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Homeowners: did any of you discover your new place had a surprise feature AFTER moving in?

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  • sam1974_2
    sam1974_2 Forumite Posts: 96
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    Adult size disposable nappy behind the radiator in one of the bedrooms ….. used 🤮
  • Splatfoot
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    sam1974_2 said:
    Adult size disposable nappy behind the radiator in one of the bedrooms ….. used 🤮
    😮😮.......
  • Cactus_Flowers
    Cactus_Flowers Forumite Posts: 48
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    Found one of the bedroom doors had 5 different locks on it - 2 on the inside, 3 on the outside.

    Creepy.
  • LippyDoodle
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    When I was a kid the family moved house. There was no suprise features as such, but they had taken every single light bulb! 
  • walwyn1978
    walwyn1978 Forumite Posts: 837
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    A car in the garage
    With keys? What did you do? 
  • Slinky
    Slinky Forumite Posts: 9,285
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    If I have to deal with my brother's property when he passes away, I'll be sticking it in an auction. The new owners will find an old car in the garage, plus a brand new lean-to conservatory my parents bought in the 1970s and never got around to putting up.
    Make £2023 in 2023
    Water sewerage refund: £170.62,Topcashback: £177.96, Prolific: to 31/8/23 £663.90, Haggling: £45, Wombling(Roadkill): £4.98, Interest: Jan-Aug £66.98, Chase CB £107.33, Chase roundup interest 65p, WeBuyBooks:£8.37, Misc sales: £383.39, Delay repay £22, Amazon refund £3.41, EDF Smart Meter incentive £100, Santander Edge Cashback-Fees: £25.14, Octopus Reward £50
    Total: £1730.73/£2023  85.55%
  • LHW99
    LHW99 Forumite Posts: 3,723
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    We inherited a pair of rusty tractor wheels in the garden of one house.
  • lookstraightahead
    lookstraightahead Forumite Posts: 5,467
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    edited 9 October 2021 at 11:19PM
    Three cats. The owners cat plus two of her mates.

    Then when the cats decided to move, all the mice came out to play. The mice had made a lovely home in the corner bath lagging. They used to scurry across the headboard at night, eat all the fruit, play in the kitchen, sit on the tool box.


  • oystercatcher
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    The overgrown garden was infested with HUGE bright yellow slugs, loads and loads of 'em. They only stopped appearing when we started keeping chickens !!
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