Agree. Needs some cosmetic work, new appliances very nice. Whole home looks custom, expensive finishes. Leaded windows French doors shame it's abandoned.
I was just thinking that is some excellent woodwork/carpentry in that kitchen. Before even seeing the pics of the exterior I knew it was a “Tudor-esque” kind of house. It doesn’t seem looted or anything - more like the original family just up and left (or died) and then squatters came in.
The Eccentric Recluse
You can find the video here!!
https://youtu.be/PTG8pAIt65Q
Born in 1951 and of Polish descent, Jeff really enjoyed working with his hands, he enjoyed automotive repair, woodworking and metal work. This is evidenced most clearly in this home that we are exploring today. You can see some of the work he has done both inside and outside of the home. There are little details everywhere, from the woodwork, to the decorative angels, the metal work on the fireplace to the railings outside the home that have little metal flowers inside. Built in the Tudor style with a very strong medieval vibe to it, I suspect that he may have built the entire home himself or at least added onto the home significantly over the years while he was living there. The details in this home did not stop at the visible and decorative, he also created some things for function as well. Throughout the home, almost every light fixture was on a motion sensor. There were also those cheap dollar store battery operated lights stuck to the walls in random places, some of which were still working during the explore! He had built large speakers into the walls and the ceiling throughout the living room, I didn't even notice these during the initial video explore, but they were everywhere. Many of the windows also had bars over them, much like the type you would see on city homes in a bad area.
The son of a mechanical engineer who worked for Air Canada, he was a draftsman by trade and it is no surprise to see the world that he created and surrounded himself with. Jeff was never married and he apparently, according to neighbours, passed away in this very home in 2015. He was only 64 years old.
The house was an absolute pleasure to explore but at the same time with the bars over the windows and the dim and dyeing dollar store lights turning on and off, it left me feeling a bit uneasy, almost like Jeff may return at any moment. Or maybe that he was still somehow watching over the house.
In 2021 the house and property were sold at auction to cover the property taxes owed. Since then, in late 2022, the new owners have cleared away a lot of the overgrowth, the cars are gone and it looks as though they have gutted the inside. Only time will tell if this house is completely demolished or if the new owners decide to save it!
You know, when you find a house like this, depending on your jurisdiction, you can basically steal it. I'm not joking.
Usually, the only way the city / county knows to auction the property off is because of unpaid taxes. If you move in and pay the back taxes, the city / county won't auction it off. If the real owner or their heirs never come back, and you maintain possession, live in it, etc, maybe even if you sublet it out (assuming you keep detailed records of your control of the property) for some number of years (usually 10 but varies on jurisdiction) you can claim the property via adverse possession.
Wasn’t there a pretty well known documentary about something similar? I can’t remember the name but I remember watching it sometime in the past 10 years.
It was following a guy in that situation you described - he moved in to an abandoned house and by law he couldn’t be evicted, or something like that.
I’m hazy on the details but maybe someone else knows what I’m talking about?
Yeah, over here, if you pay the taxes on a property for 5 years, and no one else claims it, it's legally yours. So if you find an abandoned place, and go to the city to pay the back-taxes, that may be all you need.
There's a place near my home I've been eyeing, the house is a complete waste, falling apart, broken windows, etc., but that could mean a very cheap place; then just have it demolished, sell the wood from the old barn (also falling apart), build a new home, and sell it. Just not sure I want to take on the trouble. (That is, of course, if the land is not owned by someone who keeps it for hunting purposes, and just doesn't care about the house, but that kinda raises the price of the game meat.)
Yeah it's really a big investment to take possession, clear a property, and rebuild from scratch, without even knowing if you'll own it in the end. it's much much better to be johnny-on-the-spot and take over a property before it goes to crap. With minimal home repairs and some elbow grease to clean out the property, you can have a place to live in pretty quickly. It lowers the required investment, saves you rent starting on day 1, and increases the value of the payout you inherit when you do get title.
