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Woman Buys A House From Hell Where Random Disasters Keep Happening Which, In The End, Gets Destroyed By A Huge Tree Falling On It
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Woman Buys A House From Hell Where Random Disasters Keep Happening Which, In The End, Gets Destroyed By A Huge Tree Falling On It

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Owning a house is one of the biggest achievements in a person’s life. But no matter how fun this might seem, it also brings a lot of responsibility and gives you a headache if something goes wrong. At least that’s what happened to TikTok user @_arsmath, who decided to share her story of being a homeowner of a house that ended up being crushed by a tree. In her now viral video with almost 5M views, the woman revealed what struggles she had to go through when living in her house, how much repairing it needed until the situation reached its “grand finale.” The woman was extremely lucky not to get severely injured or even killed that night when one of the trees near her house fell on it while she was inside.

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A woman on TikTok went viral by sharing what it’s truly like to be a homeowner

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One of the first videos the woman uploaded on her TikTok questioned “what’s the worst that could happen” when owning the house? The viewers could see a picture of the user’s house and then a picture that was taken a year and a half later when the fallen tree had already ruined the house. This started a debate about how important it is to take care of trees that are near people’s houses as a lot of Tiktok users shared their own unfortunate experiences of having a tree fall on their homes too.

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The TikTok user shared that she bought a house that turned out to be faulty, requiring a lot of money and time to be fixed

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In her second video dedicated to explaining the situation with her house, the TikToker revealed more details about how unlucky this place was. The woman found out about one of the trees that was dead and had to be cut down, which cost $7k. She also showed a burst pipe that would cost $3k to get fixed. The list went on with a faulty washing machine that flooded the house, an “indoor waterfall” that made her change the roof, and so on. To top off all of these damages, the final line was crossed when one of the trees that were surrounding her house just fell on it and destroyed almost everything in the house.

Despite these ongoing and tiresome repairs, the end of this situation didn’t look like one that someone could predict

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One of the trees that were surrounding the woman’s property fell on the house while the owner was inside

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The TikTok user shared how her home looked from inside, also revealing the place where she was when the accident happened, admitting that she was lucky to even be alive. However, the homeowner didn’t get away from being admitted to the hospital because of her injuries: she left the place with a concussion and serious bruises, and also admitted to suffering from PTSD.

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Even though everything was ruined, the TikTok user was glad that she was alive

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Even though it seems that the woman tells this in a funny and light-hearted manner, she is sharing her experience so that people can learn from this situation and make sure to be safe even when they are in their own property. A lot of people were curious to know what happened after her house was completely ruined, whether her insurance company helped her and what she did afterward.

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The owner showed where she was in the house when the tree fell on it

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She is glad that the situation didn’t end up being a total tragedy and now shares her experience to warn other homeowners

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If you’re curious what happened to the property, the old house was demolished and a new one was built and then sold!

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The woman disclosed that after receiving the insurance money, she renovated the house (she even shared a short bit where people could see how the house was demolished) and made it a perfect place to live. However, the TikTok user didn’t live there herself, but sold it and even made some profit, so it’s nice to know that this whole nasty situation turned out well for her.

What is your experience with owning a house? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

You can watch the full video down below!

@_arsmathYes, Kyle. I had an inspection and insurance. ##homeowner ##SpotifyWrapped ##millennial♬ original sound – William Antranig Mar

People online were really invested in this story, sharing their own experiences and opinions

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It’s good that the TikToker shared her story as some “fresh” homeowners will be able to learn from her experience

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Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

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BleeBloo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not a "house from hell", it's a normal house with normal things that happen to all houses. A tree falling on your house isn't the house's fault.

fuggnuggins
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"House acquired by woman from Hell, who brings a series of disasters upon the house, and in the end a tree enthusiastically intervenes by putting the house out of its misery."

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WildBerry
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wouldn't her home inspection have found some of these potential problems before they became actual problems? Maybe her house was haunted?

Don't Look
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A proper home inspection would have told her about most if not all these issues. More importantly, she got completely ripped off ($7000 for one dead tree? I don't think so. $250 max) OR she's just completely ripping us off.

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Parmeisan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the title said HORSE from hell and I was alarmed about the casual "gets destroyed by a tree falling on it". Like yeah this horse might have been bad luck and cost you a lot of money but it is/was a living thing.... sigh. House. It's okay. Just a house.

Stefan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are all of houses in the US made of wood ? Brick seems not to be a common thing there. If some US dwellers may confirm ?

Don't Look
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. And from the looks of it, she decided that she had to buy a dilapidating house (for the shock value?) and then let it fall apart.

