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House of horrors - please help me see a nicer reason for this

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HouseOfHorrors · 10/07/2018 14:06

Today I viewed a house, I knew it would be in bad condition and was a refurb job. It beyond disgustingly bad - even had a used needle on the floor.

However what has really freaked me out is every room in the house had a heavy duty anti-cut padlock on the outside of the door! Some rooms the padlock was still done up and the door had been broken to open the room and others the padlocks had been taken off and just hooked onto the one side of the catch.

Now all I can think is that people have been locked up their against their will and potentially drugged there. I've keep wondering if it was a unwilling prostitute prison house.

I'm a wuss at the best of times, so this has got me feeling sick. Please somebody come up with a reason why you would heavy duty padlock every room in the house from the outside, that doesn't include people being held against the will.

OP posts:
Vitalogy · 19/07/2018 23:14

Was it £70,000 before OP?
It doesn't even say when the auction will be held, odd.

HouseOfHorrors · 20/07/2018 07:56

It was £67k originally.

It's modern method of auction so you make an offer when you want it and they can wait and see if they get a better offer or accept your offer at any time.

The only person who gains from modern method of auction is the estate agent (the buyer has to pay £6k estate agent fees, on top of offer price. So people offer less than they would in a normal auction or on the open market, so seller looses out.

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Vitalogy · 20/07/2018 08:12

Oh right, a big drop then.

I've seen some properties advertised as going to auction but they give the venue and date of where it's going to be held. Not seen the way it's advertised on this one before though.

Everything ticking along nicely with the one you picked?

user1457017537 · 20/07/2018 16:13

I am in property and I must confess I have never heard of this method of auction, and to be honest can’t see many developers willing to pay £6k commission on a £67k house. The normal method is sealed bids and even then the seller doesn’t have to accept the offer.

TinoTheArtisticMouse · 20/07/2018 16:59

In an old student house I had a padlock to lock the room when I was out. It had a bolt to lock from the inside if I wanted.

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