The front room is the living room, the room that adjoins the kitchen is the dining room. The floors give it away. Carpet in living room, hard wood floor in kitchen and dining room. Makes perfect sense to me since I grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
First of all, the house is definitely not weird or obscure in the least. The only thing that was off was the sunken tub in the master bath and thst was just a minor design flaw. Anyway, I think the room with the stairs in it is like a den or entertainment room , the room in the middle is the formal dining room and the area off the kitchen is living room / dining room where they may have had a couch, TV AND kitchen table and chairs where they would eat dinner snd breakfast on a daily basis.
House makes total sense dude. Formal living room, combined family room/kitchen (fireplace typically located in family room). Separate dinning room. Front entries often included a "coat closet". Back entry into mud room/ laundry room with basement access. I'm an old lady so I remember this arrangement from the "good old days". 😂
Yeah, makes more sense to me than most of the "great room" layouts I see. Designated spaces seem to baffle some when there's actual walls in a house anymore
To you it may be weird but for those of of that grew up in this era it’s normal. Some of the houses within the past 20 years is somewhat weird to some of us. Have you ever been in a house from 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s are also small bed rooms. Thank you for your explanation. Houses like this bring back memories. Every generation has their own housing quirks. 😊
@@cherylengan8574 Small bedrooms because we didn't "live" in them or "entertain" ourselves in them. They were for sleeping, so...how much actual room does one need to sleep in.
For me as a german girl grown up in the 80ties the floorplan totally makes sense for me, especially if you are a big family with many kids. So you have the kitchen-area with the living-room, a dining room for festive action or sunday meals (it could also have been a room for grandma living in the home too or au pair as it was also common), a big room at the entrance for friends comming over and maybe as there aren´t these much windows, it could also have been planned as a TV-room (in the 80 it was common in many countries to watch with the complete family movies at some evenings, the streets were also sometimes complete empty - like at Superbowl-Time). The very small upper room also makes sense, when you want to have a lot of childs and it looked like a crib has been placed there for a longer time + there are book-shelves for reading next to the crib in a nice one-seater or beanbag. It is also clear that you have for a bigger family a laundry-room/utility room especially when you have plants in your garden. The cellar looks for me also like there was a small dancing-studio/aerobic/hobbyroom (f.e. when you are a dancer you have a big mirror for training). Seems the family planned the home for having an active life together, so the sleeping-rooms are not that. Even for us, with only pets, it is a great floorplan as I love eat-in kitchen - that is why I sit now in front of my pc in my kitchen - for me it is perfect cause my hobbies are cooking and gaming + watching something. Thank you for this inspiration and have a nice 2025
From an English perspective the house does make sense, maybe they were European? I feel that house was well lived and well loved and I also sense that at the bottom of the stairs to the right between the two windows in the living room is where the Christmas tree stood, and I feel that the family were very happy there. Yes to some people it may have seemed dirty in places, I say it was lived in and when you have a home full of family and love you don't always notice such things as a dirty door jamb or wall next to where the mattress touched being a bit dingy. That's just my 2 cents from an English lady who grew up in the 80's.
That first room to the left of the front entrance was called a “No touch room” This was the elegant room that wasn’t used, it was just for looks. The den off the kitchen is great, this is where everyone congregated and enjoyed the fireplace. A lot of houses were built this way. And the bedrooms upstairs. I like it, just needs upgrading and open some walls up to modernize.
I am now quite intrigued to find out what your idea of a “normal” house layout is! This house layout is pretty standard quite frankly, just the decor is a bit dated other than the obviously newly renovated kitchen/family room. I would kill for that kitchen by the way, it’s at least twice the size of mine and the pantry units are fantastic. The only real difference between this and modern Australian layout is that the fireplace in the family room would be replaced by a wall of windows and sliding door access to the backyard.
As others have already said, it's a normal house for the time it was built. Back then, bedrooms were for sleeping only. We didn't have computers, video games, and such in our rooms (well, most people). Those things, if they had them, were in the "family" areas of the house. The one thing I really disliked was the carpet on the tub deck, around the garden tub. Things like that were done for warmth, though. And the carpet in that odd little corner by the stairs was probably done to avoid having to dust constantly. Think about how much dust accumulates in corners near exterior doors. Oh, and it's called a storm door - those screen doors with glass.
The fireplace room off the kitchen is the family room and the area near the stairs at the front door is the living room, IMO. Seems like a typical 80's house having looked at houses in the 80's before purchasing one in 1982. Great video. Thank you.
@@annzitaruk8023It is the dining room. My favorite Christmas memories were cozy holiday meals next to the fireplace at my grandparents home. The proximity to the kitchen was intentional.
Of course it's weird you walked in from the back door. The 80's was a time of transition because it was still very difficult to insulate a house without using asbestos. Often the builders would have less windows stopping drafts. The color is horrible as well. I lived in a house like that in the 80's and window units were the norm as Central heat and air conditioning cost too much.
