Would you buy a house where a murder/suicide took place?

[Anonymous]

This house:
http://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/3619-Quesada-St-NW-20015/home/9970426/mris-DC8053122

This story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reetika_Vazirani -- though it says CC MD, it was this house in DC.

It's a really cute house, but I can't look past the history.

[Anonymous]

Hell no.

Natural death? No problem.
Homicide or suicide? Probably not. But never in a million years would I live in a home where a mother had killed her child.

[Anonymous]

NO way

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I got the shivers just thinking about it. So, nope.

[Anonymous]

NO. Walk away... As a matter of fact, don't walk, RUN!

[Anonymous]

If the price was right, sure. But not if you don't think you can get over it. I have a friend with a gorgeous house next door to a cemetery. I wouldn't live in that house if you gave it to me. We all have different hang ups.

[Anonymous]

Sure, for the right price. The right price is not 1 million dollars.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

My reaction as well.

What would be the logical reason to rule it out just because a murder-suicide occurred there?

[Anonymous]

Agree with pps. What exactly do you all fear will happen to you if you buy this house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

My reaction as well.

What would be the logical reason to rule it out just because a murder-suicide occurred there?

Because when my kid is eating cheerios I don't want to wonder if he is in the spot where someone blew their head off. When I tuck him in at night I don't want to wonder if it is the room where someone came in and stabbed a child to death or whatever happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

My reaction as well.

What would be the logical reason to rule it out just because a murder-suicide occurred there?

Because when my kid is eating cheerios I don't want to wonder if he is in the spot where someone blew their head off. When I tuck him in at night I don't want to wonder if it is the room where someone came in and stabbed a child to death or whatever happened.

PP said the logical reason. This is not a logical reason. This is a "my anxiety controls me" reason.

[Anonymous]

Would you like to take a relaxing bath in the tub where Andrea Yates drowned her kids? Or perhaps you'd like to dine on the graves of the people who died in what was once a big building in new york. Logically nothing will happen to you so I will go get you some bubble baths and a plate of food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

My reaction as well.

What would be the logical reason to rule it out just because a murder-suicide occurred there?

Because when my kid is eating cheerios I don't want to wonder if he is in the spot where someone blew their head off. When I tuck him in at night I don't want to wonder if it is the room where someone came in and stabbed a child to death or whatever happened.

Do you wonder that in the house you are in now? Is this the spot where Mergatroid and Cruella yelled at each other "I hate you forever!" Is this where Pampalonia found the lump?

This is ridiculous thinking, you do know that? The thoughts are in you, not in the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the problem. But I'm a logical person.

My reaction as well.

What would be the logical reason to rule it out just because a murder-suicide occurred there?

Because when my kid is eating cheerios I don't want to wonder if he is in the spot where someone blew their head off. When I tuck him in at night I don't want to wonder if it is the room where someone came in and stabbed a child to death or whatever happened.

She sliced the wrist. In the dining room. Probably the formal dining room; which could be easily avoided. What bothers me (about the suicide) is that it wasn't even her house. I don't think she had a connection to the house, so it's safe to buy.