No it isn’t.. that’s a pile of lumber,. I just renovated an older home and nothing is squared or level and it was no labor of love to make repairs. It was a giant pain in the ass and that’s asbestos siding. The only thing he got out of that was out of that deal was the land. and I personally hate painting. 🇺🇸
Greg, I'm believing when that sub-standard house was built (low ceiling,etc) it was slapped on and used the poorest material could be found and the good graded lumber you are speaking about would not be found in this rotting, stinking mess. I know what you are talking about and in today's actions, it is a sham the new buyers of these old homes do not have the respect in seeing such hi-valu in lumbers that are over 100 yrs, by bringing in the excavators to smash it all and to the land fills it goes.
The land was a steal at $12500. Perhaps it's my age but I can't help but be sad that the last occupant lived there, had a life there, had mementos of his life, the toys, the ornamental cups, etc. Spent his last year's there and died and either he had no family, or none that cared/respected him enough to come and clean up or clear away the things that mattered to him. Good luck with whatever you decided to do.
No, what you said is true. My cousin buys storage/locker defaults for people who don't pay. He has to tread lightly bec. these are other people's properties regardless. He's not obnoxious like What the Hales youtube channel. Show some respect as one never truly knows why they abandoned the storage unit.
Well I have the same problem. My life was for my kids but you think they would help me now that im sick. No their mean to me. IV saved my whole life for them now im going to sale everything and move on. Im out of here in July. Not looking back. Maybe he did the same.
@@piercehawke8021 my ex-fiancee would go and gather one's pictures and a few other momentos like photo albums, identity documents and what other items of importance she could and find the unfortunate party and give it to them, I really admired her for that. It was a much needed and a most friendly jester as she saved many baby pictures, etc,...
This always makes me sad to see old, abandoned houses with walkers and other indications that an elderly person lived there and never came back. It's a shame he had no family to take care of his home, but you showed a lot of respect for it. (I do admit I was drooling a bit over the china in the cabinet and the paintings on the walls!) I hope the previous owner felt secure knowing you were nearby. By the way, raccoons won't attack you unless they are sick so you don't really need that 6' raccoon spear. 😁
@@texra1318 Every "abandoned" property has a story. It could have been in his will. They could have fought over it so no one gets it. The man's name is on the property records. He died in 2011.
a raccoon USUALLY won't attack you...I trapped a family of 4 living under the house, first the juveniles, then mama, then big daddy. Big Daddy was MAD and when I drove him out to reunite him w/ his family, he was so angry I knew that if I opened the trap he would attack me, so I wrapped the sunscreen with the aluminum side out around my legs and stood in the headlights to open the trap. Sure enough he came barrelling out of there and headed towards me, but the headlights reflecting off the sunscreen confused him and he finally ran off. I have NO DOUBT that 'coon would have attacked me....
@@vintagethrifter2114 Well then shame.on them for not being respectful of his personal items that were left in the house. They could have done that for.him, even if they couldn't get it together to act like adults towards each othe.
Sad to see the last days of someone's house. No family or friends to check on them and keep them smiling. Sometimes people outlive family and friends and then their all alone. So sad that no one was there to help him. The house conditions do not represent the person's character, just how far they fell from grace.
Your delight at finding the random Porsche, truck, etc is adorable! It's sad to see the former "home sweet home" now left empty and abandoned. For 2 years the basement deteriorated pretty quickly. I do hope you were able to save some of the older stuff before knocking the house down? Thanks for taking us through. I'm not into motorsports at all really, but youtube recommended this one to me this morning! Clearly kids came through and messed up the house/wrote on the door
Nice purchase on your part. I agree with what some others have said, this is a teardown project, not a restore. The fact all the floor beams have that bracing in the basement makes it clear this place would be more trouble than what its worth to fix up.
@@RKMotorsports you can can fill the basement up with dirt, support and rebrace it, a little underpinning support, upgrade wiring and insulation and waalaa, you'd be surprised.
@@aarondigby5054voila* it's French 😉 My in-laws built their house in 1980 and their basement has support beams just like those. Strangely enough, it's not uncommon. The fact that it's from the 1880s, I'm not surprised that's how they did it, or shored it up later.
I left my last comment before I'd watched the entire video. When you toured the attic, my suspicion was confirmed, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE AN OLD LOG HOUSE! JACKPOT!!!!!!!
I agree with some of the other comments salvage all the little antiques out of their those jars will get you $10 a piece. You know those cars people will love.. and pray the land is worth of 12,000
@@RKMotorsports Shame very restorable 1850's house, prbably qualify for historic tax credits. Would make a great office or aplace to crash when you work too late.
@@victorianantiquities its too close to the Road. That may have been a great place back in the day but I bet it gets pelted with snow by plows in the winter. That area gets a ton of snow.
Dude, there are so many antiques, and collectables in that house that are worth some really good money. Those Ball jars alone are worth $$. Re: the bike. Honda : CB 1975 honda cb 125 s $1,899. Honda : CB 1975 honda cb 125 $1,500. There are other variable pricing, but they are all the bike you have there. Also, the basement beams sell for a fantastic price for Re-claimed wood, there are also some glass door knobs, which are also good money. You have more money sitting there in that abandoned home than you realize. You should get in touch with a reclamation or antique dealer to see how much you can get for these things. The best part of the reclamation is they will come out and remove the beams, etc at no cost to you, and YOU get paid for the materials. PLEASE LOOK before you do a tear down, you could be throwing a whole lot of money into the trash. I sure hope you see this post before you do a tear down.
Thanks for the tip! I did plan on doing something like this prior to demolition. There are a couple reclamation places I can call locally. Maybe i'll do a follow up video with that!
@@RKMotorsportsDid you ever do a follow up video? I would love to live in this house! Why, it's got a history and style. 😁 Congrats on One Million views!
Yes,there are so many good things in that house,bar none. Check those uniforms too ,and the other clothes. Be sure to check all pockets. As for the house,check every book and cranny.Papers. I had a friend who'd mother passed several yrs ago She had a 9 room house. She found all kinds of food stuffs and toilet paper that her mother had bought in bulk,or,on sale She had Nine full, unopened 3 lbs coffee cans of coffee. All kinds of cleaning supplies,ECT,but,she knew she had to go thru ever card and envelope cause her mom was always hiding cash in books and such.She found around a $1000 total. Ya never know!!!
