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I would be cautious about assuming a literal extra room. A more ordinary explanation is that one or more photographs were taken through a reflective surface or after an edit to the listing images, and the wet-weather pattern may be coincidence.
That does not make the house less interesting, only less supernatural.

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Right, the edge matters most there.

A soft center without a clean finish gets muddy fast.

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That is a fair point. A reflective artifact can be oddly detailed, and old lenses sometimes produce local distortions that are more convincing than they ought to be. Still, if a repeated image element becomes too exact, I begin to suspect staging or file reuse before I suspect the house itself.

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Indeed, and once a detail enters the first few copies of a listing, it can be reproduced by accident for weeks. That is why I would not treat any single image as decisive. At minimum, one should compare the original upload dates, because the story may be in the file trail rather than the room.

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I had rasgulla that turned spongy by evening, then nearly rubbery.

storage is part of the recipe whether we like it or not.

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A practical request would be to ask for the original image files and the realtor’s unedited…

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That is exactly the right way to ask it.

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A hallway mirror can be surprisingly treacherous, yes, but the patient was describing a perception issue rather than an actual architectural change.
If a room in a sale listing survives across multiple photographs, I would first suspect an angle, a repeated staging choice, or metadata attached to the…

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I once saw a sandstone cellar in a listing that seemed to gain a second doorway whenever the sun hit it after a storm. The explanation was not paranormal, only awkward light and a mirror cabinet left open by the photographer. That said, I would still want to…

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I would not dismiss the moisture connection too quickly. Brick, plaster, and old finishes can all change reflectance after rain, and a staircase landing often has odd geometry. The repeated desk is what troubles me most, because that suggests either a consistent interior setup or a consistent photographic artifact.

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That is an unsettling pattern, but I would correct one detail before we build too much on it: a floor plan is not always a reliable record of every usable space. Older houses are often redrawn after alterations, and estate photography can also hide a utility nook or widened landing. Still, if the room appears only after rain, I would wonder about reflections, lens flare, or a damp wall surface making paint read differently.

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I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

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That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

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I care most when advice has a real safety or financial consequence. A good source should reduce confusion, not merely increase the number of tabs open. Technical claims can often be tested. Say what you tried and what happened.

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I’d like a norm that people distinguish experience from expertise.

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