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We Played "Find the Smell"

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The primary bathroom has/had a bizarre oversized, single-occupant shower that was clearly a MacGyvered-together personal project from the former owner. One of the tells that this was a stroke of genius from the Ghost of Home Owners Past is that water had clearly worked its way into the wall shared with the primary bedroom and there was water damage and mold along the baseboard. Further driving concern was that after about a week in the house Brie and I noticed a pronounced sickly sweet smell while in their (we had already decided to not use the obviously borked shower, but...everybody poops).  Bull by the horns we bought a pry bar and used the long weekend to our benefit. We found: A plastic shell glued to the pre-existing tiling. The shell overlapped awkwardly and odd gapping had been stuffed with wooden shims and aluminum foil and then caulked over to death. Some kind of open hole in the wall that I guess might have been a previous shower head, but that doesn't track. Whatever it

A Swampy Murder House

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 I bought editing software to create art for you all! Please enjoy this tour of our property and the weird creepy room the previous owner made.  Worth noting that I recorded this a couple of weeks ago and since then we've had major snow and rain storms that did end up overwhelming the yard. Regrading part of the yard, burying some gutters, and digging the swale deeper are all on the menu going forward. S.