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Mar 22, 2021 6:59 PM
FeedtheFat
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tomb818
It probably wasn't to code and this was easier than anything else
SaltyScrubTears
That's free real estate!
3141592pancake
Well, now you have another full (fairly big) bathroom worth of space you didn't know about! Yay!
oikoinoi
So you are going to use it right?
Toolbone
Well are you gunna use it
Evo435
Congrats on the murder room, watch out for the ghosts.
Yupurineutah
Could be unpermitted work that was buried before selling the place.
ThyDevilsAdvocate
I think you should call 911. Someone was murdered in there.
amismenow
Lol unless there’s a literal still warm body do not call 911. The cops have a direct non emergent line. Please don’t call the switchboard.
ThyDevilsAdvocate
Sorry correct. Not 911. Call police
ATerribleArtist
Are you gonna turn it into a camper?
MissDashLisa
TreesNStuff
TheCaptain00
Yes! For the love of god!
WonderfunkJones
Cask of Amontillado?
TreesNStuff
catgog
i wanna know how you miss that
youisrealspecial
That’s a maaturbatorium
pazooPositivityPlayer
Wasn't this an episode of the Simpsons
antillesw
No unless it’s after season 23 which I haven’t seen.
Mahabazu
Malcom in the middle
hirvipelko
Yes!!!
GOLD07
The neighbors are gonna be pissed when they see u in their bathroom
OhTheySayThisUsernameIsNotTaken
trigonman3
trigonman3
misanthropo
I think I know that house!
WhichIsIt
Proof
RobearGWJ
Bet it was all built without inspection and the flipper just sealed it up and ran with it...
smirkinghighgardenwhore
I'm convinced that's a crime scene. That would increase the value of the property and it's a potential selling point so why cover it?
prestodigitation
TreasonousCheeto
OP’s mom’s gynecologist?
an0therthr0waway
PinkEater
prestodigitation
YouTubeRed
sound
GreenYawgmoth
ahahahahaha fuckin perfect
Nuclearwaste9
Ohh that got me... Damn you!!! Lol
Mayyybe
The beginning of murder story.... Then he found..... followed by.... and right then he knew!
ItsThoseZanyGermans
That would freak me THE FUCK out!!
The701
The quiet tapping and scraping sounds at night were the worst though.
Pegaxs
How could you not know? That takes up so much space it would look sus from other angles or other rooms.
FeedtheFat
Check my other album you’ll see it’s in a cove off the main basement.
carlsagansghost
I have a recurring dream where I find more rooms in my house, usually while working in the attic in my dream.
HelpfulCorn
That would be handy. I need more space since we're home 24-7
forResearchPurposesOnly
Either murder scene or old owners built it w/o permits and was easier/cheaper to hide than deal with issue.
xj4low
Guessing both could be a major mold issue.
usnerd55
I'd go with the murder story. Makes the house interesting.
madmatt2024
It could also be that they needed to redo the bathroom to sell the house but didn't want to put money into the extra space given that 1/?
madmatt2024
it's an odd size. Leaving it as is would look odd, removing it would look odd, and making it look right would be expensive so cover it. 2/2
xETM
why can't it be both? murderers operate outside the law, clearly have no respect for building permits...
Espeer
Yep. Obviously unpermitted kill room.
DKB13
Way to generalise murderers dickhead
ciaran13
"Don't break the law while breaking the law. "
Woolytop
So like, what happens to OP in the case that it was built without permits?
CakeShapedPie
Here you would likely fix the work, apply for an easement and get it inspected
Yupurineutah
That is the correct thing to do but will probably be costly and may reveal more unpermitted work.
Trustrup
Yeah, easier to wall it up when selling, than remove it, and since it’s basement, people are unlikely to notice.
Vloudimestre
Where I live property tax is based on value, visit by inspector every 10 years. Hide it and your tax stay low.
Arokthis
My dad had a woodshop in the basement. Having any 3 of "finished floor, walls, ceiling, heat" made it a taxable room. The baseboard heaters
Arokthis
weren't visible, so he took the thermostat down and hid the wiring hole with a clock when the tax assessor showed up.
Espeer
Thanks for making the most BORING suggestion.
mektel
I suspect permit issue too. Building without a permit can incur fines or having to undo the changes.
ZeldaHyruleGold
I would say it probly failed inspection when they tryed to sell, and needing a occupancy permit, walled it up and it passed
idontenglishsorry
just out of curiosity, if you built one of these without a permit, how would anyone know you built it? or do you mean they covered it 1/2
ChemicalG
Someone snitches on you, also most houses need to be inspected/appraised to sell so you'll be found out if its not covered up
idontenglishsorry
so they could sell the house?
