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My buddy bought a house in Chicago and in there was a weights set and also a metal christmas tree stand, bowl\tripod thing.
I remember this because he was jewish and had no idea what it was....he asked me if it was a helmet or something and I almost wet my pants laughing.
I saw in the news a year or two back that someone found child porn stashed in a chimney flue in their new house. (On dvds etc.) Police caught up with the prior owner and busted him.
The first house we bought -- our "starter house" -- had a ghost left behind in it. Don't laugh...there really was a ghost in that house! Both DW and I heard footsteps upstairs, and she actually got a dlimpse of it once -- a woman, middle-aged, in a floral dress.
Now you know why people don't want to live in houses where someone has died!
Previous owner " forgot" to empty the refrigerator and promised to take care of business within 24 hours. They did not.
Upon closer inspection, most of the stuff and shelves were covered with mold and other growths. I went out and bought a new refrigerator and had them haul the old one away, fully loaded.
Nothing really odd. Lots of clothes, silver dami tasse spoons, art work, stair spindles, an old crock pot which we gave to a friend of the former owner who remembered many a happy, albeit meager, meal with the previous owner where each contibuted to the crock pot and made a wonderful soup and had great conversation.
Funny thing was one time how surprised we were at the seller's reaction to what we found he left behind.
The kitchen cabinets above the fridge, those high up ones, were the last place we were going to put anything. Literally. We used it but saved it for last to wipe out and put items in. It was then we found that was also the last place the guy apparently planned to pack up. And forgot. Another cabinet beside it as well.
And was he mad we hadn't found these items earlier. I told him, hey, we don't mind if you want us to hold them (we knew he visited that beloved next door neighbor occasionally). Fine with us. We'll even toss them if you want. No problem for us. But, actually, he felt it was a problem for him. And then we found out he had not immediately left the area as planned and had stayed for quite some time in his business after selling us the house.
And, in staying that time, he was actually having dinner with the next door neighbors. I can't even remember what he did with the stuff. We never saw him again. Maybe he asked us to leave it on the porch or something.
My buyer is so lucky. I left her a beautiful vase with flowers and a clean home. I hope it brings her good karma. I thought it was a little funny how the agent was salivating over it.
When we bought our house the previous owner left his entire bar contents. I was salivating over all that wine, but I called our real estate agent to contact the sellers agent to let him know. He did come pick it up. There was some good stuff in there.
When I moved into my current home, the closet behind the front door was missed. Among the coats and umbrellas was a LARGE collection of cremated remains! Pets and family members, all stacked high. I'd say we had about 2 dozens urns, each with the remains of a pet or a relative of the previous resident.
When I moved into my current home, the closet behind the front door was missed. Among the coats and umbrellas was a LARGE collection of cremated remains! Pets and family members, all stacked high. I'd say we had about 2 dozens urns, each with the remains of a pet or a relative of the previous resident.
My mom and stepfather purchased a home in Queens, NY in the early 70's. Us kids had the 2 bedrooms up in the attic area. We liked the rooms because of the slanted ceilings. There was a door in the wall of the attic. We kiddos opened the door and found boxes and boxes of porno magazines LOL.....we started flipping through them and ooohing and aaahing.....wow!!!(we were about 8-10 y/o) and my mom came up and saw us and freaked out hahaaa
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