As quirky as this house is, it's certainly unique and oddly charming. You hit the nail on the head with the groovy Daphne Blake comment. The Mystery Machine would have fit perfectly into that weird space! I believe the area opposite the kitchen was meant to be a dining room rather than a living room. Thanks, Ethan, for sharing this cool, old home with us. It may not be our personal taste, but someone once lived there and loved it very much
The master bath was carpeted when my late husband and I bought out 1979 built house in 1982. We were puzzled by carpet in the bathroom. Very unsanitary.
@@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972 Same. I liked the warm floors on cold winter days but I had four brothers who couldn’t aim well enough to hit the toilet. The carpet smelled like urine by the time it was removed.
Aside from the lack of windows on that rear wall, I do see anything "weird" about the layout. That open room off of the front door is a formal living room.
Ah yes, looks like my childhood home. Wall to wall "plush" carpet was a thing, yep even the bathtub area, that was considered posh, luxurious. Every room was its own, so the open kitchen looks like a 90's update as houses started to trend more open. But we preferred two living areas, one formal, one for messy day to day living, and we had to have color coordination. That ivy was neat, I still have dishes with that exact pattern. Back then ivy dining and cookware was very uppity lol.. At 9:55 bet you that was The Computer Room. Every house had one late 80's through the 90's, lol We didn't care if our room was tiny, as long as it was all our own space. Most of the time kids got the small rooms, sometimes they'd take a 12x12 bedroom and add a wall for two kids, while mom and dad got the big bedroom with ensuite. You can see where they had a waterbed, those were rad! Loved seeing the 80's colors and wall borders and fixtures. Very cool nostalgic tour, thanks for sharing!
It looks like the kitchen/den are were two different rooms once and they took the wall down to open it up, or maybe it was the dining area. It may be a weird layout, but it has character. Unlike a lot of the sterile, look a like houses today. And you got to admit. People way back when we're smaller than we are now. Lol. Keep the good videos coming, and stay safe out there. ❤ OH yeah! That bathtub. Someone MUST'VE been drunk when they installed that one. 😂😂😂😂
Houses of that era often had two living rooms: a "family room" for watching tv near the kitchen, and a "formal living room" for "display only" near the entrance. Many households put plastic over the furniture in the formal living room, and it was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving gatherings. Likewise, they often had three eating areas: a bar countertop in the kitchen for breakfast, a table in the kitchen for dinner, and a "formal dining room" for "display only", usually adjacent to the formal dinning room, that was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving dinner. Keep in mind, these houses were not huge by today's standards - usually 1,500-2,000 square feet, and a quarter of that space was "off limits" to kids or daily living.
Odd but kinda cute. To bad it was so dirty, you'd think if you could own a house you'd at least love it enough to keep it clean. It was the wind you heard rustling the leaves. I don't care about the dirty toilet or how many times you say what's up guys, stop going places alone. It's not safe!
I’m thinking maybe a widow built it. Maybe she was afraid and didn’t want many windows? You mentioned it smelled like an old person smell. Yes… that is a real thing. I really loved the explore, Ethan. Thank you❤
The room in came in from was a mud room. I’m guessing there were children so the basement stairs makes sense. The children were encourage to go downstairs. The room at the bottom of the stairs may have been a good living room for company. The same opposite the kitchen a family room.
I was expecting to see something really strange, but I don't think it is. Yes, it's dated, and the island in the kitchen looks like they added that trying to update some. But, I actually like this house. Not every house built in the 80s was huge. I didn't care for that bathtub being strangely positioned, I'd take that out and update that for sure. I see an explanation for about every other room, tho. I'd buy it. And do some serious updating, but otherwise it looks good. I love the cabinet space in the kitchen, too. Thanks for showing us! 👍
Strange house. That kitchen transition into living room looks like maybe they took down a wall to give it an “open concept” feel? Upstairs master bath with window looking onto odd angled tub? Kinky!!! Curved staircase was nice, everything else was just weird.
If you can turn that first room into a fully functioning laundry room/mud room combo, I actually don't hate that idea lol. If you have kiddos that get super dirty they can just chuck their clothes into the wash right there
Definitely an odd house and an odd layout. That kitchen livingroom combo is strange. I would love to be able to see how the people that lived there had it set up. Like how did they utilize the space
Omg you described this so accurately before you stepped in! 😂 From the tiny living room (with that one lonely window shoved over to the corner on the long wall), to the bathroom across from the dining table, and what they did with the master bedroom/ensuite (the master disaster, hehe) this was... well, not good! I like to look up floorplans and try to find ways to improve them, but this would be a 'f**kit' one. On a positive note though i loved the brick, the gorgeous mint green on the walls when you first walked in (that's my bedroom colour!), the staircase, and the fireplace in the den(?)/kitchen. And the kitchen part had great storage and a nice layout. Thank you for sharing this one, it made me laugh and i needed that tonight. Take care, and stay safe. 😊
The layout is definitely bad, but I've seen much worse. At least this looks like it was professionally built. You should visit northern MI where people with no construction experience design as they build their own "dream home" using found material or an old mobile home, without permits and without ever finishing.
