It was about 1983 when we moved house in Farnborough. Up until then we lived in a 2 bedroom house but with the arrival of another brother imminent it was decided we needed more room.
I don’t want to put the address online as the house is still there and as far as I know someone is probably living in it today. I drove past the place last summer and it was still standing.
The estate agent showed us around and I remember instantly not liking the house the moment we walked in the front door. It didn’t feel very welcoming and I said as such, which I am sure the estate agent wasn’t too pleased to hear. I was told all houses feel a bit weird when they were vacant. It wasn’t just the big empty rooms though there was definitely something else going on.
Unfortunately the deal was done and we moved in later on that year. So I got my new bedroom which was a lot bigger than my old one so couldn’t complain about that. However I found myself running to the bathroom or up and down the stairs whenever I was on my own, never did that at the old house. I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end. Like someone was watching.
It was a while later after the new sibling arrived we would hear footsteps upstairs when no one was up there. They would walk along the landing and on a few occasions would go into the bathroom and turn the taps on. We knew it was in our house and not next door as we could hear the water running down our pipes.
Whilst living there my Father got sick and was off work for a while. He would swear a woman was either coming through the wall or sitting on the bed. This happened a few times and I recall hearing him shouting at night. It could have been the medication he was on but he never mentioned anything other than this woman.
We lived there for about 3 or 4 years and eventually moved into a house 4 doors down with 4 bedrooms and a bigger garden. This new house felt totally different and we never had anything out of the ordinary happen there.
The new owners of our old house didn’t stay very long and the owners after that had a fire in the front bedroom. They moved out and I think from memory there was another fire with the next owners as well. As far as I know any new owners or tenants never stayed very long although my family moved away from the street in 2003 so I don’t have a massive timeline to work with.