Why did the main character choose not to buy the house

Choices:
A. not enough information
B. It felt cold, strange, and chilling
C. He wanted to do some investigating
D. He found out that a murder happened
He found out that a murder happened
I remember back in the late 1970’s when I first started investing in property as a young guy, being taken to a house that felt EXTREMELY cold, strange, and rather chilling. Okay it was an older house that need some renovation work, but there was something about the place that just did not seem right.
But despite that, it was available for purchase at what seemed to be a very attractive price … always a good starting point.
Anyway, the real estate agent finished taking me around the property answering the questions that I had, and I left with a plan to do some costings before making a decision.
But something was niggling me and making me feel a little uncomfortable, so I decided to investigate the property further.
A couple of days later I was around at a friends house. He was in the Police force and as it happened he was in the same neighbourhood, I mentioned this particular property that I was looking at buying. He asked me the actual address after which he ‘kindly’ informed me that that that house had been the scene of a murder 6 months previously.
It turned out that the property had been rented to a homosexual couple and that after an argument, one had murdered the other in the bath and then proceeded to cut his head off. Apparently the head was subsequently discovered a week later in the trunk of a car that had been abandoned up by a local golf-course.
Less than impressed that the real estate agent had been less than forthcoming with me, I made the decision to not to proceed with the purchase.
As they say in the property business ‘Location, Location, Location’ is always an important factor in determining the value of a property. However despite that being a good location, it was reputation that deterred me on that occasion.
Sometimes there are situations where even the best makeover will not work.