Hi Ethan..how odd this house is...too dark and creepy ..not many windows...the bathroom must be the weirdest one yet !! And carpet yuk!!!!!...thanks for the tour Ethan stay safe well and happy 💋
This house feels very comfortable to me, and definitely makes sense. This is the type of house I aspired to have as a little kid. Would move in here in a heartbeat and not change a thing
All the random angles were interesting, as if the builder used them to create a unique aesthetic, but just made the space smaller. Bedrooms were TINY! And what’s up with the master bathroom and the odd window and layout. Also, did you notice the “dead” space that curved around the stairs at the top? I did like the stairs and the little alcove the curved stairs created.
That’s a poor layout where they squeezed in 4 BR, but should have been only 3. Not sure where you are supposed to eat besides in DR. That carpet at top of stairs is super weird.
Interesting for sure enjoyed seeing it hated the wall color choices in the bedrooms just horrible layout odd but very artsy in a weird way probably reflected the couple's personality Thanks so much for the explore
This is a weird house I get what you coming from I don’t know why they would build a house like this whoever built that didn’t know what they were doing at this point it just look tacky what they was doing building a house like this
The only thing I liked was that ground floor room with the wall paper border at the chair rail height. I would make that my library. I would put wood floor, paint it a nice color, fill it with bookshelves, and add a comfy sofa and rocking chair!
8:45 ‘So it’s not the biggest house in the world, I don’t know, it’s probably 3,000 sq. feet….’ As a North American who has lived decades in Europe that made me chuckle.
This layout is very common for the time. The front room near the staircase is the living room. (I agree it should have a window or two) and the room adjoining the kitchen is the dining room. Many holiday dinners were made cozier eating a meal by the fireplace. I’ve know many houses with a laundry room at the back door with an entrance to the basement. I’d wager it was actually built in the 60s/70s based on the paint colors and wallpaper. That look was already dated by the 80s.
Not my fav house either. Long walk from the car packing groceries. The master bath was an unfortunate layout. Not that the curtains on that tub winder were doing any good, but they were on the outside so-as you demonstrated- a peek was just a slight breeze away. I do like the kitchen/family room space. If I lived there, that would be my main hang out.
Hi Ethan from upstate NY. Very strange house! That dining room right across from the powder room is a bad idea. I would not want to be eating when someone is dropping a deuce. The best room was the kitchen. Thanks for sharing!🧡🏘🏡
The front entrance is a mud room. The old farm houses had a mud room with the hlaf bath and laundry. The kitchen and dining room. The room with the curved window was more likely when they had visitors. Thats my take.
Downstairs is quite normal for a UK home, living area is the open plan room to the left of the stairs, the large space beside the kitchen is the dining area, would probably have a long dining table there for entertaining.
The door inside the back door was to separate basement from the home. They either rented out and someone lived down there or they had a business that was ran out of there. The laundry was there because it was probably a shared laundry for basement OR some one who lived there had a really dirty job or farm job and took there clothes off there and put directly in the washing machine. And the front room was a formal living room kept nice for guests visits or where some one could read or just quiet space. The kitchen open to family/tv room is very common. Today's houses have open concept which is just a larger version of the kitchen open to living space. The back of the house with no windows might be the back of the garage. Most garages don't have Windows. But no entrance to garage from house is weird since its an attached garage.
That's a strange house. The giant houses started in the 80's. This one is weird. So chopped up. In the 80's they started putting a family room beside the kitchen. Usually though, there would be a clear kitchen, including eating area, and a clear family room. One has to wonder who designed this and why. But then the 1980's decade wasnt the best for design.
Actually I love the kitchen family room combo, that open concept was not so unusual. I would have placed s large oak table and chairs in front of the fireplace with an early colonial flair. The stair case is beautiful directly to the living room. The entry way is way too small and cramped looking. The only room that really puzzles me is the first room you went into after the laundry entry. Its really too small for much, so maybe they did use it as a dining room and the family room with the fireplace had comfy chairs and such. Yes this house is definitely different, and a weird vibe to it
I grew up in the 80’s. The carpeted blue room by the front door is the formal living room. The room across the washroom is the formal dining room. The big room with the fireplace is the family tv room next to the kitchen. So not weird to us GenX’ers
It’s super compartmentalized. It might be nice if it had an open floor plan, and of course windows on that back wall so a lot of natural light can flood the place and elevate its dark vibe.
The oddest thing I found was that there is no door to the garage. I've lived in some pretty crazy houses myself, but that one did have the feel of a 'custom' built house where the owner designed the floorplan, especially the master bath having an inswing door behind the Master suit double doors.
Listening to you talk about how "old" this place is only reminds me of how young you must be. I was born in 1962. I'm still here. I still work full time as well. I'm not in a rest home and don't plan to be there ever or at least not for quite a while. I was a young adult in the 1980's. It's not like it was prehistoric. Yeah, the house wasn't built yesterday. But try to expand your horizons past 2000 a little. I agree that this is a weird house, BTW.
