As is, just a house. Not a home. I’m old enough to have owned a few homes. Rented a bunch. Meaning: I’ve lived in a lot of homes over the many decades. Tell me if you disagree, eh? But, when you first walk into a place don’t you get a feeling that a place is either warm and welcoming, or its cold and impersonal. Some hit you as downright unwelcoming and seemingly want you out. And, if you mention your sense to someone else, they’ll almost always agree with you. Just didnt want to be the one to say it.
Loved the entrance and woodworking of the home. Found it done in good taste not for all, but we are all different and that is good. Was a happy family home.
Thank you for letting us tag along! I've always wondered if those that have lived in any of these now abandoned houses ever comment about when they lived there.
I have seen some other explorers video on this home. Your video is excellent!! You are actually taking time in the home and showing us detail and not just quickly scanning the rooms in a rush. LOVE IT!
Great video but I thought the whole house was rather gauche - typical of new money. Much as I appreciate real wood, this house was OTT to say the least. A bit like a lottery winners house. Best demolished and start anew
Great explore! Beautiful home! Can’t imagine why it’s still vacant. Love how you show the details of the home. The bedroom on the lower floor off of the laundry room was likely for the housekeeper or nanny. That pool was so deep! Unusual for an indoor in a home. Thank you for carrying a bright flashlight to show the rooms with no power! Just a gorgeous home. Hoping someone will buy it and move in. Stay safe!
Nice home, but I don't think it was built by someone with really good taste. Your video on the other hand is great. I love how you narrate , speaking clearly and loud enough to be understood. You move the camera smoothly. Thank you. I have enjoyed watching.
If it's really 60 years old, it was stripped and remodeled in the early 90s, none of the furnishings, windows, interior doors, lighting, even the stairwell screams 1993 sitcom. The diagonal cedar and the intercom system are the only things I see that give a 70s vibe.
If it is 60 years old....they were chopped up and not like the open floor plan used now. I can understand that....do you have any background on the people that built it....what was their situation to abandon the property? I would have to research these homes!!
This house is amazing I would never get to see or experience the inside of a home like this if not for your videos and others who explore these massive beautiful places thank you so much I just have such a interest in abandoned old places
Yes, I can hear you just fine. That pool almost looks like a training pool for Olympians. It is so deep that I would be afraid of it, and I surely would never let a child get in it! That house is so grand and must have been worth a fortune, but I don’t like it. The layout is weird and uninviting. But I thank you for taking the time to make this video.
no child of mine will be getting such a deep pool, its like the pool was built for training a future diver but not really child safe esp little children, and the amount of stairs, and wooden stairs and little children with soft heads this house is not really for the young toddlers.
some places with antique beauty unless needing to be resored or changed for mold or etc..i think should be preserved..some people may have loved 70's style like i do, i find it comforting..i just missed the 70's being born in 79 so holds a mystique to me
not sure why only some eras homes are preserved like victorian..the 70's and other eras count too for being interesting to leave the same i think..maybe change the carpets to update for healthyness but keep the colors and styles i think if one can, because only so many of ea eras style out there shame to lose them i think
I have never been in a house/mansion this big. My house is 845 square feet. I would love something a little bigger! Some of these places you visit are amazing!
@Kat LHP - I'm inclined to agree with you! I like some of the features of this "mansion" and the first was that gorgeous staircase!! I'm a lover of *most* things black but that black bathroom is rather much! They wouldn't have needed the/an entire black bathroom to make their/a statement or point (lol)! Some b&w or black,white and grey floor tile, counters,back-splashes,etc., would have looked so much better - imo. :-)
People really wasted money how do you just leave a place like that and move on I don't even have my own house I will love to have my own place that's sad
It does to me...if you watch on UA-cam....sh#$ southern women say they make a comment that if they won the lottery they would build a second floor on top of their double wide. I am not poking fun at all....I would love a double wide...they way they show now..I would jump at the chance...on some acreage!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally love this home and if I had the money, would definitely buy it. The person who said turn it into a hotel/whatever had the right idea!
As he said, you don't show the outside, because it makes it easier to find, and may give away the location. Then more people go there and wreck the place and steal things.
It's the going price for a teardown on a decent size lot in North-central Toronto. Some developer will build a 10-15 million $$ home and still make a big profit.
agree!! >>> didn't take long for me to find someone else using the word "atrocious" for this get up!! >>> who in their right mind spends millions on this? >>> not to mention he says it's the best mansion he's ever seen.>>> smh.
