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

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  • Not quite a discovery after moving in but one property we viewed (a repossession) had been badly smashed up. We decided not to buy the place and subsequently learnt that the estate agent investigated the loft and found dozens of live snakes and reptiles up there. He was off work for a week from shock!
  • Was cleaning my mums new bungalow (after it had been cleaned by the landlords) and I found a load of human hair behind the radiator in the bedroom n all trapped in the window too. 
    Was not a nice find at all!
    my theory is the last lady who lived there used to pull her hair out in bed n shove it down the back of the radiator or out the window. Maybe she had cancer? 
    Wasn’t something I expected to find 
  • Ditzy_Mitzy
    Ditzy_Mitzy Posts: 1,952 Forumite
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    Was cleaning my mums new bungalow (after it had been cleaned by the landlords) and I found a load of human hair behind the radiator in the bedroom n all trapped in the window too. 
    Was not a nice find at all!
    my theory is the last lady who lived there used to pull her hair out in bed n shove it down the back of the radiator or out the window. Maybe she had cancer? 
    Wasn’t something I expected to find 
    You can't trust anyone else to clean anything, in general, especially not 'professional' cleaners!  
  • TripleH
    TripleH Posts: 3,188 Forumite
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    On hair, we moved into our last rental property and the previous occupants had a dog. Hair got everywhere, which became apparent when the heating clicked on during the night.
    I woke up to what smelt like smoked fish  followed momenta later by the smoke alarms going off 20 seconds later (it was 2am).
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
  • This is such a great thread.
  • Snookie12cat
    Snookie12cat Posts: 805 Forumite
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    edited 18 January 2024 at 9:20PM
    What the hell would disguise a swimming pool that well ?
    Aren't swimmimg pools kept covered when not in use. Sounds as if the purchasers never looked around the garden. 
    Agree with you  @Thrugelmir
    Covered, yes, unrecognisable though - come on, anyone can identify a swimming pool with its cover on, especially as it was a 'giant' one. 
    I wonder if the OP omitted a relevant piece of information though, maybe they meant it had actually been filled in 🙄 
    Take it from someone who fell in a pond, its very easy to disguise them. Lots of fallen leaves and moss etc, undisturbed and it looks just like the rest of the ground. 
  • Not so much moving in, but after they'd had their offer accepted for the land outside some houses they owned (so it couldn't be used as a ransom strip), it turned out that they'd inadvertently bought a flat and a shop!
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