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Sivi
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The storage rooms have open stripes where you can look down on my porch. Was for ventilation. Dry summer and boom so much flies in my attic storage space. Little brother coming to help me close it up and install a proper way to get fresh air in the storage without getting wasp and flies next year. Scared to look in the unfinished one ;w;.

RatherLoopy
Community Member
2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to wonder why I'd see country houses sitting out in the open without a tree in sight, then I moved into a mobile home literally surrounded by huge, crappy post oaks and white oaks that only live for 60 years and then fall over for no apparent reason, and figured out why smart people don't put houses under trees. A live oak will live for hundreds of years and pretty much withstand anything nature throws at it. It may drop a limb through your roof but you're not likely to be injured by it. On the other hand, Bradford pears are favorite trees that flower in the spring and grow faster than heck, but only live for 15-20 years while growing into ugly shapes and dropping bushels of crap on your lawn every year, before a random 40mph wind kicks up and blows it over. It sounds like the lady came out of it more or less OK and hopefully, she's learned some stuff to help her make more informed decisions down the road.

Linn
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get it. It's not just that you only have scam health insurance in the U.S. - even your home insurance is a joke!

Kitty Jordan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Insurance doesn't always cover things, folks. I had homeowner's insurance and home warranty insurance, and neither covered it when my A/C unit finally died (in the middle of a Texas summer, naturally). It also doesn't cover flooding; you need a separate policy, and in cases where you're in a flood zone, you are often REQUIRED to carry separate flood insurance. Additionally, some of these things could very easily have been missed by a home inspector. A faulty washer? Unless it came with the property, then a home inspector probably wouldn't have checked it. A tree outside? Most home inspectors aren't arborists and generally won't note trees that may fall during storms. This woman could have done her due diligence and just had really bad luck.

Jeannine Pope
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Home insurance doesn't always cover tree falls. We had a big storm that caused an electrical fire on one of the power lines across the street and burned my neighbor's tree. It fell across the street into our yard and rested on the edge of our roof. We had one window damage and no roof damage. It was called "Acts of God" clause in both or our insurance policies. So, my FIL got out the trusty chain saw to deal with it.

RatherLoopy
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's interesting. I asked my agent when I bought my policy if I'd be covered if a tree limb fell through the roof and he said yes, I was covered for falling objects. I wonder which a falling tree would be?

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Bob Stuart
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Days after I moved to a small community, a tree came right down on the driveway, missing three dwellings. We tried to take out a danger tree, and had it fall the wrong way but only causing an afternoon's repair work. After my last traumatizing eviction, I lived in my car until I found a house for $15 k CND. It only needed paint, but after a decade, I had to improve the flood protection. I worry about my tree more than my arborist does.

LSR
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe being stupid as f**k and not relying on trusting sources for selecting a house could count as an explanation.

KT
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man that is some serious bad luck! Flooding is one of my biggest fears with home ownership. Luckily my neighbor is a plumber!

Meami
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI on the trees - our neighbors have some trees that are really close to our property line and so close to our house. One agreed to let us have a couple taken out if we paid for it but that's not always the case. I live in fear when we have high winds that these will fall on our house - and no- if their tree falls on your house, their insurance does not pay - yours does unless you've filed a report with the city or county to have the tree declared a danger.

Regal Kitten
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to admit, when I saw the advice to talk to an arborist if you are concerned about a tree, I thought it said abortinist. I was very confused

Freder
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idiot buys a pos house, without consideration of the expenses for OBVIOUS ISSUES that were blatantly visible when viewing home, then acts surprised about the required expenses that anyone with half a brain would have seen, and avoided buying such house

Nikki Sevven
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't pay for your own licensed home inspector prior to purchasing, you're asking for trouble after trouble.

Got Myself 4 Dwarves
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't get a mortgage here without getting a home report done to value the property and highlight any pre-existing issues that the seller either needs to repair before being able to sell or to make the buyer away that this will need done within x amount of years - seems to be a common sense approach. It's the home owner who is responsible for the home report which is valid for a certain length of time and made available to potential buyers but is done by an independent surveyor.

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BleeBloo
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not a "house from hell", it's a normal house with normal things that happen to all houses. A tree falling on your house isn't the house's fault.

fuggnuggins
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"House acquired by woman from Hell, who brings a series of disasters upon the house, and in the end a tree enthusiastically intervenes by putting the house out of its misery."

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WildBerry
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wouldn't her home inspection have found some of these potential problems before they became actual problems? Maybe her house was haunted?

Don't Look
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A proper home inspection would have told her about most if not all these issues. More importantly, she got completely ripped off ($7000 for one dead tree? I don't think so. $250 max) OR she's just completely ripping us off.