In 1 room had that square shaped glass cover is from the 50s to the 60s cause when we moved in a home the same cover was on our light in bedroom wen i was 5 years old. That first room with the window looks to be a babies room. Stairs are really nice to it. The kitchen i fell in love with space and plenty of storage and food . It is deftly not my style of home or the sizes bedrooms way tooo small over all id take the kitchen and the stairways and 1 bathroom with that beautiful Garden Tub with color pattern that could be me in a way/. well not sure if i call it cute or something else ?? The bricks are nice outside . Hmm thank you Ethan for this explore it was worth it as you intro and outro brilliantly done.Love n hugs Barbie & Sam NWP< FL PS I hope you had a wonderful Christmas? Have a joyful and Peaceful Happiest New years to you stay healthy for 2025 .
Someone got a copy of Brøderbund Home Architect for their Commodore 64 and designed themselves a house. Then they printed it out and gave it to a contractor and had them build it. They were either thrilled to have their dream home exactly the way they wanted it, or they were disappointed that it was nothing like they imagined because they have no concept of measurements. But either way, they stuck with it until they died and now their heirs can’t get anyone to buy it.
I like the main entry way and that living room off the stairs. Sometimes you don't need all the windows, you can have some privacy with not so many windows. It almost remind me of the house I live in back in the late 70s/early 80s.
Claustrophobic! It's like the house should be twenty feet wider. The rooms all feel truncated. Especially the kitchen/ family room. Also, not having a door to the outside in the kitchen felt weird. Like that section of the house was cut off.
Hi Ethan! This house IS weird! Claustrophobic inducing imo...I pray you and your family had a wonderful Christmas...sending loads of love, hugs and a safe and Happy New Year from Shawnee, OK!!
The framing on the room with the bay window i probably just hvac bulkhead at top. Might be hvac duct running down the sides too, or they just created side pieces to make a frame with the bulkhead.
I fail to see what is so weird about this house besides the lack of windows on one wall and the primary bathtub. Otherwise the layout is fairly standard.
The front room is the living room, the room that adjoins the kitchen is the dining room. The floors give it away. Carpet in living room, hard wood floor in kitchen and dining room. Makes perfect sense to me since I grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Exactly my point too.
Yes hairdos change more than homes and the cost he advertised is obsurd . Spoiled fast paced generation sometimes . 😊
First of all, the house is definitely not weird or obscure in the least. The only thing that was off was the sunken tub in the master bath and thst was just a minor design flaw.
Anyway, I think the room with the stairs in it is like a den or entertainment room , the room in the middle is the formal dining room and the area off the kitchen is living room / dining room where they may have had a couch, TV AND kitchen table and chairs where they would eat dinner snd breakfast on a daily basis.
We had house growing up with a family room off the kitchen like that
I personally don’t think it’s weird but livable, be hard to heat I’am sure
House makes total sense dude. Formal living room, combined family room/kitchen (fireplace typically located in family room). Separate dinning room. Front entries often included a "coat closet". Back entry into mud room/ laundry room with basement access. I'm an old lady so I remember this arrangement from the "good old days". 😂
Yeah, makes more sense to me than most of the "great room" layouts I see. Designated spaces seem to baffle some when there's actual walls in a house anymore
To you it may be weird but for those of of that grew up in this era it’s normal. Some of the houses within the past 20 years is somewhat weird to some of us. Have you ever been in a house from 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s are also small bed rooms. Thank you for your explanation. Houses like this bring back memories. Every generation has their own housing quirks. 😊
@@cherylengan8574 Small bedrooms because we didn't "live" in them or "entertain" ourselves in them. They were for sleeping, so...how much actual room does one need to sleep in.
For me as a german girl grown up in the 80ties the floorplan totally makes sense for me, especially if you are a big family with many kids. So you have the kitchen-area with the living-room, a dining room for festive action or sunday meals (it could also have been a room for grandma living in the home too or au pair as it was also common), a big room at the entrance for friends comming over and maybe as there aren´t these much windows, it could also have been planned as a TV-room (in the 80 it was common in many countries to watch with the complete family movies at some evenings, the streets were also sometimes complete empty - like at Superbowl-Time). The very small upper room also makes sense, when you want to have a lot of childs and it looked like a crib has been placed there for a longer time + there are book-shelves for reading next to the crib in a nice one-seater or beanbag. It is also clear that you have for a bigger family a laundry-room/utility room especially when you have plants in your garden. The cellar looks for me also like there was a small dancing-studio/aerobic/hobbyroom (f.e. when you are a dancer you have a big mirror for training). Seems the family planned the home for having an active life together, so the sleeping-rooms are not that.
Even for us, with only pets, it is a great floorplan as I love eat-in kitchen - that is why I sit now in front of my pc in my kitchen - for me it is perfect cause my hobbies are cooking and gaming + watching something.
Thank you for this inspiration and have a nice 2025
Ethan, for a number of years starting in the 60s, it was common for the family room and kitchen to be combined into ,essentially, one room
That's how houses are built now.