Curious if the owner or any of the kids that lived there (now grown up of course) have seen this video. Would be super amusing to hear from them about this and their experiences living there. Maybe one of the daughters was an aspiring olympic swimmer, which is why the parents seem to have had no fears about the kids and the pool design. Maybe she jumped out of bed at 5 in the morning to swim laps, like a fish in water. Only way i can see the parents feeling safe with a house/pool designed in this way.
Wow!!!! What a beautiful and amazing house. I love it. Never seen a pool that deep in a home before. Thanks for sharing and I love the way you show everything.
It's really cheap looking. Cheap materials. Cheap design. Cheap decoration. It looks like some poor guys version of a mansion. I don't know why you're gushing over it.
.>> actually there's a lot of expensive wood material od the floors and ceilings plus the pool alone.>>> but they still managed to make the entire house look cheap.>>> maybe that's what they were going for.>>> lol
My first explore with you and I really enjoyed it. Good sound and camera work. I enjoyed your enthusiasm and felt the same way about the house. What a pool!!! My kids would be would be in their socks sliding on those downstairs floors! Good explore! Thanks
This place is HUGE! The stairs are beautiful, I know that entrance was a selling point to the buyers. Love the wall paper. It's like the history of the mansion and it's passed occupants, and guess were added to the home. Creepy, haunting and beautiful in a strange way. The daughters had it made! Their OWN BATHROOMS! Some major change in their lives, maybe a death probably made them move. That black marble floor bathroom is a death trap. One slip and fall, hit your head and its over. The pool room spooky, too deep and not enough space around the corners of the pool. If there was any tragedy involved with the occupants, my condolences. By the way, your video is coming in clear. 🎊Happy belated Birthday!🎂
it is the most beautiful abandon house i ever saw I would love to have it and redo the water damaged places if I were rich that is i just cant get over how beautiful it is
i guess I'm alone with liking this house but I dont care i love it and repairing it it would be beautiful again maybe they did the best they could with the money they had at the time i for one think they did a great job and i love the stair case not red though but I love it looks like the one except a smaller version of the one on Titanic the movie
You know what l really enjoyed this think you made it more interesting than what it was, thank you! looked a bit crap who ever built it didn't have a clue wished we could have seen outside,but again thanks
This has got to be the ugliest, tackiest, cheapskate looking mess of a place I have ever seen! No wonder it's empty! The "closet" in the kitchen is called a pantry, and the room off the laundry is probably a maid's quarters...hence the intercom.
yes you're right it'd be nice if he would just have footage of the house as he's walking up to it and open the door that way we get a plain view of what it looks like from the outside going in!!
Yep! That place is like a very unattractive maze. To me, it looks like a big converted barn. Inexpensive fixtures that have no common style in all of the bathrooms. The woodwork is a mismatched mess.The doors all look like hollow core doors. In a mansion you’d expect to see woodwork other than oak, and framed... well I just expected more. Bright blue Formica! 😱 Cheesy fireplaces. It should be demolished before someone is hurt or killed when something else collapses.
Tooooo big for me... BUT really fun to explore. Makes me a little sad to see so much damage. Love your work and that you share. Totally escapism at its best!
Nice mansion,the pool has to be that deep to have a diving board..especially if it's a spring board,such a shame to see this place in it's current state I bet it was Gorgeous back in the day
Probably decided to build another one {even "better"! lol}, and the one left behind was too costly for most people to purchase, insure, pay taxes, and maintain.
The indoor pool was nice, but the nicest indoor swimming pool I've ever seen (and will ever see probably) was at Randolph Herst's Castle in California. Beautiful tile in that pool, no one spends money on a pool like that today - not even billionaires.
i'm questioning if the owners or bank ever tried to sell this home. I agree with very much of what the retired Architect said, rooms are very chopped up, the design is not good at all. If you are going to build a home like this, you must also think about the resale of it later on. one comment might have something , when they felt a crime was committed here. The owners at one time could have been involved in illegal activities on the side. Who knows. It would be interesting to know the history on this home. Do you ever research these places ? Thank you for the tour, very tastefully done. Great equipment too.
