5801 Eagle Drive for sale

  • #21
beesy said:
Oh I know Goody! I was very shocked! I always figured Darlie had squished too much furniture into that room. The bigger, the better, right? Hmmm, that gives us another clue. You know how some people say Darin just couldn't see Damon at first. They say that's why he didn't help him.Psh...that room was so small he could have seen an ant. You(I think) and I say he didn't help Damon because he didn't want to help him. My theory(and yours?) becomes even more believable when you see how tight of a space was involved. I always thought Devon was much further away than Damon was from "mommy" but he wasn't. There was no room to be.
It might be possible that he couldn't see Damon if Damon was behind the sofa and Darin walked into the room between the sofas, but I am like you and am squinting a bit on that now too. There must have been only about a foot between the two boys and Damon laid a foot from Darlie where she slept on the sofa. I don't think it would have taken much movement or effort on Darin's part though to see Damon at any given time.
 
  • #22
armywife210 said:
I live in southern oklahoma, and prices here on houses are pretty good too. I own a brand new 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath in the same type of neighborhood. In fact, my home looks much like this one. I payed 194,000 for it. Honestly, housing value here would be lower yet if it weren't for the Army base 10 minutes from my house (which is why we bought here). With the additional units being added to Ft Sill, here, the value is higher than it would be.
If you are near a military base, I would think the value would rise quicker due to the high turnover rates and quick sale potential. That should give you a bit of an edge over most of the rest of us.
 
  • #23
I know my house is not overpriced for the area I live in - in fact the town I live in is a bit more affordable than other towns/cities in my county. I knew that living on one of the coasts is more expensive than other parts of the country, but I never appreciated how much more. (The housing market in the Boston area is way higher than Northwestern VT, so I guess it could be worse.)

If that house was in my area I would guess it would easily sell for well over $350,000. Maybe even over 400K. In Boston it would be more like 1/2 to 3/4 of a million. Personally, I think it is a really nice house. Maybe in TX it is more run of the mill (big state, big houses - VT = little state, little houses).

That being said I don't know how anyone could live there knowing what she did to her little boys. :mad:
 
  • #24
Dani_T said:
Wow. That is just eerie. Looking at those photos was a very strange experience. Particularly the ones of the kitchen and the roman room.

Do you think they would have to disclose to potential buyers the history of the house? I certainly couldn't stand to live there. *Shudder*
The kitchen ones really turned my stomach.

In some states/counties you do have to notify the next buyer if there was a death in the home. In other states you only need to notify if it was an unnatural death, and in still others no notification is required.

I don't know the law in Texas. Sorry.
 
  • #25
StareGirl said:
In some states/counties you do have to notify the next buyer if there was a death in the home. In other states you only need to notify if it was an unnatural death, and in still others no notification is required.

I don't know the law in Texas. Sorry.
Sounds like you have some real estate experience, too.
 
  • #26
Here's a blurb that might clear up this muddy area:

"In answer to your question about the agency or association that requires the seller's disclosure, the Legal Department of the Texas Association of REALTORS? generated this form to protect sellers as well as its members who represent them. There is no specific law requiring disclosure of a death that resulted from something other than natural causes, suicide, or an accident unrelated to the condition of the property. However, time after time when a buyer discovers that a person was killed at the property and files a court action claiming "had they known about this death they never would have bought the property," they tend to win. So, an upfront disclosure of a death (other than by natural causes, suicide, or an accident unrelated to the condition of the property) is the best approach. By disclosing the death in the Seller?s Disclosure Notice signed by the buyer, you remove the probability of a buyer suing you using the "had I known" complaint. In answer to your question about minimizing "this dark cloud" that's over the townhouse, you are exempted by Texas law from having to complete the Seller's Disclosure Notice if you are the executor of your mother's will. However, please do check with an attorney knowledgeable in such matters before you make a decision not to provide the disclosure even if you are the executor. When in doubt, disclose.

www.texasrealestate.com
 
  • #27
I don't know about anyone else, but before we built our house, we went and introduced ourselves to a few of the neighbors and asked some questions. If the prospective buyer does this, chances are they'll find out real quick what happened.

Personally, living in a house where someone died wouldn't really bother me, but there's no way I'd live in a house where two little boys were butchered as in this case.
 
  • #28
I've been out of the business for awhile but Tennessee has a disclosure form that sellers must complete when they lsit their home/ It was started about ten years or so ago as I recall. It is probably similar to the one Texas has. Most companies think it is best to err on the side of caution anyway.
 
  • #29
Jeana (DP) said:
I don't know about anyone else, but before we built our house, we went and introduced ourselves to a few of the neighbors and asked some questions. If the prospective buyer does this, chances are they'll find out real quick what happened.

