An Aussie renter was shocked after making an unexpected discovery underneath their carpet.
The woman had only recently moved into the property in Melbourne when she made the shock discovery.
While she was setting her room up with her partner last Wednesday she felt something was not right while she was walking over a section of the wooden floor.
The renter took to social media to reveal the major flaw in the home which could have caused serious injury to tenants.
The hole had been covered up with a blue tarp like covering (pictured) and a carpet and was among several issues that were found inside the property
She uploaded a video to TikTok revealing a gaping hole in the floor that had not been fixed after the property was recently renovated.
The video shows the woman lifting up a part of the carpet from the corner to reveal a blue tarp like covering underneath.
She peels it back and discovers a hole in the floorboards, after it had been cut out.
‘Emailed the real estate because it felt like there was a hole under the carpet,’ the woman said.
‘I’m just coming in to look at it… and… yes, yes there is.’
Rubbish, from what appears to be discarded building materials, is seen strewn down below.
Part of a tree trunk supporting the floorboards above can be seen near the middle of the hole.
Six days after the issue was discovered the real estate agency sent someone to the couple’s home to look into the matter.
While they acknowledged the problem the agency did not tell the tenants what would be done to fix it, the woman claimed.
‘I can’t believe they had a hole in the ground and just put carpet over it,’ she told Yahoo.
‘[I’m] so glad no one’s leg went through it.’
A renter in Melbourne was stunned to find a gaping hole (pictured) in the floor of the property with several building materials and other rubbish stashed below
The woman said they were the first tenants to move into the home since the property was renovated.
She said there was a support beam underneath the part of the floor that was missing which was where a pipe used to be.
Several users who commented on the video saw the funnier side of the woman’s dilemma.
‘Now they will advertise as 2.5 [sic] bathrooms,’ one wrote.
‘Well you don’t have to go outside to take your rubbish out now!,’ another said.
‘Diy drop toilet?’
The woman who moved into the property around two-and-a-half months ago with her partner said the home has been riddled with several issues.
‘It hasn’t met minimum standards since we moved in,’ she told Yahoo.
The property could not be heated or cooled for around four weeks while water was leaking through parts of the wall in the laundry.
There was also water damage in the rumpus room of the home which led to a build up in mould.
The renter even arranged for asbestos testing after she was informed by the real estate agency that asbestos sheeting, which are panels used in the construction of homes was found during the latest renovation.
The tests found there was no threat from asbestos to the property.
The couple were forced to go the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribute to get the agency and the landlord to fix the issues in the home.