A woman who is in the process of renovating her newly-purchased property into her own bakery has shared an incredible discovery she made behind overgrown shrubs at the rear of the site.
Since taking ownership of the building, which was once an opticians, Nelly has been documenting it’s progression into a fully functioning business premises that will also provide accomodation for her mother on the first floor. “Five years ago, I fell in love with this property… and today, it’s finally mine,” she revealed in a TikTok video in October.
“It wasn’t for sale back then, but I never stopped dreaming. When it finally went on the market, I took a chance and got it! Now, I’m turning it into my dream bakery – a place built from patience, passion, and pure faith.”
Providing an update on the project, Nelly admitted she was left “speechless” by what was behind a mystery white door. “We finally cleared the space around that mysterious door… I was so anxious to open it, but with a bit of help from my mother-in-law, we did it – and what we found left us speechless,” she said.
She went on to ponder: “Another room, we didn’t know about it and the sellers wouldn’t have known either? Absolutely unbelievable.” Nelly proceeded to share a time-lapse video to TikTok of the door being uncovered, adding: “When I found this white door while clearing the garden, I thought it was an outside toilet.”
However, what lied behind the door proved to be something much different. “My mother-in-law was very curious and wanted to help me clear the area faster and find out what was hidden behind the door,” Nelly continued.
Once the brambles had been removed and piles of unwanted garden waste cleared, it was time for the grand reveal. Nelly continued her clip as she opened the door for the first time. “Wow look at that!” she exclaimed. “Oh it’s amazing and it is huge.”
Indeed, the pair soon realised the room was significant in size and crammed full of discarded furniture. “There’s so much rubbish and another skip is needed, but wow!” Nelly said, spotting the room even has it’s own fireplace.
The discovery prompted others to speculate what it may have been used for in the past. “Possibly an old scullery where the laundry was done,” one TikTok user said. To which Nelly responded: “Possible, i thought they used to use it as living room and to cook food. Not an expert on the property types but this is in a small miner’s town, all terraced houses and they seemed to have been built similarly.”
Whilst a second person added: “Before you opened the door, from reading your description I thought it may have been a coal house but I’m thinking no after seeing the size! Good find!”
“Being in construction I’m always amazed how many people find these covered up doors after they bought the property, have people stopped having surveys done before buying?” a third individual asked. “Or are surveyors and estate agents just getting too lazy?”
Whilst a sceptic asked Nelly: “Why were you so surprised? You can see it’s an outbuilding and the size of it, from the outside?”
Nelly explained: “I think because of the state of the garden I just expected to find something in a really bad, stinky, smelly condition. Honestly didn’t cross my mind and haven’t seen a room like that before. It wasn’t included on the description when we bought the house so clearly the sellers didn’t know about it either as it was a probate.
“I bet the sellers would have asked for more money as this wasn’t part of the property description. I did pay for a full structural survey, but they couldn’t examine the back of the property because of the overgrown garden.”
