The Crypt

We just moved into a house in Port Orchard that we are renting. It is probably the strangest house I have ever stepped foot in, but we thought that made it kind of fun. After moving all our stuff in, we realized we did not have hot water. WE then began the search for our hot water heater. It was no where to be found. We called the property managers, which were no help, and just told us to keep looking b/c they were sure we had one. Luckily Becky's parents live 5 minutes away and were willing to let us use their shower each morning for the next week. After 4 days of no hot water, the contractor came over to finish some work he had started before we moved in and I convinced him to help me look for the water heater. He hadn't seen it either. In our bedroom there was a board that covers about half of the main wall, nailed on to it. The contractor guessed that perhaps it was behind this strange board. We started pulling it off and found a door with a sleeping bag nailed to it (for insulation). We opened the door into a room full of sand and cement rubble. CREEPY. Our good friend Jessica was over with me and said "If there's a dead body in there, I am never coming over again." Well, the good news is that we haven't found any bodies and we found the hot water heater in the corner of this room behind the stairs. The room is filled with rubble and cobwebs and smells disgusting and is like unto something you would find in a horror movie or haunted house. I don't think I would have moved in if I had known about it. More bad news was that the hot water heater was gas powered (nothing else in our house is) and the pilot light was out, so we had to call to get service which didn't come out for 4 more days. So we had 8 days of getting up early to go to my parents to shower before work as well as 8 days of dishes to do and a couple loads of laundry. (the washer ended up being broken anyways, so it was a few more days before that happened)