Currently living with 3 of my children in temporary accommodation. The council have moved us into a nice house, miles away from my support network. We are in a nice area.
The house has a bright orange 70s kitchen, I period 70s fire surround and 70s issue gas fires.
The previous owner was a bit of a handyman and wired lightbulbs in cupboards, had a thing for putting wires behind walls et cetera.
Ever since we moved in, it has been a bit of a creepy vibe. My kids won’t stay downstairs on their own. My little girl will follow me upstairs and downstairs because she doesn’t want to be left alone.
About three times I have heard somebody walking around downstairs.
I have gone down to investigate and nobody there.
Kitchen cupboards have banged. Again, nobody was there.
And then the icing on the cake, the smoke detectors which were situated on the windowsill because they were broken and the landlord won’t replace them went off at 4 am in the morning.
I went down and investigated and nothing was on fire.
I bought new smoke detectors and install them, and I haven’t heard the old smoke detectors go off since.
During the night, all the lights downstairs are on. The kitchen hall and living room lights stay on. This seems to stop the footsteps and the cupboards bang.
I did do a quick look for vermin.
I couldn’t find any holes, droppings etc. Food is untouched, no holes, nibbled in packaging, et cetera.
The kids are trying to persuade me to look in the attic. Not going to do that. I am disabled so looking in the attic it’s probably something that I don’t particularly want to do. I don’t want to encourage the children to look in the attic either because I don’t want a foot to put through the ceiling!
I’m also getting nagged to do odd jobs. Basically drawn towards fixing stuff. The blinds in the downstairs rooms. A kitchen drawer which I didn’t know, needed fixing. And the front garden needs doing.
It’s a bit of a boring haunting really!
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[link] [comments]Currently living with 3 of my children in temporary accommodation. The council have moved us into a nice house, miles away from my support network. We are in a nice area. The house has a bright orange 70s kitchen, I period 70s fire surround and 70s issue gas fires. The previous owner was a bit of a handyman and wired lightbulbs in cupboards, had a thing for putting wires behind walls et cetera. Ever since we moved in, it has been a bit of a creepy vibe. My kids won’t stay downstairs on their own. My little girl will follow me upstairs and downstairs because she doesn’t want to be left alone. About three times I have heard somebody walking around downstairs. I have gone down to investigate and nobody there. Kitchen cupboards have banged. Again, nobody was there. And then the icing on the cake, the smoke detectors which were situated on the windowsill because they were broken and the landlord won’t replace them went off at 4 am in the morning. I went down and investigated and nothing was on fire. I bought new smoke detectors and install them, and I haven’t heard the old smoke detectors go off since. During the night, all the lights downstairs are on. The kitchen hall and living room lights stay on. This seems to stop the footsteps and the cupboards bang. I did do a quick look for vermin. I couldn’t find any holes, droppings etc. Food is untouched, no holes, nibbled in packaging, et cetera. The kids are trying to persuade me to look in the attic. Not going to do that. I am disabled so looking in the attic it’s probably something that I don’t particularly want to do. I don’t want to encourage the children to look in the attic either because I don’t want a foot to put through the ceiling! I’m also getting nagged to do odd jobs. Basically drawn towards fixing stuff. The blinds in the downstairs rooms. A kitchen drawer which I didn’t know, needed fixing. And the front garden needs doing. It’s a bit of a boring haunting really! submitted by /u/VixenRoss [link] [comments]
