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Made in London said:
We live in a 250 years old cottage that is haunted.Have you ever seen/heard the ghosts that are rumoured to haunt your house? Tell us some stories....please :)
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What happens in your house?
 
This is a long story.
We have a conservatory built on the end of our living room with half glass french windows, & at the time we had two parrots in their cages living out there.
It was late at night & I was getting ready for bed when the birds suddenly went frantic,flapping & screaming.So I went to look & see what was wrong....& there was a man standing,facing towards the bird cages & looking into them.
He suddenly turned to face me & reached out his hand towards the door handle.My instinct was to grab the handle to stop him from coming into the living room.As I did,I felt it opening & I screamed "Who are you!!?"
At that point I fled out of the room & screamed up the stairs to my husband that there was someone in the house!
He came down with a baseball bat & we looked through the french doors into the conservatory & there was no one there
.All we could see was water & bird seed spilt all over the floor from where the birds had panicked earlier. The doors &windows to the outside were all locked.
We went all round the house which was all still locked.
We sat downstairs for ages & eventually went up to bed,leaving all the lights on. We heard the sound of our coal scuttle being dragged across the hearth & when we came down in the morning,all the lights had been switched off& the coal scuttle had been moved to the other side of the hearth.
Since then we have had things go missing & a picture fall off the wall while we were sitting watching TV. I am scared to be left alone in our house over night & go to bed with all the lights on even though we have lived here for over 40 years.
 
This house is scary, is this a Halloween thread?
 
Made in London said:
This is a long story.
We have a conservatory built on the end of our living room with half glass french windows, & at the time we had two parrots in their cages living out there.
It was late at night & I was getting ready for bed when the birds suddenly went frantic,flapping & screaming.So I went to look & see what was wrong....& there was a man standing,facing towards the bird cages & looking into them.
He suddenly turned to face me & reached out his hand towards the door handle.My instinct was to grab the handle to stop him from coming into the living room.As I did,I felt it opening & I screamed "Who are you!!?"
At that point I fled out of the room & screamed up the stairs to my husband that there was someone in the house!
He came down with a baseball bat & we looked through the french doors into the conservatory & there was no one there
.All we could see was water & bird seed spilt all over the floor from where the birds had panicked earlier. The doors &windows to the outside were all locked.
We went all round the house which was all still locked.
We sat downstairs for ages & eventually went up to bed,leaving all the lights on. We heard the sound of our coal scuttle being dragged across the hearth & when we came down in the morning,all the lights had been switched off& the coal scuttle had been moved to the other side of the hearth.
Since then we have had things go missing & a picture fall off the wall while we were sitting watching TV. I am scared to be left alone in our house over night & go to bed with all the lights on even though we have lived here for over 40 years.
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Yikes! What an interesting story!

Maybe the man used to live there, and he kept the coal scuttle on the other side. Have you ever researched photos of previous owners to see if anyone looks like the man you saw?
 
Made in London said:
This is a long story.
We have a conservatory built on the end of our living room with half glass french windows, & at the time we had two parrots in their cages living out there.
It was late at night & I was getting ready for bed when the birds suddenly went frantic,flapping & screaming.So I went to look & see what was wrong....& there was a man standing,facing towards the bird cages & looking into them.
He suddenly turned to face me & reached out his hand towards the door handle.My instinct was to grab the handle to stop him from coming into the living room.As I did,I felt it opening & I screamed "Who are you!!?"
At that point I fled out of the room & screamed up the stairs to my husband that there was someone in the house!
He came down with a baseball bat & we looked through the french doors into the conservatory & there was no one there
.All we could see was water & bird seed spilt all over the floor from where the birds had panicked earlier. The doors &windows to the outside were all locked.
We went all round the house which was all still locked.
We sat downstairs for ages & eventually went up to bed,leaving all the lights on. We heard the sound of our coal scuttle being dragged across the hearth & when we came down in the morning,all the lights had been switched off& the coal scuttle had been moved to the other side of the hearth.
Since then we have had things go missing & a picture fall off the wall while we were sitting watching TV. I am scared to be left alone in our house over night & go to bed with all the lights on even though we have lived here for over 40 years.
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Whoa, TERRIFYING! :eek2:
 
It certainly is beautiful and contains lots of beautiful things but I'm with Kenny on this one. I would feel claustrophobic
and feel like the walls were moving in.

