Is memorial to present tenant a turn-off to future tenants?

[Michaela G.]

Is this just me ,over-thinking things, or is this going to be creepy to future potential tenants?

I'm renting one side of a duplex and the other side is occupied by a very nice man, who's now dying of cancer. The couple that owns this duplex is very close friends with him and the wife is staying with him, instead of him going into a hospice.He's likely only going to have a few weeks left.

She has now turned the front entrance to the property into a memorial, with a plaque hanging over the entrance, showing a sailboat (he loves boats) and 'Mark 'til ' with the date being filled in when he's deceased.

While I think it's a really nice gesture to their friend, who has lived here for 10 years, I'm thinking that when they start showing the place to new potential tenants, they will most definitely ask what that is about, and I think some people will likely be really creeped out, having it so pushed into their face , that they'd be moving into a place where someone just died.

I've renovated a dozen or so Victorians and I'm sure people have died in them, but it's one thing to just assume and it's another to be made aware of the details.

What do you think? If you were looking to rent something, would it have an effect on you? Just curious about other opinions