Huge federation bungalow built 1925 with immaculate interiors
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Hey house lovers and explorers! This video follows on from the previous one as this huge bungalow is the neighboring home I mentioned. Another immaculate home that was well loved and unfortunately now demolished also. Hope you all enjoy the tour. Cheers for watching :-)
What a shame this one has to come down. Beautiful!
What a beautiful old house! I really enjoyed this one. Lots of Reno's over the years but it is very open and spacious. What a shame this is going to be demolished. If it weren't for the cracks it could still be lived in for many years to come. Thanks for the tour Paul.
Glad you enjoyed it Anita :-) Thanks for watching
Cracks can be filled.
I find it so sad and disturbing that these beautiful houses don't get saved. Thank you for the tour. Such a beautiful home.
One day some urbex dude with a camera is going to walk through the back door (which is never locked) of my shabby house, saying "This place hasn't been lived in for years & it's ready for demo, oh look everything is left behind" LOL
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That's a beautiful home, it's a shame it is going to be destroyed. They always seem to replace beautiful old homes with really ugly new construction. Thanks for sharing!!
And isn't that the truth!!! I rarely see new construction that is pleasing to look at, mostly sterile homogenous buildings with zero craftsmanship. Shame.
My late Nan lived in a "California Bungalow" in Wagga, which had cracks even worse than those on this place... masonry is an unforgiving material when your foundations sit on clay. We used to half-joke that the ivy growing on the northern side of the house was the only thing holding it together. Yes, that enclosed area at the back of this house would be a later addition, houses of this vintage had the laundry and toilet outside, in this case off to one side of a porch. Mum says the first time _her_ grandmother saw a house with a fully indoor toilet, she thought it was "...the dirtiest thing I've ever seen, imagine having the sh*thouse in the middle of your home!". I strongly suspect the carport is also a modern addition on this house, but whoever did it, did a top job of making it look seamless with the rest of the facade. Minus the carport, the front of this house would've looked more like that other example you showed at 1:57.
Edit: Yep, that bathroom has been extensively renovated... although again, whoever did it, has done a top job. I'm pretty sure those _are_ the original bathroom floor tiles, unless they were salvaged from another Federation-era build. Neither shower area (bathroom or laundry) is original. Showers didn't become popular until electric water heaters came along. For bathing, well into the first half of the 20thC, it was usual to heat the water in a "chip heater", or the laundry copper.
Hi Damon :-) I enjoyed reading your comments and recalling your great grans thoughts! :-) Adelaide sits on clay too and it is a badge of honor to have at least one decent crack visible if you own or rent an older character home here! :-) I have filmed some pretty bad ones and seen some brought back to life amazingly but most get knocked down. Cheers for watching :-)
I just do not understand how anyone could tear a house with WOOD FLOORS and coffered ceilings down!! You do not find homes with REAL WOOD floors anymore. I loved this house.
some of those old houses that i grew up in, the bathroom consisted of a walled in dark shower stall with a round dump shower head, the bath next to it along one wall, then a sink under wide open three pane window. The center was sometimes glass and other times they put a medicine cabinet and mirror there. The two windows sat either side and swung outwards and had the old swivel rod that acted as a window clasp as well as having staggered holes along the rod so that the window could be pinned in place in various positions.
The toilet was sometimes in the room, or it was just outside a side door and had its own little room.
Some were in closed and some had another door leading outside. The worst ones was when the external door didnt always fit the doorway, for air circulation issues, and had a foot gap underneath it and above it from the ground and top of the door frame. During winter those types were bitterly freezing cold. The door leading into the bathroom was sealed fairly well, but not the door to outside the house.
Those old doors were usually a fast and quick way to break into the old homes because no one locked the door into the bathroom.
I reckon that back area has been changed a tonne. The current toilet and laundry was probably one large room.
The old toilet probably was through that suspected door in the bathroom and was removed because it had an unsealable door leading outside and was too uncomfortable during winter and summer. Either dealing with an over abundance of flys or bitter cold wind howling into the tiny room.
This property and the one next door both sold in 2021, the buyer demolished them and sold the land as one allotment 9 months later for over $3 million. Greedy developers strike again.
Exactly, I'd be telling them to eff off.
How sad
How do you know they’re greedy? That’s a pretty ugly thing to say.
It’s happening here in East Tennessee
Truly sad. That place was beautiful.
I would have loved to see this house in its heyday, with all the wood in the foyer still stained.
Cheers Michaele :-)
Is the flooring jarrah, or maybe Tassie oak??? Be a shame to smash it up, whatever it was...
