[ WP ] A hidden elevator is found behind a fake wall in a basement .

I bought the home in late 2020. 
 
 It was a nice neo-gothical style. Lots of land. Everything I could want in a home. Sure I could have bought something new, but this house had style and history. 
 
 I got contractors to do the major works. Rewiring, plumbing, installing networking equipment but I wanted to sort the basement out. Everyone needs a projects and I'm picky about workshop layouts. 
 
 I was working around the original wood work, ripping off years of bad wallpaper and plywood. I was hacking away with my crowbar when I heard a distinct metal clang. 
 
 `` Shit, I hit a water pipe?'' 
 
 But all the water pipes ran down the opposite wall. 
 
 `` Fuck, this better not be a sewer pipe'' 
 
 Gingerly I worked the crowbar around to remove the wood panel. 
 
 To find a fright elevator. A fancy one sure, but still a freight elevator. 
 
 I dashed to my toolbox to pull out a torch and look down the shaft. I clang the torch against the cage of the elevator. 
 
 `` The hell is this for?'' 
 
 I tentatively push back the elevator cage door and test the car can take my weight. 
 
 `` No creaking. Looks greased'' 
 
 I squeak the gate closed and a solitary bat flies past. 
 
 Two buttons on the control panel, I press the lower one. 
 
 *Hmmmmmmmm* 
 
 With a shudder and smooth follow through, the elevator descends. 
 
 A few uneventful moments pass, the elevator comes to a stop at a metal walkway, dimly lit with green lights leading to nothing. 
 
 `` Well, come this far. Hope there are lights down here'' 
 
 Feeling on the smooth walls, I find a switch and throw it. 
 
 Then I knew what Bruce Wayne did with all his money. 
 

