Today, we tried to buy a crack den

Ray asked me on Friday if i'd come to view a house with her on Saturday morning.
It was on for 120,000. Houses on.my street go for between 140,000 and 170,000 so it was a bit of a steal.
2 bedrooms, fitted kitchen, over 3 floors, 7 minutes from our place and 10 minutes from town.
It's actually right by the TARDIS graffiti I posted before.
But the clue that all was not quite as it seemed should have been that there were.mo photos on the website.

On the way we passed a house which has painted out windows, about 8 locks on the front door and there is always an ambulance outside. I joked that it was a crack den so whatever happened at least this house would be better than that.

We arrived to view and it looked ok from the outside. Leaky gutters and some damp patches on the exterior from the overflow pipe. A crack in the conservatory wall, gang tags on the garage (we get those too so it's just a feature of the area).
Good size house, nice location, structurally sound.

Inside was where the fun started. I can see past if bring filthy, and the previous owners possessions being everywhere.
Kitchen and bathroom were actually ok and the floors were good. Very 70s free standing feature staircases, new double glazing, new looking boiler.

However, there were some pretty crazy issues.
First issue was the door fitted in place if a window on the 1st floor. Although this could have been gotten round by installing a slide to the garden.
Bowed and mouldy kitchen ceiling, which was replaceable.
Damp and mould on lots of the walls, so much that the plaster has fallen away.

What had to be seen to be truly appreciated was the number of live, high voltage cables danging from the ceiling in every room,including the bathroom.
The house had been previously used as a cannabis factory, among other interesting uses, so the meter was bypassed and every inch of wiring needed to be removed.
Or I guess you could just turn it into a bizarre bdsm brothel.

An interesting way to spend a morning.