Abandoned- Eccentric old home hidden in trees/Built about 1900 and never updated/Long abandoned
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024
- Hey explorers! This odd looking old home is set back in a creepy looking yard of the roadside which I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of while out and about looking in the country side of Victoria so of course I stopped off to check it out.
At first approach it kind of looked like an old school but it turned out to be a quite unique old home with an eccentric layout.
It has never been updated and seems to have been lived in a long time ago around the 70`s or 80`s.
Come take a look around with me and see this old time capsule just sitting here enduring time and the elements.
Hope you enjoy :-)
Cool explore Paul.Nice little farm and house. Thanks. ☮️💜
The outhouse brings back my childhood & the terror of needing to use it. Living in the mountains, no light not even a flashlight or candle to light the way. I memorized how many steps this way & that all the while listening for any sound. I had to go down the 5 steps, straight for 20 then turn right for 15 then take a half right & walk about 75 steps till I could touch the door, hoping & praying there weren't any spiders or snakes & that's not even counting a mountain lion, cougar or bobcat that could be lurking. 😱 Cool place. 🙋♀️💜🇺🇸
Wow you had quite a trip. We used the outhouse at my grandmothers when I was a child but thank goodness it was closer to the house.
@@susanmiller4159 believe me it was quite terrifying, but my baby brother was so scared he'd just pee off the front porch into the flowers. 🤣😂🤣😂
Geez Donette! You had to be an explorer just to go to the loo :-) We have it good these days! haha :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 that is so true Paul. 😂🤣 We are very spoiled these days. 😁🙋♀️💜🇺🇸
Just wanted to say I appreciate you Paul, documenting these old homes and sharing with us. 🤎
Awesome 😎👍 love the old farm houses 🏘️🏡
Cheers for watching Jerrold :-)
Love the way you make us feel as if we are right there with you. Cool old place for sure. 😊
Crows from australia sound alot different then the states...what a trip. Awesome explore
What a nice old home! Simple, but sweet!
I am not even quite into watching the show yet, I have to comment just on the intro alone. That intro is super fantastic!
I like learning about the old wash room and how the clothes were washed.Nice old fireplaces.We have it so easy now .
oh boy another Saturday explore, you are spoiling us, your videos get better and better
Thanks William and U.R. below. :-) Glad you still enjoying them :-) Thanks for watching :-)
I believe that fly trap was from the early mid 70's. My dad had those all over the house.
The Shell No Pest Strips!
I always enjoy your videos to see these places left in another time.
Glad you enjoyed Joan, thanks for watching :-)
Digging the new intro!
Cheers Mike! :-) Thanks for watching mate
Oh goodness ..this one brings back memories :). As others have rightly pointed out, the cabinet in the lounge was the forerunner to tumble dryers. I had one for my sons' nappies in 1974. Dried them into a cardboard texture...they could stand up on their own ! The side fixtures held the rails, so you draped clothes etc over them to dry. I remember The Box being the first colour tv show we saw in 1974 too. Great find!
Just ready to call it a night and the notification popped up ... who needs sleep when there is an Urbex Indigo video to watch 😊 🍷 ... your introduction to this one was absolutely fantastic and the house was yet another interesting find ... especially as it is in my home state ... the outside toilet brought back so many memories of times spent with my great grandmother 👵🏼 ...struggling over gravel with bare feet in the dark to use the “facilities” was a real adventure 🤣 ... I am looking forward to the next one already ... stay safe out there dear man.
Hi Black Orchid :-) Thanks for staying up that bit longer to watch, and im glad you enjoyed this old place. Indoor plumbing has been a very welcome inclusion to society and country areas! haha :-)
The cabinet in the living room looks likes an old airing cabinet. Great find.
Nice explore, I liked the big kitchen and the fireplaces.
Sure nice to see an old farm again. I really like both the houses in town and those in the countryside. This one was obviously very old and certainly unloved for many years. It must have been a nice place at one time. Thanks for the explore.
I love the old stove!
An old IXL one I think Claire :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 ..... you're right - a lot of older places in Victoria had these type of stoves
Thanks for the explore
I would love to know the history of these houses. So much mystery!! So glad these are documented!
