OK, this is a new one even for us.

We have folks buying a home. Current owners have lived in the home home about 12 years. As part of the sale, they are required to have the septic pumped/inspected. They have _never_ had it done. So the company the owners hired shows up to do this, and....

The owners have planted a TREE on the septic access lid. Wife did this right after they moved in, because she thought it was ugly. So, there's a tree that's been growing there for at least ten years, it's like 15 feet tall. It's going to have to be removed, hopefully without causing further damage to the system. Who knows how much damage has been done. The Owners are clueless. The Buyers are furious. Who knows how long this will take - if they can even find a tree removal company willing to touch it.

Now, of course the buyers are wondering how many other dumb things the owners did, and want to do further inspections. I don't blame them, though the normal home inspection came back fine other than very minor issues.

This was at end of day, so I can't wait to see where this goes tomorrow...