It's more than a house

We were asked to visit a two storey property that was located behind a small retail outlet. Our clients needed to know who was living in the property and what was the state of repair. When we arrived at the address we were met with evidence of damage to the door that was open. On entering the property we noticed that the floorboards had been removed and the flooring replaced with soil. Between the floor and ceiling were wires set in rows. Lots of them. All over the walls were numerous electrical sockets and cabling. When we went upstairs we had to remove squatters, but exactly the same modifications had been made as downstairs. It had clearly been used as a cannabis factory, and was not a pleasant sight. Needles, waste and filth were very much evident.

Having taken further instruction we returned the next day to begin a clear up exercise for our client and again had to remove squatters, before securing all accesses to the address. 

We later ascertained that the police had raided the address some days before our visit following a tip off from a neighbour, and had removed a considerable number of cannabis plants as well as connected paraphernalia.