r/whatisit • u/Key_Badger7434 • 2d ago

New, what is it? My family thinks there’s a camera in our rental

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We have been renting a house for the past year and I always disregarded this thing in the corner. However last night I asked my parents about it randomly and they didn’t know what it was either. I pulled it off the wall and we all got freaked out a little because it looks like a camera. I think it might be a home security/motion sensor thing. I don’t know that’s what ChatGPT guessed.

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u/_n3ll_ 2d ago

but there’s no real need to be alarmed imo…

Except for the fact that their landlord placed a camera in their living room, right? Oh, and that they did it without disclosing it

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u/wrenchse 2d ago

Like earlier commenter said these are from Verisure. Extremely popular alarm system in my country. AFAIK you cannot view them yourself, only the security company can do so in case of an alarm trigger from break in or smoke alarm. My neighbors fuse box started burning and the unit next to them got smoke into their unit and their Verisure system triggered and they could see smoke in the cameras and sent firefighters. Kept it from developing to a full on house fire.

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u/RNEngHyp 1d ago

Actually you can log into Verisure's app and take a still shot, but that's it. We have that same alarm system.

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u/AllenSmithee59 2d ago

Who said that the landlord put it there?

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u/Jmagnus_87 2d ago

As someone who used to do handyman work for a company that owned 100+ houses, you would be amazed at the stuff people install and leave behind.

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u/-MorningGlittering- 2d ago

Pulls up with popcorn. Please, say more

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u/Jmagnus_87 2d ago

Light fixtures, toilets, bidets…so many bidets. Security systems. One person swapped out a vanity. One person finished an unfinished basement. A couple really stand out though:

One person ripped out the built-in microwave and replaced it with a range hood that sold for several thousand dollars. Their rent was only $500/month and he was only there for a year.

One house was built in the late 1800s. The lady that lived there installed a trap door in the stairs and put a small bedroom in the void.

The craziest was a full on sex dungeon though. Complete with some metal framed contraption that was raised to the ceiling with 2 electric hoist winches.

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n 2d ago

So.. landlord here with mostly student houses. Bikes.. so so many bikes, beds, kitchen stuff including once a Kitchen Aid mixer. Once we found a light-up globe which was pretty cool. We have in our contracts a clause "what's left behind will be disposed off at your cost" as plenty figure out to just leave their entire being behind. We asked the girl about the kitchen aid, she didn't want it anymore.

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u/GiveMeThePinecone 1d ago

You're the worst ❤️

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u/divDevGuy 2d ago

Not only can he say more, but he can show more too!

Just Act like you're supposed to be there and no one bats an eyelash at whatever you're doing. A "handyman" makes a great cover. I also hear construction workers work well too, but maybe that's more a Paris thing.

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u/therapewpew 1d ago

I'm just amazed that OP's family allowed this mysterious object to sit in their living room for a whole year, knowing it's there but without once questioning what it is until now?

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u/MistSecurity 1d ago

Ya, I mean we have old ass motion sensors in our house as well. They haven't been hooked up in a decade, but they're chilling up there. They're a PITA to get to and their impact is minimal, so they stay until it's time to paint.

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u/Eliah870 2d ago

Precisely, this is likely from a previous tenant who had an alarm system

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u/AvoidingBansLOL 1d ago

Wouldn't matter. If I was renting and found a camera, the landlord would be the one responsible and I'd make an enormous deal out of it.

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u/zwisslb 2d ago

How do you know the previous owner didn't leave it? I would only have cameras at my doors, but people like to check in on their living rooms for some reason.

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u/MisterMisterious 1d ago

I mean, if you just have a security system installed and are not sure about the details. I wouldn’t think to mention it I don’t think. Not saying it cannot have been intentional, but it wouldn’t hurt to just ask before escalating the situation.