Would you Live in this house?

[happily single]

About 2 years ago a 3 family house around the corner from me caught fire. The man on the 3rd floor died in the fire. Another was seriously injured.

The someone bought the house and is remodeling it. It is coming out beautifully. I looked at the house yesterday and the new owner transformed it to a 2 family. The 2nd and 3rd floor is now one unit.

My question is, would you be able to live in a house knowing 1. It burned basically to the ground; 2. Someone died in your unit?

Just wondering because when I was younger the very first question I would ask prospective landlords was whether anyone had died in the apartment. Go figure, I bought a house and didn't ask And yes, my house is most certainly has "friends" that numerous people have seen, heard and smelled

 

[Luvchefmic]

About 2 years ago a 3 family house around the corner from me caught fire. The man on the 3rd floor died in the fire. Another was seriously injured.

The someone bought the house and is remodeling it. It is coming out beautifully. I looked at the house yesterday and the new owner transformed it to a 2 family. The 2nd and 3rd floor is now one unit.

My question is, would you be able to live in a house knowing 1. It burned basically to the ground; 2. Someone died in your unit?

Just wondering because when I was younger the very first question I would ask prospective landlords was whether anyone had died in the apartment. Go figure, I bought a house and didn't ask And yes, my house is most certainly has "friends" that numerous people have seen, heard and smelled

You know that never crossed my mind to even wonder...not sure how I would feel if I found out after the fact..probably throw alot of Holy water around

 

[C.Ann]

Not a house that had burned.. Why? Because I don't believe they could ever fully get the odor out.. I remember when my grandma's house burned.. They remodeled the entire building, but at certain times you could still detect the odor of charred wood..

The fact that someone died there wouldn't bother me at all - other than feeling sorry for the loss the family suffered..

 

[plutotek]

I wouldn't have a problem with either aspect (in-laws lived in a house where the previous owner had died in the bathroom of all places), but the smell a PP mentioned would concern me because I would think that the construction/remodel workers had cut corners, leaving boards that maybe shouldn't have been left (charred wood).

 

[EMom]

Both my parents died in their house and I inherited it.....Boy, I hope someone will buy it. On the other hand, hell would freeze over before I'd buy a house that someone died in. If their spirits were going to get familiar with anyone, it would be me. And if it had been a murder...oh hell to the no.

 

[LuvOrlando]

If I KNEW someone suffered in a home I couldn't do it. By nature I am driven to always put myself in other people's shoes so the circumstances of a burning death would totally haunt me forever. Now, if a person passed in their sleep from, say old age, it wouldn't bother me in the least. Death is natural, in fact a blessing if a person lived a good life. Suffering of any kind, on the other hand, haunts me to an unimaginable degree. It wouldn't matter if the house was a free and clear mansion, I'd never be able to rest in it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

The previous owner did die in our house. I've always wondered what room, but I'm not freaked out by it. She took good care of the house and sometimes I talk to her and thank her for it.

Now, I don't think I could live in a house that burned down because I'd wonder if the smell would come back, even if it was masked now.

 

[EMom]

This made me think of a house owned by some people we knew. It was new and fairly expensive. They were having the interior painted. Something happened.....I think it had to do with the fireplace or gas system.....and that set off a fire that engulfed the inside of the house. Apparently, since the walls were freshly painted, it went up in flames. Sadly, one of the painters was inside and he died.

So they had a torched new house and a dead painter on their hands. I can't begin to imagine....I'd never want to set foot in the house again. I didn't know them well enough to ask if the insurance company didn't "total" the house so that they could raze it....because seriously, only the foundation and brick walls were left. But they REBUILT from the inside. I would have always wondered about the stability of the house. I assumed that whatever insurance money they got was not sufficient to just bulldoze the house and build another or they'd have done that. But I'm not certain. I made a mental note to never go in that house.

