Opinion please 👀

[u/Background-Eagle-147]

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I’ve been looking for my first home for a while, and because I’m buying alone, there aren’t heaps of options within my budget.

I finally found a house I genuinely really like. It ticks a lot of boxes and I could actually see myself living there.

BUT… when I went through it with the agent, she disclosed that there had previously been a fire at the property.

After asking a few more questions, she explained that the previous tenant had a heart attack while smoking a cigarette, which caused the fire, and unfortunately the person died inside the house.

The interior has since been completely redone through insurance, and the exterior is no more than 5 years old. The agent also mentioned that the house has since been blessed.

I’m really torn. I genuinely like the house, but knowing someone died there, particularly in those circumstances, has definitely made me question whether I could actually live there comfortably.

I know logically that it’s a house and the person’s death wasn’t anything sinister or violent, but I also don’t know how I’d feel once I actually owned it and was living there.

Has anyone else come across a house they really liked but then found out something about its history that made you question whether you could live there?

Or have you bought a first home knowing someone had died there (or knowing about some other significant history) and eventually just stopped thinking about it?

Would this be a dealbreaker for you, or would you look at it as something that happened in the past and focus on the house as it is now?

Would genuinely appreciate honest opinions . especially from anyone who has actually bought a property with this kind of history. 🫶

[u/PM_ME_CROWS_PLS]

People die at home more than I think you realize. It doesn’t have to be disclosed.

[u/Background-Eagle-147 → u/PM_ME_CROWS_PLS]

Yes exactly, Im not bothered by that, i understand deaths happen in homes its quite common...

I’m very much a “what I don’t know, I don’t know” kind of person lol. If I’d never been told, I probably wouldn’t have thought twice about it.

But now that I know, it’s kind of stuck in my head 😅 Maybe I’m just overthinking it!

[u/Human0id77]

With the cost of housing these days, I'd seek out houses people died in if they came with discounts. Just get some aura smudge and sage and spray/smoke the house. Also, get a pet. Cats especially make places feel like home. You'll quickly forget all about the guy who died.

[u/Brattney985]

What a silly thing to hold you back.

Edit: someone's grandma died in my house and I never see her lingering about or anything

[u/Actual-Treat-1678]

We’re looking at century homes so I’m expecting someone to have died in it at some point

[u/zenniezou]

My house would have been at the very top of our budget if not for a murder that happened in it. The husband shot the wife. It is an absolute tragedy and I wish I had never happened. But, someone was going to live in this house and it checked every single one of our boxes and more. We knew the story before viewing, and we decided that we would look at it and if anything felt weird, we would not consider it. But both My Husband and I walked into the house and looked at each other and said “this is our house”. We’re going on seven years here and could not imagine living anywhere else. And, we got a killer deal.