You are not allowed inside this house that’s for sale because it’s so mouldy

The property is going under the hammer at a starting price of £10,000 next month.

For sale: three-bedroom house in Birmingham. Would suit someone looking for a ‘project’, or a microbiologist looking to discover new antibiotics on the walls.

If that interests you, get in touch with the auctioneers who are putting it under the hammer next month – but be warned, the property is so mouldy they haven’t been able to inspect it.

This is Number 41 Fairway, close to the A38 in the Northfield area of the West Midlands city. From the outside, it looks like a relatively normal home, if a little run-down and overgrown.

But on the inside, it’s a veritable jungle of fungus. From pictures on the Bond Wolfe Commercial Auctions website, you can see the stuff climbing up the banister and spreading across the filthy kitchen.

It’s got a starting price of just £10,000 – a pretty stunning deal in the current housing market. In fact, some nearby properties are worth as much as 30 times that.

However, be aware that nobody is allowed access to the place ahead of its sale due to the extreme extent of the mould.

The Bond Wolfe website states: ‘At the time of going to print, the Auctioneers were unable to inspect the property internally and therefore the accommodation details should not be relied upon.

‘There is extensive mould present in this property and due to the condition there will be no internal access prior to the Auction Sale.’

Their pictures of different rooms in the house tell a sad story. With every curtain drawn, the worst extent of the fungus growing in each shadowy corner can only be guessed at.

In the kitchen, where unwashed dishes remain piled high, it appears that the ceiling may have collapsed in.

Black-and-white photographs stare out from the wall opposite the stairwell in the hall, which seems to be lit by a single unshaded bulb.

The site’s description strikes a more positive tone: ‘The property has the benefits of gas fired central heating and double glazing, however it is in need of full renovation works.’

An auction for the house, which has 10 years left on its 99-year lease, will take place on February 8.

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