Valuable piece?
Posted on 01/26/2015 4:59:19 PM PST by lowbridge
With polished silverware still in the kitchen drawers and outdated toiletries sitting on a dusty dressing table, these incredible photographs show a perfectly preserved home that was abandoned by its owners decades ago.
From the retro patterned wallpaper to the well out-of-date food in the pantry, the dilapidated home in Ontario, Canada, is a remarkable time capsule.
An urban explorer called Dave made the stunning discovery while he was looking at abandoned properties in his home province - and documented his findings on his website Freaktography.
'The sight upon entering this house was eerie, breath-taking and weird,' he said. 'There is the usual smell of decay and years of abandonment that one comes to expect in this hobby.'
Dave found musical instruments, including a gramophone and a stereo system that would have been state-of-the-art at the time, books and family photographs - offering a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of the former occupants.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
http://freaktography.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/abandoned-house/
Somebody has been taking at least some care of the place. The weather alone would weasel its way inside and start tearing the place down.
“Urban Explorer” we used to call that a trespasser.
Why was it abandoned?
“Perfectly preserved” is a bit of hyperbole.
And polished the silver.
According to “dave” on his facebook page:
“It turns out that the home was willed to the church of the woman who lived there, and not to her daughter, causing some kind of legal battle. That would mean this home is in fact, not abandoned. Or does it?
Does any of this give anyone the right to enter it and photograph it....? No. However, had a handful of explorers not done such a thing, the treasures found in this house would have likely fallen into an even further state of decay.
The owner of a well known website contacted the elderly daughter and (much to the chagrin of many), the house has now been sealed and the valuable contents have been saved and boxed up. Had it not been for this group of “trespassers” this home and its contents would have been lost to time.”
From “dave” on his facebook page:
It turns out that the home was willed to the church of the woman who lived there, and not to her daughter, causing some kind of legal battle. That would mean this home is in fact, not abandoned. Or does it?
Does any of this give anyone the right to enter it and photograph it....? No. However, had a handful of explorers not done such a thing, the treasures found in this house would have likely fallen into an even further state of decay.
The owner of a well known website contacted the elderly daughter and (much to the chagrin of many), the house has now been sealed and the valuable contents have been saved and boxed up. Had it not been for this group of “trespassers” this home and its contents would have been lost to time.
Amazing
It usually unnerves me for folks to post a thread about pictures without posting the pictures; but in this case, there really are just TOO MANY to even try it. It would take half the night to write the code. lol!
Very interesting!
Valuable piece?
Must’ve had a decent house cleaner.
Seems rather undusty for a decades abandoned place.
The silver seems recently polished.
I have several sets and recently pulled two sets for an occassion.
They lay in a box similar to the one shown but, are modern in material used so they supposedly wont tarnish.
Had to clean several that were on top of layers and others that tarnished a bit in the sides.
Wasn’t terrible and I dropped everything into the sink, lined with aluminum foil and then filled it up with water and a some “Spic and Span”.
E Z and only took a few minutes but, this house seems too clean.
Maybe but it's in pretty good shape for a place not used (IMHO) since maybe the 60s or 70s.
Wow!
There is probably about $30k in that house, stuffed somewhere. I’ve cleaned out about four of those homes...and we always found cash stashed.
Wow! That is amazing. I wonder what happened to the inhabitants.
The old photo of the little girl looks eerily like me at that age.
Why would someone place a cabinet in front of a door?
Just wow. I hope these folks have the brains to contact a historical society and get this place preserved for posterity!
Seems rather undusty for a decades abandoned place
Not unusual when you consider that most household dust is “DEAD SKIN”.
What Percentage of Your Dust is Actually Dead Skin Cells?
The percentage of the dust in your home that is actually dead skin cells is approximately 75% to 90%.
Under the rug or in pages of books in the library
Been there done that!
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