How to find out if your home is haunted BEFORE you buy

1,200 views · Published 29 October 2015 · 2:59 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: Real Thing TV · 2015 · News & Politics

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Not everyone believes in ghouls but it's still a query that should be raised during a viewing with the estate agent or seller to protect yourself later, according to the Ombudsman Services.

It comes after a landmark case a couple of years ago in which prospective homebuyers found out too late that there was a history unusual occurrences at the property. 

The couple ended up losing a large deposit they had put down on an old manor house in Britain when they tried to pull out of a sale after realising it could be haunted. 

In an effort to get their cash back, the buyers told the watchdog how they had looked around the home and during the viewing suddenly felt ill. 

The wife asked the agent if the home was haunted, but he reportedly avoided the question. 

When the husband approached the master bedroom on the first floor, he said he felt a rush of ice-cold air across his face. 

When he tried to turn the handle to open the door it pushed back so hard it felt like someone had shut it from the inside, he later told the Ombudsman.

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