Load More Replies...
Parmeisan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the title said HORSE from hell and I was alarmed about the casual "gets destroyed by a tree falling on it". Like yeah this horse might have been bad luck and cost you a lot of money but it is/was a living thing.... sigh. House. It's okay. Just a house.

Stefan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are all of houses in the US made of wood ? Brick seems not to be a common thing there. If some US dwellers may confirm ?

Don't Look
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. And from the looks of it, she decided that she had to buy a dilapidating house (for the shock value?) and then let it fall apart.

Load More Replies...
Sivi
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The storage rooms have open stripes where you can look down on my porch. Was for ventilation. Dry summer and boom so much flies in my attic storage space. Little brother coming to help me close it up and install a proper way to get fresh air in the storage without getting wasp and flies next year. Scared to look in the unfinished one ;w;.

RatherLoopy
Community Member
2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to wonder why I'd see country houses sitting out in the open without a tree in sight, then I moved into a mobile home literally surrounded by huge, crappy post oaks and white oaks that only live for 60 years and then fall over for no apparent reason, and figured out why smart people don't put houses under trees. A live oak will live for hundreds of years and pretty much withstand anything nature throws at it. It may drop a limb through your roof but you're not likely to be injured by it. On the other hand, Bradford pears are favorite trees that flower in the spring and grow faster than heck, but only live for 15-20 years while growing into ugly shapes and dropping bushels of crap on your lawn every year, before a random 40mph wind kicks up and blows it over. It sounds like the lady came out of it more or less OK and hopefully, she's learned some stuff to help her make more informed decisions down the road.

Linn
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get it. It's not just that you only have scam health insurance in the U.S. - even your home insurance is a joke!

Kitty Jordan
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Insurance doesn't always cover things, folks. I had homeowner's insurance and home warranty insurance, and neither covered it when my A/C unit finally died (in the middle of a Texas summer, naturally). It also doesn't cover flooding; you need a separate policy, and in cases where you're in a flood zone, you are often REQUIRED to carry separate flood insurance. Additionally, some of these things could very easily have been missed by a home inspector. A faulty washer? Unless it came with the property, then a home inspector probably wouldn't have checked it. A tree outside? Most home inspectors aren't arborists and generally won't note trees that may fall during storms. This woman could have done her due diligence and just had really bad luck.

Jeannine Pope
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Home insurance doesn't always cover tree falls. We had a big storm that caused an electrical fire on one of the power lines across the street and burned my neighbor's tree. It fell across the street into our yard and rested on the edge of our roof. We had one window damage and no roof damage. It was called "Acts of God" clause in both or our insurance policies. So, my FIL got out the trusty chain saw to deal with it.

RatherLoopy
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's interesting. I asked my agent when I bought my policy if I'd be covered if a tree limb fell through the roof and he said yes, I was covered for falling objects. I wonder which a falling tree would be?

Load More Replies...
Bob Stuart
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Days after I moved to a small community, a tree came right down on the driveway, missing three dwellings. We tried to take out a danger tree, and had it fall the wrong way but only causing an afternoon's repair work. After my last traumatizing eviction, I lived in my car until I found a house for $15 k CND. It only needed paint, but after a decade, I had to improve the flood protection. I worry about my tree more than my arborist does.

LSR
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe being stupid as f**k and not relying on trusting sources for selecting a house could count as an explanation.

KT
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man that is some serious bad luck! Flooding is one of my biggest fears with home ownership. Luckily my neighbor is a plumber!

Meami
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI on the trees - our neighbors have some trees that are really close to our property line and so close to our house. One agreed to let us have a couple taken out if we paid for it but that's not always the case. I live in fear when we have high winds that these will fall on our house - and no- if their tree falls on your house, their insurance does not pay - yours does unless you've filed a report with the city or county to have the tree declared a danger.

Regal Kitten
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to admit, when I saw the advice to talk to an arborist if you are concerned about a tree, I thought it said abortinist. I was very confused

Freder
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idiot buys a pos house, without consideration of the expenses for OBVIOUS ISSUES that were blatantly visible when viewing home, then acts surprised about the required expenses that anyone with half a brain would have seen, and avoided buying such house

Nikki Sevven
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't pay for your own licensed home inspector prior to purchasing, you're asking for trouble after trouble.

Got Myself 4 Dwarves
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't get a mortgage here without getting a home report done to value the property and highlight any pre-existing issues that the seller either needs to repair before being able to sell or to make the buyer away that this will need done within x amount of years - seems to be a common sense approach. It's the home owner who is responsible for the home report which is valid for a certain length of time and made available to potential buyers but is done by an independent surveyor.

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