Homes Under The Hammer host Dion Dublin reveals the most shocking item found in properties during his time on the show

Homes Under The Hammer presenter Dion Dublin has revealed the most shocking items found in properties during his time on the show.

The former professional footballer and presenter, 54, has told how cannabis plants have even been discovered while houses were being prepared for auction.

He told how sometimes, when walking through empty buildings, he noticed the pungent odors associated with the drug.

He told The sun: ‘We go in and we go, ‘Ahh… you better not go in there.’

“Obviously you can’t get it on TV, but you smell the smell and you think, ‘Ahh, not today.’

The former professional footballer and presenter, 54, has told how cannabis plants have even been discovered while houses were being prepared for auction (seen with co-hosts Martel Maxwell and Martin Roberts)

“They’ve had pets or maybe grown something. . . anyway, I won’t say more than that.’

Dion was a centre-forward and played mainly in the Premier League for Manchester United, Coventry City and Aston Villa. He is now club director of Cambridge United.

Dion recently talked about how he is now more often recognized as a member of Homes Under The Hammer rather than as a footballer at the time.

He told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast: ‘I could be in the supermarket and I’ll be with a lot of older couples saying, ‘That’s Dion Dublin from Homes Under The Hammer. I think: ‘I used to play football’.

‘It’s the older generation. And listen, I’m more than happy with it. I love the show, I love the work. I love that I found something else to do.”

It comes after Homes Under the Hammer presenter Martel Maxwell was left stunned last week by a jungle-ravaged house covered in thick green mould.

Martel, 47, visited a property in Bradford, West Yorkshire, where many of the walls were destroyed by the gruesome substance, along with holes in the roof and cracks in the walls.

The state of the house was so shocking that its gruesome appearance was visible even from the outside, with overgrown areas to the front and back of the property after it had been empty for five years.

However, this did not deter Martel, who said the house “looks worse than it actually is”, adding that it only needed a major makeover to look good again, thanks to its three bedrooms and plenty of space downstairs.

He told how sometimes, when walking through empty buildings, he noticed the pungent odors associated with the drug

After being bought at auction for £100,000 by father and son-in-law duo Tom and Stephen, the couple wanted to completely transform the house into an ideal family home..

With a budget of £30,000, Stephen planned to refinish the walls, replace the bathroom and kitchen and add an extension to the back of the house.

Tom also wanted to remove the overgrown shrubs from the driveway to make room for two parking spaces and at the same time turn the garden into a ‘cozy’ outdoor space.

Addressing the damp that had clung to the walls and the roof needing repairs, Stephen said the latter had ‘sagged over time and so required re-tiling and new felt’.

Martel returned six months later to a house that was completely unrecognizable and left the presenter blown away by the transformation.

He told The Sun: ‘We’re going in and we’re going, ‘Ahh. . . you better not go in there’. ‘Obviously you can’t get it on TV, but you smell the scent and you think, ‘Ahh, not today’ (featured on the show)

Dion was a centre-forward and played mainly in the Premier League for Manchester United, Coventry City and Aston Villa. He is now club director of Cambridge United

Proud of how the pair had managed to transform it so impressively, Stephen said the property was the ‘best house on the block’.

The downstairs extension created an impressive amount of space suitable for a family, as well as a striking two-level outdoor garden.

The new valuation said they would get £220,000 for the house, which they said was high, but the couple were optimistic for offers in excess of £200,000.

This would give them a pre-tax profit of £158,000.