With Halloween just around the corner, it’s a good time to go visit haunted houses in your area. But while it’s one thing to tour a haunted house for scary fun, it’s quite another to unwillingly share living space with a spectral roommate.
If you’re not comfortable with living in an allegedly haunted New York City house, there’s good news for you.
New York home sellers must disclose haunted properties
While most states have no specific regulations for notifying potential buyers that the property they’re interested in buying is reportedly haunted, New York does require such notification. That should ease buyers’ minds that they won’t wind up moving into a house with a ghost attached to it.
What if the seller doesn’t know it’s haunted?
This could actually be the case, as some people claim not to know the property they sold had paranormal activities like the following associated with it:
Odd or unfamiliar noises
Abnormal shadows in a home
Seeing actual ghosts
Being touched by unseen entities
Feeling as if they are being watched
Since many people buy property as an investment rather than to live in it themselves, it’s quite possible that a seller is being honest when they declare that they have no knowledge of paranormal activity associated with the property.
Knowledge is on your side with a real estate purchase
The process of buying a home is complex and has a lot of moving parts where many things can go wrong. Buyers need to be well-armed with information and the history surrounding the property that has piqued their interest.
Learning more about the home-buying process can give you the edge you need to get the best deal possible on the property you deserve to have.The post Must NY sellers disclose if their houses are (allegedly) haunted? first appeared on Law Office of Phil Napolitano.
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