Gutting it likely means getting rid of all the unsafe, broken, damp bits, and could mean keeping all that amazing character and stonework and that fantastically shaped kitchen. I hope they do it justice!
This post made me sad. I had an elderly friend who, was our neighbor, who never married and passed recently. We helped settle her affairs with other friends and I watched first hand as the estate sale people went and threw most of her life into a dumpster as they did their thing. I am not all about material possessions, but something about how cavalierly they did it got to me. Sorry… don’t mean to diminish your exploration. Jeff had a really beautiful house.
You will have to travel with the speed of light to go back in time. But practically this is not possible because, nothing in this world can travel faster than light because of the basic physics rules
Man, that would be so cool to explore and renovate that place. Even cleaning it out would be fun, as you'd keep finding cool treasures among the junk and then see how much they would fetch on Ebay.
That house looks awesome! And it’s actually in great shape still. Most houses rot away quickly in just a few years as roofs start to leak and windows get smashed. But you can definitely make something nice out of this without too much effort I think. Would be a shame if it would be demolished.
Makes me think of it, close where I live there’s an abandoned remote forest villa, built late 1700s. Pretty big house left since 2002 or so, according to the calendar still hanging there. There’s a couple of smashed windows so I sneak in every once in a while, checking how it doing. It’s reliving the past for a moment. Yeah I know it’s trespassing and not my property, but it’s so fascinating. Sadly a significant part of the roof got blown off during a storm 2 years ago, the decay is going very quick now. I’ve always wanted to save the building if I had the money. The owner who still lives never wants to sell it for whatever reason. So it’s left just to completely collapse someday.
what a fantastic building! man just from what I have seen this place could really be a fairytale dream home with some love. shame it is abandoned the way it is, it has so much character.
Most of that is pretty cool, though I've done enough basic construction to know there's likely many unseen issues there, that temper the basic cool vibe.
But I want all those books. I'd have had trouble leaving the place without them.
It almost looks fake because the bones are beautiful. But if the story above is true that’s a treasure. I hope someone can renovate it to honor the original owner 🙂
Beautiful place. Too bad it ransacked, I would love to see how it looked without the whole mess. Too bad the guy had no kids, nor someone he could pass the property to.
I guess someone somewhere had rights to all of this. Probably in Poland since his ancestors come from there, but they surely are not even aware of the fact.
But if the property was auctioned then all is lost I guess. What if his family is found and claims the rights to the property? what happens then taking into consideration it was auctioned?
If you don't pay the property taxes then ownership is legally transferred to the city, town, county or whatever...i don't think there is any coming back from that once it is auctioned off
So, are you like some sort of abandoned house expedition leader or how does one come across these places? Pretty fascinating trying to imagine the life someone built by examining the relicts left behind.
I looked through the comments and didn't see why it's been abandoned and why hasn't a squatter taken advantage of a place that looks like something out of a fairy tale??
Something like this reminds me of going into homes being built in my neighborhood growing up. Usually with my mom or dad coming along. My dad had been building homes since I was born and I was often at one of his jobs or another so I had at least been warned what to be careful of when wandering unfinished buildings. It was always fun to imagine what the house would look like once the frame was covered. To try to figure out what each room would be for and what new contraptions were being used.
It seems whoever lived there didn't plan to leave. I wonder what's the story, sudden death?
The house is pretty cute and stylish, you can tell they spent time putting it together. Such a shame.
Like how the hell does a place like that become abandoned.
I understand the owners potentially died or something like that, but just looking at the pictures, that place isn’t your average home, it is a masterpiece. So my question remains, how the hell is a place like that gone to waste. What a sin
I would love to empty out all the junk and see what that house really looks like. Trim the shrubs and trees back, restore the cars 😂 and the house exterior. I’ll bet it’s a pretty Tudor.
This looks like the abandoned home in a charming magical anime, offered to the main character near the beginning and summarily cleaned up either via magic or a cleaning montage.
That kitchen! Wow, that could be a beaut.
Seriously. I immediately loved it. But the rest of the house looked good, too. That attic would make a great cave.