Loved seeing the Sheltox Strip fly killer hanging in the kitchen(gold cardboard thingy with 3 holes on each side, and the yellow pesticide stick inside). I remember putting them together for my mum. The metal cabinet in the lounge room is a clothes dryer, you'd hang you're clothes on wire hangers and the element was in the base and would heat up and dry you're clothes.
Such simply living back then, good find.
Thanks for sharing with me urbex Indigo this video about ABANDONED Eccentric old home hidden in trees/ built about 1900 and never updated/ long abandoned i am from the U.S.A andi really enjoy your channel and this video was a real good one and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless you my friend. and thanks again
Ol mate in the comments was right about the cabinet being a dryer. Lovely old stove too(👍) First colour tv show I watched was I Dream of Jeanie n couldn’t believe how pink her outfit was and I believe those televisions were made in oz. Too late for me last night mate so Sunday treat watching today. Great find and thanks for sharing.
Love stepping back in time.
The old bed frame, and the copper haven't seen one of those in years, old dunny,use hate using them,
the old wood stove, keep'em coming!
The cabinet you opened is actually a drying cabinet, a late 70's interpretation of the modern clothes dryer. The give away was the removable/repositionable racking that allowed different length clothing to be hung either over the racks, or on clotheshangers. An electric motor with combined blower forced air thru a heating element similar to a hairdryer, the temperature controlled by a variable reostat. Dry heat entering the bottom of the cabinet and exhausting moist thru the top. You could tell if clothing was dry by feeling for moisture. Later models had timers,cool down feature and sensors that eventually removed the need for operator input. Just set and forget. Disappeared when the modern dryer was developed. Another great vid Paul. 👍👍🇭🇲
You didn’t have tumble style dryers until the 80’s? In the US they’ve been around since the 40’s but really started being popular after the war presumably when there was metal with which to make them. What’s interesting is that in the US, drying cabinets just came into more widespread use in the last 15-20 years and they’re mostly considered a luxury item.
@@Lucinda_Jackson You never see drying cabinets in Australia any more due to the size, inefficiency and excessive power usage. My parents, and family friends, had cabinets in the 70's but when tumble dryers were introduced, the cabinets were disposed of. The differences between countries ! 👍👍🇭🇲
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Yes! It’s so interesting! Things are so much more homogenized (for lack of a better word) in the world now that I’d forgotten how things were and so I was taken by surprise!
Was gonna suggest the cabinet was a dryer too. I housesat for someone who had one.
Hi Paul a wonderful find as always the old sheds, I have to agree with you it could have been a school I did get that feel. You walk through the trees and there she is a beautiful time capsule I’m sure it was beautiful in its prime the old stove and the fireplaces the mantles the old dunny 🏡and the copper my god mother had one. Thank you again for the cool adventure. :-) :-)
What a lovely place, the stained glass was gorgeous 😍
Luv ur videos mate this video brilliant keep up the great work
Another awesome explore! Thank you so much for sharing! :)
I thought something crawled on my face after you showed the dead bees! Quite an immersive experience 🤠
Wow!!! I just wish they'd preserve these buildings. So much history rotting away. Thanx for the awesome explore 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it Liana :-) Thanks for watching and supporting :-)
beautiful house some love it would live again
That intro is one of your best👍these country homes are a fav to checkout. Cheers for the tour!
Thanks so much Prue glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching :-)
Yeah! You got inside! I was beginning to think you weren't going to get inside at all and just have to look through the windows!
Haha, yeah that would have sucked Claire! Cheers for watching :-)
🤣 l'm still laughing when you said the "wash house" 😂
heck , l remember how l used to say that living in the Country growing up...
Laundry Room sounds so posh
🤣🤣🤣🤣.. thanks for the memory 👍
Haha yeah I am from the country Theresa :-) Laundry is very formal. lol
You posted this on my birthday. A gift for me lol
Love the houses in Australia. So unique to the country, just as all the old farm houses in Canada were built in a similar fashion.