I suspect they built in an era of far more lax regulations, but when they tried to sell it they couldn't get a certificate of occupancy. Particularly suspicious is the design of the area around the pool, and this is also something that would have been prohibitively expensive to rebuild or correct. Only parents with children who are aspiring olympic swimmers would consider it safe to live with a thing like that inside their house unless they were out of their mind egotistical.
those are Prison cells in the basement and why were the dungeon doors removed? maybe something went down here especially involving children and i don't think it was Sound of Music lovey-dovey. evil stuff went down
I know I’m a couple years late lol The house belongs to 2 dr’s who purchased it with the intent to tear it down and rebuild. However they ended up buying a newer home in the same neighbourhood and weren’t able to sell this. It’s been empty since 2014
Curious if the owner or any of the kids that lived there (now grown up of course) have seen this video. Would be super amusing to hear from them about this and their experiences living there. Maybe one of the daughters was an aspiring olympic swimmer, which is why the parents seem to have had no fears about the kids and the pool design. Maybe she jumped out of bed at 5 in the morning to swim laps, like a fish in water. Only way i can see the parents feeling safe with a house/pool designed in this way.
Wonderful footage!! After watching other people I just want to tel you I appreciate how you film(I did not get motion sickness with you) you are steady and have slow pans.
Sound is good and clear. I wonder how long it was abandoned. Couldn’t have been too long. I can’t grasp that kind of money. Love all the wood. Amazing house. I have never seen a mansion. I wonder who lived there and what happened. I recently discovered these videos. You do this very well. Thank you.
Great video work! You don’t rush and flash the camera around making viewers sea sick. Your narration is really good too. Very enjoyable. But in my opinion, this house is a huge waste of trim and building materials. What are those boxes on the ceiling? The staircase is attractive but everything around and under it is a mish mash of design. More money than taste... The pool is probably the most amazing asset. Is it really 60 years old? I think the demise of this home may have been a leaking roof. The way the ceiling dry wall has been cut away to expose joists in several rooms seems suspicious etc. Leaking roofs make black mold. Black mold creates health issues. Abatement cost in a house this size would be prohibitive. That’s my guess. Anyone else have ideas?
Interesting thought, but a leaky roof is something is usually not that hard to fix, no? And you would think people who built this would be able to maintain a roof, which is normal expected maintenance for any house and to catch a leak before it did such extensive damage. Unless of course they were temporarily living somewhere else or something like that. But i agree the purposefully cut out ceilings do support your idea. My thought was that they could not get a COA when trying to sell it due to the design of the pool not being to code. Now that would be something really expensive to rebuild or 'remove'.
That black bathroom looks like it belongs in an 80’s disco. I wonder what happened to the family that lived there and why they just left everything. I agree with most of the other comments, this house is not worth 6 million dollars.
I wonder if some kind of crime happened there. The finish is stripped off of the staircase baluster leading down to the basement, like there was crime scene tape on it at some point. The carpet in the basement looked stained in the middle, but that could have been water. If you know the address you could always do a search. Great video, btw!
That's the worst homemade mansion I've ever seen. The wall angles are all wrong and very vertigo inducing. I would never buy it even if I had the money.
Who built this house? I'd find out and make certain I never hired them to build anything or buy anything built by them. Water damage on every level wasn't there? How the hell does that even happen? Does homeowner insurance cover that? That is a ton of money thrown away!
Well that's because pipes burst due to the cold. I think that's not so unusual in abandoned places, is it. I was even impressed that the basement didn't have a lake inside of it. Though of course this doesn't take away all the other more significant issues with the place, such as a cinder block foundation at this price point.
The entire layout of the mansion is weird; wasted hidden spaces, a gigantic indoor and pool rooms within a room. A few things I liked was the entry, the staircase and the bar. Too bad it's left to the elements to ruin. It surely would cost a fortune to restore and bring it up to date.
Beautiful. Why would you build something so beautiful and leave it to waste away. I don't get it. Something so beautiful jast falling apart. Was, very sad. At least they took all there personal belongings.
Great video. Very well done.... I just don't understand all the waste when it comes to this house. It seems like only the kitchen cabinets were salvaged. Very wasteful material wise which is very sad. Thank you for taking your time doing this video. Looking forward to seeing more finds. From Ontario Canada.
Great video! I noticed someone left their Timmy's cup of coffee on the stairs, I just discovered Tim's in Michigan and I'm loving it, awesome exploration man thanks
It would take a heck of a lot of money to get rid of the mold and remove all of the damage to attempt to repair and make it livable. The huge room that looked like it was decorated for children is a bit of a puzzler. Makes you wonder if they had multiples that shared the space, but the difference in wall decorations was very baby in one area and older girl in another. The laundry room on the main floor didn’t fit the rest of the house because the cabinets were more sleek and modern and the rest of the house was more traditional. The color choices in the laundry room doesn’t fit with anything else in the house. In the downstairs entertainment area it looked like more of the built in bench also had storage space under the part closer to the bar. They probably didn’t drywall or plaster over the brick at a later date it looks more like it was a planned feature, but because the house has been ransacked and heavily damaged you can’t be sure of anything. The large cedar closet in the basement was probably where they stored the more expensive out of season clothing and fur coats and more valuable things could also explain the strange room with glass shelves. If it held a collection on display there would be better lighting in there.
