Children, especially in the teen years, can be creative in where they hide contraband from the parents. I have a friend who bought a house and, years later, he had to do electrical work. When he removed covers on the wall switches in the bedroom that had belonged to a teenage girl, he found strings. When he pulled on the strings he got drug paraphernalia and condoms at the other end. It was like fishing. That was one fun-seeking teenage girl. She knew how to party.
At a recent inspection I found something odd. I opened the small door to view the pump at a jacuzzi tub. When I peered inside there were boxes and packages of Marlboros loose and strung all over. My first thought was that this was a weird place to store cigarettes. Then I got to thinking, hmmm maybe one spouse does not want the other to know that he or she smokes. An hour later a couple teenage daughters came home from school. I think it most likely that this was their stash, but who knows? Then again, maybe everyone at the home was ignorant that the cigs were on premises and they belonged to residents who had lived in the home previously. Most people never open an area such as this. Maybe they do once! I have seen people who lived in homes for years who had no clue that there were cubby-holes like this until I opened them during an inspection. Steven L. Smith Bellingham WA Home Inspections
Steven, hopefully one day you can open up one of these and find a bag of money.
Nice thought Frank. But even if I did, I would have to leave it there. Woe is me.
I have teenagers at home and will have to take a closer look at all the hiding places.
The stuff you inspectors come across in crawl spaces and attics (snakes, carcasses etc.) would freak me out. You couldn't pay me enough money to go into these places.
Sandy
I liked this blog. I was selling a house and the seller pointed out a secret hiding or sliding drawer area. There was no way to tell it pulled out. She said the owner before had a child who dealt drugs out the bedroom window and hid the merchandise in this area.
Oh, and in one other house there was a trap door in the kitchen that couldn't be seen. I think they hid guns down under the house.
Sandy, Good idea.
Barbara, this was not that strange compared to Chuckie B and his drugs he finds
Chuckie B, you know perfectly well I am always respectful ofo you at your blogs. You are not a gentleman.
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