making offer on house--registered SEX OFFENDER nearby
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Anonymous
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I'm think about bidding on a great home in NOVA, but i searched the sex offender registry and found 2 registered offenders nearby, about 0.2 and 0.4 miles away.
The offenses are carnal knowledge of a 13-15yo by someone 10 years ago when he was 20, and another is abuse by child custodian by a guy 14 years ago when he was about 39. Should i not even put in an offer? Can you use this information to negotiate a lower price on the home?Do you let your buyers agent know and have him argue the point with the listing agent? |
Anonymous
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How do you know the details? If you got it from one of those sex offender websites then I would be cautious - I've found that data to be hit or miss.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find a house that didn't have a 'sex offender' of some kind within a mile or two. It wouldn't keep me from putting an offer in but if it bothers you, maybe you could try and talk to some neighbors? Just generally ask about safety of the neighborhood? |
Anonymous
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Those crimes seem long time ago. It's hard to say.
We passed on a house because of sex offender, but he was only 4 houses away and was a child rapist. Much more disgusting/criminal than carnal knowledge and abuse (at least that's how it reads to me). |
Anonymous
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Several years ago, we experienced something similar. We put an offer on a house, and then remembered to check the SO registry--and there was one on the next street over.
After a few hours of stress, we ultimately decided to buy the house anyway. We've lived here a few years, and of course have spoken to neighbors about the situation. Honestly, I have less fear of this sex offender that I know is there, then the possible sex offenders that could be anywhere in my community. This guy is a known sex offender and the whole neighborhood knows it, and watches. FWIW, several months ago, I checked out the SO registry again--and a new one had popped up. He's been living here the whole time, apparently, but was only recently convicted. So just because you buy in a neighborhood with no local registered SOs, doesn't mean that one won't move in or someone might be convicted at a later date. Also, about a year ago, a guy right on my street was arrested for a sex crime against minors. He ended up selling his house and moving with a couple months of the arrest, though. |
Anonymous
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2 data points
1 - look up almost any address and you will find a sex offender nearby. If like the pp, the offender is 2-3 houses down, you should be concerned and the go to point 2 below 2 - it may sound eeew bu assess if the of fence was predatory in nature. Statutory rape may not be. Even a violent rape conviction from many years ago may not be. Child pornography absolutely is. 2 convictions on record even if one is minor absolutely a matter of concern. I must admit that DW sees all sex offences alike. I have never been able to convince her otherwise. But you have to be practical as well. All the best with your search Dad of 2 young girls in NoVA |
Anonymous
| OP here. So it sounds like you are saying its not a matter of a price reduction, but its more you either bid or you won't? |
Anonymous
| We had 2 sex offenders in our neighborhood for awhile and both have moved. It wasn't a big deal. Everyone in the neighborhood knows who they are, so trust me, people are watching them. Honestly, I'd be more worried about the sex offenders that you don't know about because they haven't been caught. |
Anonymous
Why are you so hung up on the "price reduction". Either you think this SO is a threat to your kids, or you don't. If you think he is such a threat that you want a "price reduction", you're basically putting a price on your kids safety. "If the house is $500,000--I'm not willing to let my kids get raped by this SO. But if you lower the price to $450,000, I'm willing to make them a target of a sexual predator"--Is that what you are thinking? |
Anonymous
| They are everywhere the ones to be concerned about are the ones that haven't been caught. There needs to be stricter laws including life in prison and the death penalty nut our system full of lawyers would be against that. |
Anonymous
Exactly! Seems like op is just trying to use that to lower the price, but not overly concerned with it. Otherwise you wouldn't even consider moving there. Making it cheaper doesn't make it safer. |
Anonymous
| In a densely populated area like this, you're going to get hits on the registry nearby. I'd only start having reservations if it was on the same block and the crime was definitely violent/young children. |
Anonymous
| Hello we live in a major metro area. No matter where u live there will b sex offenders within a mile of your home so get used to it. Shocking but true. |
Anonymous
You need to rethink your position. Either you find the danger to your child unacceptable and you don't bid on the house or you believe that you can be vigilent and careful and you do. Trying to get a price reduction on something like this I find to be rather sleezy. It says that you don't actually find it unacceptable, but that you are just using any old excuse to try and save yourself some money. Personally, if I were a seller and a buyer tried this stunt, I would turn the offer down and would not counter. It sounds like someone that I wouldn't want to deal with and wouldn't trust. |
Anonymous
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The 20 year old w/ the 13-15 year old might not be what I would consider an actualy sex offender registry worthy crime.
I assume carnal knowledge means he slept w/the victim. Without the details, it could easily have been a 20 year old dating a 15 year old who looked 18 and who said she was 16, and the parents found out. Of all the sex offender crimes on the registry, the ones with men around 18-22 (college aged) and girls in their mid teens do not concern me at all, unless there is a violence component. |
Anonymous
| What's the best way to get these people out of the neighborhoods? |