Just big - not attractive -
Folks with $ and no taste - recommend an Architect and Interior Designer.
Not worth the price mentioned.
Beth Bartlett I totally agree...cold
As is, just a house. Not a home. I’m old enough to have owned a few homes. Rented a bunch. Meaning: I’ve lived in a lot of homes over the many decades. Tell me if you disagree, eh? But, when you first walk into a place don’t you get a feeling that a place is either warm and welcoming, or its cold and impersonal. Some hit you as downright unwelcoming and seemingly want you out. And, if you mention your sense to someone else, they’ll almost always agree with you. Just didnt want to be the one to say it.
YES. Just a McMansion that's already falling apart, literally.
...a bull dozer...
Beth Bartlett don't forget this home was build in the 70's . Decor was a lot different back then.
Loved the entrance and woodworking of the home. Found it done in good taste not for all, but we are all different and that is good. Was a happy family home.
You seem like a really nice guy. I enjoy your videos. Ignore the people who leave negative comments.
HEY THANKS!
That's what I say.😊
Wow that is an amazing house !! Such a shame to see it being ruined by water and mold 😥 tyvm for a great tour!!!!
Thank you for letting us tag along! I've always wondered if those that have lived in any of these now abandoned houses ever comment about when they lived there.
I have seen some other explorers video on this home. Your video is excellent!! You are actually taking time in the home and showing us detail and not just quickly scanning the rooms in a rush. LOVE IT!
Great video but I thought the whole house was rather gauche - typical of new money. Much as I appreciate real wood, this house was OTT to say the least. A bit like a lottery winners house.
Best demolished and start anew
Thanks for teaching me a new word haha - gauche
I thought the exact same thing!
Great explore! Beautiful home! Can’t imagine why it’s still vacant. Love how you show the details of the home. The bedroom on the lower floor off of the laundry room was likely for the housekeeper or nanny. That pool was so deep! Unusual for an indoor in a home. Thank you for carrying a bright flashlight to show the rooms with no power! Just a gorgeous home. Hoping someone will buy it and move in. Stay safe!
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice home, but I don't think it was built by someone with really good taste. Your video on the other hand is great. I love how you narrate , speaking clearly and loud enough to be understood. You move the camera smoothly. Thank you. I have enjoyed watching.
If it's really 60 years old, it was stripped and remodeled in the early 90s, none of the furnishings, windows, interior doors, lighting, even the stairwell screams 1993 sitcom.
The diagonal cedar and the intercom system are the only things I see that give a 70s vibe.
If it is 60 years old....they were chopped up and not like the open floor plan used now. I can understand that....do you have any background on the people that built it....what was their situation to abandon the property? I would have to research these homes!!
He pulled out a news paper that said 1981...so I thought it was built around that time...looks like an 80s home...
Your sound system sounds great. Awesome video! Keep up the great work! I totally enjoyed this.
This house is amazing I would never get to see or experience the inside of a home like this if not for your videos and others who explore these massive beautiful places thank you so much I just have such a interest in abandoned old places
I want to see the homes of the people who are calling this place a dump!
hahahahaha exactly
My house is 1500 sq ft and it's so nice it's not abandoned 🤭
Yes, I can hear you just fine. That pool almost looks like a training pool for Olympians. It is so deep that I would be afraid of it, and I surely would never let a child get in it! That house is so grand and must have been worth a fortune, but I don’t like it. The layout is weird and uninviting. But I thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Leone Dolliver That was my first thought as well regarding the pool.
How you gonna dive with 5 foot water?
no child of mine will be getting such a deep pool, its like the pool was built for training a future diver but not really child safe esp little children, and the amount of stairs, and wooden stairs and little children with soft heads this house is not really for the young toddlers.
Beautiful home but I can’t imagine one of my babies way down stairs from my room at night😱
And so close to the pool. Pool is so deep it freaks me out and gives me an anxiety attack just thinking about children being by it.
Excellent presentation. I really followed the home layout and the turns and pans were slow, not dizzying. Great job.
This is a 70/80's eyesore! Not even sure how you would renovate something this discombobulated!!
