Would you buy a haunted house?

What? That house is haunted?
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HERE! HERE’S ALL MY MONEY! JUST SELL ME THAT HOUSE!

Yes, I would take advantage of the seller if they thought the house was haunted.
The house is beautiful.

The only thing that would stop me from buying that house is its location. I’d never move to Joliet, but that house is a beauty.

I would, but just not that one. Too much hugely expensive deferred maintenance (5000 sq. ft and built in either 1871 or 1882). A money pit and a chronic migraine.

Yeah, if you’re living in Joliet, ghosts are the least of your worries.

Assuming the house was updated within the past 10 years, you can figure the heat to be around $6,000 per year – if it has natural gas. $8,000 if oil
Is the roof tight? Is the building settling? Do all the doors open and close?

If you get this house you will be working on it forever, or until you decide to sell it at a bargain basement price.

That is the curse that haunts this place.

I agree with the “I would buy a haunted house, but not that haunted house” contingent.

Joliet is not Chicago in my opinion. Property taxes are so high in Illinois that you’re required to pay them every 6 months. Add to that the utilities and maintenance. Historic register restricts usage. If they gave you the house, you might not be able to afford to live there.

I certainly would not bother to get into an argument with the owner about their belief in ghosts.

Fuck yeah I’d live in a haunted house, you get used to weird shit happening, my last house was “haunted”.

Nope I would not. They already had trouble making a go of this as a museum.

Location. Location. Location. Even a haunted home needs a good location to be able to resell after purchase.

Resale on “haunted” homes is not great. No matter what documentation they have, these homes sit on the market longer, and are much more difficult to market.

Yep. If it was a house I wanted (that one, no). There’s no such thing as hauntings.

(Yikes, look at those tax payments!)

I’d live with 50 ghosts and several poltergeists if I could live in Morey Mansion , I fucking love that house.

Sure, if I liked the house and the price were right. I don’t believe in ghosts.

@syz; Where did you find the property tax payments and how much are they.

I pay huge real estate and school taxes yearly for the privilege of living on 21 gorgeous acres with no town water, sewer system, very few paved roads, laughable fire protection (volunteer firemen would have to pump water from a pond ¼ mile away) and DSL, when the phone lines in the woods don’t get wet and short out.

But then, I don’t have to heat a theater room.

@gailcalled look at the link in the details. You can also see the extreme decline in the property value.

Cooling Features: None
$8,738 per year taxes (payable in 2 easy payments!)

It just gets better ‘n better!

There is a very similar house in a town near me. It was once (I believe) a funeral home and is now a multi-family apartment that appears to receive zero upkeep. It’s sad. the immediate neighbors are about the same size and condition, although it’s not a horrible part of town.

I wouldn’t buy it, but I’d want to go in there and explore for sure. That house is creepy looking. Love it. :)

I don’t believe in ghosts or hauntings, so if I wanted the house, yes I would buy it. However I love ghosts as a subject, so if I was really rich and able to buy the house for the novelty of it being haunted, I would. And that IS a lovely house, I have to say. I bet it looks sweet indoors.

Of course if I’m wrong and ghosts do exist, and the house really was haunted, I would hope that the ghost inside would be willing to have some company.

No, that would be pissing money away.

Think about what you’re asking me, here. ;)

Cool. Is the legendary prison in Joliet still functioning? 2 historic landmarks for a mere 159 grand. But wait a sec. Doesn’t that historic landmark monicker saddle the property with severe restrictions on what can be done to or with it?

You bet, IF, I could airlift that house to 10 acres here in the Sierras. haha
Not in Chicago…gah, no.
Who the hell wants to live in Chicago?