They’re in deep now.
A couple of first-time UK homebuyers were stunned to discover a 10-foot well hidden below their living room.
Shaniah Lloyd, 28, and her partner, Ross Bennett, 25, purchased their Edwardian townhouse in Coventry, England, for about $239,000 in November.
While lifting the floorboards to replace the boiler last month, they were shocked to find a ring of bricks with a deep pit in the middle, in front of the bay window.
“We’d had such a busy day, and at 10 p.m., we remembered the plumbers were coming and we needed to take up the floorboards by morning,” Lloyd, a postal worker, explained to SWNS.
“Ross went to do it — and he just started shouting and shouting,” she continued. “He just saw a perfect circle of bricks and then total darkness, so [he] shone his head torch down. He jumped in looking for treasure, and I just thought, ‘He’s crazy.’”
Local archives revealed that their two-bedroom home sits on the site of a former farm.
The property hasn’t been updated since at least the 1960s — the couple took it on as a renovation project.
When Bennett, an electrician, climbed inside the well, he noticed that the bottom was made of wet clay. He reckons that if they dug it out, it would reach water and be a functioning well.
But they’re keeping it covered for now as their 6-year-old dog, Bruce, is curious about the discovery.
Eventually, the couple intends to highlight the well by adding a glass top and lights inside.
“If anyone has advice they can give about turning it into a feature we’d be glad to hear it — renovation is hard enough already,” Lloyd sighed.
Lloyd and Bennett aren’t the only owners to make jaw-dropping finds while fixing up a home — others have stumbled upon a secret crawl space, a grenade and even bones.
“We couldn’t believe it. I’m half really excited and half terrified,” Lloyd said. “Ross just thinks it’s great. I’ve watched ‘The Ring’ though, and ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ so I’m a bit freaked out by it as well as excited.”