Thanks for sharing. Thats super cool! I would pay close attention there could be money hidden in there . My great grandmother passed and had money hidden all over that no one knew about. Like in books, in pockets of pants, all over in weird places. So I would check things out before you toss it.
I'm all for restoring old houses, but unless there's be some serious ROI from restoring the house, I think you'd be better off having it demolished. Until you decide, at least have someone board up any possible points of entry. In these times, even a trespasser can sue you for injury. Congrats on the bike find!
You might check for State and local grants for restoring historic aged homes. As well as tax incentives. If the home has character and is structurally sound, restore it and make it your home or a rental income. Demolishing a home if that age should be the very last option. Stripping the paint off the woodwork would likely show beautiful wood under that paint. Collings and roofs can be rebuilt. The foundation not so much.
@@The.Real.Reaper if this where Germany i would check if the house has Denkmalschutz/monument protection, then the city pays part of the repair bills. Only problem with that status is that you are forced to repair such a house. Not in one take, mind you, but you have to if you own it. Is there something similar in the US?
I see a lot of vintage items... the old glass in the basement would make great decor in the shop office, and wall heaters. Don't know if the house could be saved, but it would make a good office/break area/sales.
Many moons ago when I was a kid, the local park had a mini train. The motor got stuck wide open, the engineer fell off and ran along, we hit the corner and it tipped over. Kids were screaming, a couple hurt. I was ok. Yep, true story.
From the very deep window sills, and age of the house, it's very possible that it is an old log cabin that was upgraded for a more modern look years ago. Check to see what's behind the exterior siding and interior lath and plaster. You might really have something there.
I posted the same thing before reading your post. If you go to 19:43 you can see the logs and chinking. The shape of the front half of the house caught my eye as the first clue to being a log structure.
Yeah, it's funny to see them get all excited about finding a vintage Honda 125 when they own a house that would be worth a fortune when properly restored.
Definitely keep any architectural salvage items & decent shape items. Could be worth repurposing or selling. Wish I lived closer, would love to help clean out!
Are you going to start a different UA-cam site for the house? I’d love to see what you’re going to do. I hope you redo it because history like that is special. Loved seeing the original stone walls. Imagine they’ve been there since 1840(?)!! That’s so cool!!😃
Wow, lots of sellable antiques, oval picture, china, wooden ducks, light fixtures, radiators... You might want to collect those and sell them. Lots of windows and doors, and used wood can be sold as salvage parts. Some of the wood looks almost new. I love that shelf made of rods or bars on the living room wall.
I love walk throughs of old homes. The history everywhere so cool. Good luck. Let us know if you restore the house or whatever. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it .😊
Take the contents of the house and have them appraised. Then take the house back to the studs, rewire and replumb. Put up sheetrock and bingo. You have a place to rent out or live in.
That brick on the chimney is gorgeous. There are some really good collectibles in there. They don't have to be antique to be collectibles. Lots of hidden money there.
It is so sad that these abandoned homes and buildings with flat roofs and non-metal roofs seem to die from water damage after roof failures. Seen several with old intact metal roofs seem to avoid that. If you do rebuild or restore it, go with a metal roof. ...Moving on, that bathroom is a gut and redo! Love the glow in the dark green paint. Lol. Still good bones, some character, the house does has potential.
If the house has a hardwood frame it is probably still good and solid. If parts of floor are rotten they can be replaced. Sheeting can be bought ,cut drilled and screwed onto house to cover exterior holes. If roofing iron leaks silicone can cover the holes or a couple of sheets of second hand roofing iron would not likely break the bank. Gyprock rock wall sheeting or plywood can mend walls and ceiling or large bag of plaster to fix plasterwork. Gutters could be replaced and house painted. None of the repairs look complicated to do yourself it is allready built. Needs a clean out some paint and basic maintenance. Is cheaper to do maintenance than demolish a possibly usefull building. Would likely cost next to nothing to do the work yourself (which is most likely what will happen). A highest 12 foot wide verandah along the front might make the house more usefull and improve its appearance. 2nd hand steel posts can be bought from demolitions. To have 2 holes at top of steel post to attach to timber beam above. After hole is dug steel post is attached to timber beam above. Post goes 3 feet or more into hole then filled with concrete. Normally need to only put 2 or 3 steel posts into the most dicey areas. Have done it myself and is extremely simple to do.
hey Rob, great find in the garage with the Honda, that's awesome hope you get it running,, just a little advice, i don't know what your plans are with the house but i would suggest that for the time being, you switch off the electric just to play it safe with the ongoing water damage and stuff
Before you do anything, I sugest getting an engineer to look at the house to see if it is structurally sound. If it is it may be worth redoing. I would also look at severing part of the property further along with the highway frontage. You can either sell it as a building lot for residential or commercial use or you can build on it then sell it. Making two properties worth of money.
Deconstruct the house to salvage the old timber and lumber. Save the engineering money, its functionally obsolete and the cost to save it far outweighs any benefit.
@@edmessina8392 The house that old actually can be renovated if in better shape to be useful, but in its state as is, likely not due to massive structural rot in places and the house has not been touched in a very long time, let alone renovated, but it was electrified, likely in the 30's or 40's as it has BX wiring in it, of what little we saw as they came up from the basement. I doubt the house has had good care in very long time as well as not renovated. The extent of the damage is more than 2 years worth, so likely had been left to rot long before the gent went to the hospital 3 years ago anyway. The layout of the place is odd, unless what was the bedroom was originally a dining room as it's off the kitchen, as is the bathroom. Who knows though with the addition off the back. The house looks to be what my Dad used to call, "carpenter gothic", meaning, it was built by a homeowner in the 1840's and may sport undersized beams, joists in many areas. The house is not worth much now.
