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To be a bit freaked out about this mystery poo?

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mysterypoo · 26/07/2024 23:29

We got home after being out all day and I went upstairs and found a poo in the toilet. When I was back downstairs I asked dp if he could check next time to make sure his poo had been flushed away. Dp said it wasn’t his and that when he had been for a wee earlier (he came in to get spare clothes for ds and we stayed in the car) there had been nothing in the toilet.
So where has this mystery poo come from? We were out for 4/5 hours after he had gone back in earlier in the day.

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TheSerenePinkOrca · 28/07/2024 09:02

marmiteoneverything · 28/07/2024 08:27

We have very regular house inspections (I don’t know whether it’s because we have pets or whether they do it for everyone) so we would need to tell them that we’d changed them.

They don’t consider us not being at home to be an adequate reason to reschedule!

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😵 then they're breaking the law. It's your HOME and you're legally entitled to quiet enjoyment.

The only time they could ever enter without your permission is an emergency or if you're being obstructive regarding the LL carrying out annual gas checks etc...

CormorantStrikesBack · 28/07/2024 08:29

I’d say dh had a poo and either forgot or is fibbing.

ive been the pooer before who hasn’t checked it’s flushed and when dh has complained I’ve denied everything 😁

marmiteoneverything · 28/07/2024 08:27

TheSerenePinkOrca · 27/07/2024 21:46

Absolutely! Always! You never know how many copies of the key have been made!

Changing the barrel is easy. Lots of youtube videos. Just keep the old barrel to change back if you ever move.

The LL or agency shouldn't ever be letting themselves in so in theory should never know you changed it.

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We have very regular house inspections (I don’t know whether it’s because we have pets or whether they do it for everyone) so we would need to tell them that we’d changed them.

They don’t consider us not being at home to be an adequate reason to reschedule!

Olika · 28/07/2024 07:42

Neighbour's cat via window? (We had a camping chair on our balcony one summer and a cat kept coming to poo on it)

TheSerenePinkOrca · 28/07/2024 07:07

HauntedbyMagpies · 27/07/2024 23:57

@TheSerenePinkOrca That's a breach of tenancy!

They can't write tenancy clauses like that. It would be an unfair clause. If it's in the contract it's meaningless and unenforceable.

It's sensible to change the lock. If the LL needs access just make sure you're there to give them access, or make a copy of the new key available to them.

Franjipanl8r · 28/07/2024 00:22

Take it out of the loo, put it in the garden and sprinkle some holy water on it (just to be safe).

SeeSeeRider · 28/07/2024 00:21

Stichintime · 26/07/2024 23:36

It's been lurking and has reappeared

We call them 'lurkers'. I thought it was just us.

Franjipanl8r · 28/07/2024 00:18

Gallowayan · 27/07/2024 20:33

I immediately thought of Liz Truss, when I read this.😂

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🤣

Geppili · 28/07/2024 00:18

Landlord

HauntedbyMagpies · 27/07/2024 23:57

@TheSerenePinkOrca That's a breach of tenancy!

Incakewetrust · 27/07/2024 23:52

It's more than likely your DS.
My youngest forgets to flush all the time 🙈

ElliLovesDogs · 27/07/2024 23:48

Man in the attic

Firefly1987 · 27/07/2024 23:44

Theunamedcat · 27/07/2024 20:25

Could be dodgy plumbing I stayed in a hotel in Blackpool you flushed the toilet in the room next door it came up in the shower 🤮

Omg! I've always been paranoid about plumbing, I try not to flush the toilet when I have washing in the machine just in case something gets crossed somewhere and toilet water somehow gets in the washing machine😆you're not putting my mind at rest any 😱

BiscuityBoyle · 27/07/2024 23:28

hammering · 27/07/2024 07:01

It's a ghost poo. It's just got stuck somewhere and floated back up.

This. Floating ghost poo. Was there paper?

SoreAndTired1 · 27/07/2024 23:13

mysterypoo · 26/07/2024 23:52

The only people that we know of who have a key is the agency/lanndlord

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I'd get the agency/landlord to go up the attic if you're too afraid to (I would be too scared). I'd probably be away from the house when they do it. The thought of someone living up in the roof of my house terrifies me.

dizzydizzydizzy · 27/07/2024 22:11

The most likely explanations are far more likely. Either DP did it or a previous poo returned to the bowl.

TheWoodlanders · 27/07/2024 21:52

Is there a mirror in your bathroom? Lift it off and look behind it for a corridor into a hidden apartment

TheSerenePinkOrca · 27/07/2024 21:46

marmiteoneverything · 27/07/2024 20:46

Is it the norm to change the locks when you move into a rented house?!

We haven’t 😬

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Absolutely! Always! You never know how many copies of the key have been made!

Changing the barrel is easy. Lots of youtube videos. Just keep the old barrel to change back if you ever move.

The LL or agency shouldn't ever be letting themselves in so in theory should never know you changed it.

marmiteoneverything · 27/07/2024 20:46

TheSerenePinkOrca · 27/07/2024 20:33

You didn't change the locks when you moved in?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

(If you didn't then do this ASAP. Keep the old barrel to put back in when you leave the tenancy...)

It could have been a previous tenant who saw you go out so let themselves in to take a dump!

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Is it the norm to change the locks when you move into a rented house?!

We haven’t 😬

Gallowayan · 27/07/2024 20:33

Stichintime · 26/07/2024 23:36

It's been lurking and has reappeared

I immediately thought of Liz Truss, when I read this.😂

TheSerenePinkOrca · 27/07/2024 20:33

mysterypoo · 26/07/2024 23:52

The only people that we know of who have a key is the agency/lanndlord

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You didn't change the locks when you moved in?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

(If you didn't then do this ASAP. Keep the old barrel to put back in when you leave the tenancy...)

It could have been a previous tenant who saw you go out so let themselves in to take a dump!

NeverDropYourMooncup · 27/07/2024 20:29

It's your DP denying it or the landlord did an unannounced/illegal visit.

Theunamedcat · 27/07/2024 20:25

Could be dodgy plumbing I stayed in a hotel in Blackpool you flushed the toilet in the room next door it came up in the shower 🤮

magnoliaagain · 27/07/2024 15:51

DH. For sure. Just was a bit embarrassed

hammering · 27/07/2024 07:01

It's a ghost poo. It's just got stuck somewhere and floated back up.

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