Personally, living in a house where someone died wouldn't really bother me, but there's no way I'd live in a house where two little boys were butchered as in this case.
Hey, some people take that stuff really seriously. I had one couple who said one house I showed them gave them the creeps. It was a new home, foreclosed on before completed. It was 99% done and livable but most of us felt it was unlikely that anyone had died there. My buyer insisted someone had and we moved on. A few days later I learned that the previous owner had hung himself in the family room due to financial stresses.
 
  • #30
A few days later I learned that the previous owner had hung himself in the family room due to financial stresses.
Wow, that's enough to give you the creeps when someone can sense that something awful has happened in a house. She must have been very intuitive.
 
  • #31
Goody said:
Sounds like you have some real estate experience, too.
Nope, but add my interest in the law with my interest in the paranormal and you can get the picture ;) (although my aunt is a realtor.)


I was laughing at everyone talking about house prices because where I live that house could easily go for one million dollars.:banghead:
 
  • #32
StareGirl said:
I was laughing at everyone talking about house prices because where I live that house could easily go for one million dollars.:banghead:

Same here :)

In fact it would be guaranteed to go for more (unless of course there is some structural damage or something wierd going on)
 
  • #33
HeartofTexas said:
Wow, that's enough to give you the creeps when someone can sense that something awful has happened in a house. She must have been very intuitive.
Actually, the intuitive one was the husband. He was a construction worker, not the sort you would expect to be senstive in that way at all. But he sure called that one right.
 
  • #34
Dani_T said:
Same here :)

In fact it would be guaranteed to go for more (unless of course there is some structural damage or something wierd going on)
Shoot, what does the average Joe live in? A tent? LOL! Of course, I suppose the hourly wage for the average job is probably higher than it is in areas where the median price for homes is under $130,000. Funny, an 80 acre ranch in the Arizona desert valued at that in a recent lawsuit. So I guess there is still hope for us poor folks yet. hahahahah.
 
  • #35
Goody said:
Shoot, what does the average Joe live in? A tent? LOL! Of course, I suppose the hourly wage for the average job is probably higher than it is in areas where the median price for homes is under $130,000. Funny, an 80 acre ranch in the Arizona desert valued at that in a recent lawsuit. So I guess there is still hope for us poor folks yet. hahahahah.

Sydney's housing prices are ridiculous- particularly in the area I live in. We had a big boom a few years ago which pushed them up substantially. For example we bought a 2 bedroom unit in a small block in a good suburb for $438 000 and now rent it out for $350 per week.

Some of the newer sections of Sydney are cheaper. A lot of people buy the land and them build a project home. But Sydney itself is just very expensive to live in.
 
  • #36
I did that with an apartment once. Me and a girl friend looked at several at different complexes and the last one we looked at, well, we were both coming unglued before we even got back to our car. We had decided someone must have been murdered there but we never followed up on it. Just ran like crazy.
 
  • #37
Dani_T said:
Sydney's housing prices are ridiculous- particularly in the area I live in. We had a big boom a few years ago which pushed them up substantially. For example we bought a 2 bedroom unit in a small block in a good suburb for $438 000 and now rent it out for $350 per week.

Some of the newer sections of Sydney are cheaper. A lot of people buy the land and them build a project home. But Sydney itself is just very expensive to live in.
Wow. Cross Austrailia off my retirement community list. hahahahahaha. I had been thinking about Gulfport, Mississippi or somewhere on the east coast just above Florida. Hmm...could probably get a good buy in Gulfport right now, but, nah, every summer would be ruined for worrying about when the next big one was coming. Tennessee, for all of its lousy weather, is starting to look again again.

TJ wants to retire to England but I am sure the prices there are too rich for his blood, too. Then there is that little thing about terrorists having such easy access to them.
 
  • #38
TJ might want to remember food when he retires, too! The cuisine in England is very different than in America. He would be craving lots of things in no time flat.
 
  • #39
HeartofTexas said:
TJ might want to remember food when he retires, too! The cuisine in England is very different than in America. He would be craving lots of things in no time flat.
TJ likes all kinds of food, plus he would be retired military so he can shop on the base at Mildenhal (think that is how you spell it). I can't see me over there on any kind of permanent basis. Maybe a lengthly visit, like 6 months at the most.

What I would miss the most would be Mexican Food and the Blooming Onion. hahahahah.
 
  • #40
Goody said:
TJ likes all kinds of food, plus he would be retired military so he can shop on the base at Mildenhal (think that is how you spell it). I can't see me over there on any kind of permanent basis. Maybe a lengthly visit, like 6 months at the most.

What I would miss the most would be Mexican Food and the Blooming Onion. hahahahah.

I still haven't tried that Blooming Onion!
 

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