ThMick
They covered it to sell the house. Part of any real estate transaction is a code inspection.
ShinksAvoHazaar
I’m not a home inspector but wouldn’t the size of that room in loss of square footage be somewhat apparent?
Jaqdakloun
A steam room ? I'll get the hams !
Devlosirrus
A steam room? Localized entirely behind a wall within your basement?
AniRayne33
Can I see it?
Minterfresh
May I see it?
Devlosirrus
...No.
waitwhat1234
Hmmm. Someone walls up an entire room. Not suspicious at all. Everything is fine.
Youts
Pictures taken after the body was removed
holymanbatbatman
Probably not up to code. If a shady flipper picked it up, realized it would be cheeper to seal it, than demo it.
tatersworld04350
This. Or, no permits were pulled and it would be fines when it was time to sell and Codes Enforcement inspects. So, make it disappear.
88Zombies
Yea I’m always finding hidden rooms at my place... -.-
QuiGonChuck
With acoustical ceiling tiles, it looks like the job was done on the cheap. Demo was probably excluded due to cost. fuck it, wall it up!
byohzzrd
Where you seeing acoustical tile? To me that looks bog standard drywall.
Areawoman84
+1 for "bog standard"
kdr35ls
The ceiling?
FeedtheFat
Haha. Previous owners were likely just saving the cost of demo. I learned this was part of the original build back in 81.
Youts
Crazy that they just sacrificed that square footage
sweetandsmokey
So what are you planning to do with it? Replace it wit normal bathrooms: shower, tub, toilet ... the plumbing is there and can be useful ?
PepridgeFarmRemembers
Office with a toilet/urinal sounds great
FeedtheFat
I’ve been thinking urinal... why does no one install urinalysis these days??
40legger
I have seen this a lot. Many times people stub or hide plumbing in basements and attics so it is considered finished storage as opposed to
40legger
Living space. It makes the house more appealing to buyers since if they got the proper permits the house would be taxed at a higher rate.
40legger
It’s likely that OP was told when he bought the house thats this was down there and that he should knock down those walls after the closing.
frogsaremyfriends
Not necessarily. I have the same situation. A sealed off bathroom that I haven’t gone in to. My neighbor told me about it, as he knew the
frogsaremyfriends
Owner, 2 owners ago. I thought it was dead space and had wondered what was back there. Will knock it down when I’m ready to remodel.
WinningLottoTicket
I hear that's where op keeps his amontillado
TPinkelmann
For the love of god @WinningLottoTicket!
fryturama
Nemo me impune lacessit.
RamenWithExtraNoodles
Is this an EAP reference?
JohnnieTheShrubber
Yes
waitwhat1234
Edgar understood it too
chickadeedeedeedee
I was so mad when I read that because I did it in class when I was supposed to be paying attention so I couldn’t go grab the dictionary -
chickadeedeedeedee
to find out what the ever loving fuck nitre was. It drove me nuts.
LambSq
PutThePRNDLinD
With that much space unaccounted for, you could have found something much worse...
nietzchebomb
Yea, like the victims.
JoeT85
It could be that fixing that was way more expensive that losing the space when it came to selling.
bhahn113
They already cleaned up the evidence before the pictures!
Onlyhereforthelaughs
RobertWilson42
Anyone else find it lucky the first hole of the demo was at the door entrance? No? Just me? Okay cool cool cool
bwingnut139000
Like heated and cooled living square footage. Even if never used, still used the value! Boop. $$ Sweet find!
bwingnut139000
still *upped the value. At $120-$140per foot, you made some moolah.
MarkySpaceMagnet
That was my thought as well. Didn't notice that void in the floor plan when buying the house?
MarkySpaceMagnet
While that is true, you usually can tell where the exterior walls are.
frogsaremyfriends
In a basement, underground?
MarkySpaceMagnet
Underground construction still has external walls
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
basements aren't always as big as the house on top
hetriedtokillmewithaforklift
Like a fine cask of Amontillado
Vaeevictiss
In pace requiescat
Zannataylor
Love a Poe reference!
tantricdragon13
DougDeNasty
True, but probably and uninspected and approved add that was easier to hide than fix.
TheobromineAddict
That was my first thought.
Onisa
Been trying to get rid of an outdoor hot tub for nearly a year, no one will touch it unless it's in very small pieces. A built in? OOF.
imakestuffintothings
My old landlords had one that came with the house when they bought it, let me cut it up and remove it. Very small pieces with a sawzall ?
