what is the worst thing your home has ever survived? *MNHQ adding content warning*

[RzorC]

a few storms

WW2.

It used to be mid terrace but now its end terrace with quite a pronounced lean. All the houses that were attached to the right of it were flattened by a bomb.

My DC2’s poo smearing stage which lasted over a year.

When I lived in California- The 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Absolutely terrifying

The previous owner's bodged DIY.

The blitz. My road used to be all victorian terraces, now its about half and half because of the bombing.

The 70s kitchen (mainly the oven) that was still being used in 2018 by the previous owner, then us for a short while.

The grill would short the fuse box

Fire.
Not my house survived...but my sister survived in my house from cutting her throat wide open falling on a drinking glass. Held her throat together until ambulance came. She was very lucky to survive

A raging wildfire that destroyed over 2,000 homes. And a flood that destroyed a few hundred more.

Gas fires being installed without the original chimneys being swept/liner installed. Luckily we moved in during a hot summer and git them removed, the chimneys swept and new gas fires installed before we needed to use them.
A major water leak under the house from the incoming supply pipe.

Burst pipes in the loft, when I say pipes I mean leaks in the plural. It was a very old house which we thought was well lagged but not well enough. Water was literally pouring through the ceiling in five different places, buckets couldn’t catch enough, I had to use plastic under bed boxes . I will never, ever forget it. It only stopped when we turned the water off at the mains , it took two days for the plumbers to fix all the holes.

We drained the system down when we left for the winter after that, including putting compressed air through to dry it out totally.

I wish I hadn’t remembered that!

My puppy.

And only just 🤦‍♀️

The English Civil War. A localised famine/crop failure that was documented. General neglect in decades and centuries gone by probably as it really was not grand! But it’s still standing and very solid and cosy 😊

A flood. Then a year later, a fire. I'm actually not sure it isn't cursed.

Earthquake. Only it didn't survive. Hang on.

Ww2, fracking, my kids!

I say ww2 but we are not in an area that was bombed.
The fracking on the other hand may have caused local issues

Bedbugs
Two sewage floods in the basement.

Previous house burst pipe under bath which brought the kitchen ceiling down. This house terrible bodges by a tradesman which included ripping out the mains cable with a digger 😬

A civil war siege that took out surrounding buildings.

180 years. We have a low wall at the front that neighbour gets very uptight about when kids walk along it. I point out that given how long the wall's been there, kids probably have been walking along it for the same number of years.

A civil war siege that took out surrounding buildings

OK. Impressed.

Aside from WW2, the front bays of my terraced house must have collapsed at some point in the past, since the front wall is constructed differently and the house looks different to others in the street. A former neighbour said he remembered it happening (although he may have been over-dramatising). Very glad not to have been living here when it happened.

More recently, next door's major excavation works. The house survived. I nearly didn't!

WWII although our street wasn’t too badly impacted.
a Yorkshire terrier with a fondness for criminal activity
severe damp