Funeral home across the street, OH NO!!!

[Disney Doll]

Grog, you BET they are!!!!! Because now, once there's one college dorm, the others get passed with no problem because the precedent has been set. There are 2 more dorms in the process of being built as we speak!

It's funny, because the people in the area of the city that this happened in have always considered their neighborhood "better" than most of the rest of the city.. a little more "ritzy" and high class. Their argument about the funeral home was that it would "destroy the ambience of the neighborhood", and a funeral home should be put "somewhere else in the city"...You know, the old NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) Principal!!!!

A funeral parlor wouldn't bother me. They are usually very well-maintained outside and in, it's not like there's 20 funerals a day there, and it's a good learning experience for children to see that death is a part of life. About the only negative might be traffic, and even that's negligable. The cemetary across the street from me has had big and small funerals, and traffic is affected minimally, and for a brief time, if at all.

Usually, the traffic argument is a way of saying "I don't want it because it's icky, but I can't say that so I'll use the more 'logical' traffic argument."

Be careful what you wish for!

 

[MICKEY88]

Originally posted by Desnik

My neighbors seem to be divided. It's weird, the younger families with kids are dead against it. The older people who have lived here for years seem to not care.

it's not really that weird...younger people don't want to think about death..

and the older people don't want far to travel when the time comes...

 

[dizneegirl]

Funeral homes are usually very well maintained, and have gorgeous landscaping/gardens. Wouldn't bother me in the least to live across from, next to, down the street from a funeral home. Very quiet neighbors... the majority of the time there actually are funerals, most of the funeral-goers are inside the home.

As long as traffic wouldn't be a concern, I'd be more than happy to have them there, or to buy a home near a funeral home. Traffic WOULD be my number one concern, though.

 

[Desnik]

I can't believe that no one has a concern about the depreciation of the house. Maybe the value wouldn't go down, but it may not go up as much, or just level off. We just had our house appraised and in just 5 months it went up $30,000.

My DH has already spoke to 3 realtors. This is our 3rd house so we know lots of realtors and have been in this realestate game for about 5 years now. They seem to all say it is a matter of preferrence. Some people won't mind, others will. It could be harder to sell or not, it really depends on the buyers. The value won't go down, but, it might be a hard sell. They all said most clients don't want to live next to funeral homes or cemetaries.

 

[kylara]

Well that might be true but I know when mom's neighbors sold their house, it didn't seem to have any affect on the sale. Lots of people saw the house, they got more than one offer and the asking price. The buyers had to turn around and sell it a year later due to a relocation from work, they resold it for more than they paid and in less than a month. Now the area can partly be a factor for the quick sale.

Also my mother has never been told that it might devalue the house. In fact, a realtor friend of hers keeps trying to get mom to sell saying she could get a good price and sell the house quickly. Only downside she has ever told my mom in regards to the house...shared driveway with the house next door. The funeral home never has played a part in it.

And as I stated previously, very rarely did I even pay attention to the fact that it was a funeral home across the street and I do hate death. But living across from a funeral home never gave me the heebee jeebees at all. As long as parking and traffic was worked out, I would have no problem living, buying etc across or next to a funeral home.