Brenda Johnson It needs to be torn down. And the first thing should be to hire an architect.
I’d renovate it with a bulldozer, a can of gasoline and a match.
so everyone in america lives in well designed mansions, according to the comments
some places with antique beauty unless needing to be resored or changed for mold or etc..i think should be preserved..some people may have loved 70's style like i do, i find it comforting..i just missed the 70's being born in 79 so holds a mystique to me
not sure why only some eras homes are preserved like victorian..the 70's and other eras count too for being interesting to leave the same i think..maybe change the carpets to update for healthyness but keep the colors and styles i think if one can, because only so many of ea eras style out there shame to lose them i think
I have never been in a house/mansion this big. My house is 845 square feet. I would love something a little bigger! Some of these places you visit are amazing!
By far one of my favorites! I love this mansion. My idea of a mansion 😊 Great job exploring and explaining!
thank you Kat
@Kat LHP - I'm inclined to agree with you! I like some of the features of this "mansion" and the first was that gorgeous staircase!! I'm a lover of *most* things black but that black bathroom is rather much! They wouldn't have needed the/an entire black bathroom to make their/a statement or point (lol)! Some b&w or black,white and grey floor tile, counters,back-splashes,etc., would have looked so much better - imo. :-)
We all wonder what happened to the family. Titanic is the perfect word to describe their sunken feelings. Thank you for this interesting video.
LOVED this explore. Spot-on filming: patient, respectful, and thorough. Thank you for sharing, Dave.
thank you very much Kate
I love seeing your videos, please show the homes from the outside as well. I often wonder what happened that they are empty and left to deteriorate.
People really wasted money how do you just leave a place like that and move on I don't even have my own house I will love to have my own place that's sad
It's sad to see a marvelous house sit alone and waste away. Thanks for going in to share 😊
thanks for watching and commenting
I live in a double wide trailer. Does that count as a mansion?
It does to me...if you watch on UA-cam....sh#$ southern women say they make a comment that if they won the lottery they would build a second floor on top of their double wide. I am not poking fun at all....I would love a double wide...they way they show now..I would jump at the chance...on some acreage!!
Counts as a tiny mansion.
Yes.
Yes it does to people who don't have a home.
They do have trailers with upstairs ,just like a house.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally love this home and if I had the money, would definitely buy it. The person who said turn it into a hotel/whatever had the right idea!
Some footage of the outside would have been a good idea .
Nice video. Thank you. Horrible house!
As he said, you don't show the outside, because it makes it easier to find, and may give away the location. Then more people go there and wreck the place and steal things.
I absolutely love staircases! The grander and more opulent the better! That one is amazing! Nice video! Thanks for the explore!
thank you
Mr. Freaktography, you do BEAUTIFUL work! 😊
This was probably a beautiful house when someone lived in it and the pool is for someone who is an Olympic swimmer! Thanks for the video
That place is a hot mess! $6 mil for that?! Heck no!!!
That was for clickbait my friend no way this is with even 600k
They could do all the repairs in have it run by us that state and let Abuse children and mother live in there
Angela Gill right, smh
It's the going price for a teardown on a decent size lot in North-central Toronto. Some developer will build a 10-15 million $$ home and still make a big profit.
Ok. Anthony 🍻👍
this place is atrocious.......too many angles....too much going on.....ugly as all get out. not impressed....its just big and super fugly.
agree!! >>> didn't take long for me to find someone else using the word "atrocious" for this get up!! >>> who in their right mind spends millions on this? >>> not to mention he says it's the best mansion he's ever seen.>>> smh.
Curious if the owner or any of the kids that lived there (now grown up of course) have seen this video. Would be super amusing to hear from them about this and their experiences living there. Maybe one of the daughters was an aspiring olympic swimmer, which is why the parents seem to have had no fears about the kids and the pool design. Maybe she jumped out of bed at 5 in the morning to swim laps, like a fish in water. Only way i can see the parents feeling safe with a house/pool designed in this way.
My guess is that a divorce moved everyone out of this place 😐
Wow!!!! What a beautiful and amazing house. I love it. Never seen a pool that deep in a home before. Thanks for sharing and I love the way you show everything.
thanks for the feedback
It's really cheap looking. Cheap materials. Cheap design. Cheap decoration. It looks like some poor guys version of a mansion. I don't know why you're gushing over it.
Maybe he's a poor man.
