Going into someone else’s house can truly be an experience. Sometimes, their house is exactly what you’d expect. Other times, there’s a lot of weirdness you’d never see coming .
For those Reddit users out there that work jobs that require them to enter someone’s house , these are the strangest things they’ve ever found . You really never know what you might find in a stranger’s home.
“Did appliance delivery/installation for a summer, we delivered a dishwasher and a range to a house that on the outside looked like a typical middle class ranch style house.” – spork02
“We went inside, and there were no walls in the entire house. The frame work was there, all the electrical and duct work was ran like normal, but no dry wall or plaster on anything.”
“You could see from one side of the house to the other, including bedrooms and bathrooms.”
“The latter was very apparent when, during the installation of the dishwasher, the guy went to the bathroom that was adjacent to the kitchen and proceeded to take a dump. He was still talking to us and we unfortunately could see everything, including the fact that he did not wash his hands when he was done.”
“I work for a funeral home. I go into people’s houses on a daily basis. I’ve seen hoarders. I’ve seen decomposing bodies.” – Sega32X
“But nothing was weirder than the family that had their refrigerator in the living room. Not even against a wall. Dead center middle of the floor.”
To be fair, that is pretty weird.
“I work for a remodel company and this lady who lives all by herself in this huge three story house had an exorbitant amount of dream catchers in basically every room of the house.” – socialjusticepedant
“There was one particularly large dream catcher (about the size of a smart car) hanging down in the middle of the dining room. I never got the nerve to ask what her fascination with them was.”
“I once entered a home where literally (and I am using the word correctly here) every spare space on the walls was occupied with cuckoo clocks. There must have been hundreds.” – Darkblue777
“So you walk in, get a strange feeling (‘Something’s off here’) and then you register that you can’t see the walls.”
“Not my story, my Dad’s. He used to deliver furniture. He and his buddy go to deliver a dining set to a house.” – PerfectChaos33
“The homeowner is sitting on a recliner as my dad and his coworker unpack the dining set and set it up. The guy had a gun on the side table directly next to him, he was just chillin and watching tv.”
“Finally they’re done setting it up, the guy then grabs the gun and points it at my dad.”
“Tells him to empty his wallet and get out. Dad’s coworker was pissed, my dad did exactly what he said, coworker did the same. They left.”
“There was a payphone at the corner, my dad calls 911, says he just got mugged.”
“Dispatch asks for details of the mugger, my dad was able to give the guy’s first and last name, address, phone number, and a description of what the guy looked like.
“Guy got arrested, my dad and coworker got their money back.”
“Walked in on [an adult film] shoot once.” – PM_ME_NATURE_NUDES
“Owner’s assistant forgot to tell me they rented out the house on the same day I was supposed to work on the aquarium.”
That would definitely make for one awkward conversation with your boss.
“My dad cleans air ducts. One time there was a bunch of human [expletive] in one air duct.” – anything2me
“The owners were complaining about a smell when their AC was on or something like that. Turns out their kid somehow knew how to get in there and pooped in there for like a few weeks straight.”
“Delivered furniture. Lady has mannequins EVERYWHERE in her home doing various tasks.” – Lets_Do_ButtStuff
“At the dinner table, watching tv, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, playing cards in the game room, IN HER BED. Every single one was dressed up very nicely as well.”
“She had us move ‘Gavin’ from her bed to replace the mattress.”
“When we were done she pulled a wad of money out of her bra, flipped through about 30 $100 bills, several $50’s and gave us $20 each.”
At least she tipped?
“I install internet.” – paulpeckham
“While being shown where they wanted their modem I was ushered into a bedroom with a women sleeping in a bed with a goat next to her. The goat was watching T.V.”
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“A moose-head mounted on the wall over a tall fireplace with its antlers drooping down instead of pointing up.” – Back2Bach
“I kept wondering why its antlers were down as opposed to being erect, but decided not to ask because the guy seemed strange – as if he were just waiting for me to inquire.”
“Not me but a home inspector who came to our place recently told us that he had just visited a house where the entire floor, basically every square inch of the place was covered in loose change.” – squall113
“He said that there was probably a solid layer of coins and now they were working on their second. Said it must’ve been thousands of dollars worth.”
“Former door-to-door telecom salesman. Once entered the home of an elderly lady who I am 100% certain is a serial killer.” – InvincibleChip
“The inside of her house was COVERED in thousands of dolls of all kinds, mostly porcelain dolls. All the walls, floor to ceiling. Every piece of furniture. Every table, every shelf. She had a china cabinet full of little dolls. Her floor was covered in big dolls. Her garden was full of ceramic dolls. It was terrifying.”
“I was sent in to replace a ceiling in a rental unit over the bathtub. It was bulging down like it had water damage.” – bethelmayflower
“I thought it would be fast to just smash into it with my crowbar and yank it down, It all came down and I got covered from head to foot with ant larva. I did a little ew, ew dance.”
“I’m a home health nurse. I’ve seen some crazy [expletive].” – tattooedgothqueen
“One guy was an antique dealer that specialized in religious icons, namely catholic saints and crucifixes. Sad, dead Jesus was staring at me everywhere I turned.”
“I once joked with him that he would never have to be scared of vampires.”
“He replied, in all seriousness, that it was always prudent to be scared of vampires. I keep that advice close to my heart.”
At lest you can rest easy knowing he isn’t a vampire.
“I sometimes help my uncle do house clean outs. This one house had more books than a library.” – FieldCorpse
“Their entire attic, garage, and basement were filled with books, some from the 1700s. I helped out on third day of the job and we were still able to completely fill my uncles dump truck twice with just books. I should probably mention that this was a 3 story house with a basement.”