@@johnhpalmer6098 agree, if someone tried to save the house ,thay could put in hrs,weeks,tons a labor to be working in unsafe filth only to find out the hard way later, the massive racoon piles seal the deal
@@johnhpalmer6098 Yes John. Anything, literally, can be renovated. I'm in my 45th year as builder and renovator and we've saved worse than that but the homes were either architecturally or historically significant. Cute as it may be upon completion....after all that money and labor he would still have a renovated shack. The framing components, depending on locale, are likely old growth fir or white pine. Straight, relatively knot and wane free sturdy old timber. Not necessarily worth it from a builders' perspective to save after all of the deconstruction, denailing, jointing and surface planing costs but a salvage firm might be interested. Again, though, theres not much there. My pseudo-retirement home in far NW IL was built as a miners' cabin in 1839 and subsequently added to providing wet areas for a kitchen and bath. The original smokehouse is now the garage. Ceiling height is 6'6", very similar to the subject house. I decided to save this one as its' location across the street from the renovated Carnegie library and dead straight structure on a 2' thick 9 foot deep limestone foundation made it viable along with it being one of only a half dozen examples remaining. Fun fact....the floor joists are hand adzed (you can see the axe marks), some still have bark, and the corner posts are 1 1/2 story dead straight fir logs.
You've got some great items for resale in that house . It will take a bit, but check out those items . Check out the ducks for example . Just don't scrap everything . Those mason jars will go for money as well . Some may be antique , or vintage .
you all realize that t5hose jars are worth a bundle. In fact I would take them off your hands in a heartbeat!!! There are a lot of collectables just lying around might want to get it app[raised,
it looks so rough inside with water damage. I imagine mold, too. Might be just one problem after another. I'd never feel like it was clean enough. BUT, who knows
The two duck decoys and the tea cups are worth saving all else can be demolished with the house so the expansion can go forward. Good luck!! Bike was an awesome find.
Those jars have value. I hope you gave some thought to taking the undamaged household goods, toys, furniture, etc., out for recycling and reuse. I'm always hopeful when these old places are opened up. I expect you'll be knocking it down. Have fun with your project. Be safe!
It’s unusual for a house to decay so much in that short amount of time. It had to have been decaying for years up to the time the gentleman got ill and passed. Sadly that’s what happens to the elderly who can no longer do maintenance and has no one to help.
I have a old family member that since his wife passed he has lost his purpose In life, I help where I can, cleaning his home doing his shopping he appreciates the help. hey you are family I say to him.
He mentioned the house is almost 200 yrs. Old. That condition is the accumulation of age and neglect. Water leaks will do alot of damage very quickly. Add vandalism and the place was trashed.
If the house was not so far gone that it could be fixed up, it could make for some interesting office space for the business. Depends on how handy you are, if you could do it yourself or had to pay a contractor to do it.
They’d have to take it down to the skeleton and replace the dry rotted joists & rafters, the wet rot in the walls and kill of what I am sure is an entire cities worth of BTM. Yes, it could be done, but unless it’s under a protective order, or there is a huge ROI, it’s just not worth it.
🟠 ASBESTOS; Just a heads up in case you weren't aware. The outside shingles of the home are all Asbestos. Make sure to wear a rubber-style 3M Paint mask that seals to your face when doing any demo or repair work. The N95 style dust-masks dont work for this type of situation. Awesome find w/ the bike!! 👍🏼👍🏼✊🏼
I am constantly astonished at how incredibly cheap, old houses and land is, in North America. Here in New Zealand, in even the most remote forlorn depressed rural area, a similar condition house like that on an old standard house-plot of land (about quarter acre/42 perches/1012 m2) would sell for about NZ $100,000 . (About US$65,000 at current exchange rates). However you said that the land area is some 2 and a half acres (approx 10,000 m2) so in my country that'd up the price to $200,000 at least, and likely more. City/Rural District Council Rates (equivalent to Property Taxes) generally run about $2,500 per year, (but that often includes water, sewer, rubbish and recycling collection). We do have Universal Free Healthcare here, so that does save folks a fair whack of money, compared to 'Merica. Looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do with the place and how you extend your current facilities. Not sure which state you're in, but if it's one of the places that refunds 10 cents per drink can for recycling, then cleanin' up all those cans would go halfway to pay for fixin' up the house !
I know it is 6 months after the fact from this video being on here but a lot of those things were not old and no way left for 3 years. I think someone had been squatting in there undetected. Cool finds regardless. That skeleton of an animal was a dog that was probably abandoned by whoever was squatting in the house. Poo thing died of starvation.
If I were you, I'd have worn a mask. There are serious concerns when possibly breathing in all the mold and critter feces. There are a lot of items in that house worth reselling such as the wooden ducks, tea cups and saucers, jars and artwork, just to name a few.
I realize I'm behind in stumbling across this...but hope you made as much as you could on the house, shed n contents. 💰 Some of the things I noticed... Jars, big glass jugs, etc in cellar...all VERY saleable. As were the cups n saucers seen, small appliances, a few furniture items...like kitchen table, possibly the stove, the lil wooden chairs upstairs, a cpl lil wood tables seen, bookshelves, the cool looking long, skinny, wood shelf on wall, step stool, headboard n frame, some of the pictures/artwork on the walls, n a few other things in house. Hoping ya found something fun in the attic/cubby! N the retro clothing n uniforms would be of interest to theater groups too! In shed the ❤tools/toolbox, ladders, shelving, yard/garden tools, misc lumber n sheets of plywood, n of course the lil Honda (get abandoned title) all worthy of salvage or selling. Be sure to look thru each book and container as many folks hid/saved money!! 🤑 Tear downs can bring some 💵 if done right for salvage, and recycle/scrap as much as ya can to get more bang for your buck, but most importantly, to lessen the impact on things put in a landfill! ♻️ Look forward to watching your other videos to see the progress made on property n if you found any other hidden goodies! 😉 🫶🏻🙋♀️T
Those ducks can be worth money. Some of them can bring in good money. Having your friend carrying a knife around was a smart idea. 6 o'clocks news youtuber friend walk into the knife ending life by accident. lol Common sense don't exist in America
After watching this video, I feel I need to take a shower. EDIT: While watching the video laying on my bed, the tip of one of my braids tickled my neck and I jumped! 😄
Those duck decoys are prolly worth money, I'd also check the paintings hanging on the walls. There are collectors that may want the murder investigation book.
I'm looking forward to seeing if you can get the old Honda running. I'm totally amazed that you could buy a house and 2 acres of land for $12500. I live in Seattle, that property would sell for millions here. Interesting video, lots of fun to watch, thank you.
I found an abandoned house in the middle of the woods about 3 years ago ….. I checked that entire place out . Something so cool about exploring old places .
Fyi, the decoys could be worth good money, theres plenty of people who will buy them. The demitsse above the decoys, 'small teacups and saucers' are worth taking to a trusted antique store. The house looks like a great project!
