Looking at a rental house, that had a death occur

[Pbkmaine]

Unless it's brand new, every house will have experienced births and deaths and illness, happiness and sadness and pain and joy. I personally like houses that have been lived in, and have never felt haunted by previous occupants.

 

[Walt34]

Don't you go to the movies or read Stephen King novels?

Reminds me of reading Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" in a cemetery on a slow midnight shift. It just added a certain realism to the book.

 

[LinCella]

What's a California thing? Please let me know of your state so I can make sweeping generalizations.

 

[Clone]

Unless it's brand new, every house will have experienced births and deaths and illness, happiness and sadness and pain and joy. I personally like houses that have been lived in, and have never felt haunted by previous occupants.

As far as I know, there have been no births or deaths in the houses I have lived in. I strongly suspect there have been a few conceptions.

 

[Bestwifeever]

What's a California thing? Please let me know of your state so I can make sweeping generalizations.

Eh, he probably just meant maybe it's a California thing (because the OP's in Cali?) to require disclosure of same.

There was a violent death of a child by her father a few years ago in a nearby town. When the house went on the market, the potential buyers/looky-loos were prescreened before they could tour the property. It was on the market for a long time.