Real estate agents and sisters, Gladys and Carla Spizzirri, had learned never to be surprised by what they saw in homes that they were attempting to sell. In fact, it could make their job more fascinating at times.
Nothing they had seen in the past could have prepared them for what they saw when they entered the home of an elderly lady. They knew of the property, as they had heard rumors about it over the years, now they would find out for themselves what lay behind the front door.
A Typical Ontario Home
Jane Street in Toronto featured properties that looked very similar. None of them stood out as being different from their neighbors, including number 148. All the houses in the street looked cloned and apart from individual personal touches, they were difficult to tell apart.
Nonagenarian Sells Home; Real Estate Agents Cannot Believe What They Find Inside
According to residents of Jane Street, not many people visited number 148, but they did know that the property owners had lived there for many years. It was just a typical Toronto home. Or so it seemed, until the day Gladys and Carla got a call regarding this house.
The Phone Call
Gladys and Carla were experts in the real estate industry and knew the market inside and out. Nothing much caught them off guard anymore and on the day they received a phone call from a prospective seller, with a tantalizing proposition, they were intrigued but were sure the offer would not surprise them.
The Phone Call
In their decades-long careers, they had seen it all, heard it all and if they admitted it, were slightly jaded, sometimes cynical when it came to receiving calls from prospective sellers extolling the virtues of their homes when they knew many of them were less than well maintained.
Read on to find out what an old lady had to say.