This mason jar are extremely valuable, also the jar you could not figure what was in it, if he had a garden you take cucumbers and put them in it, with the mixture you like, and in time it turns into pickles. be very careful of the outside siding, if the house is as old as you say, it probably asbestos. It probably best to tear it down and start over.
That's a tear down to be sure, but I'd save everything that can be resold/repurposed (there's actually a lot of vintage in there) and then strip the house to get to the old growth timbers. Together, they'd probably pay for the house...
Where do you start cleaning out the house. Take out all the appliances and furniture. Then do all the class ware for recycle. The cans out for recycle. Wow what a big job! .
That was interesting. Be interested to know what you did with the old stuff you could salvage. The bike was a good find. Even if it cost a grand to get repaired, be a good cheap run around. Especially now with fuel prices so high. So what if its a small bike, still cheap to run, easy to get around town.
I would have somebody look at the paintings on the wall, and the china and ducks...also always check the pages of every book, and I thought I saw something really rare on the bookshelf...check the folders up top and that brown book.
That front portion is typical style and shape (doors and windows) for a log cabin. Tear down to logs and wonder if Barnwood Builders type of Co would buy it.
Finding a house or garage to modify into a shop/hangout spot is quite the dream for me as of lately. Also love seeing all the bike videos, rebuilds from wrecks etc. Gonna enjoy this channel and learn a thing or 2 I assume! 💯 Thanks for the content! Subbed!
My friend’s family home was dissected by history/archeology students from University of Cincinnati and looked much like the proportions of your house. Viewing from the front… the original one room log cabin was the 1st floor right half. Then hand hewn clapboard siding add-on to left then 2nd floor added. All within the first ten years. Cabin built around 1835. This process was a common trend for settlers. If you see that sections of the basement are constructed differently then yours may have evolved similarly. P.S. Do be careful to check for asbestos siding, from 1940’s on exterior, before demolition. Check state and federal restrictions. You could lose everything you own to government fines if you disturb asbestos without a permit.
I'd love those jars. I could clean them up and make beautiful candles that I do. We also can food. Alot of good stuff in there. You could salvage some of the wood to use for something else. Still good condition.
Those old Jars can bring a much as $10.00 each if Ball or Mason Jars. Man you have a lot of great antiques and Collectables. I hope you know what is worth a lot more than you think.
Interesting video, kinda sad to see the things left behind in the house to be honest. I hope you don't write off the building itself with out giving it a chance to make a come back, you will likely need to remove the addition, but the original structure might surprise you once you clean it out and give it some repairs.
Woahhhh this is so crazy, I stumbled on your channel randomly and you guys are literally minutes away from where I grew up! I remember when your building was still an active service station into the late 80's or very early 90's, and last I knew it had been vacant since that time. It appears that you fixed it up nicely!
Curious of the Treasures You Found, Had to be Some Interesting Old Things. Didn't Look too Far Gone. Altough 2 Year Old Video, A Couple Large Debris Dumpsters. Bag up the Aluminum. Take Out The Bottles, Jars and Glassware, Other Antiques. Sometimes If You Can Find a Good Carpenter, Home Remodeler. You can Let them Stay for For Free, in Exchange for Fixing Place Up. Sounds Good and Easy, Right Person is the Trick. Many Bad Choices out There. Curious the Progress
Great video! We bought an abandoned house and started renovation! Good luck!
That house 🏡 is better built than 95 percent any new home.
wood was better back then
an both of u shut up... that house was built w no standards or codes
Yeah not really. Lol.
That place is a disaster
No it isn’t.. that’s a pile of lumber,. I just renovated an older home and nothing is squared or level and it was no labor of love to make repairs. It was a giant pain in the ass and that’s asbestos siding. The only thing he got out of that was out of that deal was the land. and I personally hate painting. 🇺🇸
Save the old lumber if you can when you tear it down- it'll be gorgeous stuff. There are folks who pay real money for old lumber in reasonable shape.
Greg, I'm believing when that sub-standard house was built (low ceiling,etc) it was slapped on and used the poorest material could be found and the good graded lumber you are speaking about would not be found in this rotting, stinking mess. I know what you are talking about and in today's actions, it is a sham the new buyers of these old homes do not have the respect in seeing such hi-valu in lumbers that are over 100 yrs, by bringing in the excavators to smash it all and to the land fills it goes.
One thing I learned in my many years of property management is NEVER OPEN THE FRIDGE!!! Tape it shut and take it to the dump.
The land was a steal at $12500.
Perhaps it's my age but I can't help but be sad that the last occupant lived there, had a life there, had mementos of his life, the toys, the ornamental cups, etc.
Spent his last year's there and died and either he had no family, or none that cared/respected him enough to come and clean up or clear away the things that mattered to him.
Good luck with whatever you decided to do.
No, what you said is true. My cousin buys storage/locker defaults for people who don't pay. He has to tread lightly bec. these are other people's properties regardless. He's not obnoxious like What the Hales youtube channel. Show some respect as one never truly knows why they abandoned the storage unit.
@@luigivincenz3843 Exactly!
Well I have the same problem. My life was for my kids but you think they would help me now that im sick. No their mean to me. IV saved my whole life for them now im going to sale everything and move on. Im out of here in July. Not looking back. Maybe he did the same.
People don't give a damn no more, it's the most anti Christian way of things being done, it's the revelation of time. Maybe I'm being preachy.
@@piercehawke8021 my ex-fiancee would go and gather one's pictures and a few other momentos like photo albums, identity documents and what other items of importance she could and find the unfortunate party and give it to them, I really admired her for that. It was a much needed and a most friendly jester as she saved many baby pictures, etc,...
I love them old mason jars very cool
This always makes me sad to see old, abandoned houses with walkers and other indications that an elderly person lived there and never came back. It's a shame he had no family to take care of his home, but you showed a lot of respect for it. (I do admit I was drooling a bit over the china in the cabinet and the paintings on the walls!) I hope the previous owner felt secure knowing you were nearby. By the way, raccoons won't attack you unless they are sick so you don't really need that 6' raccoon spear. 😁
He had two daughters, two sons, seven grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
@@vintagethrifter2114 and they just Decided to get rid of the house?