Onisa
Everyone I've asked with a sawzall doubts the equipment's capabilities. Sister lucked out and was able to burn the one she was saddled with.
imakestuffintothings
Wish I had pics, it was loads of fun. Safer than a chainsaw. Get the right blade, a plug in model, go wild.
trigger60
Like a carpeted bathroom or something.
abhorance
Carpet in a bathroom... that's awesome
ItsThoseZanyGermans
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
When I was buying last year, there was this one, otherwise very nice house, with all carpeted bathrooms. It was a no from me dawg.
NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
StarscreamAndHutch
janlevinson
espinacas
i hate it, yet can't stop watching...
usernamenailedit
luciferian669
This is it, the worst thing I've seen on imgur
ThomasThundersword
dude that shit aired on network TV 2-4 times a day about 6 months ago on the west coast (atleast channels i was on) it’s heinous but mild
IronIce111
You haven't looked very hard...
trigger60
3141592pancake
positiveleroy
skipweasel
How about a whole apartment? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-56324046
FelineFatal
"Omg John, like what am I going to do with 20,000 followers" she says casually
Betterbecauseofthem
Keep quiet and double your space
dombot1
I hope she checked that wasn't a one way mirror
mday8
Whoa, so how did that end? Is she the rightful tenant of that entire room or is this the normal American way to close off seperate houses
Mossiestsloth
Wasn't it that it was just the next door apartment under renovations and the breeze came through because the mirror in the other bathroom
Mossiestsloth
was taken down
FoxyRaven
doesn't really count since that unused apartment had it's own door. it's common for units to share a hole for where the medicine cabinets go
FelineFatal
Should have firestopping between apartments though
FoxyRaven
should have is way different than reality where apartments share common walls or floors/ceilings, where all that separates apartments is:
FoxyRaven
2 layers of sheetrock and maybe some insulation
ChibiGojira
Did she just go into a neighbors apartment?
Mossiestsloth
Wasn't it just the apartment next to hers that was under renovation, the other mirror was taken down allowing the breeze
joemama9876
A woman in Chicago was killed by men who came in through the wall behind her bathroom mirror, I think in the 1980s. When I saw that girl >
TheHolyFatman
Wait. So...candyman was based on a real..murder? *Mind blown*
TheGeneralAlarm
Stay sexy and don’t get murdered?
joemama9876
You’re in a cult, call your dad
joemama9876
go into that space BY HERSELF I was screaming. There could have been anyone hiding there!! I am glad she locked the door, though.
kc2syk
Have you seen the movie Candyman?
Alexeymonk13
Cabrini Green. That Tik Tok girl is gonna kill somebody's dog. :0
joemama9876
No, my imagination is so vivid that scary movies and my brain don’t mix well. But I know the story and YIKES
UnPetitSugarcube
Found it: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084
Zahnradfee
Stories like this remind me once more why I'm a dirty commie. Thanks for sharing.
StandingIncrediblyStill
Spooky
xjsxjs
That is really F’d up.
joemama9876
It’s so fucked. Systemic racism, mental health stigma and negligent police work all rolled into one. :(
watchmeruboneout
I've got a Beatles song in my head now
SamuthNBS
The fact she didn't check to see where the door to that apartment came out really annoys me. Wouldn't you want to know?
twozerooz
She did. At the end she's in the hallway outside of the apartment
accl10
Aslan might be hiding on the other side of it. Best to leave that cat alone.
Baccano2015
I'd keep that shit to myself. Instantly have a way bigger apartment for the same rent price. Just build a hidden door to the place and done
twozerooz
It was under renovations. There was people recently in it.
imejyian
Yup, that bottle in the video looked new.
Filanwizard
This, I figure they will now see a rent increase.
MasteroftheLag
Futurama level shenanigans going on here
Magjee
It's another unit under renovation. Flimsy wall seperation
BobaFettApproves
Yeah, that stretches the definition of flimsy
OvergrownDwarf
Suddenly rent increases lol
ItsThoseZanyGermans
I once dreamed that I had a spare room & a extra kitchen I didn't use, but that's on a different level! Such a weird architectural decision.
WaffleStompFantasy
I dream like this all the time at least twice (maybe more) times a week. I had a very small bachelor/studio maybe that’s why? I recently...
WaffleStompFantasy
Moved but the dreams haven’t stopped
PrizmRed
I have these same dreams. I bought my house from some folks that left a lot of stuff and I have dreams of going down in basement or
PrizmRed
Finding a door in my foundation outside and opening it to a fully furnished secondary living suite. Usually food in fridge and everything