Thai Thien Phuong and the story of "someone" knocking on the door every night: Neighbors are scared and shaken Hong Kong

In early February, the owner of a small apartment in the quiet village of Lung Mei Tsuen, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China found a tenant willing to pay 10,000 HKD (about 1,273 USD)/month.

Nearly two weeks later, news spread about the murder of Thai Thien Phuong. Because of the method of dismemberment, the body fragmentation was too scary, including using the method of cooking soup to dispose of the mourning, some of the body pieces were kept in the refrigerator, the incident shocked global public opinion.

According to the police investigation, the suspect planned to harm people, the unidentified clones were 4 members of the ex-husband's family and 3 other related people.

While the villagers in Lung Mei Tsuen are worried and bewildered, they hold a ceremony to pray for help, hoping for Thai Thien Phuong to escape, the question is whether there are still many people who want to live and rent the apartment where the crime happened. Are not?

Cheap haunted houses

In Hong Kong, properties associated with murder cases, "gone" are often referred to as "haunted houses". Rumors about haunted houses have persisted for many years, not only reducing rents and potential sale prices, but also affecting neighboring apartments.

Joseph Ng Goon-lau - who has been dubbed the "king of haunted apartments" for buying and selling dozens of properties linked to unnatural deaths since 1993 - said the landlord in the village did not What can be done to repair the damage caused?

Joseph Ng says he avoids apartments linked to homicide cases because they are often the hardest to sell. If he buys, he applies the formula: "First offer a discount. Second, wait for someone to notice and buy them."

Experts at the University of Science and Technology studied nearly 900 houses that experienced unnatural deaths, the case found that over the past 16 years, their value has decreased by up to one-fifth of their true value. signs of recovery.

Examining real estate transactions from 2000-2015, they found that other apartments on the same floor as where the crime took place dropped in value by 9%, and homes in the same building could lose 6%.

Vincent Cheung Kiu-cho, managing director of Vincorn Consulting and Appraisal, storks often take discounts of up to 30% if they sell "haunted" apartments, those associated with more notorious crime at a discount. half.

"Generally speaking, apartments with less horrifying haunted stories are easier to sell, maybe after a few years. Homes with a shocking past can also sell, but it will take longer. ", he said.

After 10 years of murder cases, since 1998, a private apartment in Kowloon Bay has only had a new buyer.

The Kornhill apartment in Quarry Bay that was involved in a murder case in the 1980s changed hands before the next decade, but then no one had the courage to buy it. Neighboring apartments are sold below market value even in recent years.

Courageous people

According to SCMP, buyers need courage to get a bargain.

Sammy Po Siu-ming, managing director of the residential division of Midland Realty in Hong Kong and Macau, said the bank is cautious when lending to people who want to buy ghost apartments. Because, this property is difficult to sell if recovered.

Joseph Ng said that after being refused a loan by a bank, he switched to a cash-only transaction. In one mortgage, he had to present a death certificate to prove a victim died on his own in a hospital and not at the apartment he was looking to buy.

On the contrary, the apartments he bought (most of them died of various reasons) were expensive to rent because he always gave a sharp discount. They are usually foreigners, students from the mainland.

Chan - one of Joseph Ng's tenants - said he knew the apartment in the east of Hong Kong he was going to rent had someone take their own life. He still decided to rent because the rent was cheap, but he himself admitted to being scared because he encountered many strange things.

Chan believes that if he does nothing against his conscience, he is not afraid of anything, even if someone knocks on the door in the middle of the night (a common Chinese saying).

In addition, there are rental apartments that have a darker history, related to the nuisance case. These apartments have a rental discount of up to 50% for a certain period of time.

According to statistics, in 2022, 1,156 such apartments will be recorded, of which 6 are related to the murder case. They attracted more than 40,000 applications by September 2022, according to the Ministry of Housing in Hong Kong, China.

Zack Chan - 32 years old furniture worker - found an apartment in Tsz Wan Shan after 10 years of waiting in line as a person living alone, not at the age of incapacity for work.

Housing officials told Zack that someone ended their life in the apartment toilet. Currently, the house is completely remodeled. Chan said he doesn't mind where people die because of their Christian faith and past living near the cemetery. He was interested in the apartment because of its good location in Kowloon and its good size for the price.

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