@@texra1318 Every "abandoned" property has a story. It could have been in his will. They could have fought over it so no one gets it. The man's name is on the property records. He died in 2011.
a raccoon USUALLY won't attack you...I trapped a family of 4 living under the house, first the juveniles, then mama, then big daddy. Big Daddy was MAD and when I drove him out to reunite him w/ his family, he was so angry I knew that if I opened the trap he would attack me, so I wrapped the sunscreen with the aluminum side out around my legs and stood in the headlights to open the trap. Sure enough he came barrelling out of there and headed towards me, but the headlights reflecting off the sunscreen confused him and he finally ran off. I have NO DOUBT that 'coon would have attacked me....
@@vintagethrifter2114 Well then shame.on them for not being respectful of his personal items that were left in the house. They could have done that for.him, even if they couldn't get it together to act like adults towards each othe.
Sad to see the last days of someone's house. No family or friends to check on them and keep them smiling. Sometimes people outlive family and friends and then their all alone. So sad that no one was there to help him. The house conditions do not represent the person's character, just how far they fell from grace.
I really would like to see that old motorcycle running again
A lot of those jars are worth a good deal of money .
Before you rip down the house check out those glass jars and other things and check to see if they are considered antiques could be money in there 😊
Most those jars are antiques and there is other antiques in there to including the paintings
Yes might want to get a collector to go through and put things on consignment for you
Even if you sold the jars for a couple of bucks a piece you'd be looking at over $100 just in jars.
@@momtrips6783 oh I promise you,there WAS far more than a $100 in jars....that I bet they just chucked in the trash
Tons of jems in there.
Your delight at finding the random Porsche, truck, etc is adorable! It's sad to see the former "home sweet home" now left empty and abandoned. For 2 years the basement deteriorated pretty quickly. I do hope you were able to save some of the older stuff before knocking the house down? Thanks for taking us through. I'm not into motorsports at all really, but youtube recommended this one to me this morning! Clearly kids came through and messed up the house/wrote on the door
The fridge full of mountain dew was the w
So they've found an old Porsche, a truck and an old Honda? Weird that they keep finding cool abandoned motorsports stuff. Weird.
Nice purchase on your part. I agree with what some others have said, this is a teardown project, not a restore. The fact all the floor beams have that bracing in the basement makes it clear this place would be more trouble than what its worth to fix up.
Yeah the plan right now is to take it down
@@RKMotorsports thats really all you can do with that mess😔
@@RKMotorsports you can can fill the basement up with dirt, support and rebrace it, a little underpinning support, upgrade wiring and insulation and waalaa, you'd be surprised.
@@aarondigby5054voila* it's French 😉 My in-laws built their house in 1980 and their basement has support beams just like those.
Strangely enough, it's not uncommon. The fact that it's from the 1880s, I'm not surprised that's how they did it, or shored it up later.
I left my last comment before I'd watched the entire video. When you toured the attic, my suspicion was confirmed, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE AN OLD LOG HOUSE! JACKPOT!!!!!!!
Those old glass jars are worth money. You should have an antique shop go through it all. You can recoup some purchase cost. Guaranteed.
Not sure the house is stable enough.
I agree with some of the other comments salvage all the little antiques out of their those jars will get you $10 a piece. You know those cars people will love.. and pray the land is worth of 12,000
The land is SO worth the $12,500!! Beautiful lot Rob! 👍🏻 But I would definitely knock the house down and start over. New shop or house.
Planning on tearing it down for a new shop build
@@RKMotorsports Shame very restorable 1850's house, prbably qualify for historic tax credits. Would make a great office or aplace to crash when you work too late.
@@victorianantiquities
he could keep the stone base, perhaps the wood construction...?
@@victorianantiquities its too close to the Road. That may have been a great place back in the day but I bet it gets pelted with snow by plows in the winter. That area gets a ton of snow.
But save and use the basement. That stainless freezer is a treasure. Dandahermit
To people who can, those jars are precious!
Dude, there are so many antiques, and collectables in that house that are worth some really good money. Those Ball jars alone are worth $$. Re: the bike. Honda : CB 1975 honda cb 125 s $1,899. Honda : CB 1975 honda cb 125 $1,500. There are other variable pricing, but they are all the bike you have there. Also, the basement beams sell for a fantastic price for Re-claimed wood, there are also some glass door knobs, which are also good money. You have more money sitting there in that abandoned home than you realize. You should get in touch with a reclamation or antique dealer to see how much you can get for these things.
The best part of the reclamation is they will come out and remove the beams, etc at no cost to you, and YOU get paid for the materials. PLEASE LOOK before you do a tear down, you could be throwing a whole lot of money into the trash. I sure hope you see this post before you do a tear down.
Thanks for the tip! I did plan on doing something like this prior to demolition. There are a couple reclamation places I can call locally. Maybe i'll do a follow up video with that!
@@RKMotorsportsDid you ever do a follow up video? I would love to live in this house! Why, it's got a history and style. 😁 Congrats on One Million views!
Yes,there are so many good things in that house,bar none.
Check those uniforms too ,and the other clothes.
Be sure to check all pockets.
As for the house,check every book and cranny.Papers.
I had a friend who'd mother passed several yrs ago She had a 9 room house.
She found all kinds of food stuffs and toilet paper that her mother had bought in bulk,or,on sale
She had Nine full, unopened 3 lbs coffee cans of coffee.
All kinds of cleaning supplies,ECT,but,she knew she had to go thru ever card and envelope cause her mom was always hiding cash in books and such.She found around a $1000 total.
Ya never know!!!
I am glad that you filmed this for all of us and I look forward to the new life you bring to this land and property.
You guys are cracking me up walking around hanging onto them knives! every time I see that kid with the knife I can't stop laughing 🤣
The jars in the basement might be worth some money. Antique Kerr jars are for sure.
Thanks for sharing. Thats super cool! I would pay close attention there could be money hidden in there . My great grandmother passed and had money hidden all over that no one knew about. Like in books, in pockets of pants, all over in weird places. So I would check things out before you toss it.
Wow, what a treasure! So many antiques and a gem of a house restored. You were handed a gift!!😍😍
I'm all for restoring old houses, but unless there's be some serious ROI from restoring the house, I think you'd be better off having it demolished. Until you decide, at least have someone board up any possible points of entry. In these times, even a trespasser can sue you for injury. Congrats on the bike find!
