Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
With the housing crisis as it is, a bargain is always due.
However, it seems that living in a graveyard is a line that even the most savvy purchasers won’t go to, as evidenced by this home in Norfolk.
The 3 bedroom house has now been reduced in price by £105,000 after struggling to find a buyer – presumably due to all the dead people buried underneath it.
It’s located in the quaint village of North Lopham, and is a conversion of a former Methodist Chapel.
The church closed in 2014 when attendance dwindled, and it was bought up by a developer.
The grade two listed building has was then completely refurbished, with brand new bathrooms and a super-swanky kitchen.
The developer was originally going to live in it themselves, but backed out to move closer to their children’s schools.
Since then, it’s been waiting for a new owner, going down in price exponentionally since last April.
It’s currently on the market for £495,000.
The graveyard itself won’t belong to you as part of the sale, and belongs to the Church of England, but we can sort of see why it might freak people out though, given that there have been literally hundreds of horror movies about haunted houses.
Emmerson Dutton, a partner at Bedfords office in Bury St Edmunds office, wants to dispel the worries, though, saying: ‘I am sure that the gravestones have been a factor in putting off some buyers. It is a very stylish property, but the activity levels around it have certainly been lower than we would expect.
‘I think the people who are concerned about the graves don’t go as far as asking for a viewing.
We are not trying to hide the gravestones away so the details clearly show them.
But although the house still has the original two doors at the front, the main entrance is at the back via driveway on the side.
‘It means that people don’t have to walk down the path between the graves into the house.
Also when you are inside the house, you are not really overlooking the graves because of the layout inside.
I am hoping that perhaps it might appeal to someone from outside the area.’
He believes that it might only be on Halloween that people get any real bother, and whoever ends up seeing past the headstones will get ‘a real bargain’.
Ref: Property Report
