So I started this quest, got through to leaving the house, and found it locked. Noticing the glitch, of course, I reloaded. After this, I tried a few more times and it didn't work. So I decided to put the quest aside and continue on elsewhere. I have accepted the glitch and am waiting for a patch, but this is not why I am posting. When I left the house, something weird started happening. A loud, rumbling sound like someone pounding a huge drum started going on incessantly. It continued to do so after I fast traveled across the map. Anybody heard of this before?

Wait - if you couldn't leave the house, how did this sound start happening after you left the house?

Is this whole thread some kind of Daedric mind puzzle?

Sorry I guess I wasn't clear; I re-loaded a save before certain events happened in the house and left the house before said events happened again to prevent me from leaving. I am trying to not talk about the quest

Not a joke, there is seriously this incessant rumbling sound in the background of my game.

Gotcha No idea about the noise, hope you can get it cleared up.

Actually I will say that once you're in the house, you can't leave until you have a nice long chat in the basemant with a certain someone. After that you should be able to leave. I'm sure you've been through that already, but just in case, I thought I'd mention it.

Yeah I had a long chat with the big fella and I was still trapped. Hopefully the quest patch coming out next month will fix it up. The sound stopped after I went to the dashboard, cleared the cache, and got back on. It was weird. I think I narrowed down what it was though, I think it was a dragon landing on the ground. The sound of that happening was just repeating over and over.

Probably tried to land on an ice cream cone or something and the physics engine couldn't handle it. Glad you fixed that problem at least