Thanks! I don't think there's any saving this house right now. Especially with my current budget lol
You might check for State and local grants for restoring historic aged homes. As well as tax incentives. If the home has character and is structurally sound, restore it and make it your home or a rental income. Demolishing a home if that age should be the very last option. Stripping the paint off the woodwork would likely show beautiful wood under that paint. Collings and roofs can be rebuilt. The foundation not so much.
@@The.Real.Reaper if this where Germany i would check if the house has Denkmalschutz/monument protection, then the city pays part of the repair bills. Only problem with that status is that you are forced to repair such a house. Not in one take, mind you, but you have to if you own it.
Is there something similar in the US?
@@RKMotorsports what did you do with the uniform shirts?
I see a lot of vintage items... the old glass in the basement would make great decor in the shop office, and wall heaters. Don't know if the house could be saved, but it would make a good office/break area/sales.
Need a restoration series on that Honda!
Many moons ago when I was a kid, the local park had a mini train. The motor got stuck wide open, the engineer fell off and ran along, we hit the corner and it tipped over.
Kids were screaming, a couple hurt.
I was ok.
Yep, true story.
From the very deep window sills, and age of the house, it's very possible that it is an old log cabin that was upgraded for a more modern look years ago. Check to see what's behind the exterior siding and interior lath and plaster. You might really have something there.
I agree.
This looks to be an original log cabin underneath
I posted the same thing before reading your post. If you go to 19:43 you can see the logs and chinking. The shape of the front half of the house caught my eye as the first clue to being a log structure.
Yeah, it's funny to see them get all excited about finding a vintage Honda 125 when they own a house that would be worth a fortune when properly restored.
That house seems to be looted all things scattered so nothing more valuable there everything's a trash, of
Definitely keep any architectural salvage items & decent shape items. Could be worth repurposing or selling. Wish I lived closer, would love to help clean out!
Are you going to start a different UA-cam site for the house? I’d love to see what you’re going to do. I hope you redo it because history like that is special. Loved seeing the original stone walls. Imagine they’ve been there since 1840(?)!! That’s so cool!!😃
Wow, lots of sellable antiques, oval picture, china, wooden ducks, light fixtures, radiators... You might want to collect those and sell them. Lots of windows and doors, and used wood can be sold as salvage parts. Some of the wood looks almost new. I love that shelf made of rods or bars on the living room wall.
How AMAZING that you find something, like a motorcycle, on a site that is all about bikes! So amazing! Such great acting, too!
I love walk throughs of old homes. The history everywhere so cool. Good luck. Let us know if you restore the house or whatever. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it .😊
Take the contents of the house and have them appraised. Then take the house back to the studs, rewire and replumb. Put up sheetrock and bingo. You have a place to rent out or live in.
That brick on the chimney is gorgeous. There are some really good collectibles in there. They don't have to be antique to be collectibles. Lots of hidden money there.
It is so sad that these abandoned homes and buildings with flat roofs and non-metal roofs seem to die from water damage after roof failures. Seen several with old intact metal roofs seem to avoid that. If you do rebuild or restore it, go with a metal roof. ...Moving on, that bathroom is a gut and redo! Love the glow in the dark green paint. Lol. Still good bones, some character, the house does has potential.
Metal roofs are definitely the way to go!
If the house has a hardwood frame it is probably still good and solid. If parts of floor are rotten they can be replaced. Sheeting can be bought ,cut drilled and screwed onto house to cover exterior holes. If roofing iron leaks silicone can cover the holes or a couple of sheets of second hand roofing iron would not likely break the bank. Gyprock rock wall sheeting or plywood can mend walls and ceiling or large bag of plaster to fix plasterwork. Gutters could be replaced and house painted. None of the repairs look complicated to do yourself it is allready built. Needs a clean out some paint and basic maintenance. Is cheaper to do maintenance than demolish a possibly usefull building. Would likely cost next to nothing to do the work yourself (which is most likely what will happen). A highest 12 foot wide verandah along the front might make the house more usefull and improve its appearance. 2nd hand steel posts can be bought from demolitions. To have 2 holes at top of steel post to attach to timber beam above. After hole is dug steel post is attached to timber beam above. Post goes 3 feet or more into hole then filled with concrete. Normally need to only put 2 or 3 steel posts into the most dicey areas. Have done it myself and is extremely simple to do.
hey Rob, great find in the garage with the Honda, that's awesome hope you get it running,, just a little advice, i don't know what your plans are with the house but i would suggest that for the time being, you switch off the electric just to play it safe with the ongoing water damage and stuff
Lol 😂 you made us go first in the attic!! My heart was thumping waiting for something to pop in!!
Before you do anything, I sugest getting an engineer to look at the house to see if it is structurally sound. If it is it may be worth redoing. I would also look at severing part of the property further along with the highway frontage. You can either sell it as a building lot for residential or commercial use or you can build on it then sell it. Making two properties worth of money.
Deconstruct the house to salvage the old timber and lumber. Save the engineering money, its functionally obsolete and the cost to save it far outweighs any benefit.
@@edmessina8392 The house that old actually can be renovated if in better shape to be useful, but in its state as is, likely not due to massive structural rot in places and the house has not been touched in a very long time, let alone renovated, but it was electrified, likely in the 30's or 40's as it has BX wiring in it, of what little we saw as they came up from the basement. I doubt the house has had good care in very long time as well as not renovated. The extent of the damage is more than 2 years worth, so likely had been left to rot long before the gent went to the hospital 3 years ago anyway.
The layout of the place is odd, unless what was the bedroom was originally a dining room as it's off the kitchen, as is the bathroom. Who knows though with the addition off the back.
The house looks to be what my Dad used to call, "carpenter gothic", meaning, it was built by a homeowner in the 1840's and may sport undersized beams, joists in many areas. The house is not worth much now.
@@johnhpalmer6098 agree, if someone tried to save the house ,thay could put in hrs,weeks,tons a labor to be working in unsafe filth only to find out the hard way later, the massive racoon piles seal the deal
@@johnhpalmer6098 Yes John. Anything, literally, can be renovated. I'm in my 45th year as builder and renovator and we've saved worse than that but the homes were either architecturally or historically significant. Cute as it may be upon completion....after all that money and labor he would still have a renovated shack.
The framing components, depending on locale, are likely old growth fir or white pine. Straight, relatively knot and wane free sturdy old timber. Not necessarily worth it from a builders' perspective to save after all of the deconstruction, denailing, jointing and surface planing costs but a salvage firm might be interested. Again, though, theres not much there.