Love love love that bathroom floor. So interesting.
My house was built in 1965. It had carpet throughout. I lifted up the carpet in the living room and found that there was a nice wooden floor hiding underneath. So, I checked the bedrooms, and they too, had nice wooden floors, waiting to be seen again. Just like the ones in this house. So, I ripped out all of the carpets. But they sure do get cold in the winter. So, I made me some rugs to put down. Thanks, Paul, for another great video. See you in the next explore.
Indeed. People got tired of being cold and wall to wall carpet is warmer, quieter, cozier and cleaner. Hard to fault the folks who put the carpets in. The only thing is wood floors look nicer... I guess.
Insulation under wood floors keeps them warmer.
Think slippers.
@@LiberalinOregon Yes, I know all about that. I took the carpets up because they were nasty, (the previous people that lived here didn't take care of the carpets), and I have allergies really bad.
how lovely is this? so neat and clean. If it weren't for the cracks it would be amazing. I bet whoever lived here had this in show room condition and I suspect had all the old furnture to match!!
Hi Heather :-) Yep would have been stunning fully furnished too! Cheers for watching :-)
Glad to see the old vent has a nice fine mesh over it to keep the creepy crawlies out.
It's actually nice to see that like many of us when we leave a place we at least leave a roll of dunny paper.
Yes! The overexcited, new homeowner always appreciates that!
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@@JohnShinn1960 We all do after a hard day of moving especially when you need to take a dump.
🌟Hey Paul, oh my gosh what an absolute beauty I love it. Beautiful kitchen/dining area and absolutely loved the deck in the tree! beautiful wood floors and the other wood work features. Such a great shame it’s coming down 😢Thank you so much again for the tour ❤😊x🌟
You are so welcome Megan, glad you enjoyed this one, I knew you would! :-) I really was a nice home and I bet it was much loved. :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 you are so right you read my mind! 💯% :-)
This is a really nice bungalow here on the outside it is also a big place
and from the sounds in the background this isn't out in the middle of
a rural area but it is a really nice place, the inside is still very well in
good shape and well cleaned, yeah not a bad place at all and this is
a really magnificent find here but to bad they are going to demolish it Thanks for another wonderful episode and I hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas Thank You.🇦🇺🇦🇺☃️🎄🎄☃️🇦🇺🇦🇺
Gday Roger :-) On a main road this was for sure mate and now demolished along with its neighbor. Glad you enjoyed, hope you have a Merry Xmas too! :-)
Nice house. I have told other explorers,that you should be careful around black mold. It can make you very sick. I have found this out the hard way. Be careful. Have a good week.😊
Cheers again Mava and thank you :-)
Luv all the natural light and windows in this beautiful old home. Somebody took much care of it as i could see. Thank you Paul i enjoyed this one. Cheers 💜☮️
Lovely home....so sad to see it go.
Always chuckle when I hear the smoke alarm going off in the background. 😂
Tell me about it!!! :-) Cheers Patti :-)
Loved that one, Paul. Another one of the "what a shame it's going to be knocked over" type!
Despite the great entry, from a personal point of view I'd like the original dark timber to remain which would have retained it's 1920s identity. Thanks again. 👍
Hi Ken :-) Yep have to agree the the dark timber would have been my choice to leave as is. Cheers , glad you enjoyed :-)
Knowing gorgeous 1920s wood has been painted over makes me cringe !
@@kookietherapy9398 Agreed 😒
Thank you for the tour.
Yes, those two homes seem to have had the same designers. -Love the details of the home.
I must say, those beautiful wood floors leave a good impression! Those ceiling details!
And the big bathroom's floor tiles were amazing! All of it represents hard work and craftsmanship.
The surprise safe was really cool.
Hi Wistful :-) The nice wood floors really made all the interior flow together. Glad you enjoyed this old gem, cheers for watching :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 :) hi! I've been subbed to you for a long time, this is one of my favorite explores! I had to share it on FB.
This house would go for 2 million in certain areas.
@@ksavage681 Maybe more... 😉
Tastefully renovated
Love the stove cove 👍
Lovely home, I enjoyed the tour :)
Thanks so much Wendy! 😊
Thanks, Paul ... 😀
Such a beautiful old home. Such a shame it will soon be gone.
A beautiful gem and the plasterwork on the ceilings was gorgeous. My type of house. Such a shame 😢
Wonderful time capsule!!
Glad you enjoyed Crizzy :-)
Such a beautiful old home!
