Extra Guest? How to Tell if Anyone Died in Your Vacation Rental

“Haunted” Halloween rentals can be fun, like this creepy manor on Airbnb, but did anyone really ever die there? DiedInHouse.com can tell you. (Photo: Airbnb)

Airbnb reviews will usually give you a pretty good idea about the place you’re thinking of renting: whether it’s clean, quiet, convenient to public transportation. Reviews will even help you get to know your host.

But if you want to dig a little deeper, and find out, say, whether anyone ever kicked the bucket in your potential vacation rental, click over to DiedInHouse. For $11.99 per search, this website will compile a list of deaths that have occurred in any apartment or house in the 50 states, including residential addresses on U.S. military bases.

The site was founded in 2013 by Roy Condrey, who found out about a death in his own house before he bought it. “I assumed it was part of the disclosure process, but unfortunately found out that it was not,” he explains on the site’s FAQ. “I discovered that most states do not have any laws to disclose a death occurrence in a property no matter how it occurred (murder, suicide, accident, illness or natural). What I also discovered is that there is not a single place to go and that the research is very time consuming.”

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As a result, Condrey took it upon himself to create an online HQ for house deaths. The facts and figures are gleaned from a combination of public records and private data aggregating companies and include some pretty interesting (and morbid) items. Your report will include records of fatalities at the address, a list of previous residents, something called a “vitality status” of previous residents, notes on any fire-related incidents there, and — somewhat tangentially — “reported meth activity including labs, ‘dumpsites,’ or ‘chemical and glassware seizures.’”

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The immediate benefit of this kind of data is obvious: It could be crucial info if you’re planning to invest in a property, whether it’s your primary house or a vacation home — because death history can often affect sale value. But even if you’re just staying at an Airbnb for a short time, wouldn’t you want to know? The whole point of a vacation is to recharge your spirit. If your rental comes with the remnants of a bad one, that could really work against the whole relaxation thing. Then again, if it’s Halloween and you’re purposely looking for an otherworldly encounter in one of Airbnb’s many spooky rentals, it could be the key selling point.

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