This house isn’t far from me. I think it involved a gay man who murdered a youngish guy from out West.
I would think it is a material fact about the property that needs to be disclosed since it affects subsequent resale value.
I am surprised it has been so close and gone so far.
BTW, I sleep just fine on a bed where two people died in their sleep. I'm hoping for the same luck.
/johnny
They shouldn’t dwell on it.
I bought a car from a friend one time and for some reason it creeped me out when I drove it at night, like someone nefarious was riding in the back seat. I was casually talking to the friend I bought it from and he told me that he had gotten the car from a buddy who had just refurbished it. “Why?” I asked. “Oh, some guy committed suicide in it and they had to replace the headliner and all of the upholstery.” Yeah, I got rid of it soon after that conversation.
I think I would want to know this information before buying a house.
can’t see where it has any bearing on the value of the property unless the bodies were hidden in the waklls or ceiling.
Too many “new age” idiots watching the Amityville Horror.
A house in the 600K range? Gotta be a hellova house!
Get a Priest to drench the place in holy water, then make peace with the ghosts.
Who knows, maybe you’ll find Beetlejuice running around!
Sheesh.
Good luck with that.
the farmhouses around here were built in the late 1800s.
hard to find one that somebody didn’t die in at some time.
A friend of mine lived in a house across the street from a disclosed suicide house that sat on the market for over a year (22 years ago) and sold for $65,000. Similar houses on the street were going for $100,000 at the time.
I wonder if she’d be suing if she hadn’t bought at the peak of the housing bubble? What an idiot.
Previous resident of my house went postal at his wifes place of employment, killed her plus two others, wounded two more. Got the place at a bargain. Hell, it didn’t happen here
I bought my older home from a Episcopalian priest and his wife and young child. He had already relocated to another state but the wife said he had blessed the house before he left. I thought that was such an awesome gesture.
State law in PA doesn’t require such a disclosure - it is what it is. It’s not like a google search or speaking to neighbors of a property you are considering purchasing is out of the realm of normal - it’s called due diligence and you either do it or you don’t. Not every shred of information will be spoon fed to anyone, only as much as the law requires.
FWIW, I grew up in a house that had been a hospital in the late 1800’s through 1930ish. My bedroom had once been the site of many gruesome surgeries, and I’m certain, many deaths. It never bothered me. I loved that house and the grounds. I wish it were still in my family.
Lady should’ve walked around and talked to the neighbors BEFORE she made an offer. Asking questions usually gets answers before you buy. You might even figure out you have neighbors from he!! and decide you don’t really want to live there.
I lived in a haunted apartment one summer, and I must say it was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I’ve bought two houses since I lived in that creepy, oppressive place, and you bet I did ask if there had been any suicides or anything!
That said, in addition to an official inquiry, people should do their own due diligence before they make an offer on a place. Just walk around to the neighbors, ask how they like living there, ask them what they think of the house you’re thinking about buying. Then listen to what they have to say! People are pretty loquacious.
It’s creepy but ghosts may be easier to live with then humans.
PFL