It’s a fascinating house, thanks for the tour. It’s lovely to see how the people who have lived here renovated the house with an eye to keeping the interiors fairly close to their original style. The quality of light inside is beautiful.
Regarding your curiosity about the bathroom, a couple of things stand out.
The tiling in the room looks modern (ie, post-1960s). It has probably had a couple of generations of renovation. The tiles on the floor looks more like a modern reproduction of a Victorian pattern. It’s the kind of heritage touch that matches the renovation that created the stripped back brick feature walls. A 1920s bathroom would have a very different colour scheme, and in a house of this quality you might expect a terrazzo floor. A renovator with an eye for heritage fittings would have retained original features like a pedestal basin, cabinets, or the bathtub.
The layout of the laundry looks like it would have functioned as the bathroom in the original configuration of the house.
The house has a very back-and-front design, with the grand formal rooms to the front side of the hallway that runs the length of the house and the kitchen and service areas gathered to the back. This design speaks to the house having once had live-in domestic staff like a maid or a housekeeper. The current central bathroom was probably a live-in housekeeper’s quarters. These usually had an external door so the domestic could access the service areas at the rear of the house without having to walk through the main formal areas of the house.
What a beautiful home 5his would have been love the front entrance just stunning thanks again Paul another great explore 👍😃
Glad you enjoyed it MsMamabear :-) I agree the entrance was stunning, got some nice pics of it too! :-)
Loved this house! Shameful it was demolished!!!!!
Oh Paul, what a stunner bunner. Beautiful floors, ceiling roses, fireplaces, she would have been a beauty in her day, thank you again!😊❤
Gosh what a beaut of a fine stately home, with perfect floors. I say better than the one next door! Developers need to learn how to build around these gems. My 1960ish neighborhood was built around a few early 1900's farm houses.
Thanks for showing us Paul
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I've aways wanted to ask if I can, are you a realtor?
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Adelaide is an Indian strategic take over place,
Same here in Pakenham Victoria.
An astute observation that cannot be denied :-)
Paul, I'm glad you shared this with us nice old home. Sorry, it's another one on the chopping block. Take care.
Was there more than one bedroom?
They had their towel rails up high!
A beautiful house ❤
Hi Carol :-) Yes there were 3 and I suspect the original formal dinning room was last used as a bedroom also :-) Glad you enjoyed
Fantastic place, there's a lot of antiques in there too. I can picture family and friends with all of that entertaining space. Wow!!!
Beautiful home. Someone should try saving it. Woodwork and ceiling are something you don't find in newer homes for it to be destroyed. Enjoyed. Thank you.
Cool place lots of changes made awesome 👌 cheers 🍻 urbex always a great video
Thankyou for at least creating a record of these beautiful old homes. Maybe someone, one day, will look at your videos & be inspired to create some beautiful new homes.
I think that your right about the doorway in the bathroom. I think that the room was a mudroom its right next to the coat closet and the tile on the floor was original mudroom tile that they perserved when putting in a bathroom inside the house.
An excellent explore, thank you Paul. You're creating a lot of really valuable learning and resource material for fans of Australian domestic architecture and design. If you ever start a patreon, I'll join for sure.
Definitely a closed-in doorway on the rear of the bathroom. The enclosed back verandah uses sheeting I've seen on 1950s-60s properties.
Hey Matt :-) I thought you would appreciate this one! I am glad you love all the things about these homes and the things we can learn from them, you have the passion and interest/knowledge too as do many many of my viewers which makes it all worth it. Cheers for the support mate :-)
Oh my goodness absolutely beautiful wow so so sad it's going to be gone
What a shame such a beautiful home great videos thanks Paul 👍🌝🙂
Cheers guys!! :-) Thanks for watching, keep up the great work :-)
Great vidéo as Always can't wait to ser more👍 🎅🎄😺👋
Many more to come mdelanoy :-)
Beautiful old house. I hope someone moves in before it’s vandalized.
The front exterior is stunning. It says, "Look at me!" Proud and rich looking. Floors are very nice. What is the wood? I give high compliments to the renovations that kept much of its original character. Great natural light. The prior owners showed respect for their property. Too much white, however. Spacious. Thank you so much.
Hi Kalyn :-) Not fully sure which wood they used for the floor but it was the more narrow boarding than the old villas used. I agree the dark wood would have been better left not painted white :-) Glad you enjoyed
What a lovely home. So much space. I think the bathroom has a problem with mould on the ceiling because the original sash windows (which are in all the other rooms apart from the kitchen) have been changed and they don't open. The only ventilation in there are a few airbricks, but an extractor fan or an opening window is needed when someone enjoys a hot bath as much as they seemed to. The people at the back will have more things overlooking them than that tree platform, when the little boxes replace it. Shame it is going.