@@missmissy5170Right? “It’s so weird…”
The electricity is turned on.
@@melissaavery4388 Completely irrelevant, but yes.
From an English perspective the house does make sense, maybe they were European? I feel that house was well lived and well loved and I also sense that at the bottom of the stairs to the right between the two windows in the living room is where the Christmas tree stood, and I feel that the family were very happy there. Yes to some people it may have seemed dirty in places, I say it was lived in and when you have a home full of family and love you don't always notice such things as a dirty door jamb or wall next to where the mattress touched being a bit dingy. That's just my 2 cents from an English lady who grew up in the 80's.
Love this house ! Would love to live there and modernise it
There aren't any windows on the one side because that's the storm side. Usually, it's the side facing West.
That first room to the left of the front entrance was called a “No touch room” This was the elegant room that wasn’t used, it was just for looks. The den off the kitchen is great, this is where everyone congregated and enjoyed the fireplace. A lot of houses were built this way. And the bedrooms upstairs. I like it, just needs upgrading and open some walls up to modernize.
I am now quite intrigued to find out what your idea of a “normal” house layout is! This house layout is pretty standard quite frankly, just the decor is a bit dated other than the obviously newly renovated kitchen/family room. I would kill for that kitchen by the way, it’s at least twice the size of mine and the pantry units are fantastic. The only real difference between this and modern Australian layout is that the fireplace in the family room would be replaced by a wall of windows and sliding door access to the backyard.
As others have already said, it's a normal house for the time it was built. Back then, bedrooms were for sleeping only. We didn't have computers, video games, and such in our rooms (well, most people). Those things, if they had them, were in the "family" areas of the house.
The one thing I really disliked was the carpet on the tub deck, around the garden tub. Things like that were done for warmth, though. And the carpet in that odd little corner by the stairs was probably done to avoid having to dust constantly. Think about how much dust accumulates in corners near exterior doors.
Oh, and it's called a storm door - those screen doors with glass.
The fireplace room off the kitchen is the family room and the area near the stairs at the front door is the living room, IMO. Seems like a typical 80's house having looked at houses in the 80's before purchasing one in 1982. Great video. Thank you.
I thought that the area near the stairs was the dining room? There didn't seem to be any place to eat/
@@annzitaruk8023 I think the room with the bay window is the formal dining room.
@@annzitaruk8023It is the dining room. My favorite Christmas memories were cozy holiday meals next to the fireplace at my grandparents home. The proximity to the kitchen was intentional.
The staircase and the rubber ducky shower curtain were the stars of this whole joint.
Ethan as much as we enjoy these don't go alone I don't want to hear you were found dead in one of these. Take care.
Of course it's weird you walked in from the back door. The 80's was a time of transition because it was still very difficult to insulate a house without using asbestos. Often the builders would have less windows stopping drafts. The color is horrible as well. I lived in a house like that in the 80's and window units were the norm as Central heat and air conditioning cost too much.
It's really not all that weird, and I hope someone can renovate this home...
As quirky as this house is, it's certainly unique and oddly charming. You hit the nail on the head with the groovy Daphne Blake comment. The Mystery Machine would have fit perfectly into that weird space! I believe the area opposite the kitchen was meant to be a dining room rather than a living room. Thanks, Ethan, for sharing this cool, old home with us. It may not be our personal taste, but someone once lived there and loved it very much
What an odd house. Does not give off warm and cozy vibes at all. More like high alert.
@@sharoncrocker2826 Could all be changed by tearing down a few walls and a fresh coat of paint...
I wish people who lived/visited this house & others would see your videos and send pic of when it was furnished & lived/loved in!😊
Happy New Year 🎉
The bathroom with the window in it to the bedroom is definitely odd. It would be difficult to get in and out of that bathtub.
And the curtain was on the bedroom side of the window???
The master bath was carpeted when my late husband and I bought out 1979 built house in 1982. We were puzzled by carpet in the bathroom. Very unsanitary.
Was a late 70’s 80’s thing ….all my family back then had carpet in bathrooms and toilet and basically everywhere
@@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972 Same. I liked the warm floors on cold winter days but I had four brothers who couldn’t aim well enough to hit the toilet. The carpet smelled like urine by the time it was removed.
Aside from the lack of windows on that rear wall, I do see anything "weird" about the layout. That open room off of the front door is a formal living room.
Ah yes, looks like my childhood home. Wall to wall "plush" carpet was a thing, yep even the bathtub area, that was considered posh, luxurious. Every room was its own, so the open kitchen looks like a 90's update as houses started to trend more open. But we preferred two living areas, one formal, one for messy day to day living, and we had to have color coordination. That ivy was neat, I still have dishes with that exact pattern. Back then ivy dining and cookware was very uppity lol.. At 9:55 bet you that was The Computer Room. Every house had one late 80's through the 90's, lol We didn't care if our room was tiny, as long as it was all our own space. Most of the time kids got the small rooms, sometimes they'd take a 12x12 bedroom and add a wall for two kids, while mom and dad got the big bedroom with ensuite. You can see where they had a waterbed, those were rad! Loved seeing the 80's colors and wall borders and fixtures. Very cool nostalgic tour, thanks for sharing!