.>> actually there's a lot of expensive wood material od the floors and ceilings plus the pool alone.>>> but they still managed to make the entire house look cheap.>>> maybe that's what they were going for.>>> lol
Remember every generation has their own taste if you have a Lotta money fix it up for a shelter for abused children and mothers run by that state
I've seen way better also 😐 houses with big waterfalls in the backyard.
I love your channel. FreakTography rocks. Good work. A smart risk taker. Respectful film work. Keep on keeping on brother. A subscriber.
Much appreciated!
looks like a mobile home company built a brick house--- hideous!
Hahahah indeed
My first explore with you and I really enjoyed it. Good sound and camera work. I enjoyed your enthusiasm and felt the same way about the house. What a pool!!! My kids would be would be in their socks sliding on those downstairs floors! Good explore! Thanks
This place is HUGE! The stairs are beautiful, I know that entrance was a selling point to the buyers.
Love the wall paper. It's like the history of the mansion and it's passed occupants, and guess were added to the home.
Creepy, haunting and beautiful in a strange way.
The daughters had it made! Their OWN BATHROOMS!
Some major change in their lives, maybe a death probably made them move. That black marble floor bathroom is a death trap. One slip and fall, hit your head and its over. The pool room spooky, too deep and not enough space around the corners of the pool.
If there was any tragedy involved with the occupants, my condolences. By the way, your video is coming in clear.
🎊Happy belated Birthday!🎂
thanks for watching and commenting
it is the most beautiful abandon house i ever saw I would love to have it and redo the water damaged places if I were rich that is i just cant get over how beautiful it is
i guess I'm alone with liking this house but I dont care i love it and repairing it it would be beautiful again maybe they did the best they could with the money they had at the time i for one think they did a great job and i love the stair case not red though but I love it looks like the one except a smaller version of the one on Titanic the movie
Always keep in mind that everyone has their own definition of beauty. Lol
And some definitions are wrong.
I'm so obsessed w these videos
Reminded me of the Titanic the grand staircase simply breath taking
It's very beautiful home . Some broken part ceiling, etc.
So sad
Hello, This house is huge. I wonder what happened to the owners. It really nice. Awesome Video. Many Blessings
You and your new microphone sound great ! I just love this and your video ! Plus you got the Disney characters correct !
Yay! Thank you!
You know what l really enjoyed this think you made it more interesting than what it was, thank you! looked a bit crap who ever built it didn't have a clue wished we could have seen outside,but again thanks
thanks for watching
Amazing!!!Why would someone abandon this place? Love that pool! Great explore, thank you.❤️ from Australia.
This has got to be the ugliest, tackiest, cheapskate looking mess of a place I have ever seen! No wonder it's empty! The "closet" in the kitchen is called a pantry, and the room off the laundry is probably a maid's quarters...hence the intercom.
But later somebody used it for a child.
Shoot if I could afford to fix it up I would use it for Abuse kids and mothers to live in the rest of their life's run by the state that this is in
@@faithhope6891 i don't think any abused child should go here esp with so those basement dungeon-like jail cells or torture chambers.
yes you're right it'd be nice if he would just have footage of the house as he's walking up to it and open the door that way we get a plain view of what it looks like from the outside going in!!
Yep! That place is like a very unattractive maze. To me, it looks like a big converted barn. Inexpensive fixtures that have no common style in all of the bathrooms. The woodwork is a mismatched mess.The doors all look like hollow core doors. In a mansion you’d expect to see woodwork other than oak, and framed... well I just expected more. Bright blue Formica! 😱 Cheesy fireplaces. It should be demolished before someone is hurt or killed when something else collapses.
Tooooo big for me... BUT really fun to explore. Makes me a little sad to see so much damage. Love your work and that you share. Totally escapism at its best!
Big thanks
Nice mansion,the pool has to be that deep to have a diving board..especially if it's a spring board,such a shame to see this place in it's current state I bet it was Gorgeous back in the day
very good point about the diving board
I like all the wainscoating and parque woodwork throughout the house. Also like the high shine of the marble or granite floors and walls.
I’m surprised the alarm is still beeping.
Beautiful home. That pool house reminded me of Cocoon.
Very cool video! Why is it abandoned? any back story on why the family left? It's so cool but so sad to see a beautiful house go to waste!
Probably purchased by a foreign owner for future value
Probably decided to build another one {even "better"! lol}, and the one left behind was too costly for most people to purchase, insure, pay taxes, and maintain.
It's like some shitty Hillbilly Mansion!
Freaktography,
I just started watching ur videos, is there a reason ur not shooting outside of home/place or give the location??
