{"id":120218,"date":"2023-10-20T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120218"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:59:43","slug":"i-cant-believe-they-let-people-see-this-bloke-tours-worst-house-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/i-cant-believe-they-let-people-see-this-bloke-tours-worst-house-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I can’t believe they let people see this’ bloke tours ‘worst house in England’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re buying a property at auction, it\u2019s a good idea to visit the place first so you can see it for yourself. Estate agents\u2019 photos can be deceptive.<\/p>\n

But not even the most brilliant photographer on Earth could take a flattering picture of a three-bedroomed former cannabis farm in Middlesborough, which has been described by urban explorer Wandering Turnip as \u201cthe worst house in England\u201d.<\/p>\n

The house, which is to be auctioned next week with a guide price of \u00a310,000, has been on the market for over a year. When the YouTuber \u2013 real name David Burnip \u2013 visited it last year he was shocked by its appearance but overwhelmed by something the photos can\u2019t show \u2013 the smell.<\/p>\n

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Every room is littered with rubbish; bedding, food containers and a number of items that are scorched beyond recognition cover so much of the floor that whole areas of the house are impassable. \u201cI cannot believe [the estate agents] were letting people walk around here,\u201d David says, \u201cit is totally trashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s evidence that this property, like a few others on his \u201cworst houses available for sale\u201d list, is a former cannabis grow house. Criminals occupy vacant properties, often hacking into electricity meters to drive powerful heat lamps, and grow as much marijuana as they can before the law catches up with them. Or, as in this case, the house burns down.<\/p>\n

Large parts of the house\u2019s roof are missing, where flames tore through it. That\u2019s the problem with buying property at auction, David says: \u201cThe pictures don't show this wall, they don\u2019t show this part of the house that looks like this \u2013 they just show the rooms that are actually in all right shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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