Hi LWF :-) I think you are right about the ventilation. Glad you enjoyed this one too. Cheers! :-)
What a lovely house with so many great features still to see and, of course, a few modern updates. I'd happily live in this place. I kept looking at the exposed brick in the kitchen.. Would it look better exposed or covered to match the rest? But yet they white washed the entrance all that wood panneling. Hidden. Hmm, personal taste, really. Thanks for sharing Cheers MM :)
Exposed brick is a fad - especially in the 60s. It's not authentic and the raw brick often looks incongruous and sheds an abrasive dust. It should be plastered.
What a beautiful old house 🏚. I love everything about it. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 ❤
Such a gorgeous house. I loved the details on the ceilings. It would have been so cool to lived in it.
A beautiful old home. I think the floor in the bathroom is original. The lines around the edges looks like it continues under the vanity and the bath. I agree that there was a door on there that was closed off.
Is that due for demolition? So sad someone made that place awsome and kept a lot of the original charm that must have been so hard to walk away from that place
Hi Jerrold :-) Yep unfortunately mate this one and the immaculate 50s home next door were both demolished about 6 months ago
Ingeniously safe place for the safe
What a shame it's moving and cracking. It's a lovely old place .... apart from the noise; is it on a busy road? The possibilities for a house like this in good structural condition, are endless. And the garden has room for so many things; vegetables, plants, hot tub, green house, bbq. I love the kitchen. I'd have an Aga in there! If you're gonna dream, dream big! 😊
What a beautiful home, nice open floor plan spacious jbeautiful kitchen and hardwood floor.
Ive never seen mold in any of these places you have shown on here. Nice place none the less.
Every bungalow you happen to document, still has today some kind of timeless beauty to it. Loved how the exposed the internal brick walls which gives an industrial look which breaks up the white to follow through to the enterance.....shes beautiful, just soo sad.😢
Lovely video here Paul. You have an eye for detail and this was a great place to see. It's sad that such a pretty place isn't being saved. I'm guessing the structural issues are the main reason it'll get pulled down. Our soils in South Australia are harsh on buildings, it seems.
Glad you enjoyed it Drew 😊 yeah the clay reactive soil give Adelaide's older homes their signature wall cracks. I have seen far worse fixed up so it's sad this one demolished. Cheers for watching 🙂👍
Hello Paul want another beautiful home I thought it was pretty cool that they made that into a safe thank you for taking us through the tour till next time take care love from upstate New York❤😊
what a stunning home. So spacious.... even the bathroom looked huge. What a shame that it's to disappear. Thanks again Paul.
loved the explores this year this is a beauty have a great Christmas
Do you do any heritage advocacy work Paul? You know your stuff and what is happening to this country.
beautiful house but didn't like the wide open kitchen merging with the entrance hall, loved the in the trees deck, thanks Paul
Beautiful home. I would be so sad to leave this if it were mine. 😢 Thanks !
loved the natural bricks inside the home it goes to show how big the home is the best part of the home is the kitchen nice and roomy and the butlers pantry was good too but the one thing I did not notice was the celler where you keep all the wines but again Paul thanks for showing this beautiful old bungalow
What a stunning home
Wow! What a beauty!! I see some things I would have differently in the Reno tho! Love the exposed brick. Is this house up for demo? Sad. The ceilings are exquisite! With the shower set right on the tile floor.....looks to me like the floor is original in the bathroom? Yes a doorway I agree.
I love the wood floors. I like the kitchen too. Needs a new roof.
I like this house. With a little work I could live there.
Hi Paul
What a lovely house! I didn’t expect it to look that good. I think you are
right about there being a door in that second bathroom. They probably
decided they wanted a bathtub and a shower so they closed it up and
put the shower stall there. That kitchen was a real beauty. Not the
usual houses you go to Paul and I don’t mean any disrespect to you.
Everything from the hardwood floors to those beautiful ceilings.
The original toilet and bath were definitely not upgraded or renovated.
This house had lots of natural light coming in from those beautiful
windows. I have to mention that safe. That was a smart place to put
it no one would think of looking there. Just a really nice house Paul
and Thank You for sharing it with us and bringing us along. Nice work.
