Would you live in a murderers house or estate?

whiskeyman

This came up recently when talking to the OH.
Think is was about the recent Kearney trial, where he got life for murdering his wife.
If the house came up on the market, and it was exactly what you were looking for, (and you could afford it), would you have any issues buying it and living there?
Would it freak you out, knowing what happened there?

Would you even live in the nearby houses it happened?

Anyone have any experience of something like this happen to them?

Adam

Someone has died everywhere.

Mods, you may now lock.

Dragan

Lived in my apartment building for 3 weeks when it was raided by cops.

The had picked up a guy in a local pub for waving a piece about during a fight. Arrested him and got a warrant, checked his house and car to find he was a hitman.

Awesome.

Jigsaw

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest, but then again I am not superstitious or believe in ghosts etc.

A friend of mine moved into a house in Belfast where a young woman was raped and murdered. It was only renting but the house had been done up after the incident and it was looking really well. A lot of people were freaked out and gave it a miss, but my friend just thought bollix to that - it is bricks and mortar and just moved in. I visited several times. Nice house for cheap rent. Sounds good to me.

ScumLord

I wouldn't mind it at all, I'd move in on the down low and assume the murderers identity. People would then take me seriously when I made verbal threats on their life's.

MrJoeSoap

If I could get a house cheaper because it was a murder-scene then fair play, where do I sign?

This thread reminds me of when Marge was selling the murder-house to Flanders.

"These curtains are to die for!"

Ruu_Old

I wouldn't mind at all.

Rod: [pretending to stab Todd with an invisible knife] Look, daddy, I'm the jealous jockey!
Todd: I'm a torso!
Ned: Heh heh, you sure are, son

I live a few doors away from where this happened http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0525/oconnorr.html & my little sister and her friends nearly had to be witnesses until he pleadly guilty. The guy was a total physcho and I knew him my whole life.

AlmightyCushion

KaG1888 wrote: »

I live a few doors away from where this happened http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0525/oconnorr.html & my little sister and her friends nearly had to be witnesses until he pleadly guilty. The guy was a total physcho and I knew him my whole life.

It would have been funny if that linked to a story of someone getting fined for not paying their tv license.

MrJoeSoap

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It would have been funny if that linked to a story of someone getting fined for not paying their tv license.

Rofl, I don't even want to open the link now, I'm just going to imagine it was just that.

Latchy

Dont think i could live in a house knowing sombody had being murdered , prefer not to know tbh which i suppose is immpossible not to .

MikeHoncho

Dont know about live with but I worked with a guy in Boston who had been in prison for attempted murder. The technicalities were never explained to me but he was a nice dude and I got on well him. Never had an issue with it.

Far from it Mr Soap

MrJoeSoap

KaG1888 wrote: »

Far from it Mr Soap

http://www.thechc.ca/images/Dave.jpg

phantom_lord

i'd have no probs living in his old house.

subway

i wouldnt share a house with anyone, murderer or not

longshanks

i know a chap who bought a house last year where a young fella had been killed. he got a decent price. i've been up there a couple of times playing cards, no sign of any ghosties

Krieg

As horrible as it sounds, Ive been hoping for some serial killer or other deviant will crop up in the area. The kind that will bury the bodies under the floor boards, get caught, sentenced etc. Then I buy the house for 30% original price

I think Fred Wests house went for £60000 when it was worth almost 10 times as much

Run_to_da_hills

There was a house for sale in Delmege Park Moyross for 50K over the last 4 years. It was taken off the market about 4 months ago when its owners were told they will get up to 300k towards the value of a new house in the area when they kick out the skumbags.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

whiskeyman wrote: »

This came up recently when talking to the OH.

out of interest, what does "OH" mean?

monkeyfudge

Roundtower2 wrote: »

out of interest, what does "OH" mean?

'Other Half'

It's an incredibly annoying acronym.

My brother lives just down the road from the Kearney's place in Soller. That's lovely place now.

gidget

Don't think so. Could you imagine what body parts you might discover if you were to buy the house where the Mulhall sister's carried out that murder. Now there's a property that has been on the market for a long time!!!

andrewh5

Asbad wrote: »

I think Fred Wests house went for £60000 when it was worth almost 10 times as much

Fred West's house was demolished.

Overheal

its sad to think house prices have gone this bad that most of us would take the murderhouse

Adam

Overheal wrote: »

its sad to think house prices have gone this bad that most of us would take the murderhouse

Nothing to do with house prices, I vote we move this thread over to Bargain Alerts!

de5p0i1er

With the prices in Ireland I'd take what I could get.

