First-time homebuyer finds snakes in the walls of her new house

A homebuyer found large snakes coiled in the walls of her new house (Pictures: KMGH)

If there is a scenario that could be as terrifying as snakes on a plane… it may be snakes in the walls of a home.

First-time homebuyer Amber Hall, 42, was elated to move into her new four-bedroom house after viewing it and immediately feeling like it was the one. But she soon discovered what she least expected.

‘I was trying to unpack and my dog crouched down and he started walking over here really slow,’ Hall told KMGH, referring to door at the back of her garage.

‘I came over to see what he was looking at, thinking it was like a spider or something, and there were two little holes right here and I saw snakes slither up the wall. So, I panicked.’

Big snakes lay coiled in a hole in the wall of her garage next to the yard. Her discovery in late April turned out to be just the opening of a can of worms – or rather, snakes.

Hall has since found at least 10 more snakes in her house in Centennial, Colorado. She believes there may be many more, as she said the wall felt warm from the other side.

‘I can’t unpack any of my stuff because I’m definitely afraid that there’s snakes in the boxes or under the boxes…’ she told the TV station.

‘It’s like you crawl into bed, and if the sheet brushes your foot or something, you immediately rip the covers off or jump out of bed to make sure nothing’s in there.’

The homebuyer has found at least 10 snakes since she moved into her new house (Picture: KMGH)

Hall hired a snake wrangler, who thinks that some of the snakes were living inside the house for at least a couple years due to their large size. Hall has already spent about a thousand dollars removing snakes.

A spokesperson for the realty company that sold Hall her home told KMGH that they were not aware of a snake infestation and had never come across one in the properties they have been involved with.

‘I don’t feel like I’m the first one to find them,’ Hall said, ‘But I don’t think that anybody would ever say that they knew they were there.’

Given the number of the reptiles found in a small window of time, a snake den is likely beneath the ground of Hall’s garage, according to Blue Tick Pest and Wildlife Control president Joe Sheftel.

There may be a snake den underneath the homebuyer’s garage (Picture: KMGH)

‘If it’s in the metro area, you know, the vast majority of pest and wildlife companies will give you a free inspection,’ Sheftel told the TV station.

‘If it’s for a new home and you’re like, “Oh, well we don’t have a problem, we just want a free inspection,” it might run a couple hundred dollars, but then you’ll still get a lot of pictures, you’ll get a report, and you might get some peace of mind.’

Hall described her situation as ‘rough’.

‘I’m 42 years old, and this is my first home. I’ve worked my whole life for it, and I can’t enjoy it. My kids can enjoy it,’ she said. ‘I’m scared to death.’

The home infested with snakes is in Centennial, Colorado (Picture: KMGH)

It is not the first surprise from the walls of a home.

In January, a pest control technician responding to a call of maggots and mealworms coming from the wall of a home in Glen Ellen, California, discovered an issue of a much larger scale.

After cutting a hole in the wall, acorns hoarded by woodpeckers spilled out and reached 20 feet high.

‘Bird was a bit of a hoarder,’ said Nick Castro of Nick’s Extreme Pest Control.

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The homebuyer has discovered at least 10 snakes in her new house and is ‘scared to death’.