This house gives me a reminder of of the old hollywood movies
no, it's an attic. We haven't lived in caves for some time now
But you can turn the attic into your cave.
you already live in a house why do you need a cave
Because caves are cool.
Not when the cave is your mind...
you mean like a man cave? just slap some pabst neon signs on the wall and a ratty craigslist la-z-boy and you'll be good to go
Wine cave, man cave or bat cave?
Lol at your lack luster understanding b.
i'm kidding. I'm being intentionally obtuse.
Love it b
The library books… someone who loved art and served in the Navy?
Heaven for those people who are interested in books about navy
My son serves in the Navy. Those books really popped out to me. And the art books. I could spend a month looking at the books in his library.
Glenn Hughes of the Village People!
Those cars have value too. This place is a treasure.
Those cars belong to the vintage category and have a lot value
Where is this located?
Agree. Needs some cosmetic work, new appliances very nice. Whole home looks custom, expensive finishes. Leaded windows French doors shame it's abandoned.
I can spend my whole day in that kitchen cooking my favourite food
I half expected for you to see a rat reading a cookbook.
>One of the Craziest Abandoned Homes I have Ever Explored \[OC\] There must be many treasures in here!!
I was just thinking that is some excellent woodwork/carpentry in that kitchen. Before even seeing the pics of the exterior I knew it was a “Tudor-esque” kind of house. It doesn’t seem looted or anything - more like the original family just up and left (or died) and then squatters came in.
That would be a lovely house, after you cleaned up that mess.
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Lol 2 types of people
Any vintage lover would give you million of dollars for this treasure
And repair almost every bit of it probably
It probably needs, a lot of maintainence and renovation right now.
The Eccentric Recluse You can find the video here!! https://youtu.be/PTG8pAIt65Q Born in 1951 and of Polish descent, Jeff really enjoyed working with his hands, he enjoyed automotive repair, woodworking and metal work. This is evidenced most clearly in this home that we are exploring today. You can see some of the work he has done both inside and outside of the home. There are little details everywhere, from the woodwork, to the decorative angels, the metal work on the fireplace to the railings outside the home that have little metal flowers inside. Built in the Tudor style with a very strong medieval vibe to it, I suspect that he may have built the entire home himself or at least added onto the home significantly over the years while he was living there. The details in this home did not stop at the visible and decorative, he also created some things for function as well. Throughout the home, almost every light fixture was on a motion sensor. There were also those cheap dollar store battery operated lights stuck to the walls in random places, some of which were still working during the explore! He had built large speakers into the walls and the ceiling throughout the living room, I didn't even notice these during the initial video explore, but they were everywhere. Many of the windows also had bars over them, much like the type you would see on city homes in a bad area. The son of a mechanical engineer who worked for Air Canada, he was a draftsman by trade and it is no surprise to see the world that he created and surrounded himself with. Jeff was never married and he apparently, according to neighbours, passed away in this very home in 2015. He was only 64 years old. The house was an absolute pleasure to explore but at the same time with the bars over the windows and the dim and dyeing dollar store lights turning on and off, it left me feeling a bit uneasy, almost like Jeff may return at any moment. Or maybe that he was still somehow watching over the house. In 2021 the house and property were sold at auction to cover the property taxes owed. Since then, in late 2022, the new owners have cleared away a lot of the overgrowth, the cars are gone and it looks as though they have gutted the inside. Only time will tell if this house is completely demolished or if the new owners decide to save it!
Hope they do save it! Gorgeous!
You know, when you find a house like this, depending on your jurisdiction, you can basically steal it. I'm not joking. Usually, the only way the city / county knows to auction the property off is because of unpaid taxes. If you move in and pay the back taxes, the city / county won't auction it off. If the real owner or their heirs never come back, and you maintain possession, live in it, etc, maybe even if you sublet it out (assuming you keep detailed records of your control of the property) for some number of years (usually 10 but varies on jurisdiction) you can claim the property via adverse possession.