AckwelFoley

I know a guy that moved from Dublin and Butchered his wife and kids locally.

Id live in the house... a quick 2 coats of paint and a plug in Air freshner and im all set.

randylonghorn

snyper wrote: »

Id live in the house... a quick 2 coats of paint and a plug in Air freshner and im all set.

But what would you do to the house, though?

dsmythy

Asbad wrote: »

As horrible as it sounds, Ive been hoping for some serial killer or other deviant will crop up in the area. The kind that will bury the bodies under the floor boards, get caught, sentenced etc. Then I buy the house for 30% original price

All well and good except for the fact that a lunatic lived nearby you possibly for years.

rosarosa

When I first moved in with my husband (then bf), we went to see a place to rent. Everything was going well till we went into the kitchen and the estate agent told us that the owner of the place had had a heart attack and died on the kitchen table, where he was found the next day by a neighbour:eek:

We didn't take it.

I've always wanted to ask that agent....but....why did you tell us?

Krieg

andrewh5 wrote: »

Fred West's house was demolished.

Yes but It was sold on auction
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000510/ai_n14312203

I was wrong though, that price was much higher then what was expected.
So their house actually increased in price because of the killings? Logic is failing me.

dsmythy wrote: »

All well and good except for the fact that a lunatic lived nearby you possibly for years.

Meh, I wont lose sleep over it. Not on my new serial killers mattress

Naikon

I would have no problem living in such a house/estate.

FunkZ

I'd be a bit freaked out, I'd rather live a few houses away from the actualy gaf.

Terry

For those who say no, would you sleep well at night if you ever needed an extended stay in a hospital?

orestes

I'd have no problem living in the same estate as a murderer.

All of my neighbors live near one and they have never complained. Well, not after the first two anyway

Tha Gopher

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

There was a house for sale in Delmege Park Moyross for 50K over the last 4 years. It was taken off the market about 4 months ago when its owners were told they will get up to 300k towards the value of a new house in the area when they kick out the skumbags.

Are there any houses in Limerick that have never been a murder scene at some point?

My dad bought a car that he later found out had been used by its previous owner to dispose of his wifes body. Car never worked well and he got rid of it quickly.

So there you go. If you buy a murder house it probably will have dirty tapwater or poor insulation.....

Mr. CooL ICE

No problem with it at all. I stopped letting ghost stories get to me when I grew up

Beanies girl

rosarosa wrote: »

When I first moved in with my husband (then bf), we went to see a place to rent. Everything was going well till we went into the kitchen and the estate agent told us that the owner of the place had had a heart attack and died on the kitchen table, where he was found the next day by a neighbour:eek:

We didn't take it.

I've always wanted to ask that agent....but....why did you tell us?[/quote]

so far as i know its law and they have to!

WindSock

Murderer, yes.

Serial killer, no.

Nightwish

I wouldnt mind living in the same estate in which a murder had taken place. In fact the house behind my old family home was a "murder house". I dont think I'd like to live in a house where a crime like that had taken place. My uncle and aunt are presently moving back here from Dublin and my aunt (who has a Dub accent) was being shown houses by an estate agent and one of them was a property where one of the most well known murders in the county had taken place about 7 years ago. The estate agent didnt tell her of course. The house wasnt any cheaper than any of the other properties either, but she recognised the house straight away.

Xhristy

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John Mason

It wouldnt bother me thb. Think you could actually make some money out of it. You could do night tours to gulliable tourists and the people from paranormal forum

antodeco

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/butchered-and-buried-427515.html

Thats where I am alot!

AARRRGH

My apartment used to be a gay brothel.

antodeco

dublindude wrote: »

My apartment used to be a gay brothel.

Dont you mean

dublindude wrote: »

My apartment "used" to be a gay brothel.

navin.r.johnson

I'd be fine in a murder house..........unless it was in Clonee, the commute would kill me.

Rb

I'd have no problem living in a house where one, or many people were murdered.

I bet 6th would love it though.

6th

I'm hard just thinking about it.

6th

irishbird wrote: »

It wouldnt bother me thb. Think you could actually make some money out of it. You could do night tours to gulliable tourists and the people from paranormal forum

Hey! ..... actually you're probably right Anyone got iving in a murder house and want to supplement their income?

Rb

All murdered women are single ghosts now, right 6th?


Ooohhh yeaaahhhh, gigiddy gigiddy

Don1

Hmmm, unless I live outdoors I have no choice in the matter...........
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