DIYbanter - View Single Post - Prospects of selling a house next door to a "reformed" spree killer?

richard

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:55:57 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Jun 17, 11:34*pm, richard wrote:

Would you even be able to give away any of the nearby houses once it
became common knowledge? Or, if a realtor made efforts to conceal this
fact when selling a neighboring house, do the buyers have any recourse?

So you're a card carrying member of NIMBY huh?

Of course my scenario was hypothetical, but are you saying you'd be
fine with it if you for example had small kids and found out you just
bought a house next to someone who'd done a stretch for pedophilia
related crimes?

Or someone famous for having murdered a bunch of people at some point
because "the voices" told him to?

Even if you did find out, there is no legal recourse you can take to
force him to move elsewhere.

I was thinking of recourse against the realtor and/or seller for not
disclosing the information.

That will depend on state laws if disclosure is required. NOT your
personal beliefs.

You can not get recourse against the seller or realtor. Unless state
law requires them to do so.

Your long time neighbor has his face plastered all over the front page
of the newspaper, highlighted in the tv news for having killed someone
while drunk at the wheel. He goes to jail for 5 years. Meanwhile, his
wife and kids live in the same house. He's released from jail and
returns home. Your attitude says he can't live here no more because
he's a known danger to society.

Or maybe you find out some guy is moving in next door for the same
reason.

The person has served their time in prison. They have to live
somewhere. They have the same rights you do. Why can't you accept the
fact that people need to live somewhere.

Then how do you know you're not already living next door to a
convicted criminal who served his time?

John Walsh, of America's Most Wanted, pushed for "Megan's Law" on the
control of pedophiles. Do you recall the case? Megan was the vicitm of
a murder. So why aren't murderer's treated the same? Megan's law is a
travesty of American justice in that convicted pedophiles who are
registered, MUST notify their new neighbors of their previous
incarceration while serial killers, drunk drivers, rapists, and drug
dealers don't have to do jack ****.

How do you know one of your neighbors you've know for years isn't
already a pedophile? Or one of the others mentioned?

You want the law changed? Get active and get it done.