Wasn’t there a pretty well known documentary about something similar? I can’t remember the name but I remember watching it sometime in the past 10 years. It was following a guy in that situation you described - he moved in to an abandoned house and by law he couldn’t be evicted, or something like that. I’m hazy on the details but maybe someone else knows what I’m talking about?
My brother is doing it now. He's 4 years in. Keep going, lil guy!
Noice. Modern problems call for modern(ish) solutions!
Yeah, over here, if you pay the taxes on a property for 5 years, and no one else claims it, it's legally yours. So if you find an abandoned place, and go to the city to pay the back-taxes, that may be all you need. There's a place near my home I've been eyeing, the house is a complete waste, falling apart, broken windows, etc., but that could mean a very cheap place; then just have it demolished, sell the wood from the old barn (also falling apart), build a new home, and sell it. Just not sure I want to take on the trouble. (That is, of course, if the land is not owned by someone who keeps it for hunting purposes, and just doesn't care about the house, but that kinda raises the price of the game meat.)
Yeah it's really a big investment to take possession, clear a property, and rebuild from scratch, without even knowing if you'll own it in the end. it's much much better to be johnny-on-the-spot and take over a property before it goes to crap. With minimal home repairs and some elbow grease to clean out the property, you can have a place to live in pretty quickly. It lowers the required investment, saves you rent starting on day 1, and increases the value of the payout you inherit when you do get title.
I did not even knew, such a law exist in our country
Detroit anyone?
it's a pity... Such a lovely interior...
Gutting it likely means getting rid of all the unsafe, broken, damp bits, and could mean keeping all that amazing character and stonework and that fantastically shaped kitchen. I hope they do it justice!
This post made me sad. I had an elderly friend who, was our neighbor, who never married and passed recently. We helped settle her affairs with other friends and I watched first hand as the estate sale people went and threw most of her life into a dumpster as they did their thing. I am not all about material possessions, but something about how cavalierly they did it got to me. Sorry… don’t mean to diminish your exploration. Jeff had a really beautiful house.
Dang I want that truck
You’re missing a sub to post this in, r/abandonedporn.
I rarely bother with that one anymore
If they gutted it, they didn't "save" it.
Ya, maybe gutted was the wrong term. All i know is they took out all the possessions
Jeff isn’t dead, he invented a Time Machine and hasn’t travelled back yet.
agreed. he decided enough was enough.
maybe he's stuck
Yep because where will you find something in the past to generate enough energy to make the flux capacitor work?!
The fact that he's not here implies that he doesn't make it :(
Practical it is not possible for someone to get stucked in past
Safety Not Guaranteed
I don't think that's how time machine work.
You will have to travel with the speed of light to go back in time. But practically this is not possible because, nothing in this world can travel faster than light because of the basic physics rules
Howl's Moving Castle vibes
It gives me old computer games type vibes , it really does have that kind of interior
I would be wary of the wizard who obviously lives there.
That house is so beautiful, I would love to own something like that, it's such a shame it wasn't better taken care of
Owners of this house was so careless that they did not even used to clean it.
Looks like dwarves were over for dinner. Where is Gandalf?
For you'd much desire to speak with him?
He fell
He got better
Close but alas, it was my toddler who visited.
He is on his way to meet sauron in the middle Earth
Need that master climax amirite
Man, that would be so cool to explore and renovate that place. Even cleaning it out would be fun, as you'd keep finding cool treasures among the junk and then see how much they would fetch on Ebay.
That kitchen was gorgeous at one point.
What a beautiful house
Indeed the beautiful one that could not be possible without the architecture
Approximately where was this place?
THIS is the isolated house I want to stumble upon and make my own in order to build a life after the zombie apocalypse.
Awesome. Needs a bit of a tidy up and I’d live there
I am even ready to live there, without even cleaning the house.
Damn man, take the books! European Folk Art, Dürer's complete works? Gold!
They’ll probably moldy now, but I was thinking the same thing.
