Stuff found/taken from your new house
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Whats your stories of stuff found in a new house or what did they previous owners/renter take/leave you.
Mine
Last owner spilt bleach all over the carpets of our new house, no idea why.
Another one let the grass/weeds grow 4ft high and left us the empty new mower box in the garage that they had bought for their new home and not to mention the ring of dust around where they had lifted the beds up but not hoovered
Another I found plant growing stuff in the loft - I dont think he was growing tomatoes.
Mine
Last owner spilt bleach all over the carpets of our new house, no idea why.
Another one let the grass/weeds grow 4ft high and left us the empty new mower box in the garage that they had bought for their new home and not to mention the ring of dust around where they had lifted the beds up but not hoovered
Another I found plant growing stuff in the loft - I dont think he was growing tomatoes.
Family friends bought a very, very expensive house in Cheltenham off a member of the Saudi royal family years ago and he left all of his clothes. There were wardrobes full of almost new hand tailored robes and Saville Row Suits.
They spoke to his representative who just told them to give them all to charity.
They spoke to his representative who just told them to give them all to charity.
Nothing. 
Oh, a bag of plumbing stuff in previous house. Who knows what I left there as I forgot to clear out the loft when I moved.
Oh, a bag of plumbing stuff in previous house. Who knows what I left there as I forgot to clear out the loft when I moved.
Davey S2 said:
Family friends bought a very, very expensive house in Cheltenham off a member of the Saudi royal family years ago and he left all of his clothes. There were wardrobes full of almost new hand tailored robes and Saville Row Suits.
They spoke to his representative who just told them to give them all to charity.
Now that's my kind of moving house. Just go to next home and buy everything again. No need for packing stuff. They spoke to his representative who just told them to give them all to charity.
my last place, i bought it as a repo, so i was aware that things wouldnt be right
however, when i moved in, i popped into the loft to put my spare bed, old boxes etc up there
JESUS CHRIST ON A RAFT - essentially the entire contents of the house were up there, if it fitted it was up there.
children's beds, cleaning stuff, tools, ironing boards, kids bikes, photo albums, tv's, curtains, everything
Im not sure if they had hidden their stuff up there to hide it from the bailiffs, tricking people into thinking that the house was empty - other sinister reasons, i dunno
what was odd is they took the ladder!
sadly for me 95% of it was just old rubbish, i did use some of the old wood from the bed frames to repair my gate
however, when i moved in, i popped into the loft to put my spare bed, old boxes etc up there
JESUS CHRIST ON A RAFT - essentially the entire contents of the house were up there, if it fitted it was up there.
children's beds, cleaning stuff, tools, ironing boards, kids bikes, photo albums, tv's, curtains, everything
Im not sure if they had hidden their stuff up there to hide it from the bailiffs, tricking people into thinking that the house was empty - other sinister reasons, i dunno
what was odd is they took the ladder!
sadly for me 95% of it was just old rubbish, i did use some of the old wood from the bed frames to repair my gate
When I bought my 2nd place I paid extra for the curtains. On moving in day they had the left the curtains as agreed, the b
ds had taken the poles though!
When I sold that place I left loads of paint tins in the garage, the woman that bought it was a complete cow so I felt no guilt at all
The place I was moving too had been cleared of the washing machine, mower, mirrors & electric wall heater they promised to leave
ds had taken the poles though!When I sold that place I left loads of paint tins in the garage, the woman that bought it was a complete cow so I felt no guilt at all
The place I was moving too had been cleared of the washing machine, mower, mirrors & electric wall heater they promised to leave
I found a gold ring hanging off a bit of twine from a wall tie inside the wall cavity - it had obviously been deliberately put there and been there since the house was built in the 20s, I put it back in case it was some sort of good luck thing and the house would be cursed if I took it!
A smelly old freezer and a first aid box. They moved quite far away unfortunately otherwise I would have dumped the freezer on their lawn.
I helped a friend of a friend move and the loft of their new house hadn't been emptied, it was an Aladdins cave of German pr0n and marital aids. I think the previous owner had died and when the wife moved out she didn't go in the loft.
It felt properly grubby up there, dirty old man!
I helped a friend of a friend move and the loft of their new house hadn't been emptied, it was an Aladdins cave of German pr0n and marital aids. I think the previous owner had died and when the wife moved out she didn't go in the loft.
It felt properly grubby up there, dirty old man!
My parents bought their house from a man who left the country in a hurry to return to his native Pakistan (this was in the late-eighties). They left absolutely loads of stuff - basically everything except their clothes.
House was hideously decorated - included things like gold wallpaper and taps etc etc. Parents spend some time redecorating.
That said, highlights were:
- 2 x Honda CRV junior dirt bykes on a dedicated trailer. I loved this (I was 8 at the time). I still have these.
- various Tamiya remote controlled toys, including The Hornet, The Lunch Box and the King Cab. I still have these.
- Aston Martin V8 Oscar India, P reg. Dad had this car for many years after, used to pick me up from school in it. Eventually, Mr Khan came looking for it, and we returned it. Shame - they're worth a bit today...
- Caravan in the car port, complete with manservant living in it.
Truly, truly bizarre.
House was hideously decorated - included things like gold wallpaper and taps etc etc. Parents spend some time redecorating.
That said, highlights were:
- 2 x Honda CRV junior dirt bykes on a dedicated trailer. I loved this (I was 8 at the time). I still have these.
- various Tamiya remote controlled toys, including The Hornet, The Lunch Box and the King Cab. I still have these.
- Aston Martin V8 Oscar India, P reg. Dad had this car for many years after, used to pick me up from school in it. Eventually, Mr Khan came looking for it, and we returned it. Shame - they're worth a bit today...
- Caravan in the car port, complete with manservant living in it.
Truly, truly bizarre.
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