It is believed and often seen that old houses don’t only have a character of their own but also a few secrets as well. These secrets take their own sweet time to get revealed as their new owners start to renovate them. Here secrets don’t just mean a creepy black cat roaming or some spiderwebs hanging to the ceilings but entire hidden areas or what you might call the chamber of secrets. Well, why not? Why should only Harry Potter get to experience all weird things?
In this blog, we are sharing secrets that people found on buying old houses.
Scroll, enjoy, and do share if you have any such stories in the comment section.
1. “Found in an old house. Tops look like salt and pepper shakers”
2. “In 1965, my dad worked for his cousin, demolishing an old house. Inside one of the walls, he found a case with a violin. The cousin told him he could keep it, so my dad had it for 50 years.”
3. “The joys of owning a 140-year-old house. Found a one-cent coin from 1888 in the backyard.”
4. “I had always been told that there was a jar or jars of money buried somewhere in my great grandparents’ yard. My dad searched for it many times, with no luck. I searched for about 2 1/2 hours and hit the jackpot!”
5. “House flooded and we needed to remove all the wet carpet… Found this floor safe in the slab under the carpet in the closet.”
6. “Found in a wall”
7. “Spent the day cleaning a 113-year-old floor. Took a knife to the linoleum in the bathroom… And found the original Edwardian tiles!”
8. “I removed the bathroom medicine cabinet and found this old wallpaper. My house is from 1812.”
9. “The builder of this wall wrote the date that he finished it using black bricks.”
10. “We tore up some carpeting in our house expecting concrete but instead found this ’70s masterpiece.”
11. “Here are the contents of a safe I found in my 200-year-old house.”
12.“Someone buried an old TV in our backyard at some point.”
