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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 Posts: 96 Forumite
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    Adult size disposable nappy behind the radiator in one of the bedrooms ….. used 🤮
  • Splatfoot
    Splatfoot Posts: 593 Forumite
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    sam1974_2 said:
    Adult size disposable nappy behind the radiator in one of the bedrooms ….. used 🤮
    😮😮.......
  • Found one of the bedroom doors had 5 different locks on it - 2 on the inside, 3 on the outside.

    Creepy.
  • 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 Posts: 837 Forumite
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    A car in the garage
    With keys? What did you do? 
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 10,977 Forumite
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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.
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  • LHW99
    LHW99 Posts: 5,191 Forumite
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    We inherited a pair of rusty tractor wheels in the garden of one house.
  • lookstraightahead
    lookstraightahead Posts: 5,558 Forumite
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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.


  • The overgrown garden was infested with HUGE bright yellow slugs, loads and loads of 'em. They only stopped appearing when we started keeping chickens !!
    Decluttering, 20 mins / day Jan 2024 2/2 
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