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When you’re searching for a new home, there are no perfect houses. Some don’t have enough closets. Some have hot pink bathtubs. Some are in Alabama. ( A joke. No hate mail necessary. Roll Tide! )
Here’s one in a very nice section of Virginia. Homes of this size in that area go for a million plus… but it just sold for $200,000 less. And the reason wasn’t a lack of a wood burning fireplace.
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Small garage? You can enlarge it.
Out of date kitchen? You can remodel it.
But people living in the basement? That’s got to be a hard spin for even the most talented of realtors.
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Someone is living in your basement for three years, brings a friend… and you couldn’t be bothered to kick them out?
I can’t even imagine this scenario.
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River's world..... 
Did it occur to them to call the police? Or change the locks when the basement dwellers left the house? Was it their own adult children? I have so many questions!
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I know, it’s ridiculous. If they’re adult children I doubt they’d sell them with the house…. But then again, maybe the offer was too good to refuse.
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Eviction laws are different in every State–plus some have ‘squatter’s Rights!!! There are people who live in million dollar homes in Florida that can’t be kicked out and don’t pay rent.
This will give you some idea https://www.managecentralfloridaproperty.com/squatters-rights-florida
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That’s crazy. Though I can’t say I’ve ever known of a squatter who paid the property taxes.
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Maybe the inhabitants are a red female squirrel, and her squirrel boyfriend. That would explain them not paying rent. Looking at the house, I would not expect it to have a finished basement, though not sure why I think that. Anyway, someone already bought it, squatters or non-rent-paying tenants included. Maybe you can ask them, the new owners, what’s up?
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That’s the other side of the coin. Who in their right mind buys a house with squatters included?
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This is ridiculous, like how the hell can you not have someone thrown out of your own house!?! Believe me, I’d have said it would be easier to hide “bodies” in the basement so try me……😈
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My question is how did they get there, and why didn’t you notice? Although to be fair, if their basement is full of crap like ours… The Brady Bunch could slip in without anyone noticing.
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I don’t know if squatters have rights in my state, but just to be on the safe side, I’m going to padlock my outhouse and put an electric fence around it.
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I think that’s wise.
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What the frick? That can’t be real. Please DO not let this be real.
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It’s real. Bat shit crazy… but real.
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Brings new meaning to the phrase “cellar dwellers.”
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Glad they’re not in our cellar. Although now that I think on it, maybe they are. With all my husband’s crap they could easily stay hidden for years.
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A truly bizarre story.
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Now, that’s funny. But, if they have their own entrance and you keep the house entrance to basement locked or boarded up plus, get them to sign so basement is their property only, I guess it could be okay.
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Not no my universe. Nope.
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I hope they’re not using power and water.
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After 3 years? They’d have to…
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