It looks like the kitchen/den are were two different rooms once and they took the wall down to open it up, or maybe it was the dining area. It may be a weird layout, but it has character. Unlike a lot of the sterile, look a like houses today. And you got to admit. People way back when we're smaller than we are now. Lol. Keep the good videos coming, and stay safe out there. ❤ OH yeah! That bathtub. Someone MUST'VE been drunk when they installed that one. 😂😂😂😂
Houses of that era often had two living rooms: a "family room" for watching tv near the kitchen, and a "formal living room" for "display only" near the entrance. Many households put plastic over the furniture in the formal living room, and it was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving gatherings.
Likewise, they often had three eating areas: a bar countertop in the kitchen for breakfast, a table in the kitchen for dinner, and a "formal dining room" for "display only", usually adjacent to the formal dinning room, that was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving dinner.
Keep in mind, these houses were not huge by today's standards - usually 1,500-2,000 square feet, and a quarter of that space was "off limits" to kids or daily living.
The front room is the living room, then dining room kitchen/family room or great room makes perfect sense to me.
so many..."what went on in that room?"
The toilets are Not a big deal!!! They are very very briefly seen!
Absolut beautiful house....Very nice😊
I want that beautiful rain jacket!!! Pink and purple looks gorgeous.
Now thats an 80's jacket, Fer Shure it's totally RAD!!!🤘
They would have painted the wood trim and doors white because the wood trim and doors were dark in the 80's. Great video. Thanks, Ethan.
Odd but kinda cute. To bad it was so dirty, you'd think if you could own a house you'd at least love it enough to keep it clean. It was the wind you heard rustling the leaves. I don't care about the dirty toilet or how many times you say what's up guys, stop going places alone. It's not safe!
I’m thinking maybe a widow built it. Maybe she was afraid and didn’t want many windows? You mentioned it smelled like an old person smell. Yes… that is a real thing. I really loved the explore, Ethan. Thank you❤
😂 no way!
I'm OLD!! I smell like 🌹 roses!!! Lol😅
@ love it!!!!
The room in came in from was a mud room. I’m guessing there were children so the basement stairs makes sense. The children were encourage to go downstairs. The room at the bottom of the stairs may have been a good living room for company. The same opposite the kitchen a family room.
IMO this house screams chaos. Nothing flows and like you said it makes no sense whatsoever . Nice find though and thanks for sharing .
Everyone in chat sounds like snobs just because its not a multi million house .
A very haphazard layout.Not my favourite by any means but you did a great job of showing it. Thanks Ethan!
Dusky rose was a thing in the 80's. Had it in my 1982 wedding. Great video. Thanks.
I love that color, oh and now, looking AT anything 80's!!😊
I was expecting to see something really strange, but I don't think it is. Yes, it's dated, and the island in the kitchen looks like they added that trying to update some. But, I actually like this house. Not every house built in the 80s was huge. I didn't care for that bathtub being strangely positioned, I'd take that out and update that for sure. I see an explanation for about every other room, tho. I'd buy it. And do some serious updating, but otherwise it looks good. I love the cabinet space in the kitchen, too. Thanks for showing us! 👍
Strange house. That kitchen transition into living room looks like maybe they took down a wall to give it an “open concept” feel? Upstairs master bath with window looking onto odd angled tub? Kinky!!! Curved staircase was nice, everything else was just weird.
A unique looking house . One of those old ladies houses . Thanks Ethan . Happy New Year, all the best for 25
If you can turn that first room into a fully functioning laundry room/mud room combo, I actually don't hate that idea lol. If you have kiddos that get super dirty they can just chuck their clothes into the wash right there
Good idea. I always thought it would be a good idea to have a laundry room with a door to the backyard.
Definitely an odd house and an odd layout. That kitchen livingroom combo is strange. I would love to be able to see how the people that lived there had it set up. Like how did they utilize the space
Definitely custom built. I hope they were happy with it. It definitely had a weird vibe to it. Once again thanks for taking us with you.
I love this house and I would definitely live there. ❤❤❤
What a weird interesting house thanks Ethan and I hope you had a great Christmas. Happy Holidays 🇦🇺💜
Omg you described this so accurately before you stepped in! 😂 From the tiny living room (with that one lonely window shoved over to the corner on the long wall), to the bathroom across from the dining table, and what they did with the master bedroom/ensuite (the master disaster, hehe) this was... well, not good! I like to look up floorplans and try to find ways to improve them, but this would be a 'f**kit' one.
On a positive note though i loved the brick, the gorgeous mint green on the walls when you first walked in (that's my bedroom colour!), the staircase, and the fireplace in the den(?)/kitchen. And the kitchen part had great storage and a nice layout. Thank you for sharing this one, it made me laugh and i needed that tonight. Take care, and stay safe. 😊
Yeah, I was intrigued by looking right into the bathroom from the dining room myself. Lol
I get clostriphobia with this house, and then again, I'm still afraid of car wash places
Your right Ethan, this house is weird, I do not like the layout at all!!!!
