"And wait'll you see all the closet space!"

@operaghost Said
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An estate agent who took a prospective buyer to view a house in central England found the owner hanging dead in a closet, the agency said Thursday.

It was the first viewing of the 350,000 pound ($700,000) hosue which had been on the market for a week. The owner was hanging from a belt inside a walk-in closet in the main bedroom.

"It was quite a shock," said a spokesman for estate agents Hartleys. "Our agent quickly ushered everyone out, locked the property and called the authorities."

The owner, a single man in his 40s, is thought to have committed suicide. He inherited the house from his mother who died recently, the estate agents said.

Surly they would have had to have confirmed a viewing with the owner?!?


https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080207/od_nm/house_dead1_dc;_ylt=AlbD44CUs78GzFBuiArXlRXtiBIF

You know, I know people in the real estate business and they always are at the house days or hours prior to showing it to their clients to clean up and make it look the best it can.
I'm surprised that a walk-in closet for the main bedroom went unchecked.... and oddly enough no one knew this man was missing? I'm sure anything was possible but it just seems weird.

@mzdaizy Said
How the heck was it on the market if the owner was dead?

@operaghost Said
He most likely put it up on the market before killing himself?

Don't think anyone else could have if he was the owner of the house. But it's just a weird thing to do.

@geneticanomaly Said
Could have been worse...might have opened the closet and found one of them horrible little bags of pot pourri!

@vizzy Said
Does that mean they lower the price? If I viewed a home and fund a body dangling in a closet, post shock, that would be my first question.
I'm warped like that though

@vizzy Said
Does that mean they lower the price? If I viewed a home and fund a body dangling in a closet, post shock, that would be my first question.
I'm warped like that though

@treacle Said
Who would wanna live in a house where someones commited suicide? I certainly wouldnt....

@operaghost Said
The same people who don't mind living in a house where murders took place.

People like the ones where I live who are currently living in the infamous Amityville house

@vizzy Said
Is it that someone died in the house that bothers you or the way in which they died?

Death is just part of life, wouldn't bother me.