Help! Taps turning on at 3am!

[Newbabynewhouse]

We moved into a new house 2 weeks ago and last night I woke up to hear running water.. I knew it was the bath and thought it was my partner bathing before work (he usually showers at 5am) I realised it was still dark so thought it can't be him as it's too early.. i checked time and it was 3.05am... i went in to find the hot tap on (fully, not dripping or dribbling) and the bath was almost full as I'd left the plug in from bathing baby at 7pm...

I remembered this morning that last week friends came round and I went to the loo to notice the hot tap was on in bathroom SINK but thought nothing of it as just thought they hadn't turned it off...

I contacted previous owner, they said nothing like that happened to them...

Can there be a logical explanation rather than paranormal???

@Speakuptomakeyourselfheard

I don't have any children other than a baby who is 5 months old so cannot walk lol...

My partner of ten years has never sleepwalked.. I did once as a teenager but I'm now 30 And have no evidence I've do e it again... I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.. but suppose I can't say 100%

Omg DO NOT set up a camera... just move out ASAP

A quick google gives me this:
kitchenhomelet.com/faucet-turns-on-by-itself/

And it's not ghost related OP!

Definitely a ghost, and it doesn’t like you!

@Newbabynewhouse Tbf the previous owner could be lying. If it was a known fault then she might just be worried you're going to cause her some trouble and complain if she confesses.

Ah yes, mine needed a washer!

Do you have a cat? My cat used to turn on a tap in the bathroom sink. Finally had to install a preventative elastic band.

No cats? Mine is the cats

What kind of taps?

100% a ghost. They love turning on a tap, ghost budgies very much so.

No cats! No pets.... twisty taps x

Are you sure the previous owner is actually alive.....? Could she be the ghost?

"Betsy's been dead for 10 years ....."

Sorry OP. I hope there's a logical solution - I'd be a bit freaked out too!

The logical answers have solved the mystery of our 'haunted' library in primary school anyway

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Please replace your taps, taps can open because the water pressure can operate the valve inside the taps. Usually due to cheap taps. Information given from DH who is a plumber and who has experienced this with customers.

[watches thread from behind a sofa cushion]

@Diversion

That sounds like a good answer!!! Haha ... I'll go with that!!!
.. weird though that it never happened to her!...

I'm scared to go to bed!!!!!!!!!!

Thought I heard heavy breathing on baby monitor! It was just baby.. Eek

Yeah, this has happened to me - poor water pressure, as someone said above.

But also, the vendor might not be being entirely truthful - legally everything should be in “good working order” when you buy, so they might be concerned that if they admit this is a preexisting problem, you’ll complain. I wouldn’t put too much faith in their assertion that it hasn’t happened before!

Logically it's water pressure and valve...

But 3am?! The holy trinity 3...mocking the trinity... poltergeist 😱

Good to see the ghosts are doing their part and taking government advice on hand hygiene seriously.

@TakeYourFinalPosition

What did u do to fix the problem? And what was it that made them come on? Was it on more than one tap for you? X

This might be a stupid suggestion but set an alarm so you wake up just before it happens and watch to see if it's a stray cat/ghost/boogie man/ginormous spider turning on the tap

I saw this on an episode of Ghost Hunters. It was definitely just the tap and water pressure. As for the former owner, she's probably lying because she didnt let you know about the issue before you bought the house.

Fuck. That. I think I'd have shat myself.
Change the taps asap, if it happens again, burn the whole house down and relocate to Australia.

Or it could just be the water pressure...