I agree with the other commenter, your into is eerily beautiful. Reminds me of the movie The Shinning 🙂
How cold does it typically get in winter in that area? And how hot during summer? Those really tall ceilings help with heat, since it rises and the lower area stays a bit cooler. I wonder how difficult it was to just live with no indoor toilet, no washing machines, no air, no heat other than fireplaces. Makes me grateful for what we have now.
(December-February), average temperatures range between 20°C/68°F and 35°C/95°F. In winter (June-August), the average temperature range is 3°C/37°F to 20°C/68°F.
Really love coming along on your adventures and enjoy your calm commentaries. Your video skills are ace! This was such a cool find 🐝🕸🗝
Hi Romy :-) Thanks heaps for your support, really glad you love these explores! Many more to come :-)
Great ceilings, as in patterns & ceiling roses, and stained glass windows!
That was the intro! haha :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 ..... true ..... the ceiling inside has heaps of water damage and is falling apart!
Hi. ...nice TV....I love OK TV sets.*john
From Canada
Yewww another great one mate
Love the intro! Crow seems to be protesting .😉
nice find, even though a lot of decay.
Yeah the crow I think was like"Who is this dude entering my yard?' HAHA :-)
Awesome explore! Love all the old features. So historic 👍
What an interesting house. All the bee's just creep me out. You are so brave! See you on the next adventure :-) Stay well and safe- Chris and Dave
Lol the crow made my sleeping cat jump up very startled 🤣
Yay another great video Urbex lndigo love it thank you for making these videos I’m doing though a difficult time ever since my dog died it been two month that I’ve been not myself your videos are a blessing to me to watch them you make the best videos ever
Hi Stephanie :-) Sorry to hear you lost your Dog, pets are family members and it does hurt to lose them. :-( But I am glad these videos can help in some way. Thanks for your support and for watching :-)
Your very welcome thanks sir
Aw, I know that pain, Stephanie! My last loss was a couple of years ago and I think of him every day still, but it gets easier. I think of him and laugh and smile now instead of crying. You’ll get there, too. 💕
Okay I finished the video! As usual, fabulous!
Of course watching the video prompted me to do a little more research. That was called a 'vintage double drain board single sink' in the kitchen. Now I've been researching it from the US side and I don't find plastic and I don't find turquoise. But I do find a trend in the 50s of porcelain over cast iron, and in the color mint (light green). Apparently it was the rage to put porcelain over cast iron double drainboard sinks in the 1950s.
I can't remember if I commented last time on your new intro. It's just great. This explore surely showed how the old 'uns lived back in the day.
Hi Sheila :-) So glad you enjoyed the explore and new intro :-)
I always enjoy your vie does. Thank you for all you do for us. Please stay safe, take care, God bless you. You're great!
Great video, i love these old school homesteads way out there on their own, i just wish people would keep them looking nice as in use as a holiday home getaway etc :) Cheers MM
I love 💘 this old farm house 🏠😍
What an awesome find. 👌 Love the inside. Stay safe 🙏❤💓
Glad you enjoyed it Denise :-) Thanks for watching
For a home that was supposedly abandon for about a good time, most of it is still in good condition. I would've expected the natural decay to progress quicker.
The tress may have offered a buffer to the elements somewhat except for the back kitchen haha :-)
G'day Paul ... the white cabinet was an early clothes dryer/airer. Didn't have one, but I remember the clothes came out no where near as 'nice' as they do from a tumble dryer. Very expensive to buy and operate. Cheers, Ken
Thanks for the info Ken :-) I am learning something new all the time! haha :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 Great to know I'm assisting with your education! 😂
What a gem good find as allwsys
Another priceless gem thank you for sharing. This little cottage would of been cozy . Fireplace in every room . As colour TV and fancy push buttons on the TV for channel selection and colour adjustments like that hit Canada in early 1980 that is the age of the TV I would have to guess 1979-1980 as for the age of the TV set . To bad this gem has not been well maintained. A couple more years and nature will reclaim the land . Imagine all the memories made here . As there are two main bedrooms in the place I am thinking maybe hired help lived here or property maintenance personnel. Thank you for documenting and creating a historical record for this home .
Its a super spreader In the shed for spreading fertiliser.
