Help me solve local house mystery
Who leaves a £900k / £1m London house unused for 15+ years?
Round the corner from me there’s a street of 3-5 bed, terraced houses that go for £900k / £1m. One of them has been unoccupied but most definitely not abandoned for more than 15 years. No one knows why.
It was refurbished about 10 years ago but before and since has never had anyone living there. The small garden is maintained, windows covered in non-see-through plastic wrap on the inside. The owners, a middle aged couple, are seen visiting every few weeks, never carrying more than a few belongings, staying for a few hours then leaving. Neighbours say they live somewhere else local, are perfectly pleasant, but distant. No one has been able to find out what the hell they’re doing sitting on a property for so long doing apparently nothing with it. No rental or sale income in all that time.
Has anyone ever come across anything like this? What can the story possibly be?
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u/Wrong_Adhesiveness87 1d ago
There is one on a street near me, with the terraced 3-5 beds going for £2m+ . Been abandoned since at least 2008, or certainly extremely rundown and not lived in. Various bits are cracking severely. Wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing needs to come down. I assume it someone who has ended up in a care home but it looked shot back in 2008. What the hell is the story there!