This is how they were back in 70’s
The layout is definitely bad, but I've seen much worse. At least this looks like it was professionally built. You should visit northern MI where people with no construction experience design as they build their own "dream home" using found material or an old mobile home, without permits and without ever finishing.
Oh yes!! What part of northern MI? Pellston, by chance?
As an 80's kid...the room by the stairs is the living room and the room with the fireplace is the dinning room.
It's actually a really nice house.
Very weird house - such a bad layout - no rhyme or reason for the room design - thanks again and can’t wait for your videos in the coming new year.
Hi Ethan..how odd this house is...too dark and creepy ..not many windows...the bathroom must be the weirdest one yet !! And carpet yuk!!!!!...thanks for the tour Ethan stay safe well and happy 💋
Makes perfect sense for 70', 80's house. Living room,dining room, family room off kitchen. My ex and I built a home like that.
The 1990’s always had wallpaper everywhere! When I bought my home in 1992 it took me years to remove the wallpaper.
By the way congrats on the 123K subs Ethan. You just keep getting more popular as time goes on.👍🆒
OMG Weird house! But they must of loved it to live there as long as they did
you could write a book on how many things were wrong with that bathroom alone 😂
I love this house! Makes total sense to me.
This house feels very comfortable to me, and definitely makes sense. This is the type of house I aspired to have as a little kid. Would move in here in a heartbeat and not change a thing
All the random angles were interesting, as if the builder used them to create a unique aesthetic, but just made the space smaller. Bedrooms were TINY! And what’s up with the master bathroom and the odd window and layout. Also, did you notice the “dead” space that curved around the stairs at the top? I did like the stairs and the little alcove the curved stairs created.
That’s a poor layout where they squeezed in 4 BR, but should have been only 3. Not sure where you are supposed to eat besides in DR. That carpet at top of stairs is super weird.
Where was the dining room?
Weird house. Carpet in a bathroom is a big no no. Stairs are nice Ethan, kitchen too. Weird. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That was a big thing back then.
Every house had carpet in the bathroom in the 80s. And often, fuzzy covers for the toilet seats and tanks.
Interesting for sure enjoyed seeing it hated the wall color choices in the bedrooms just horrible layout odd but very artsy in a weird way probably reflected the couple's personality
Thanks so much for the explore
Less windows because of draughts and no central heating … asbestos would’ve been a issue probably …. So less windows to keep heat in
This is a weird house I get what you coming from I don’t know why they would build a house like this whoever built that didn’t know what they were doing at this point it just look tacky what they was doing building a house like this
Nice house but weird lay out. Good Video.
The only thing I liked was that ground floor room with the wall paper border at the chair rail height. I would make that my library. I would put wood floor, paint it a nice color, fill it with bookshelves, and add a comfy sofa and rocking chair!
8:45 ‘So it’s not the biggest house in the world, I don’t know, it’s probably 3,000 sq. feet….’ As a North American who has lived decades in Europe that made me chuckle.
This layout is very common for the time. The front room near the staircase is the living room. (I agree it should have a window or two) and the room adjoining the kitchen is the dining room. Many holiday dinners were made cozier eating a meal by the fireplace. I’ve know many houses with a laundry room at the back door with an entrance to the basement. I’d wager it was actually built in the 60s/70s based on the paint colors and wallpaper. That look was already dated by the 80s.
Very odd, didn't like the house
What a weird layout in the house Ethan 😮Nice tour of the place though 👍❤️😎
Not my fav house either. Long walk from the car packing groceries. The master bath was an unfortunate layout. Not that the curtains on that tub winder were doing any good, but they were on the outside so-as you demonstrated- a peek was just a slight breeze away.
I do like the kitchen/family room space. If I lived there, that would be my main hang out.
Hi Ethan from upstate NY. Very strange house! That dining room right across from the powder room is a bad idea. I would not want to be eating when someone is dropping a deuce. The best room was the kitchen. Thanks for sharing!🧡🏘🏡
Weird colors. Claustrophobic.
The front entrance is a mud room. The old farm houses had a mud room with the hlaf bath and laundry. The kitchen and dining room. The room with the curved window was more likely when they had visitors. Thats my take.
Downstairs is quite normal for a UK home, living area is the open plan room to the left of the stairs, the large space beside the kitchen is the dining area, would probably have a long dining table there for entertaining.
The door inside the back door was to separate basement from the home. They either rented out and someone lived down there or they had a business that was ran out of there. The laundry was there because it was probably a shared laundry for basement OR some one who lived there had a really dirty job or farm job and took there clothes off there and put directly in the washing machine. And the front room was a formal living room kept nice for guests visits or where some one could read or just quiet space. The kitchen open to family/tv room is very common. Today's houses have open concept which is just a larger version of the kitchen open to living space. The back of the house with no windows might be the back of the garage. Most garages don't have Windows. But no entrance to garage from house is weird since its an attached garage.