My pseudo-retirement home in far NW IL was built as a miners' cabin in 1839 and subsequently added to providing wet areas for a kitchen and bath. The original smokehouse is now the garage. Ceiling height is 6'6", very similar to the subject house.
I decided to save this one as its' location across the street from the renovated Carnegie library and dead straight structure on a 2' thick 9 foot deep limestone foundation made it viable along with it being one of only a half dozen examples remaining.
Fun fact....the floor joists are hand adzed (you can see the axe marks), some still have bark, and the corner posts are 1 1/2 story dead straight fir logs.
If the city of Venice Italy can be supported on wood piling, I’m sure a wood house can too!
You've got some great items for resale in that house . It will take a bit, but check out those items . Check out the ducks for example . Just don't scrap everything . Those mason jars will go for money as well . Some may be antique , or vintage .
you all realize that t5hose jars are worth a bundle. In fact I would take them off your hands in a heartbeat!!! There are a lot of collectables just lying around might want to get it app[raised,
“OG raccoon stick”
Had me dying!
All the best to you guys
love this old house. 1840 worth saving if the foundation is good. I've redone worse. What a fabulous house it could be...
it looks so rough inside with water damage. I imagine mold, too. Might be just one problem after another. I'd never feel like it was clean enough. BUT, who knows
This video was some kinda like an abandoned house exploration. 😆🔥
The two duck decoys and the tea cups are worth saving all else can be demolished with the house so the expansion can go forward. Good luck!! Bike was an awesome find.
Wow, for $12,500 that's a pretty good deal for the lot alone if you're considering demolishing the house!
It will probably cost that to demo and haul away the house.
Those jars have value. I hope you gave some thought to taking the undamaged household goods, toys, furniture, etc., out for recycling and reuse. I'm always hopeful when these old places are opened up. I expect you'll be knocking it down. Have fun with your project. Be safe!
Wow that binder you found upstairs is very cool, hope y'all grabbed that!!
Binder should be sent back to the police dept.
hope you give that house a chance. Those jars in the basement are worth some money. you could sell them to pay for getting the roof and windows fixed.
It’s unusual for a house to decay so much in that short amount of time. It had to have been decaying for years up to the time the gentleman got ill and passed. Sadly that’s what happens to the elderly who can no longer do maintenance and has no one to help.
I have a old family member that since his wife passed he has lost his purpose In life, I help where I can, cleaning his home doing his shopping he appreciates the help. hey you are family I say to him.
He mentioned the house is almost 200 yrs. Old. That condition is the accumulation of age and neglect. Water leaks will do alot of damage very quickly. Add vandalism and the place was trashed.
No it's not.
soemtimes it has to do you fukin demons, you grap stuff from that house and you turn your life in hell.
I love abandoned house
If the house was not so far gone that it could be fixed up, it could make for some interesting office space for the business. Depends on how handy you are, if you could do it yourself or had to pay a contractor to do it.
You see all those support beams in the basement??? The floor joists are gone, the thing would be condemned in a heartbeat.
They’d have to take it down to the skeleton and replace the dry rotted joists & rafters, the wet rot in the walls and kill of what I am sure is an entire cities worth of BTM. Yes, it could be done, but unless it’s under a protective order, or there is a huge ROI, it’s just not worth it.
Wow, I would have been in heaven finding all of the old canning jars! I love coming across old jars.
🟠 ASBESTOS; Just a heads up in case you weren't aware. The outside shingles of the home are all Asbestos. Make sure to wear a rubber-style 3M Paint mask that seals to your face when doing any demo or repair work. The N95 style dust-masks dont work for this type of situation. Awesome find w/ the bike!! 👍🏼👍🏼✊🏼
And don't tell the state of New York.
I am constantly astonished at how incredibly cheap, old houses and land is, in North America. Here in New Zealand, in even the most remote forlorn depressed rural area, a similar condition house like that on an old standard house-plot of land (about quarter acre/42 perches/1012 m2) would sell for about NZ $100,000 . (About US$65,000 at current exchange rates). However you said that the land area is some 2 and a half acres (approx 10,000 m2) so in my country that'd up the price to $200,000 at least, and likely more. City/Rural District Council Rates (equivalent to Property Taxes) generally run about $2,500 per year, (but that often includes water, sewer, rubbish and recycling collection). We do have Universal Free Healthcare here, so that does save folks a fair whack of money, compared to 'Merica. Looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do with the place and how you extend your current facilities. Not sure which state you're in, but if it's one of the places that refunds 10 cents per drink can for recycling, then cleanin' up all those cans would go halfway to pay for fixin' up the house !
Universal free health care is an oximoron. You pay heavily for that investment.
I know it is 6 months after the fact from this video being on here but a lot of those things were not old and no way left for 3 years. I think someone had been squatting in there undetected. Cool finds regardless. That skeleton of an animal was a dog that was probably abandoned by whoever was squatting in the house. Poo thing died of starvation.
Not sure if they are peppers in the jar but you've got some antiques!!😍💜
Tons of antiques!
A house is a house. Fix it up, it's historic!
What WONDERFUL old jars! I love old jars.
If I were you, I'd have worn a mask. There are serious concerns when possibly breathing in all the mold and critter feces. There are a lot of items in that house worth reselling such as the wooden ducks, tea cups and saucers, jars and artwork, just to name a few.
The wooden ducks are not the valuable ones by renown duck carvers/painters. Just cheap knock-offs.
That Porsche was awesome reminds me of the one I had as a kid and the reason I fell in love with Porsche 😋
You need to reroof it but I would tarp it to avoid damage!
I realize I'm behind in stumbling across this...but hope you made as much as you could on the house, shed n contents. 💰 Some of the things I noticed...
