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Burial Plot ?.......Serious.....

gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
Back in the 50's my Grandmother bought four burial plots for herself, my Grandfather and my parents. three are occupied. My mother opted for cremation. My sister and I are the sole heirs and neither of us plan on using the fourth plot.

Is this considered real property that can be sold ?

I am not tring to be ghoulish, because some single person may have a genuine need for this space.

Any thoughts on this matter?

Thanks
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would see if you could sell it back to the cemetery.
    RLTW

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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yes you can sell grave sites.
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  • Okie MomOkie Mom Member Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Normally a cemetery will not buy back spaces. My Mom bought 2 when my Dad died and 2 when my brother died thinking the second one would be used by my then sister-in-law (NO Way). The cemetery will not buy back. My husband and I owned spaces in Oklahoma before moving to Kansas and after his death it took me many months of ads in the paper to get them sold.
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  • golferboy426golferboy426 Member Posts: 970 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    free ad on {elsewhere} best bet, not plot free the ad is free, just keep renewing till sold
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  • markneilarneymarkneilarney Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had 4 listed on plotexchange.com for years with 'make offer' price. Not one response. Let us know if you have any luck and where you listed them.
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  • bigborefanbigborefan Member Posts: 159 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I inherited 23 cemetary plots years ago and couldn't use them as they were too far from where I live. Actually I shared them with my brother. The cemetary said that they buy plots back but at the original purchase price. Since they were originally bought in 1929 the price of each plot was only about $40 and the cemetary didn't want them anyway because there was a monument in the center. I went to a web site on the internet that allows you to sell cemetary plots for a small fee and ended up selling all 23 plots.
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  • KenthetoolmanKenthetoolman Member Posts: 839 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Start going there every weekend and plant a vegetable garden there. I bet the cemetery calls you to make an offer.
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  • 320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many people are now "thinking outside the box" so the market is flooded with plots that are no longer needed. We have two that we have listed for five years.
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    start a pet cemetery[}:)] [;)]
    they will buy it back
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,521 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, you may sell the fourth plot. Talk to the cemetary and I bet they will even help you out in the matter.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigborefan
    I inherited 23 cemetary plots years ago and couldn't use them as they were too far from where I live. Actually I shared them with my brother. The cemetary said that they buy plots back but at the original purchase price. Since they were originally bought in 1929 the price of each plot was only about $40 and the cemetary didn't want them anyway because there was a monument in the center. I went to a web site on the internet that allows you to sell cemetary plots for a small fee and ended up selling all 23 plots.
    We have about the same situation, though not quite as many. I think we have around 15 or so and the cemetary wants them back at a price of around $40-$50 each. They would sell them for far more and pocket the profit to maintain the cemetary. We're not selling at this time
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Kenthetoolman
    Start going there every weekend and plant a vegetable garden there. I bet the cemetery calls you to make an offer.


    I like that idea!
    RLTW

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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Strange that this topic showed up .I had a neighbor who everyone thought was a little bit off who ended up having the last laugh on us all.He started buying grave plots in the 1950s as an investment. thru the years he bought well over 400 or so as near as we know .Began selling them off in the 90s. For the most part he had 50 to maybe 150 bucks in each one .they ran about 800 to 1000 bucks a piece when he sold them rate of return sure beat a savings account
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    perfect place to hide yer guns when the Big Government Takeover comes!!!
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  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by woodhog
    perfect place to hide yer guns when the Big Government Takeover comes!!!

    Only one problem, the plot is in N.J. and I'm in Virginia. [;)][:D]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • footlongfootlong Member Posts: 8,009
    edited November -1
    l knew that New Jersey was good for Something [:D]
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    Way back when,, my mom made a deal with the church, she paid for a chain link fence to surround the graveyard, she got to pick a plot for eight, my mom and dad, and space for each brother and sister and spouse. Just before my mom died sh he went by the church to setup her arrangements, when she was told she had cancer, she wanted everything to be set. The church tried to go back on their word, saying it was an arrangement with the old preacher, she pulled out the paperwork, and presented it to the elders, they did not want the fight, so they honored the agreement. The plots. Here run around 1200 for 1.
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  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes it is and if it was purchased that far back she paid nearly nothing for it. If its a closed cemetery it could be worth gold for someone who wants to be in a family cemetery. Or if it's a popular one it could bring a premium. The down side is the plot is probably next to your family. Which means of a woman was buried there some may mistake her as a second wife to your father.
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    Way back when,, my mom made a deal with the church, she paid for a chain link fence to surround the graveyard, she got to pick a plot for eight, my mom and dad, and space for each brother and sister and spouse. Just before my mom died sh he went by the church to setup her arrangements, when she was told she had cancer, she wanted everything to be set. The church tried to go back on their word, saying it was an arrangement with the old preacher, she pulled out the paperwork, and presented it to the elders, they did not want the fight, so they honored the agreement. The plots. Here run around 1200 for 1.
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