A couple were left horrified to learn their new flat had a rather unnerving secret.
Eerie footage of the Victorian flat has been posted shared to TikTok by Dr Scary (@dr_scaryy), just in time for Halloween. In it, the couple find hole in their staircase which leads on to a sharp descent to a lower level of the building and a wooden door at the bottom.
“Under the stairs we knocked it through and then you look through the hole and it is just a f***ing staircase,” one of the pair could be heard saying. The couple then make their way down and the door opens to a “secret room” and “endless tunnels,” which aren’t believed to have been mentioned in the deeds or by previous owners.
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The video goes on to showcase a series of derelict corridors and rooms, all of which appear to have suffered significant damage and contain piles of concrete rubble. However, plumbing on one of the walls suggests the space had been in use much more recently than Victorian times.
After exploring some more, the couple found an opening that appears to provide some sunlight and where the sounds of the road above are audible. “This is all underneath me – I’m not going to be able to sleep,” admitted one of the residents.
“Just make the door secure and start renovating each room under you one at a time until you have a massive secured space you can use, no one needs to know,” advised one user in response.
“It’s haunted, get out now,” penned a second in fear. “It’s giving Blair Witch,” agreed a third. “The flat’s probably doubled in value since then,” quipped a fourth person. “The scary part is they will now be taxing you on the extra rooms and/or buildings.”
A fifth person offered an explanation behind the find, writing: “Tunnels or just connected basements. It’s not that uncommon in Victorian houses to have connected lifts and basements it’s only in recent years people have closed them off.”
Whilst another added: “You had to get the coal or wood in and store it somewhere. Depending on the winters you need a lot. Also cellars were important until refrigerators. My grandparents farm house was built in the 1800’s and had coal and wood chutes. Hard to clean that up so many times they’d just block it off once gas was an option.”