33 cases when people bought a home and received a surprise in addition (34 photos)

22 September 2023

You never know what you will find in a new house or apartment, especially if it is not a new building. Old buildings often keep secrets and even forgotten treasures of previous owners. To the heroes of this collection I was lucky to find something unexpected!





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2. Found a jacuzzi under the living room





3. "This vintage space-themed wallpaper was found underneath three layers of other wallpaper in an old farmhouse."



4. “The site of my apartment used to be a police station, and it still has the original cell doors.”



5. "The first cork tiles were laid on Sunday 27 March 1988, Neil Hadley Barker, Glenys Ann Barker, Nicole Ann Barker (3 years old), Wade Hadley Barker (9 years old)"



6. “In our new apartment there is a small milk door under the drawers.”



7. Table with a well in an English pub



8. “A friend was renovating his new house and found this under the wallpaper.”



9. An 1800s cemetery preserved in the basement of a high-rise building built above it.



10. "I removed the carpeting in the house and guess what I found!"



11. “Found friends in the mile-long tunnel under my apartment building.”



12. "The 100-Year-Old Elevator Handle I Saved"



13. "This building still has the original electrical switches from 1909."



14. Mouse holes in a house built in 1741



15. “Found some cute pictures under the wallpaper.”



16. “I’ve been living in this house for a long time and only now I noticed that the handle on the back door is a spoon.”



17. Found a tombstone under the garage



18. “My house used to be a bank, so we use an old safe/vault as a basement.”



19. “I still have some old-fashioned light switches in my house.”



20. “My living room was built around a huge sandstone.”



21. “We were renovating the basement and found this painting.”



22. "An old oscilloscope found in my grandparents' garage."



23. Old hotel advertisement in Times Square



24. "I stayed in a house with a well"



25. “A friend tore down a wall and discovered a drawing.”



26. Chain in the wall of a house built in the 1930s



27. “It was probably considered normal in the 1950s to throw old razor blades over the wall.”



28. A promise hidden under the wallpaper



"Today is October 5, 1997. If the Spice Girls don't lose popularity, the next time I renovate, I'll eat mine overalls. Dad"

29. "We were removing flooring in our 50-year-old house and found this. I'd like to know who she is and if she's alive."



30. "I recently moved into a 70s dream house. This is my bathtub."



31. “I still have the original switches in my house.”



32. “My grandparents have a glass well in their kitchen.”



"They bought a house 10 years ago and found this well. They They considered it unique and gave it an original look. He has about 7.5 meters deep and connects to a small river."

33. "My grandmother found a blush from the 1950s."

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