The outside is really gorgeous though.
 
Bayek said:
This house is scary, is this a Halloween thread?
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I didn’t mean it to be, since I really love the Fort Wayne house. But it’s interesting to read the haunted house stories, especially this time of year!
 
stracci2000 said:
Yikes! What an interesting story!

Maybe the man used to live there, and he kept the coal scuttle on the other side. Have you ever researched photos of previous owners to see if anyone looks like the man you saw?
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We did look through the deeds at all the previous owners who were long gone but they would not have been dressed in modern clothes like the man I saw.He wore a beige jumper with ribbed cuffs & beige trousers. My husband said it could have been my reflection,but I was wearing all black at the time.I could not see his face because the conservatory was dark except for the light shining through from the living room but I could see that he was a big man with a big barrel chest.
 
I have a kind of spooky, kind of funny, kind of sad little story.

I was in the bathroom of our former townhome/rowhouse brushing my teeth one night. It was really quiet. All of a sudden all of the toilet paper hanging from the built-in wall dispenser unraveled to the floor. All of it. It had never happened before.

The next day I heard an ambulance pull up and went outside. The paramedics were entering my next-door neighbor‘s rowhouse with the daughter of the elderly Irish lady who lived there. They brought her out on a stretcher. She was deceased.

A few days after that I spoke with the president of our townhome association. The Irish lady’s daughter had told him that she couldn’t reach her mother by phone that morning so she went to check on her. She found her mother dead on the floor. The coroner said she had had a massive heart attack, likely the previous evening. I had heard nothing that evening.

Which room did the daughter find her in?
Her bathroom.
Directly on the other side of our toilet paper dispenser.
 
SallyBrown said:
I have a kind of spooky, kind of funny, kind of sad little story.

I was in the bathroom of our former townhome/rowhouse brushing my teeth one night. It was really quiet. All of a sudden all of the toilet paper hanging from the built-in wall dispenser unraveled to the floor. All of it. It had never happened before.

The next day I heard an ambulance pull up and went outside. The paramedics were entering my next-door neighbor‘s rowhouse with the daughter of the elderly Irish lady who lived there. They brought her out on a stretcher. She was deceased.

A few days after that I spoke with the president of our townhome association. The Irish lady’s daughter had told him that she couldn’t reach her mother by phone that morning so she went to check on her. She found her mother dead on the floor. The coroner said she had had a massive heart attack, likely the previous evening. I had heard nothing that evening.

Which room did the daughter find her in?
Her bathroom.
Directly on the other side of our toilet paper dispenser.
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Thank you for sharing your paranormal experience.
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SallyBrown said:
I have a kind of spooky, kind of funny, kind of sad little story.

I was in the bathroom of our former townhome/rowhouse brushing my teeth one night. It was really quiet. All of a sudden all of the toilet paper hanging from the built-in wall dispenser unraveled to the floor. All of it. It had never happened before.

The next day I heard an ambulance pull up and went outside. The paramedics were entering my next-door neighbor‘s rowhouse with the daughter of the elderly Irish lady who lived there. They brought her out on a stretcher. She was deceased.

A few days after that I spoke with the president of our townhome association. The Irish lady’s daughter had told him that she couldn’t reach her mother by phone that morning so she went to check on her. She found her mother dead on the floor. The coroner said she had had a massive heart attack, likely the previous evening. I had heard nothing that evening.

Which room did the daughter find her in?
Her bathroom.
Directly on the other side of our toilet paper dispenser.
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Oh, goosebumps.
 