Jars, big glass jugs, etc in cellar...all VERY saleable. As were the cups n saucers seen, small appliances, a few furniture items...like kitchen table, possibly the stove, the lil wooden chairs upstairs, a cpl lil wood tables seen, bookshelves, the cool looking long, skinny, wood shelf on wall, step stool, headboard n frame, some of the pictures/artwork on the walls, n a few other things in house. Hoping ya found something fun in the attic/cubby! N the retro clothing n uniforms would be of interest to theater groups too! In shed the ❤tools/toolbox, ladders, shelving, yard/garden tools, misc lumber n sheets of plywood, n of course the lil Honda (get abandoned title) all worthy of salvage or selling. Be sure to look thru each book and container as many folks hid/saved money!! 🤑 Tear downs can bring some 💵 if done right for salvage, and recycle/scrap as much as ya can to get more bang for your buck, but most importantly, to lessen the impact on things put in a landfill! ♻️ Look forward to watching your other videos to see the progress made on property n if you found any other hidden goodies! 😉 🫶🏻🙋♀️T
Those ducks can be worth money. Some of them can bring in good money. Having your friend carrying a knife around was a smart idea. 6 o'clocks news youtuber friend walk into the knife ending life by accident. lol Common sense don't exist in America
Thousands too!
I had a CB125 in Thailand in 1972. Very few of those made it to the US. They were a good little bike. Restored it should be collectable. Good find. 👍
After watching this video, I feel I need to take a shower.
EDIT: While watching the video laying on my bed, the tip of one of my braids tickled my neck and I jumped! 😄
😂
Those duck decoys are prolly worth money, I'd also check the paintings hanging on the walls. There are collectors that may want the murder investigation book.
Just tear the old house down. You got it cheap enough.
That's the plan right now
Ultra reliable CB125! Very cool.
If that stuff is on the ceilings and walls; it's also in your lungs when you smoke. Please don't take God's Name in vain, or His titles. Thanks.
You've got to be kidding!
🤣🤣🤣🤡
Definitely have this place blessed!😮
I'm looking forward to seeing if you can get the old Honda running. I'm totally amazed that you could buy a house and 2 acres of land for $12500. I live in Seattle, that property would sell for millions here. Interesting video, lots of fun to watch, thank you.
I found an abandoned house in the middle of the woods about 3 years ago ….. I checked that entire place out . Something so cool about exploring old places .
Fyi, the decoys could be worth good money, theres plenty of people who will buy them. The demitsse above the decoys, 'small teacups and saucers' are worth taking to a trusted antique store. The house looks like a great project!
This mason jar are extremely valuable, also the jar you could not figure what was in it, if he had a garden you take cucumbers and put them in it, with the mixture you like, and in time it turns into pickles. be very careful of the outside siding, if the house is as old as you say, it probably asbestos. It probably best to tear it down and start over.
That's a tear down to be sure, but I'd save everything that can be resold/repurposed (there's actually a lot of vintage in there) and then strip the house to get to the old growth timbers. Together, they'd probably pay for the house...
... rolls a mountain dew can in his hand and says " VINTAGE ! " .. what a puppy
Yes I had to laugh at that with it having a pop top.
Where do you start cleaning out the house. Take out all the appliances and furniture. Then do all the class ware for recycle. The cans out for recycle. Wow what a big job!
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That was interesting. Be interested to know what you did with the old stuff you could salvage. The bike was a good find. Even if it cost a grand to get repaired, be a good cheap run around. Especially now with fuel prices so high. So what if its a small bike, still cheap to run, easy to get around town.
Love to hear the history of old items!
I would have somebody look at the paintings on the wall, and the china and ducks...also always check the pages of every book, and I thought I saw something really rare on the bookshelf...check the folders up top and that brown book.
I'll be doing that for sure!
Those old glass jar are worth bucks especially the colored glass ones.
Those jars are worth money. Antique.
When you tear the house down save those old support beam's and sandstone blocks hand cut timbers and sandstone blocks go for big money.
That front portion is typical style and shape (doors and windows) for a log cabin. Tear down to logs and wonder if Barnwood Builders type of Co would buy it.
Finding a house or garage to modify into a shop/hangout spot is quite the dream for me as of lately.
Also love seeing all the bike videos, rebuilds from wrecks etc. Gonna enjoy this channel and learn a thing or 2 I assume! 💯
Thanks for the content! Subbed!
That's a Kool little vintage Honda and no doubt runs ( or will)
Shop is right there 🤠
My friend’s family home was dissected by history/archeology students from University of Cincinnati and looked much like the proportions of your house. Viewing from the front… the original one room log cabin was the 1st floor right half. Then hand hewn clapboard siding add-on to left then 2nd floor added. All within the first ten years. Cabin built around 1835. This process was a common trend for settlers. If you see that sections of the basement are constructed differently then yours may have evolved similarly.
P.S. Do be careful to check for asbestos siding, from 1940’s on exterior, before demolition. Check state and federal restrictions. You could lose everything you own to government fines if you disturb asbestos without a permit.
Hope you read the comments...those jars can be worth alot!!! Clean them gently and look them up!!!
I'd love those jars. I could clean them up and make beautiful candles that I do. We also can food. Alot of good stuff in there. You could salvage some of the wood to use for something else. Still good condition.
When he opened the fridge freezer, I automatically held my breath 😂
Those old Jars can bring a much as $10.00 each if Ball or Mason Jars. Man you have a lot of great antiques and Collectables. I hope you know what is worth a lot more than you think.
Interesting video, kinda sad to see the things left behind in the house to be honest. I hope you don't write off the building itself with out giving it a chance to make a come back, you will likely need to remove the addition, but the original structure might surprise you once you clean it out and give it some repairs.
Had one like that when I was a kid
Put a 175 front fork and rebuilt motor with high performance parts
Was a great bike wish I had it today
Woahhhh this is so crazy, I stumbled on your channel randomly and you guys are literally minutes away from where I grew up! I remember when your building was still an active service station into the late 80's or very early 90's, and last I knew it had been vacant since that time. It appears that you fixed it up nicely!
What he paid for the house I just paid for a handicapped shower!
@@debrahherron1827 honestly, he paid for the land... the house is long gone!
Curious of the Treasures You Found, Had to be Some Interesting Old Things. Didn't Look too Far Gone. Altough 2 Year Old Video, A Couple Large Debris Dumpsters. Bag up the Aluminum. Take Out The Bottles, Jars and Glassware, Other Antiques.
Sometimes If You Can Find a Good Carpenter, Home Remodeler. You can Let them Stay for For Free, in Exchange for Fixing Place Up. Sounds Good and Easy, Right Person is the Trick. Many Bad Choices out There. Curious the Progress
Started making them in early 60’s. Boy that’s a nice bike. They can be a lot of fun.
That old Honda was a tickle me pink find. Congratulations! Just found you today but will be a long for the ride.