Would you buy a home someone was murdered in?

[Anonymous]

I truly don’t care

[Anonymous]

it depends. I used to live near a house where entire family killed in their sleep and murder never solved. So murderer still out there. That one no.

[Anonymous]

Just had this conversation with my husband. He seems to think the market value wouldn’t be affected at all because a lot of people don’t care. He seems to be ok with the idea of buying such a house.

As for me — no way. I’m not even buying a house on that block.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would folks put suicide in the same category as murder?

It’s worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Homicide-House-Silver-Spring-Brian-Betts.html

That’s immediately the house that came to mind. I remember both murders. Harder to do your due diligence when they change the address!

this is the one I think of too. Two very awful murders. I thought they had torn it down and rebuilt in addition to the new number, but maybe I am misremembering. there's no way on that house.

I think it would depend very much on circumstances and I'd have to see how it felt in the house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At the time period, in 1995, I was 6 years as a licensed MHIC Contractor.The news of the planned rape & murder of the youngest daughter, Alyse, of Dr.Goff & his wife ,Irma....and the murders of their 2 other daughters, Andrea, & Sherri, & the painting contractor,Mark Aldridge, shook many peoples conscience, as well as my own.Now, entering my 35th year,serving my community, in Pikesville, I set down my rules as to how to serve my customers, safely, since the Goff murders in 1995.I never did, nor ever will , bring any foreign born workers into a customer's house, that is currently occupied .I am on every job , doing most of the work.I also remember a similar story, in my town, here, where a teenage girl, the only daughter, was gunned down after entering her parents house 1 afternoon,to retrieve her mail, only to interrupt a burglary. The burglar was a handyman hired by the family to do repairs, previously. He stalked the property, only to break in to burglarize it, when nobody was there.The Goff family house should have been purchased by the State of Maryland,and torn down.No one else should have been allowed to live there, after 5 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED there.The house near me should have been demolished completely, not a portion of it, where the family's daughter was murd ered.Condolences to these 2 families.

It sold not that long ago. It is a nice house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My boyfriend bought a house where someone was killed and another committed suicide (same incident and fairly recent). He moved in with his family and there is lots of love and there is absolutely no feeling of dread or paranormal activity. It is a lovely family home.

Is your boyfriend married?!

I know - weird, PP!

Haha, 5 years later PP here! No, boyfriend was divorced, his family were his kids. Sorry that seemed unclear. Oh, and I am his wife now. I live in the murder suicide home, so does my kid and his kids all is good. In fact, it is Saturday morning, drinking coffee with 4 cats and hubby in the same bedroom where the murder took place (bed and carpet of course not the same). Nope, all good and we are all happy. I do believe in the potential for ghosts, but none in this house.

[Anonymous]

My first question would be: Have they caught the killer ? If no, then I would ask how long the nearby neighbors have lived in their homes.

[Anonymous]

No, we saw one we really liked, but when we searched the address, it was a murder-suicide home and I just couldn't do it.

[Anonymous]

NOPE I'm out!

[Anonymous]

I would never buy a house that someone was murdered in, and I probably would not want a home where there was a suicide. I'd also avoid a house where someone drowned. My friend rented a house where a child had drowned, and she saw a child, or apparition of a child, next to the pool. This occurred when she was living there with her SO and no children.

I have also lived in a house that was more than 100 years old and was near Civil War battlefields and likely was either on the site of a Civil War era prison or hospital. I used to hear footsteps upstairs when I lived there by myself. It was totally creepy. So I would also exclude houses that are near cemeteries or battlefields.

In the same town someone bought a building that was a funeral home and turned it into apartments. When I visited I wondered of the occupants knew it was a funeral home 20 years earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:actually its law to disclose facts like this if your realtor knows the circs

It depends upon the state. In some states you have to disclose and in other states you cannot disclose.