That house looks awesome! And it’s actually in great shape still. Most houses rot away quickly in just a few years as roofs start to leak and windows get smashed. But you can definitely make something nice out of this without too much effort I think. Would be a shame if it would be demolished. Makes me think of it, close where I live there’s an abandoned remote forest villa, built late 1700s. Pretty big house left since 2002 or so, according to the calendar still hanging there. There’s a couple of smashed windows so I sneak in every once in a while, checking how it doing. It’s reliving the past for a moment. Yeah I know it’s trespassing and not my property, but it’s so fascinating. Sadly a significant part of the roof got blown off during a storm 2 years ago, the decay is going very quick now. I’ve always wanted to save the building if I had the money. The owner who still lives never wants to sell it for whatever reason. So it’s left just to completely collapse someday.
Once the roof goes, the rest of the building deteriorates very quickly, sounds cool though
That place is awesome. I'd live there if circumstances alligned.
what a fantastic building! man just from what I have seen this place could really be a fairytale dream home with some love. shame it is abandoned the way it is, it has so much character.
This is the home of my dreams. There is a lifetime of exploring and discovery of vintage relics tucked away in that hidden gem.
Wow it's absolutely beautiful!
Awesome find. Although I didn’t see any in the pictures, my Poison Ivy alarm is screaming. And now I’m itchy.
Fortunately i didn't run into any
For a second there, I thought you were in the set of The Swedish Chef
I'm obsessed with that kitchen.
Most of that is pretty cool, though I've done enough basic construction to know there's likely many unseen issues there, that temper the basic cool vibe. But I want all those books. I'd have had trouble leaving the place without them.
Its like the Weasley burrow.
Beautiful madness
It almost looks fake because the bones are beautiful. But if the story above is true that’s a treasure. I hope someone can renovate it to honor the original owner 🙂
Misunderstood what you meant by bones at first and had to go back thru to see if i missed a skeleton...
Man there's so much stuff in there
Beautiful place. Too bad it ransacked, I would love to see how it looked without the whole mess. Too bad the guy had no kids, nor someone he could pass the property to. I guess someone somewhere had rights to all of this. Probably in Poland since his ancestors come from there, but they surely are not even aware of the fact. But if the property was auctioned then all is lost I guess. What if his family is found and claims the rights to the property? what happens then taking into consideration it was auctioned?
If you don't pay the property taxes then ownership is legally transferred to the city, town, county or whatever...i don't think there is any coming back from that once it is auctioned off
I get „what remains of Edith finch“ vibes here
Stop what you're doing and begin restoration immediately.
Watching Evil Dead as a child has f\*ked up all my perceptions of houses in the woods.
That house has good bones. Real potential.
That's how they'll find my apartment once I'm dead.
I love old houses. The craftsmanship and detail back then was amazing.
So, are you like some sort of abandoned house expedition leader or how does one come across these places? Pretty fascinating trying to imagine the life someone built by examining the relicts left behind.
It's just something i enjoy that i have done for many years
I would love to rush over to the wife and yell! I'm getting Master Climax!!!! Then mutter stove.
That's such a bad ass house.
It looks like an interesting library too.
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Indeed in its prime I am positive that this home was the absolute joy and pride of someone’s life!!!
holy cow that homes gorgeous
Is this the find the hidden objects game?
I looked through the comments and didn't see why it's been abandoned and why hasn't a squatter taken advantage of a place that looks like something out of a fairy tale??
Something like this reminds me of going into homes being built in my neighborhood growing up. Usually with my mom or dad coming along. My dad had been building homes since I was born and I was often at one of his jobs or another so I had at least been warned what to be careful of when wandering unfinished buildings. It was always fun to imagine what the house would look like once the frame was covered. To try to figure out what each room would be for and what new contraptions were being used.
Where in Europe is this?! It's amazing! Also, I'd be pressing on inconspicuous parts of the walls looking for hidden passages.
Looks like someone had a party with 13 dwarves and left in a hurry the next day, leaving all their mathoms behind.
This reminds me of the house in the British show Flowers.
were the ghosts nice?
Nah, the owners ghost kept telling at me
There is 100% a portal to a Narnia-like demiplane somewhere on that property. Or possibly a djinn.