@@nikkiworm254 haven't seen many other Urban adventurers show the outside other than the thumbnail
The indoor pool was nice, but the nicest indoor swimming pool I've ever seen (and will ever see probably) was at Randolph Herst's Castle in California. Beautiful tile in that pool, no one spends money on a pool like that today - not even billionaires.
i'm questioning if the owners or bank ever tried to sell this home. I agree with very much of what the retired Architect said, rooms are very chopped up, the design is not good at all. If you are going to build a home like this, you must also think about the resale of it later on. one comment might have something , when they felt a crime was committed here. The owners at one time could have been involved in illegal activities on the side. Who knows. It would be interesting to know the history on this home. Do you ever research these places ? Thank you for the tour, very tastefully done. Great equipment too.
I suspect they built in an era of far more lax regulations, but when they tried to sell it they couldn't get a certificate of occupancy. Particularly suspicious is the design of the area around the pool, and this is also something that would have been prohibitively expensive to rebuild or correct. Only parents with children who are aspiring olympic swimmers would consider it safe to live with a thing like that inside their house unless they were out of their mind egotistical.
those are Prison cells in the basement and why were the dungeon doors removed? maybe something went down here especially involving children and i don't think it was Sound of Music lovey-dovey. evil stuff went down
I know I’m a couple years late lol The house belongs to 2 dr’s who purchased it with the intent to tear it down and rebuild. However they ended up buying a newer home in the same neighbourhood and weren’t able to sell this. It’s been empty since 2014
Curious if the owner or any of the kids that lived there (now grown up of course) have seen this video. Would be super amusing to hear from them about this and their experiences living there. Maybe one of the daughters was an aspiring olympic swimmer, which is why the parents seem to have had no fears about the kids and the pool design. Maybe she jumped out of bed at 5 in the morning to swim laps, like a fish in water. Only way i can see the parents feeling safe with a house/pool designed in this way.
Thats a thought i just had and commented only 3 years after you bahahahaha
Looks like the first sims house I built
I am blown away, cannot imagine living here,i am awestruck and thanks again for sharing,love all your work
Thank you Lisa
I had a good time watching this video!
Thank you!
GREAT TO HEAR! Thanks
This home is over the top gorgeous! Unique and I love it! Are these homes ever offered up for sale for the price of repairs!? Win win for both!
Looks like it was built with builder grade materials, poorly done even if it was Lived in
Wonderful footage!! After watching other people I just want to tel you I appreciate how you film(I did not get motion sickness with you) you are steady and have slow pans.
Thanks again Dave for this AWESOME video !
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Thank you Dave. This house is a waste! Oh that chandelier!!!
Sound is good and clear. I wonder how long it was abandoned. Couldn’t have been too long. I can’t grasp that kind of money. Love all the wood. Amazing house. I have never seen a mansion. I wonder who lived there and what happened. I recently discovered these videos. You do this very well. Thank you.
Looks like someone is stripping the copper from the house. No respect.
I think this mansion is just adorable. Is it still on the market ? A lot of work but well worth the efforts...💕💕💕
That a pretty spectacular placed. Thanks for the tour 2🤗
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Alright, ya got me. Great music and beautifully edited video. That mansion is spectacular--it fits my description of a dream home.
Great video work! You don’t rush and flash the camera around making viewers sea sick. Your narration is really good too. Very enjoyable.
But in my opinion, this house is a huge waste of trim and building materials. What are those boxes on the ceiling? The staircase is attractive but everything around and under it is a mish mash of design. More money than taste... The pool is probably the most amazing asset. Is it really 60 years old?
I think the demise of this home may have been a leaking roof. The way the ceiling dry wall has been cut away to expose joists in several rooms seems suspicious etc. Leaking roofs make black mold. Black mold creates health issues. Abatement cost in a house this size would be prohibitive. That’s my guess. Anyone else have ideas?
thanks so much for watching and for the comment
Interesting thought, but a leaky roof is something is usually not that hard to fix, no? And you would think people who built this would be able to maintain a roof, which is normal expected maintenance for any house and to catch a leak before it did such extensive damage. Unless of course they were temporarily living somewhere else or something like that. But i agree the purposefully cut out ceilings do support your idea. My thought was that they could not get a COA when trying to sell it due to the design of the pool not being to code. Now that would be something really expensive to rebuild or 'remove'.
Come to think of it, the other reason for the cutout ceilings could be someone trying to steel copper pipes.
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Love it, makes me smile.
That black bathroom looks like it belongs in an 80’s disco. I wonder what happened to the family that lived there and why they just left everything. I agree with most of the other comments, this house is not worth 6 million dollars.
