This run-down house bought by John Reynolds hadn't been lived in for 20 years, but it had more than 100 stray cats – but there was something surprising in the garden.
A man was stunned to discover he was the owner of a huge swimming pool when heavy rain exposed a hidden pool in his backyard.
John Reynolds bought a run-down three-bedroom house that was slated for demolition for just £15,000, intending to briefly renovate it before selling it for a profit. Three months after the renovation project began, John received a call from a neighbor asking how the extreme weather was affecting the pool.
“I said, 'I don't know what you're talking about, I don't have a pool,' and she said, 'Yeah, yeah.'” Heavy rains shifted debris from the overgrown garden, and 32 The 35-year-old nurse was “speechless” when the giant 17-foot pool appeared. And after falling in love with daily swimming, John decided to keep the house in Texas for himself – after 18 months of hard work, the house was valued at £165,000 last year Even though there was.
“I feel like I stumbled upon a winning lottery ticket,” he said. “When I bought this property, I never in a million years thought I would end up swimming in my own pool. I bought it as a small investment with the intention of renovating it and selling it, but it was very expensive. Surprisingly, I don't know if I can let it go.
“My friends and I work on this job for hours every day. We couldn't ask for a better reward in our backyard.” John rescued the property from the bulldozer about three years ago. , the house had been vacant for a year after the previous owner passed away.
It had been occupied by garbage collectors for 20 years, but a garden filled with garbage and overgrown with grass was discovered and home to 100 stray cats. John ignored the backyard as one of his last priorities, even though he noticed that the garden was always particularly “swampy” even in dry conditions.
It was only when a massive rainstorm filled the pool to the brim that he realized its surprising hidden features. “I could see a bit of the concrete edge, but I thought it was part of a patio or flower bed,” he said. That small area was my last concern because there was so much going on at home, but I noticed that it was always damp even though it hadn't rained in weeks. Ta.
“When I went outside, I saw the water tiles and there was water right next to them. I was shocked. I thought, 'Whether I live here or sell my house, I can't leave it like this. It took 11 months just to do the removal process, and when the shell started to show, I was waiting for the big cracks to surface, but that didn't happen.
“When I got back to the bottom of the pool, I realized it was still in very good condition.” John spent £7,500 restoring the pool after removing old furniture, car parts and debris. But he said it would cost £120,000 to build the pool from scratch today.