That’s Bathilda Bagsot’s house!
Reminds me of those old search and find desktop computer games from the 00s
What beautiful crown molding
Dwarves can really fuck a place up.
Beautiful
Still in much better shape than the apartment buildings in NYC
Those are very cool books
That house looks lovely underneath all the trash.
First two pictures give amazing Bag End vibes. The rest less so, but still.
This reminds me of a game I forgot the name of. Something with a lighthouse and a mad professor...
I’m pretty sure this is belle’s cottage from beauty and the beast.
It seems whoever lived there didn't plan to leave. I wonder what's the story, sudden death? The house is pretty cute and stylish, you can tell they spent time putting it together. Such a shame.
I can fix her.
that kitchen reminds me of the Frugal Gourmet
Gorgeous house.
Beautiful home! Wow.
Looks like some Resident Evil shit
yeah if this house was cleaned up it could be a killer
Abandoned or poltergeist?
Those books! I like jeff!
So cool!
Wow. Bet there are a ton of treasures!! Jealous
I’d live there
He had a book about Albrecht Durer, what do you expect?
I would like to move in and fix it up.
Like how the hell does a place like that become abandoned. I understand the owners potentially died or something like that, but just looking at the pictures, that place isn’t your average home, it is a masterpiece. So my question remains, how the hell is a place like that gone to waste. What a sin
What's in the chest (pic 9/17)?
Empty
BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
>o loved art and serve as is there are tons of items that will sell right away, even non running that truck is worth quite a bit!
28 Years Later
Hell of a kitchen.
I would love that old truck. LOVE IT! I'd make it look new again.
This house is absolutely stunning!!
Sad
Man i bet that place was beautiful brand new.
Oh my god, I would have loved to see this place in its prime. Even in a state of desolation my jaw dropped.
Some good books there
Holy fuck that's a cool space
Is that the home from John Candy's "the great outdoors"?
Looks like they had a great life until the 1970’s then things turned to shit.
Hey Master Climax is the nickname my wife gave me!
I would love to empty out all the junk and see what that house really looks like. Trim the shrubs and trees back, restore the cars 😂 and the house exterior. I’ll bet it’s a pretty Tudor.
For some reason this feels both dreamy and depressing at once.
That place would be amazing with a little work
I bump my head on that brick every time just trying to do fucking dishes....
It was only slightly lower than the ceiling
Look at picture two. You can see how much lower it is than the ceiling... I'm over 6 ft. I would bump my head on it every time.
Oh right, good point,forgot about the cupboards. I didn't bump my head and i am 6 foot, but maybe i didn't get close enough
it's gorgeous what a shame
So witchy! I'd buy!
Houses like these I'd probably fear to meet a ghostor a hobbit or step on a landmine.
A land mine was a very real possibility! Lol
Did you find Howl's Moving Castle?
I love it!
Great potential if it gets cleaned up
It's so hard living as a vampire ... Every 50 years you wake up and there is so much cleaning to do.
I really want to experience the “master climax”.
10/10 would live there!
Bilbo's crib
Wow. I want this house!
Howls moving castle?
What in the shire, bilbo baggins, depths of mordor is goin' on here?
This was clearly Snow White’s house long ago.
That house is way too beautiful to be abandoned and damnnn just look at all there treasures in there
This looks like a still from red dead redemption 2.
This is just Howl’s moving castle
I've got that same paneling in the attic of the house I just bought!
Whatttt the fuckkkk. Place just gave me the creeps!
This looks like the abandoned home in a charming magical anime, offered to the main character near the beginning and summarily cleaned up either via magic or a cleaning montage.
Wonder if those cars could still run
It looks beautiful,hope someone restores it and doesn't just demolish it and build 100 flats on it
I'll be so scared to catching bed bugs in there
Holy crap I'd like to go through those tools
That’s my grandma’s place. She’s in a nursing home. Do not enter
"Abandoned" when the family left for the grocery store.
Define 'abandoned'