence will be granted. 

The property made the press at the time https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9167145/Man-insisted-buried-garden-three-bed-home-born-died-in.html 

Bonniepurple

At least you’re aware of it. Round where I live there’s quite a high chance that a local builder called Fred used his building work to conceal his disposals sideline and so anything built between the 60s and 90s may literally have a skeleton in the walls!

HillStreetBlues

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Skiddaw1

Bonniepurple said:

At least you’re aware of it. Round where I live there’s quite a high chance that a local builder called Fred used his building work to conceal his disposals sideline and so anything built between the 60s and 90s may literally have a skeleton in the walls!

Oh Lordy! 

But yes- as has been said it's totally legal. I have a neighbour whose wife's ashes are in their garden (she was a very skilled gardener). There's a lovely memorial. 

I think the only problem I'd have is what arrangements would need to be made to allow family to visit the grave. Could be a bit intrusive possibly.