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What Happens To The Homes Of Murder Victims
People are going to think I have a macabre nature as I’m always asking about murder.
Anyway, I’m watching a documentary on Channel 5 about the murders of two former Eastenders actresses. Both were murdered by family members in their homes. I was wondering, if someone is murdered in their home in an extremely violent way, one of the actresses was dismembered in her flat, whilst the other was buried in her garden.
In this instance, do the authorities demolish the home? If it’s owned by the victim and not local authority, what happens then? In the case that a murder happens in a flat, where the building can’t be demolished, how is this dealt with?
Anyway, I’m watching a documentary on Channel 5 about the murders of two former Eastenders actresses. Both were murdered by family members in their homes. I was wondering, if someone is murdered in their home in an extremely violent way, one of the actresses was dismembered in her flat, whilst the other was buried in her garden.
In this instance, do the authorities demolish the home? If it’s owned by the victim and not local authority, what happens then? In the case that a murder happens in a flat, where the building can’t be demolished, how is this dealt with?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I live a few streets away from the eastenders murder in Pembroke Road and the house is still there. I think the family sold it. One of my near neighbours hung herself in our block of maisonettes and the housing association just cleared it out as usual and relet it, although her parents were allowed a few more weeks to pack up than you usually get.
There was a house in my area where the son was shot in the driveway of the family home.
It made the national papers and TV news.
The Mother didn't want to live there anymore so put the house on the market a few months later.
It attracted so many gouls who just pretended to want to buy the house but in reality just wanted to be nosy.
Some even asked her where it actually happened, which was his bedroom etc.
Eventually she sold it to a developer who also bought the house next door, he knocked them down and built flats, it's the only way she could get away from it.
It made the national papers and TV news.
The Mother didn't want to live there anymore so put the house on the market a few months later.
It attracted so many gouls who just pretended to want to buy the house but in reality just wanted to be nosy.
Some even asked her where it actually happened, which was his bedroom etc.
Eventually she sold it to a developer who also bought the house next door, he knocked them down and built flats, it's the only way she could get away from it.
Thank you, interesting answers. I wonder if Estate Agents, councils and housing associations are obliged to tell potential buyers/renters if a murder has occurred at a property? The council did demolish the house in Croydon where Tia Sharp lived, so guess its a case of what they feel is appropriate.
That's v interesting- it definitely isn't law in the UK for estate agents to have to tell potential buyers about murders. My friends bought and old farm (where, unknown to them, a murder had taken place years earlier) and were disturbed to find reporters turning up on the anniversary of the murder every 5-10 years.
Thank goodness for Google- nowadays it would be difficult to buy a property without being able to find a lot about it's history online.
The boarding house in Blackpool where the famous "Brides in the Bath" murder took place is still occupied, nowadays as student accomodation.
Thank goodness for Google- nowadays it would be difficult to buy a property without being able to find a lot about it's history online.
The boarding house in Blackpool where the famous "Brides in the Bath" murder took place is still occupied, nowadays as student accomodation.
As far as I'm aware there is no law requiring estate agents to disclose features like that from a property's history.
Whenever Dennis Nilsen's old address comes up on the market, the estate agent apparently just put a notice that "potential buyers are advised to look into the history of this property" or something like that.
Whenever Dennis Nilsen's old address comes up on the market, the estate agent apparently just put a notice that "potential buyers are advised to look into the history of this property" or something like that.
Several years ago I was commissioned to design a conversion of an empty property into several flats. I was told that there had been a fire there, which was evident in the burn marks and scorched walls and ceilings.
By chance, I found out some while later that there had been slightly more to it than that. :o(
https:/ /blackp oolcrim etour.w ordpres s.com/2 015/07/ 05/2-se alfield -road-5 0-caunc e-stree t/
By chance, I found out some while later that there had been slightly more to it than that. :o(
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