Are houses cheaper if they are directly next to a cemetery ?
It will vary from location to location. It will also limit the types of people that will be willing to purchase the home. Take a look at the cemetery and decide if it is well kept and if the buying price is right for the area. If you are buying, see how long the property has been on the market and make an offer in conjunction with that. The bright side of the situation is that you never have to worry about rude or inconsiderate neighbors and you will always know that nobody is going to build a house that is 10 feet away from yours.
Buying house next to funeral home!!!?
I don't think you'll have any problems with traffic from the funeral home. The funeral home has plenty of their own on-site parking. Visitors should never have to park on your street - too long of a walk to the funeral home. You aren't too far from the steakhouse across Van Houten and a school just down the street - more traffic there and on Van Houten than at the funeral home. There won't be any noise from the funeral home - most will come from the traffic on Van Houten. I imagine some people are not at ease living next to a funeral home. There are people who won't live across the street from a cemetery. They may see that as more spookier than the funeral home.
How much impact does a cemetery have to the housing market nearby?
We just bought a condo (in January) that is across the street from a large cemetery in Denver. The price was right because it's a) in need of repairs, and b) settled between two newer, luxury complexes. We were told by our realtor that having a property near a cemetery isn't necessarily a bad thing. For one, it's really quiet! Also, when I told my friends and co-workers - kind of tongue-in-cheek - that it was by the cemetery, many of them said that they viewed cemeteries as being big, well-maintained parks. Our patio looks out onto the east side of the cemetery (we can see tombstones). It's really not unpleasant at all.
Would you buy a house next to a cemetery?
I actually lived by a cemetery for 5 years. As in, walk several steps and I was at the fence. I thought it was nice. The real estate is already taken, no loud parties, no one bothering me, I always knew when my family was about to get a free lunch (they always served lunch after the funeral at the church), and all of the gravestones looked rather pretty. There was one I liked a lot. It was a stone made from black granite, and it had a full-color etching of a stream bordered by woods on each side. The man who died obviously loved nature and hunting, because there was a fish jumping out of the stream and deer and turkeys in the woods. I also liked searching for the oldest one I could find (I found one that dated back to the mid-1800s, but I can’t remember the exact date). So, I would totally say buy the house if you like it! And, if you’re worried about ghosts or something, just don’t bust out any Ouija boards or do any stupid things to ‘invite ghosts/demons in’ and you’ll be fine!Cheers (and don’t be scared),Jess
Would you buy a house next to a known pedophile if you have no children? Why or why not? We fell in love with a house that has everything we need, but when we checked the Megan's Law database, we learned that a child molester (1999) lives next door.
Would you stop seeing a Bad boy/girl your mama warn you about? Mind you, I dislike those prey on children to a passion. I don’t know if I can tolerate seeing such person on a day to day basis. So, keep this thought for your own consideration. The good thought police also said: “This person may not be there forever.”The caveat emptor here is: “If you care, someone else would also care about the same issue which may affect the resale value of the home in the future.” Use this information and bargain for a better price but I would not give up a house that I fell in love with.Personally, this issue alone would not deter me from buying my dream home. However, I would pay close attention when children of visitors present even all my kids have grown. I have to think about the safety of grand kids when they come to visit.Please keep in mind that a known child molester is a person who had paid restitution for his/her crime. He/she had been deemed cleansed or reformed and is good enough to be released back into society. We, as members of a society that believes in reform and rehab, should give the person benefit of the doubt that this person would not repeat such atrocious criminal offenses.PS: Added as a reply to a comment: Unfortunately, these SO could not be exterminated like cockroaches or nuisance pests with a spray. Their mere existence and release back to society often created uproars to local residences. What we can do is limited. Trust me, if I have my ways, castration would be the most lienient sentence.Although Abraham Lincoln once said : "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." Should we the civilized society as a whole give second chances to those prey on children?
What is it like to live near a cemetery?
I used to live near one. For one thing, we never got tired of the joke that people were "dying to move in next door". ;) Secondly, I think it's better than having living neighbors. There is less daily traffic, even with the occasional funeral and people paying their respects. I used to take very peaceful walks with my dog through the one next to my home. Other than the occasional group of teens who thought it was "cool" to hang out in a cemetery at night, it was never disturbing. Even then, as long as they weren't vandalizing gravestones, there were far worse things that kids could be doing. Also, one of my neighbors was hired to mow the grass and keep the grounds tidy, so it could result in a source of additional income without a commute.
What is it like to live next to or across the street from a cemetery?
I don't live across the street from a cemetery but I have a friend with a weekend house across the street from one. We use it as a shortcut - a means to and end - to get back to the house more quickly. If we used it as an end in itself I would not be sitting here writing this. It's a small cemetery for a small village. I am not familiar with any of the names since I am just visiting there. It is on the side of a hill. There are old graves and new graves. Some of the old gravestones are covered in moss and are splitting, the writing obscured. The new ones are shiny, clean and strong looking. It is a peaceful and quiet place, not very big like many of the newer ones. All in all it’s not at all creepy as some would suspect, but a restful resting place which is what it was meant to be.
Can a cemetery ever become too full? Is it possible that a cemetery runs out of room for the newly deceased?
Cemeteries do get full. When that happens, the cemetery company no longer sells plots.What do they do?If they have space, they build mausoleums and sell niches for cremations and casketsEnd burials and simply maintain the groundsAbandon the area and leave it to the decedents’ families to maintain the plots.Graves can also be built over and reused. Losing the plot: death is permanent, but your grave isn't talks a little bit about this in Australia.A necropolis can be developed. This is an area/city devoted to the dead. Colma here in California is one such place. The living population is approximately 1,792 (2010 census) but the dead population is over 1.5 million (2006).If there are time limits to owning the plot, and the families do not renew their plot lease (in Paris it can be for 50, 30, or 10 years at a time FAQs) the bones are removed, tagged and taken to an ossuary. The Catacombs of Paris are one of the most famous.Hundreds of years ago people were buried under the church in Crypts. Sometimes the church floors would simply rise. When there was no more room, they started churchyard burials.These are just some of they ways that overpopulation of the dead can be handled. It’s fascinating to research the history of burials.
Would you live in a brand new house where there’s a hotel in front of it and a cemetery close to your backyard?
I’m not sure if I understand your question completely because you’re not asking if I would buy a house like this but if I would live in it. So I’m going to go with whether or not I would buy it.My answer is no. A lot of the value of a new house is because it’s new. Once it’s not new anymore the value will go down significantly more than a house would that’s in a neighborhood without these things.You may be better off buying a house that’s not new in a neighborhood that will be appealing to more buyers.Best wishes.