My Short-Lived Home Ownership Experience

SifuPhil

R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
They claim that one of the American dreams is to own your own home.

I'm here to tell you that it's actually a nightmare.

I scrimped and saved for years to be able to afford a nice house, and finally in 1998 I bought one.

This was the built-in bookcase in the master bedroom.

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Nice, huh?

Until one day I tripped and grabbed the edge of the bookcase ...

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What the ... ?!? I got to my feet and cautiously peered around the corner of the case, only to see ...

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Curiouser and curiouser! The realtor never mentioned this "feature". I slowly took the first few steps down and saw ...

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A spiral staircase?!? INSIDE MY WALLS??? What in the world ... I grabbed a flashlight and my hunting knife, just in case, and sweating like a drunken sailor I made my way down the staircase to find ...


 


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