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Three-bedroom house on sale for astonishing price of £25,000... can YOU spot the catch?
This three bedroom house in the quaint Tyne and Wear town of Hetton-le-Hole is being sold for just £25,000 and is - on the surface - an absolute steal.
But a look inside the property, which also includes a rear garden, reveals the hell its future owner has to deal with.
The terraced property, on Caroline Street, is covered wall-to-wall with piles of rubbish.
Its spacious living room has a ceiling-high mound of rubbish, presumably from a previous owner.
Among the filth, bags of toys can be seen strewn around alongside baby carriers.
A path from the front door to the kitchen through the rubbish has apparently been carved out.
The kitchen doesn't fare much better with old dirty clothes barely covering the grimy floor.
Boxes of old food, including what appears to be a box of Lidl's Crownfield Bixies and a bag of oats, can be seen across the counters.
And the boiler appears to have a hazard sticker, warning inhabitants not to use it over safety concerns.
Upstairs in the bathroom, the tub is in a state of severe disrepair while the rest of the room is littered with old cardboard boxes.
One bedroom upstairs appears to have old cans of Strongbow cider on its shelves, as well as several half-drunk bottles of Pepsi across the floor.
Another bedroom, which appears to have belonged to a child, was seen covered in a mix of children's toys and electronics.
Several rolls of bin liners can be seen on the floor as well.
It's not clear what happened to the previous occupants of the home.
It comes after Rightmove data revealed that some parts of Britain saw property sales almost double in the last year.
May 2025 saw the largest number of agreed property sales out of any month since March 2022.
May is typically a busy point in the year for agreed sales, which is when an offer has been made and accepted.
However, this year's figure reflects an improvement in housing market conditions, according to Rightmove.
Across the UK, the number of sales agreed is now 6 per cent ahead of the same period last year. However, this trend is more prominent in some areas than others.
In Wales, the number of sales being agreed is 15 per cent higher than at this time last year, whereas in London the figure is just 1 per cent higher.