A Seeder machine looks a little different & has a tonne more working parts inside. Long narrow box
Another great explore, these old places always have a story to tell. Interesting all the dead bees another one of your vlogs had many dead bees in the house from an old comb. The old woodstove/coal range in the kitchen would have cooked many a meal for the families that lived there. Thank you Paul :)
Enjoyed the explore thanks for sharing, appreciate what you do. ( Watch out for the Joe Blakes )
Glad you enjoyed it JUdy, thanks for the support :-)
Egg-c-lent egg-splore. I watched the whole vid. Omg I know exactly where this is!!! I have never egged it because a farmer comes in and out of their to much for my liking. Epic crispy location. Loved the dunny. Egg-c-lent egg-splore.
Would like to have seen the other buildings maybe.
Thanks for getting us out of the house. Yes a good explore.
Central California Watching
Another fun one! It’s so very clean - they must have taken everything but the TV! Except for the kitchen area, it’s still surprisingly nice and in fair condition! I smiled when I saw you eyeing those boards...there was little doubt how THAT would be ending! 😄
Love your videos!! Thank you 😊
Hey Paul another awesome video as usual 😊 love your videos missed a few need to catch up
Great explore as always m8!
The TV may be a 1974 Phillips K9 sold under His Master's Voice by license. I think that model was produced Frome 74-77. I'm no expert though.
Cheers from BA!
Thanks for the info Simon! And really glad you enjoyed the explore! :-)
I live in states and my mom bought our 1st. color TV in either 1969-70. Amazing that different areas were later
Nice arch built into that fireplace. I imagine this place being put together without professional builders, the homesteaders relying on knowing people who had various skills & knew how to do various things, & helping each other out, perhaps waiting till someones brother could come by to help with the fireplace.
That fly strip box hanging from the ceiling, was available until mid 1970s. The sink is 1960s. The cabinet is a clothes drying cabinet, late 50s early 60s. The dado rails were popular until the 1960s. That style of Thunderbox went out about 1930s.
G'day Paul . . It's always good to see a home that's naturally decayed untouched by vandals . . Gotta love the outside dunny 😀 . . Keep em comin mate :-)
Ty for sharing all those old houses and farms it cool see apart of Australia be sides queen land lol
another good exploration
Thanks for watching elmin82 :-)
big old fireplaces love them
Cool old gaff.... I would live in it.
What a wonderfully fantastic find!!! I can't believe how many amazing things you have discovered that ❤ were left behind in your explores😍! Your intro was super interesting and a real eye opener to what was to come!! It is truly heartbreaking to see these antique places 💔 left w/o anybody saving them 😢! Thank you 😊 once again for bringing us along with you!!! We used to have those fly traps All over our place when I was growing up. The gold colored cardboard was to make it look nicer than a regular fly strip hanging down with flys stuck on it! They were very popular! (60's into 70's)
Good morning Paul, I love to see what you bring us every week and it's always amazing the places you find ,loved this house ,that duny dont know if I Spell it right is still in good state no warry Im from the country and remember very well something similar , great video as always big 🤗 and enjoy your sunday from a Frenchy in Australia 🇫🇷🇦🇺👍👍👍
We had a similar sink like that as a child but it was coated metal. I’ve never seen a plastic one that old. Super interesting.
Hi Susan yes I think it was coated metal now iv done a bit of research, or porcelain :-) Thanks for watching
Love these old farm houses, I wounder how many in the comments had the job of emptying the old outhouse bucket back in the day?
Our outhouses had pits not buckets and when it got close to full you dug another hole and moved the outhouse.
Oh she's an old one love the tv we had one like that ❤️🐈 Melbourne Australia
This abandoned house is most certainly odd and not in keeping with the traditional early 1900s internally, lacking the grand entry and passage way. Paul I'm tipping this simple farm house might have been built around the late 1920s, due to the ceilings and kitchen cabinetry, including the sink. The outdoor Aussie dunny is a classic and another great explore thanks Paul.
Hi Urbie, long time no see....love the intro as usual... My fav Aussie...'Keeping it classy'
Virtual hug from the USA.....
That first room aka storage bathroom, if it was a working sheep station or farm.
Maybe that room was a wash up shed before entering into the main building after days work, maybe?