Keep yourself well and stay safe. 👍🆒🏠
How are your 3 cats doing? Give them each a pat on the head for me.🐈🐈⬛🐈
Nice to see a Adelaide home again Paul. The stove would have possibly been a green and cream SAGASCO. The bathroom had a full strip out and would have had a claw cast iron bath, may be.
Hi :-) Yes it would have been great to see an old SAGASCO sitting in the cove still! :-) Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)
One of the best so sad it’s going xx
Thanks M8. 👍👍
Yes that was a doorway from outside to that bathroom, when you panned down you could see the original threshold to the door as a step up from the outside veranda area that is now enclosed.
another one to add to the archive loved it Paul it's yrs is the first one I normally watch sunday morning but being the time of year it is been a little slack😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
Yes agreed, the large bathroom being original going by the tile floor in there.
Amazing! That entrance was just gorgeous ❤.
Thank you for the vid: A beautiful, graceful home. I agree with other comments that the original toiler and bathroom would have been outside, off the veranda. The STUNNING tiles in the 'new' bathroom look remarkably like tiles one can see in entry ways in some houses around Melbourne. I think that was a door out to the veranda and the kitchen door might be new.
Urbex indigo thanks for sharing this video with me this home was a really nice home why do they pick on these nice homes my friend i am from the U.S.A and i enjoy your channel my friend and i waill always show support to you and God Bless and thanks
Loved this house.
What a cool home. Thank you for sharing.
This home is so nice and welcoming from the front and the beautiful craftsmanship on the inside, I would want more kitchen cabinets especially upper cabinets and make a change to the first bedroom by removing the long wardrobe closet totally and putting in a appropriate closet to allow for much better Bed placement. Mino remodeling of the bathroom, bigger better shower and interior linen closet and different window to allow for much better airflow to alleviate the mold growth problem. I wish this home could be saved I would like it myself. 28:53
really nice house ty for showing us in the US.
Looks waiting for re explore. We are here.
The beauties now gone in reality, now live in my dreams.
Thanks Paul for showing us this beautiful home, pity they painted everything white including the fire place but I guess they did this to lighten up the house. This house would have been a pleasure to live in before the renovations but still enough left to love. Sad to see such a grand old lady end like this.
Kind of reminds me of an American Arts and Crafts bungalow. In fact it looks much like my parents’ bungalow, which is also most likely going to be torn down. Even the garage is nearly identical. The floor is also nearly identical. Rooms are arranged a little differently.
Don’t build them like this anymore. Shame really, as they feel more like a home than the spiritless units they put up in its place.
Thanks Paul x
Beautiful old home
Wonderful place
I think the bathroom would have originally just been a bathroom. The shower & toilet have been added. The original toilet was at the end of the balcony beside the washhouse. it is the additions and probable removal of original sash windows that has caused the mould issue.
I could easily fix the wall cracks and the mould in the bathroom so in never comes back. Such a pity the house will be demolished as it could serve another family for years to come.
Such a shame to go to developers. It’s a gorgeous home so spacious and light filled. The Reno’s were tastefully done too.
Extremely well kept.
That's a fun back yard. It's like having a tree house right out the back door. Could the narrowness of the lot dictated the almost ranch-like layout of the house? Still, the entry is elegant and the floors are so beautiful.
I didn’t realize it is scheduled for demolition; too bad someone isn’t going to move this beautiful old house.
As for building on clay, the American writer Eudora Welty once said, "It's like living in a slow motion earthquake!"
What's the story behind the neglect of an obviously splendid rendering of the world-wide arts and crafts movement? I'm guessing a local change in land usage, but that could be anything. This is no small property for an urban environment. And this one's not so far gone it could not be recovered relatively economically. Sad to see it go, if that's its fate. Thanks for the friendly trespassing!
beautiful old home. it obviously has some structural issues with that large crack and all the veradah posts being on such a lean. You may have noticed but didnt say anything about the survey pegs in the back yard. it wont be there much longer.. shame you missed the doors under the house.. would have been good to see in there.
Hi Sonofdat :-) Oh dam I did miss the doors under the house! Yeah the pegs certainly told the fate of this one and the neighbor as they were demolished about 6 months ago now, cheers for watching :-)
@urbexindigo5164 Really enjoy your videos mate.. I like that you turn lights and a/c off and close doors that you open, and your obviously not a theif, your work is tasteful and respectful. but i do often wonder if you ever bump into owners, tenants or other people on these properties you visit. or if previous owners or tenants recognise their old houses in your vids.
I'd buy it. I love that place.
So. When are you moving in? Too nice to let go to the elements. A lot of nice original fabric.
Noisy roadway, though.