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PasturesNew

This question was asked about 5-6 weeks ago, one person said there was a big poo in the loo

PasturesNew

I went to see a nice house a few years back, nice area, house had a garden going down to a stream (not a floodplain/all safe, south facing garden. 3 beds, open plan living/kitchen, good sized garage, driveway ... lovely. Chalet bungalow style.

Opened the door to be met by a scruffy woman carrying a sticky, dirty child. There were car panels (and grease) in the living room, propped up against the living room wall. Oil stains on the carpet and wall. Outside and into the garage - the garage was stuffed FULL of every car part imaginable. All dripping in oil. This was either a stolen car stripping workshop, or the guy had always wanted to own his own scrapyard. The garage was wall to wall shelves of individual engine parts ... and there was a car in the garage too. It was like the black hole of Calcutta.

I didn't want that one

Davesnave

Not really that bad compared with other examples, but we viewed a very old house last year which had a witchy/supernatural theme throughout, that left us wondering what had gone on in there. It had some charm, but the couple had made various 'improvements' (like ripping up the slate floors and tiling the entire ground floor in something blue/green & hideous) which didn't add value. They had 9 mucky dogs, all of which leapt on us at some point in a friendly but messy way, and so many cats we lost count. While we were there, the two of them displayed racking coughs and explained their need to sell as 'health reasons.' They did look ill.

Having ascertained that the house wasn't for us we didn't hang about, but even leaving was scary. One of us had to get out of the car, as the exit was so dangerously blind.

We discussed what we'd seen, including the sauna in a field (!) and the shed where the man told us his brother had lived for several years. We felt quite sorry for the couple as, obviously, their £450k asking price was way over the top. Even the land was only partially useable.

They sold a couple of weeks later.

baileysbattlebus

We were looking at houses a number of years ago and went to see one that looked to be promising.

Imagine our surprise when the door was opened by one of OH's work colleages. Someone we both knew - though I had only met him a couple of times, I had met him at nights out with OH's work. We didn't know he lived there.

The place was an absolute tip - upstairs the bedroom floors were all covered in clothes - wardrobe doors hanging off.

Kitchen, was filthy and you couldn't have put a cup down on any surface. Doors hanging off.
And you stuck to the floor.

The state of someone's house doesn't bother me TBH, the house wasn't for us anyway. It was too small.

I don't know who was more embarassed OH or his colleage.

It wouldn't have been out of place on How Clean Is Your House.

ilovecheese

We looked at a house to buy over 6 years ago. The man selling the house came to the door yawning (he had just woken up) he was wearing a stained yellow vest, and his trousers where undone! He opened the door (without saying a word) and just left it open for us to follow him in. The only thing he said was "I have to sell cause my wife has left me an taken the kids" did not then say another word! All the bedroom doors had been taken off their hinges, the kitches cabinet doors where all hanging off, all in all not a great viewing.

Saw another two bed terrance house, and the owners had 2 dogs and 3 cats, oh my god the smell! it stank there where dog & cat hairs everywhere, but worse than that was the 25-30 piles of poo in the back garden being cooked by a very hot August sun! Despite the smell and the dirt we loved the house, but missed out when a first time buyer offered the asking price.

benjo

Clearing out after a tenant of mine left some years ago, the main bedroom was 4 inches deep in feathers - you couldnt see the floor for feathers, I thought initially a few pillows had burst, then a pile of videos all titled 'Mr. Stiletto Man' and a studded dog collar!!

I now wonder if any pillows had burst at all, perhaps they just had a more 'imaginative' sex life than I ever did:eek:

I also viewed a small bungalow - 2 beds, lounge, kitchen and bathroom that contained a mother, father, 2 sons (one was 6'9"!!!) 2 daughters (all the children over 16) 13 labradors, 3 lurchers, a german shepherd and a kitchen carpet that provided a perfect habitat to all sorts of flora and fauna!!! I think it was described as 'cosy'

missymugwump

I recently accompanied my heavily preganant daughter on some rented house viewings
One of them was a few doors from a pub

The tenants were in and proceeded to tell us

People pee in the garden
A few have even used the wall as a loo seat & done poo's

The bus drivers are stupid & pull up outside instead of at the marked stop

The entry hall we were told was in breach of trade descrition as it was nothing short of 3 foot deep (they had 30+ pairs of shoes piled up in doorway) we had to literally clamber over them

They had incense sticks burning everywhere like 5 or 6 in each room it was gross you could barely see for smog

The cat litter tray was over flowing so they were obviously saving it for viewings

They followed us from room to room complained bitterly about every feature of the house but topped it all in the bedroom

There was a built in recessed bit where a bed would fit with built in cupboards over head & built in side tables
They had chosen to put the bed on the other end wall and fill the space with a free standing wardrobe

I mentioned to daughter you could put the bed in the space and the room would work better
Tenant said no you cant the floors uneven in here and if you put the wardrobe that end it falls over
She then proceeded to tip it over onto its face with all her stuff flying everywhere
The letting agent looked fit to burst
We made a hasty retreat

Turned out tenants were in major arrears and were about to be evicted
It was a very surreal experience:rotfl: :eek:
I did notice a let sign outside it a few weeks later though


I love it when we move doing the viewings is a real highlight
Sad but true :eek: :rotfl: :rolleyes:

blunt_crayon

i viewed a few disgusting houses when looking for student accommodation. the most random and gross thing i saw was a tally chart on a bathroom door of 'how many flushes to get rid of the monster turd that's jack-knifed in the toilet' (in the high teens, incidentally). we didn't view the bathroom.

izzybusy23

Geenie wrote: »

Not buying, but clearing a house of mine after tenants. Used condoms under the bed congealed, and soiled underpants which had maggots crawling on them!!! :eek:

Nice... had just taken a bite of my ham roll when I started reading your thread!! _pale_

nementai

Nothing that wrong with the flat we came to see, but the EA had got there early and was chatting to the (Russian) owners who lived in the upstairs flat.
We thought it was odd when he began talking about the benefits of living in a bungalow (we were viewing a maisonette in a tall town-house) but were horrified when he then fell down the stairs.
Turns out the owners had invided him in for a few vodka shots and he was wasted. Would have been funny if he could have been able to string more than 4 coherant words together at a time.