Found any unexpected treasures on moving?

MeeMee_4

Has anyone found anything unexpected in cupboards/loft etc...on moving in?

Only moved 4 times, so as yet have not found anything... other than dirt and general mess.

(I'm a good girl... I ALWAYS leave place spotless... Husband has go at me for being too picky !)

Would love to find a 'treasure'... then sell it... !!!

black-saturn

When I moved into this house I found an old telephone in the cupboard which had been rewired so it would work on new telephone wires which I sold on ebay for £40 odd. I also found an art deco bakelite clock from about the 1940's which sold for £30 and a reel to reel player with a reel in it of Churchill talking. I sold the reel for £10 but couldnt sell the player as it was way too heavy to post and no buyers were interested in coming here to collect it.

Innys

When I moved, the seller said they wanted me to make them an offer on the 15' x 8' shed that was in garden. As there was a garage as well, I said they could take the shed with them - as if.

Needless to say they left it, which was a pleasant bonus!

Pal

I once found a used enema kit in the loft of a new house.

Another rented house had a box full of "mens literature" in the loft.

divadee

Pal wrote:

I once found a used enema kit in the loft of a new house.

Another rented house had a box full of "mens literature" in the loft.

eeewwwwwwwwwwwwww :silenced:

Rikki

Pal wrote:

I once found a used enema kit in the loft of a new house..

Lovely. :eek:

Jay-Jay_4

I found a 1950s picnic set in a loft, complete with china, glass jars, silver spoons etc... all in a dusty leatherette case :j . We contacted the previous occupants son and he said that we could keep it

Doozergirl

Sorry, completely unrelated to this thread and possibly TMI. Jay-Jay I thanked you for your signature. I had a baby 5 months ago and EVERY post of yours I see is very helpful!

Fondue_2

Well, if the owners don't clear our new (unoccupied) house as promised, we will have, amongst other things: a cross trainer, an old Singer sewing machine, a drawing board, a victorian fireplace (in the cellar, not the hearth!) and various 60s vinyl albums. We're going to ask them to leave the fireplace anyway, as probably taken from the sitting room, but also quite tempted to suggest a discount on the sale price for disposal (owner is abroad) and then ebay/car boot the lot! May make a small dint in our massive renovation budget...

sooz

a piece of the previous owners body [very small piece] left in a hopital sample bottle after an operation. was tempted to send it back to them.......

sooz

oh, and in a previous house, in a very dark small part of the cellar we found a body...........until we realised it was a dressmakers' dummy. also 25 bottles of stinking homebrew....had to empty it straight down the drains as it was sooooooooooo smelly.