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Ethical Questions Regarding Sale of Home (1 Viewer)

If you were purchasing a home and it was disclosed to you that a family member died of natural cause

  • The death would bother me, and the price would have to be lowered in order for me to move forward wi

    Votes: 17 8.6%
  • The death would not bother me, but I would nevertheless use the disclosure as a way to bargain for a

    Votes: 70 35.4%
  • The death would not bother me, and I would not use the disclosure to negotiate for a lower price.

    Votes: 111 56.1%

  • Total voters
    198
I would not disclose it but would not lie if asked (I doubt that anyone would).

My wife and I bought a home where a baby had died from SIDS. We did not know it at the time we purchased it; my wife found out while talking to some of the neighborhood wives a couple months later. It bothered her for a few days because we had a 1 year old and she was pregnant with our second but she got over it since there wasn't anything we could do about it anyway.

 
BB I too wouldn't disclose it, I also wouldn't balk at buying a house someone passed away in. Dying is a part of life, we all are going to die so I guess I don't get why this would be a deal breaker for anyone. I also wouldn't worry about it when they find out.

 
BB I too wouldn't disclose it, I also wouldn't balk at buying a house someone passed away in. Dying is a part of life, we all are going to die so I guess I don't get why this would be a deal breaker for anyone. I also wouldn't worry about it when they find out.
When we covered this section while going for my real estate license I was surprised how the topic went with how many people in the class had an issue with this. Citing bad vibes to ghosts to spirits etc...of the class of 40 I would say a good half had an issue with this.

 
Like the other posters have stated, I would not disclose it but would tell the truth if asked.

I have bought and sold 3 houses in the last 10 years. I was never in the same room with the other buyers/sellers.

 
Hi BB,

Went with the majority. Would not disclose, but would be honest if someone asked. Would not bother me as a buyer knowing either.

 
35% of people would use the death in the home to negotiate a better deal even though it wouldn't make them walk away without the death discount.

####### opportunists. That's shameful.

 
-fish- said:
bigbottom said:
-fish- said:
My brother in law was recently murdered in his living room, while the house was in escrow. The buyers were given 3 days to opt out of the contract. They said they didn't care and just went on with the escrow.
Whoa. So sorry to hear about that.
thanks. we weren't close, but my sister is a wreck.

we all assumed that the buyers would bail out. I think I would be concerned about stigma with a murder or a serial rapist or something. I don't think I'd care about someone dying of natural causes.
wait - did this happen in SoCal? I think I read about this.

 
No, no. Wouldn't presume to ask, although the original owners of our current house died in or in a hospital/hospice while living here. Their kids tried selling the house in the down market and then rented it awhile before re-listing last year. I'm more concerned that the people they rented to are nuts and are still using our address as a mailing address to send their kids to our school district. This wouldn't bother me that much until the crazy woman showed up at our front door demanding her mail as if we were stealing it from her (or had agreed to send it to her and reneged). They didn't disclose it was a rental either.

 

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