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Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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402 points cfcfcf | 3 comments | 30 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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wrs ◴[01 Jul 25 00:11 UTC] No.44429287[source]▶
This is fantastic. But wow, the home inspector was really phoning it in that day!
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phire ◴[01 Jul 25 01:56 UTC] No.44429859[source]▶
Inspector wound't have had any reason to mention it. They care about structural issues.

The foundation is still clearly visible, they could do their job despite the railway. And they wouldn't have known that others didn't know it was there.

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1. Sgt_Apone ◴[01 Jul 25 02:43 UTC] No.44430089[source]▶
Ours did up a full report with pictures. I also walked through with the guy. Seems like something they would mention, even offhand.
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2. brudgers ◴[01 Jul 25 04:05 UTC] No.44430496[source]▶
It would not be unreasonable for an inspector to assume something like the train layout was mentioned in the listing or otherwise known to the buyer.
3. rusk ◴[01 Jul 25 07:28 UTC] No.44431482[source]▶
I don’t think a surveyor would be bothered about home contents