Too much of...everything, specifically floors...lol
 
I would like to know who designated that house to be the most beautiful home in America? Not being snarky, just curious. I have seen many homes that I liked better but it does have beautiful craftsmanship if you like that style. I don't think I could live in it.
I once saw a home on Padero Lane in Carpinteria, CA that I thought was the most beautiful I had ever seen. It has been sold for a few years now, but I saved pictures of it on my iPad. Whenever I need a relaxation fix I pull up the pictures. It was way beyond my means, but I would have loved to live in it.
 
luv2sparkle said:
I would like to know who designated that house to be the most beautiful home in America? Not being snarky, just curious. I have seen many homes that I liked better but it does have beautiful craftsmanship if you like that style. I don't think I could live in it.
I once saw a home on Padero Lane in Carpinteria, CA that I thought was the most beautiful I had ever seen. It has been sold for a few years now, but I saved pictures of it on my iPad. Whenever I need a relaxation fix I pull up the pictures. It was way beyond my means, but I would have loved to live in it.
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Ooh, I’d love to see photos of that house!
 
It’s beautiful but not at all my style. Too much stuff.
 
AprilBaby said:
It’s beautiful but not at all my style. Too much stuff.
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I agree, too much stuff. They should have removed some things/paintings before listing it. It was recently an art gallery.
 
I think it's beautiful. Most beautiful is a relative term but I'd def live there. My oldest daughter also loves old houses.

Not quite as architectually interesting but I really enjoyed this touring Dita Von Teese's house (AD).
She is also a maximalist. I could NOT live like that (just think of the dusting!) but for her a reflection of her loves and interests.
 
partgypsy said:
I think it's beautiful. Most beautiful is a relative term but I'd def live there. My oldest daughter also loves old houses.

Not quite as architectually interesting but I really enjoyed this touring Dita Von Teese's house (AD).
She is also a maximalist. I could NOT live like that (just think of the dusting!) but for her a reflection of her loves and interests.
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As soon as I saw the taxidermy I had to stop watching. Too sad.
 
Wow, in Cupertino, CA near Stevens Creek Elementary you can buy a shed for such sum of money. A one story shed with a small backyard. Small front yard and no pool. Some pictures I took in July (no fires yet, my DIL was running). Each and every house you see is no less that $2,000,000. I know because houses here are often for sale, people are moving after their kids go to college.
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TheGarnetGirl said:
*debates freaking everyone out or not with copious stories of first hand unexplained paranormal*
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Yes. Please share. Maybe we should start a thread re paranormal experiences?
 
missy said:
Yes. Please share. Maybe we should start a thread re paranormal experiences?
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Ooooh do it & I'll post one!
Eeep that sounds manipulative, sorry! But I think that'd be great especially as October just started!
 
partgypsy said:
I think it's beautiful. Most beautiful is a relative term but I'd def live there. My oldest daughter also loves old houses.

Not quite as architectually interesting but I really enjoyed this touring Dita Von Teese's house (AD).
She is also a maximalist. I could NOT live like that (just think of the dusting!) but for her a reflection of her loves and interests.
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I wonder if she still has Ava Braun's purse......:shock:
 
TheGarnetGirl said:
Ooooh do it & I'll post one!
Eeep that sounds manipulative, sorry! But I think that'd be great especially as October just started!
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OK will do! "See" you soon.

:errrr: 8)
 
This house is pretty and I love the stone work but way too much wallpaper. I don't like wallpaper at all. Though when my sons and I went to Ireland and stayed at Ashford Castle our rooms had embroidered silk wall coverings. Now that was beautiful and something I could get behind! Wallpaper - no way.
 
That house in the original post was Castle Gallery. I know it because my work was exhibited there. The owners are fabulous and work hard promoting the arts in their community. It was really a hub of life in the area with collectors driving in from out of state.

It looks "busy" because its a gallery filled with paintings and sculptures that are (were) for sale. The owners also lived in the house and wanted to show clients what it is like having artwork in a home environment. Yes, for a regular house it has too much art, but remember, its a gallery.

They threw the best parties with live jazz bands. I'll see if I can dig photos off my phone from opening nights. I remember being packed in there like sardines, everyone laughing and having a great time, art selling like crazy. Good memories.

The house was designed by an important architect in the region and has historical significance.
 
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