A woman in the U.K. was left floored by what she found behind the wallpaper in her home during renovation works.
The disappointing moment was detailed in a clip posted on November 19 by @maisongigihome , which was captured in London, according to a location shared with the post.
The caption shared with the video says: “We wanted a cute Victorian house …the house had other plans.”
The clip shows a woman looking up at a ceiling that has been stripped back. “She thought she was getting a cute Victorian house…,” explains text overlaid on the clip. The text continues: “Then she stripped the wallpaper …”
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The video goes on to reveal “polystyrene [a synthetic material] tiles on the ceiling, mould, five layers of wallpaper & paint, cracks everywhere, asbestos,

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