Radley's was described as a "malevolent phanthom." They described the home as a modest, white structure with green shudders that had been darkened to match the slate-gray yard around it. Rain corroded the shingles, drooped over the veranda's eaves, and oak trees kept the sun at bay. A weed-choked path led up to the front door, which was opened by a stoop-shouldered man in a dirty white shirt. He looked like someone's kindly grandfather who had been replaced by his wife when she became ill and died without heirs. They went on to say that inside the house were dark rooms with dusty windows that wouldn't open, a kitchen with blackened walls and a floor covered in rotting wood, and a cellar full of bottles of liquor that had been abandoned when the Radleys left town. In conclusion, they said that no one should go inside the house because it was dangerous.