DIY expert and ITV Love Your Weekend presenter Vikkie Lee had to use an axe and hammer to hack away at the door’s wooden surround to drag it open.
A couple’s purchase of an 1800s farmhouse cottage led to a jaw-dropping discovery when they found a “mysterious door” in their home, months after they moved in. The revelation came during extensive renovation work by ITV’s Love Your Weekend DIY expert Vikkie Lee and her partner.
In an engaging TikTok video, Vikkie is seen employing a hand axe and hammer to ease open the sealed entrance. “We found our 1800s cottage had a secret behind this blocked up mysterious door,” she remarked.
“What we were about to discover really surprised us… and we didn’t know about it for months!” With eager anticipation, Vikkie unlatches the door and peers into a hidden chamber where she encounters a stone staircase and walls once adorned with floral-patterned wallpaper.
The eerie steps lead into the unknown, prompting a hesitant response from the presenter. After delving deeper, Vikkie revealed: “We discovered it used to be a Lincolnshire half house,” a residence that was originally split to form two distinct dwellings
The discovery of sealed spaces has sent chills down the spines of some, as one person confessed: “Maybe I’ve watched too many scary movies, but when something is sealed like that there has to be a reason.” Others echoed this unease as another penned: “Well done! That’s us extra screwed now you’ve released whatever was in there!”
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A third follower resonated with the discovery, commenting: “That looks exactly like the door that went upstairs in our old 1886 farmhouse! Same colour, same hardware, everything. We removed it and took it with us when we had to move! It was an old family home.”
Meanhwile, a fourth recalled a similar situation, commenting: “My grandparents had one of these stairwells – it was the only staircase and it started in the living room with the first step or two, which always seemed a bit impractical (no headroom at all).”
And elsewhere, someone else explained: “That is called the servants/maids’ stairs. We live in an old 1840’s farmhouse and our house has a set of servants’ stairs off of the kitchen.”
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After buying the house in an auction in May 2024, property renovator Vikkie expressed her enthusiasm on YouTube, detailing her renovation journey: “This week in our auction Lincolnshire farmhouse property, we start gutting out the living and dining room so we’re no longer camping in our home!
“We’re so excited to add a lintel in the chimney breast to cut a bigger space for a new stove and flooring, but we’ve realised it’s going to take longer than we realised (a whole series of DIYs) to get there…. like new windows, patio doors, and more.”
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