When you first move into a new house, it’s only natural if you get excited to look around and search the house thoroughly. There’s always a high chance that your previous owners forgot something important. In some cases, they may leave things intentionally like some kind of Easter Eggs *wink*. However, if the place you are buying is pretty old, you’ll definitely get lucky enough to find some secret rooms or maybe a treasure full of cash. Scroll on to see a list of accidental ‘archeological’ discoveries that people found when on the task of home renovation. From Monopoly floors to hidden rooms, this list has got it all! Enjoy peeps!
#1 They Found The Old Bath Under Their Living Room
#2 Pulled Up The Carpet At The House, And Guess What I Found!
#3 Treasure In My Bathroom
#4 I Was Helping My Dad Move Into His New Office, When We Found A Trapdoor
#5 This Vintage Space Themed Wallpaper Found Under 3 Layers Of Other Wallpaper In An Old Farm House
#6 The Walgreens In My Neighborhood Used To Be A Bank And They Used Its Vault As Their Vitamin Section
#7 Friend Was Redecorating His New House And Found This Under A Layer Of Wallpaper
#8 Found A Paw Print On A Brick Wall
#9 The Table At This Pub Has A Well In The Middle Of It (England)
#10 Untouched 1800’s Cemetery Preserved In The Basement Of A Tall Building Built Over It
#11 My Grandparents Have A Glassed-Over Well In Their Kitchen
#12 Our New Apartment Has A Little Milk Door Under The Cabinets
#13 My Friend Decided To Replace Her Old Carpet And She Found A Cellar Door And A Cool Surprise
#14 My Apartment Is An Old Police Station And Still Has The Original Cell Doors But Painted
#15 Found Some Friends In A Mile-Long Tunnel That Travels Beneath My Apartment Building
#16 Lost Hippie Mural Found Under My Flooded House
#17 Found A Message While Removing Our Cork Floor Tiles
#18 My Living Room Was Built Around A Huge Sandstone Rock
#19 This Wall Broke Exposing Years Of Layers Of Paint
#20 Found Some Nice Drawings Under The Wallpaper I’m Removing
#21 100-Year-Old Elevator Handle I Saved
#22 These “Tom And Jerry” Type Mouse Holes Gnawed In A House Built In 1741
#23 Uncovered At A Times Square Construction Site
#24 I’ve Been Living In My House And I Just Noticed My Back Door Handle Is A Spoon
#25 The House I’m Staying In Has Kept Its Original Well As A Feature
#26 So I Just Moved Into A New Apartment, And Made A Big Discovery
#27 While Renovating My Basement We Found This Painting On The Cement Behind The Wall
#28 I Recently Moved Into A 70s Porn Motif Dream Home. This Is My Bathtub
#29 Apparently, Disposing Of Old Razor Blades Inside Your Wall Was Acceptable In The 1950’s
#30 This Mail Slot In A Building I Was In Today Sends The Mail Down 17 Stories To The Basement. Original From 1929
#31 My House Still Has Old-Fashioned Light Switches From Its Original Construction
#32 This Building Has The Original 1909 Electrical Switches
#33 Found This 20-Year-Old Promise Hidden Under The Wallpaper In Our New House
#34 Friend Tore Down His Wall For Renovations And Found This Mural On Another Wall Behind It
#35 My House Used To Be A Bank, So We Use The Old Safe/Vault As A Basement
#36 There’s A Random Chain Embedded In The Wall Of My 1930s-Era Home
#37 A House My Girlfriend And I Looked At Had A Shower In The Guest Room
#38 The Fan In My Toilet (Probably From The 70s) Has The Same Logo As Beats By Dre
#39 My House Still Has The Original Light Switches
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