 

[tink20]

There was a house in our neighborhood where a teenage boy died. (We didn't know them). It was terrible, he had diabetes. He came home late Xmas eve from work and went to bed. His parents were already in bed. His little sister went in Xmas morning to wake him, and he had passed, I'm not sure exactly what happened, it had something to do with his diabetes. They sold the house immediatley. The new owners know. I just couldn't live there, way too sad!

 

[kimblebee]

Both my parents died in their house and I inherited it.....Boy, I hope someone will buy it. On the other hand, hell would freeze over before I'd buy a house that someone died in. If their spirits were going to get familiar with anyone, it would be me. And if it had been a murder...oh hell to the no.

Oh, but that line made me laugh

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Someone died in my parents' house where I grew up. My parents didn't tell us until we were older in case it freaked us out but it didn't. My father-in-law died in their house and my mother-in-law died when she was hit by a car right out front. We disclosed this in the sales documents and no one even batted an eye.

 

[Disneylove1228]

Absolutely positively not even a chance would I EVER want to step foot in a potential house that I'd buy if someone died in it. End. Of Story.



I'm just freaked out by that sort of thing... no thanks!

 

[suzannecstarr]

Its probably because I live in a relatively old city with very old homes, but I can't imagine being able to find a house that someone didn't die in. Ours was built in 1890 and I'm sure people have died in it. I wouldn't trade these gorgeous old victorians for anything though.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Absolutely positively not even a chance would I EVER want to step foot in a potential house that I'd buy if someone died in it. End. Of Story.



I'm just freaked out by that sort of thing... no thanks!

I feel the SAME exact way.

ADD suicide into the mix and then I would run screaming from the place!!!

 

[S. C.]

My Father in law lived with us the last 8 months of his life and died in our home at the age of 95. I have no problem with living here.
There was a house on my way to work that part of the family died in from a fire. I remember driving by it everyday even after it was rebuilt and feeling sadness for the family. I could not live in that house.

 

[Muggle-born]

I grew up in a house built in the 1800s. I'm sure many different things happened in there that I don't want to know about... no biggie to me.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Is it staying long-term in a place that someone has died in that freaks people out?

(I am aware that I'm evil for bringing this up, but it's one of those things that has always puzzled me.) Most hotels have had deaths. If you've never stayed in a room that's had a death, you've likely slept next door to a hotel room that's had at least one death. And if you stay at casino hotels, it's likely some of those deaths were from , ahem, exhertions or were suicides. (You got yer happy deaths and yer not-so-happy deaths.)

If you've ever slept at a quaint B&B in a very old house, you've most certainly stayed at a place where other people have died.

So what's the difference between that and buying a house someone has died in. For that matter, doesn't that limit you to only brand new houses?

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Where is the "I'm not sure" option? Honestly, I'm not, and I think it would completely depend on the situation. I don't think I'd mind living in a house someone died in if nothing "freaky" was going on. I wouldn't want to live in a house where "freaky" things happen.

But if a house burned down, no. I wouldn't want to live on that property.

 

[tonilea]

Is it staying long-term in a place that someone has died in that freaks people out?

(I am aware that I'm evil for bringing this up, but it's one of those things that has always puzzled me.) Most hotels have had deaths. If you've never stayed in a room that's had a death, you've likely slept next door to a hotel room that's had at least one death. And if you stay at casino hotels, it's likely some of those deaths were from , ahem, exhertions or were suicides. (You got yer happy deaths and yer not-so-happy deaths.)

If you've ever slept at a quaint B&B in a very old house, you've most certainly stayed at a place where other people have died.

So what's the difference between that and buying a house someone has died in. For that matter, doesn't that limit you to only brand new houses?

Ignorance is bliss.

 

[pennymom]

Where is the "I'm not sure" option? Honestly, I'm not, and I think it would completely depend on the situation. I don't think I'd mind living in a house someone died in if nothing "freaky" was going on. I wouldn't want to live in a house where "freaky" things happen.

But if a house burned down, no. I wouldn't want to live on that property.

I agree. If it was a death due to old age rather than an accident, I would have no problem with it. An accident or suicide I'd probably think twice.