This poor guy never imagined the nice Chinese couple he’d let this house to would leave a mess, let alone the aftermath of a high-turnover cannabis factory.

Soil on the floor, in the roof and stuffed in make-shift ventilation systems, holes in walls, wires hanging from ceilings, and some shocking DIY electrical work are the tips of the iceberg in this home makeover wreckage.

I doubt the couple got their deposit back, but that shouldn’t bother them too much. A small house converted into a cannabis factory like this can easily turnover £30,000/week.

#1. Fire Risk

A selection of ballasts – there’s about 50 of them altogether. These are fed from the main electrical intake under the house before it gets to the main breaker.

The ventilation system from the lounge into the chimney. The box on the ceiling contains a fan. And a stack of used soil.

#2. Bringing Mud In

Some of the 300 big plant pots.

More pots and lamp reflectors.

#3. Holes In The Ceiling

Main bedroom. More buckets, more ballasts, the bed frame used as rigging – mains cables through the walls fed from downstairs. Wires hanging from the ceiling would have had reflectors and 600W lamps hanging from them.

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