In Hong Kong, stir in the house and an apartment with a criminal record

In Hong Kong, stir in the house and an apartment with a criminal record

In Hong Kong, on houses and apartments have become a place of tragic accidents, offered discounts from 10 to 40%. On Web sites, some agencies even has a special section dedicated to real estate "in history."

Because in this city thrive superstition, the law requires realtors to disclose details of the last housing offered for sale or rent.

Local refuse to settle in their homes for as long as they are convinced that the object does not belong to the category "Hongji." This term denotes the room where there was a violent death.

where given an entire page with ads for sale or lease "Hongji", pointed out that there is an official hierarchy of objects. They are classified by the severity of the incident, which is determined by the number of deaths - from one to four people. In this connection, sometimes not utsenivayutsya separate apartments, and entire floors or buildings.

Among the ads found stories that could compete with Hollywood stories thrillers: "Quarter Tunmen, building Handsome Court. A woman aged 58 years jumped from the window because of the unbearable pain. " Or this: "The 10th Quarter, Tin Lok House. The woman hanged herself in her room. "

Nevertheless, for such housing are always buyers. According to realtors, in most cases are foreigners, but there are Chinese people who do not share the prejudices of their fellow citizens. Among the buyers of many physicians, because, as you know, death for a profession is not an event out of the ordinary.

As soon as the house safely change owners, it increases the chance to return to the category of conventional housing. Sometimes the price of such property may even surpass the original.