OK, this is partially an AIBU. Posted about this briefly on the property forum, but we're in the process of buying a house. We've had first and second viewings, a valuation done and a homebuyer survey (we asked for a full structural... that's another issue). On none of these occasions have we been able to view the cellar, which is accessible via hatch on the ground floor. Each time there's been furniture on top of the hatch and no one has moved it prior to surveyors coming round, etc. Report once again says 'couldn't see cellar because heavy furniture on top of the hatch.' But the vendors store a lot of things down there, so it's simple enough to get down (there are steps, not a ladder). The meters are also there. Rest of the survey results are as expected on a Victorian house, some maintenance and repairs need doing.
AIBU to think we and the surveyors should have seen the cellar by now? The estate agent wasn't even told there was a cellar to begin with. We only knew because it appeared on a cached version of the property details from when it was on the market some years ago. The vendor only confirmed there was a cellar when we brought this up.
So what's being hidden down there? Bodies? Treasure? The Necronomicon? Or more seriously, rats, rot, woodworm, flooding.
(We're in touch with the solicitor btw, to get the thing actually looked at since that's what we paid for). The surveyor himself didn't seem concerned or even bothered about checking it out, just that 'the meters are down there, it's currently being used for storage, please let me know if this is satisfactory.' So while I wait to make some phone calls again, please regale me with your tales of what you think is hidden in the haunted basement. DH thinks it's possessed beanie babies.