Wow that was interesting. Thanks! subbed your channel. :) Looks like they kept horses, maybe? I saw a bit and a horseshoe..
A very nice find, strangely no old gas light connections present, perhaps not near a gas line?
Just come back to ask.....if you would consider doing a 'before and after' video of the houses that fell victim to development?. Just photos maybe? I have fun trying to find locations on Google earth for a quiz game ( geoquizzes). I admire your respect for the beautiful buildings and the danger of exposing them to vandals, but those that have been demolished deserve a place in history. Lol...I tried to find two buildings from last year about to be demolished, but you beat me ! Cheers from the Fleurieu :)
That old metal cabinet was an electric airing cupboard for your clothes. We had one growing up. Hey how's it going I am enjoying the country explores mate.
Hey mate im good! Yeah that cabinet is not something I was aware of! :-) Cheers mate, more country ones coming!
Must've been a cozy little place in the country back in it's day!
@958 and 1014 was that some kind of Australia bird or a cat meowing? Great roadside find and yes I very poor shape. Stay safe out there 💗🕊️
Hi Beth :-) those bird noises were the old Crow sitting up in the Cypress tree, he was making quite a hello to me at 6:00 also. :-) If I thought it were a cat I would be looking for it for sure to see if it was ok. :-) Thanks for watching Beth :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 makes sense. I heard it when you were walking outside.....I guess the way it sounded on inside was muzzled a bit so it sounded like a cat 😳
I enjoyed that.
That's an interesting old building. Like you, I'm not sure what its original purpose was. No sign of a bedroom or any decoration, just plain jane interior. Could it have been a three room school? Thanks for the explore and the intriguing puzzle. Stay safe and healthy.
The condition of the front section of the house didn't look too bad unlike the back of the house. The small enclosed room on the front verandah may have been used as a sleep-out. Enjoyed the video as usual.
I think this one is beyond repair - most of it needing to be totally rebuilt!
It is really curious the way those bees have built their nest against the glass. Maybe Mrs Queen wanted a nice modern nest with plenty of light & views?
I remember we had one of those stools at home it came from my great grand mother. what you thought was a cabinet is an clothes air dryer
I didn't know those sinks came in plastic I only ever saw the porcelain ones where I was growing up there were a couple of houses being renovated and they were built in the teens and twenties and they had the all-in-ones in porcelain and I remember seeing people scavenge The living daylights out of those. When I saw this one I just about lost my mind thinking "yay oh my gosh a turquoise one?! Wow!"
I can't tell you when it's from; I definitely didn't know there were plastic versions and so I really want to investigate it. (If it's turquoise that suggests it's the 50s. But then again I only know what I know from the US side)
Well I'm only about halfway through so I'm going to go back to watching! These are absolutely delightful!
Hi PKBoo :-) It is porcelain for sure, I was not aware at the time but research shows it has to be porcelain :-) The one I found a few days earlier was more of a fiberrglass type at least to tap, it did have that little ring to it when hit from any iron underneath. It was a light colored lime green one :-) Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching
Oh my gosh thank you so much for letting me know this!
I'm wondering if it is more of a Farm Managers Residence or Workers Residence going by the plainness of the house and outdoor buildings. Surely a family home would have been better fitted out and the dunny would have been closer to the house, most likely then being a "long drop" rather than a bucket. The fanciest thing in its day was most likely the Palm Tree out the front and all the trees planted as a windbreak.
Very good call Tim, prob correct too mate. Cheers for watching :-)
There was a trend here in the Seventies and early Eighties of Townies fleeing urban life and rehabbing/ refitting old schools or small churches as living accommodations after bieng made redundant in villages and hamlets. Sort of a counter culture thing, the trend almost vanished by the early nineties. This Could have been a repurposed structure but much earlier on. Fab old place. Cheers.
Haven't seen those fly traps since the 70's, and that's in the US, I'm seeing a lot of stuff that hardly exists anymore here.
That kitchen sink would date back to the 20"s i would think I am only presuming it dates back that far of course even I could be wrong that tv would date back to the early days of colour as my mum had one the same
Nice video but more bee's very old and worth the view before it went worse.👍👍
Cool 😀