I was bored today...and watching some tv when I came across this story about these people who bought this house only to find out that it was home to thousands of garter snakes as well. It was so messed up. Snakes by the thousands, underneath the house, in the walls, in the ceilings, in the crawlspaces.
It was so messed up they ended up having to move out and the bank foreclosed on the house. And now the bank is trying to sell it. And believe it or not---they are having some real problems.
So any of you snake lovers out there--you might be interested in a move to Idaho.
Yea, know the video is old---just wanted to post a video link as well as an article.
The web article is from 01-31-2011.
The second owners left the house and had to file bankruptcy. I wonder why they didn't try to sue whoever sold them the house since they didn't tell them how bad the snake problem really was. It would seem like they would have a case.
Check out Infested! on Animal Planet. I saw this last night, someone actually moved into this house after these people and found this video online. Safe to say they gave up the fight and moved out shortly thereafter.
The house is built on top of a Snake Den, there's so many of them that the musk they release has gotten into the water system, discolored it and gave it an awful order. Sick stuff.
When I bought my 2 houses, my first and the one I am in now, we had an Inspector come in and look at everything before we bought. The sale of the house was contingent on the inspection..
My question is this.. How in the World does this not show up in an inspection? Better yet, how do you not see all these snakes when you are looking at the house? We look at our house at least 2-3 times before deciding to buy..
I can see how it's possible. Snakes hibernate in the winter. Perhaps they looked at the house then. Even if you went back 2 or 3 times, you wouldn't notice it. (now, perhaps a good inspector would've - don't know. But snakes hibernate in the ground, don't they? (I'm no snake expert)
Quote: I can see how it's possible. Snakes hibernate in the winter. Perhaps they looked at the house then. Even if you went back 2 or 3 times, you wouldn't notice it. (now, perhaps a good inspector would've - don't know. But snakes hibernate in the ground, don't they? (I'm no snake expert)
Yes, on the show there is a day where all the snakes in the yard disappear and the family thinks everything is fine until they go to sleep. Then they hear them in the walls and ceiling. The next day the husband inspects around the house, pulls off a piece of siding and around 50 snakes fall out. After that he went under the house and found snake holes everyhwere.
Quote: When I bought my 2 houses, my first and the one I am in now, we had an Inspector come in and look at everything before we bought. The sale of the house was contingent on the inspection..
My question is this.. How in the World does this not show up in an inspection? Better yet, how do you not see all these snakes when you are looking at the house? We look at our house at least 2-3 times before deciding to buy..
You don't have to have an inspection. They may have forgone one, which would have turned out to be really, really dumb.
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