Thanks for the comment
The place is so personalized it definitely won't fetch millions 😐
I wonder if some kind of crime happened there. The finish is stripped off of the staircase baluster leading down to the basement, like there was crime scene tape on it at some point. The carpet in the basement looked stained in the middle, but that could have been water. If you know the address you could always do a search. Great video, btw!
Hi I live in Australia.
My home is very much like this especially the staircase...
Mine has royal maroon carpet .
Brag much!!!
That’s ok just commenting like you asked us to ...
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Hey where is this place looks like it needs alot of work though was somebody killed in here
Was that a little door on the side of the stairs in the bar room?
This would make a great vaca rental. 5 bdrms, 5 baths, you could squeeze everyone in for a family reunion. With the pool it would be booked forever.
great point
Not too mention it had like 3 or 4 random rooms. I wouldn’t even know which one to make the family room.
So sad what a beautiful home, I don't understand why it is abandoned, I would love to own it.
thanks for watching
That's the worst homemade mansion I've ever seen. The wall angles are all wrong and very vertigo inducing. I would never buy it even if I had the money.
Your new microphone is amazing!!!
Thanks for another great video!
Thanks very much
What a beautiful home why did the family just up and left it’s a shame sitting there empty it sounds awesome thank you for sharing 😊
YA ITS BIZARRE!
They probably left it when the bank foreclosed and insisted they get up and get out.
Once upon a time I can imagine it was beautiful and so much fun there!!!!thank you!!!!!
The Blue Toilet 🤣🤣😂
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Who built this house? I'd find out and make certain I never hired them to build anything or buy anything built by them. Water damage on every level wasn't there? How the hell does that even happen? Does homeowner insurance cover that? That is a ton of money thrown away!
Well that's because pipes burst due to the cold. I think that's not so unusual in abandoned places, is it. I was even impressed that the basement didn't have a lake inside of it. Though of course this doesn't take away all the other more significant issues with the place, such as a cinder block foundation at this price point.
I like how you show everything and explain what it is this is the weirdest place I've ever seen but it's also beautiful thank you for sharing
lt is a shame the owner's of this mansion haven't fixed the roof leak,a beautiful house.
Very old house. Would cost a fortune to remodel.
The entire layout of the mansion is weird; wasted hidden spaces, a gigantic indoor and pool rooms within a room. A few things I liked was the entry, the staircase and the bar. Too bad it's left to the elements to ruin. It surely would cost a fortune to restore and bring it up to date.
Beautiful. Why would you build something so beautiful and leave it to waste away. I don't get it. Something so beautiful jast falling apart. Was, very sad. At least they took all there personal belongings.
Hey there. Thanks for watching
The sound is great!!! I hate watching videos when you can barely hear the sound. Thanks!! 😊
Really is an awesome place...Do you any of the background of what happened here? Thank you for sharing. ❤️
thank you, i cant always share the history to preserve the location
Great video. Very well done.... I just don't understand all the waste when it comes to this house. It seems like only the kitchen cabinets were salvaged. Very wasteful material wise which is very sad. Thank you for taking your time doing this video. Looking forward to seeing more finds. From Ontario Canada.
Omg i would love this house to be redone and mine
it sure could use some love!
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Great video! I noticed someone left their Timmy's cup of coffee on the stairs, I just discovered Tim's in Michigan and I'm loving it, awesome exploration man thanks
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Great video. Atrocious house. It’s cheap looking but hey there’s no accounting for taste.
It would take a heck of a lot of money to get rid of the mold and remove all of the damage to attempt to repair and make it livable. The huge room that looked like it was decorated for children is a bit of a puzzler. Makes you wonder if they had multiples that shared the space, but the difference in wall decorations was very baby in one area and older girl in another. The laundry room on the main floor didn’t fit the rest of the house because the cabinets were more sleek and modern and the rest of the house was more traditional. The color choices in the laundry room doesn’t fit with anything else in the house. In the downstairs entertainment area it looked like more of the built in bench also had storage space under the part closer to the bar. They probably didn’t drywall or plaster over the brick at a later date it looks more like it was a planned feature, but because the house has been ransacked and heavily damaged you can’t be sure of anything. The large cedar closet in the basement was probably where they stored the more expensive out of season clothing and fur coats and more valuable things could also explain the strange room with glass shelves. If it held a collection on display there would be better lighting in there.
Wow what I’d give to live there
Even WITH the damage I’d still take it
Need to go through it again!!! This is wow!!