I HAVE NEVER WATCHED AN ABANDONED HOUSE VIDEO AND LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. YOUR COMMENTS ARE PRICELESS.🤣😂😅
I think they were WEIRD !! LOL
It sounds like this house isn't your cup of tea Ethan and I agree with you . All the best for 2025
This is a really funky layout! It sure is odd! Still an awesome video Ethan! Happy New Year! 👍👍✊❤️🤘
It’s a “What were they thinking?” when they approved the plans to build this house?
That's a strange house. The giant houses started in the 80's. This one is weird. So chopped up. In the 80's they started putting a family room beside the kitchen. Usually though, there would be a clear kitchen, including eating area, and a clear family room. One has to wonder who designed this and why. But then the 1980's decade wasnt the best for design.
Such a claustrophobic environment, and what a waste of basement space! I’m getting divorce vibes from every room 💔
I don't know why anyone wouldn't put one more window on the side that has a window.
Actually I love the kitchen family room combo, that open concept was not so unusual. I would have placed s large oak table and chairs in front of the fireplace with an early colonial flair. The stair case is beautiful directly to the living room. The entry way is way too small and cramped looking. The only room that really puzzles me is the first room you went into after the laundry entry. Its really too small for much, so maybe they did use it as a dining room and the family room with the fireplace had comfy chairs and such. Yes this house is definitely different, and a weird vibe to it
I grew up in the 80’s. The carpeted blue room by the front door is the formal living room.
The room across the washroom is the formal dining room.
The big room with the fireplace is the family tv room next to the kitchen.
So not weird to us GenX’ers
It’s super compartmentalized. It might be nice if it had an open floor plan, and of course windows on that back wall so a lot of natural light can flood the place and elevate its dark vibe.
The oddest thing I found was that there is no door to the garage. I've lived in some pretty crazy houses myself, but that one did have the feel of a 'custom' built house where the owner designed the floorplan, especially the master bath having an inswing door behind the Master suit double doors.
Listening to you talk about how "old" this place is only reminds me of how young you must be. I was born in 1962. I'm still here. I still work full time as well. I'm not in a rest home and don't plan to be there ever or at least not for quite a while. I was a young adult in the 1980's. It's not like it was prehistoric. Yeah, the house wasn't built yesterday. But try to expand your horizons past 2000 a little. I agree that this is a weird house, BTW.
That is the weirdest house.Maybe maybe it was custom made to be like that?
In 1 room had that square shaped glass cover is from the 50s to the 60s cause when we moved in a home the same cover was on our light in bedroom wen i was 5 years old. That first room with the window looks to be a babies room. Stairs are really nice to it. The kitchen i fell in love with space and plenty of storage and food . It is deftly not my style of home or the sizes bedrooms way tooo small over all id take the kitchen and the stairways and 1 bathroom with that beautiful Garden Tub with color pattern that could be me in a way/. well not sure if i call it cute or something else ?? The bricks are nice outside . Hmm thank you Ethan for this explore it was worth it as you intro and outro brilliantly done.Love n hugs Barbie & Sam NWP< FL PS I hope you had a wonderful Christmas? Have a joyful and Peaceful Happiest New years to you stay healthy for 2025 .
Someone got a copy of Brøderbund Home Architect for their Commodore 64 and designed themselves a house. Then they printed it out and gave it to a contractor and had them build it.
They were either thrilled to have their dream home exactly the way they wanted it, or they were disappointed that it was nothing like they imagined because they have no concept of measurements. But either way, they stuck with it until they died and now their heirs can’t get anyone to buy it.
I like the main entry way and that living room off the stairs. Sometimes you don't need all the windows, you can have some privacy with not so many windows. It almost remind me of the house I live in back in the late 70s/early 80s.
The room to the left of the front door is a living room, the room by the kitchen is a family room. Typical 70/80 design
Claustrophobic! It's like the house should be twenty feet wider. The rooms all feel truncated. Especially the kitchen/ family room. Also, not having a door to the outside in the kitchen felt weird. Like that section of the house was cut off.
Yes, you're right, scooby doo.My son still loves scooby doo and he's forty three
Ethan you are the best explorer I’ve ever watched. I watched other explorers and you are the best
thanks!
Hi Ethan! This house IS weird! Claustrophobic inducing imo...I pray you and your family had a wonderful Christmas...sending loads of love, hugs and a safe and Happy New Year from Shawnee, OK!!
It was both laid out kinda crazy and very stuffy looking but it was also very interesting. Thanks for the video 😊 p.s. I mean... I'd live there.
The framing on the room with the bay window i probably just hvac bulkhead at top. Might be hvac duct running down the sides too, or they just created side pieces to make a frame with the bulkhead.
This looks like an owner designed house, and the owner was NOT architecturally minded! Bet the Builder found it just as weird but a jobs a job!
I fail to see what is so weird about this house besides the lack of windows on one wall and the primary bathtub. Otherwise the layout is fairly standard.