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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: James Bombales<\/em><\/p>\n Two years ago, I booked a stay on Airbnb in an apartment building in Warsaw, Poland that had once been home to Henryk Sta\u017cewski, the Polish avant-garde painter. The mid-century style studio, which had been in the host\u2019s family for generations, featured chevron parquet wood flooring and beautiful built-ins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I was absolutely smitten with it \u2014 that was until I was awoken in the middle of the night by an ominous presence. There were no floating figures or unexplained noises, but I was frightened enough to wake up my boyfriend and \u201csleep\u201d with one eye open until the sun rose.<\/p>\n While I\u2019ve never lived in a haunted house, that spooky, four-day stay has made me wary of moving into a new place and later discovering that I\u2019ve got a ghost for a roommate who doesn\u2019t even split the bills!<\/p>\n Photo by\u00a0Bee Felten-Leidel<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n And it seems my concerns are justified \u2014 23 percent of respondents to realtor.com\u00ae ‘s fourth annual <\/span>Haunted Real Estate Report<\/span><\/a> say, with certainty, that they have lived in a haunted house. Another 20 percent indicated they may have, but who hasn\u2019t thought the same after being startled by a strange shadow?<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps most surprisingly, nearly 60 percent of those surveyed said they didn\u2019t know the house was haunted before they moved in. Thirty-seven percent claimed to have known and moved in anyway, and the remaining five percent just said \u201cmaybe,\u201d which I find very confusing. Like, did your realtor casually mention that someone died in the house and you thought, \u201cNow this is a place I\u2019d like to live!\u201d<\/p>\n Apparently, some people do think that way because 21 percent said they would be willing to put up with paranormal activity and move into a haunted house. Clearly, they haven\u2019t seen <\/span>The Haunting of Hill House<\/span><\/i> \u2014 that fixer-upper just wasn\u2019t worth it! An additional 21 percent of respondents were on the fence about it and 54 percent responded with, \u201cOh hell no!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: James Bombales<\/em><\/p>\n Whether or not you\u2019re legally obligated to disclose the fact that a house is haunted varies from state to state. These are referred to as \u201cstigmatized\u201d properties in the biz, and they include residences where a murder or suicide has taken place, in addition to less macabre things like a busted meth lab or hoarder house.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s homebuyers can turn to sites like <\/span>DiedInHouse.com<\/span><\/a> (it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like), where you pay a fee in exchange for a comprehensive report on any unsavory activity that has taken place at the property in question. Alternatively, if you\u2019re looking to offload a haunted house, check out our <\/span>handy guide on how to sell it<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Buyer beware, you\u2019re in for a scare!<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps most surprisingly, 60 percent of those surveyed said they didn\u2019t know the house was haunted before they moved in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":196843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-10-24T15:00:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"ac1cf72d-5b20-4041-90df-89a862c9d6aa","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2019-10-24T15:00:40Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ArBz3LVsgQEGQ34moYsnWqg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/u48r14.digitalhub.com\/sections\/09b86915-7d2b-3acd-915b-b215002d01b7"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8647],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n