Thanks for this…a Family who are long time close friends of mine moved to Toronto from Croatia, while keeping their home in Zaharia as a vacation property. Their home was part of the old city wall, and was shelled during the Serbs-Croatian War. So the photos of damaged houses may have been from that time. Older Canadian homes, like mine (built at the turn of the 20th Century), are well built and solid, made of brick and stone. Homes built after WWII were not as well made, in the 1940s and 50s, and were smaller. Many were torn down to build new style homes in the 1960s and 70s…these houses were not built nearly as well, and once abandoned they fall to ruin quickly. My home is still in very sturdy condition, and will be standing long after we are gone.🖤🇨🇦
I am 100% Croatian and have to say I appreciate your loyalty & respect to Croatia,. It looks like the tablecloth on the dining room table was probably handmade, either embroidered or cross stitch. I imagine it was a beautiful house in it's day. Thank you for your dedication to finding homes like this. I love you guys, be safe in your travels.
It's pronounced Pašalić{š-sh, ć-ch(but softly)} Hildegard, his wife was German. "Stare slave djedovino" on the calendar is part of the Croatian national anthem. "Spomenica domovinskog rata"( The Homeland War Memorial)on the wall is awarded by the decision of the first Croatian president for participation in the Homeland war.(1991-95) Pozdrav svima iz predivne Hrvatske. Greetings to everyone from beautiful Croatia. 🇭🇷 🥰
@@milenkoivos9917 Dobro jutro Milenko. Da, tužno je kada radiš cijeli život da stekneš nešto za sebe i svoju obitelj i onda sve propadne ako nikome nije stalo. Čudno je da djeca nisu došla pokupiti barem osobne predmete i fotografije. Razumijem da su ljudi ponekad previše emocionalno vezani uz kuću koju naslijede pa je lakše ne činiti ništa, ali nije u redu pustiti da sve tako propadne. Materijalne stvari se mogu nadomjestiti, ali uspomene ne. 😔🥀❤🤍💙🙋♀️
Hvala lipa na ovako jedno finom skola kultura i odgoj to je pravi pokazatelj sta jedan za nekog jeste. Bog i Hrvati stoje na prvom mistu za mene. Danke für alles nochmal. Gott und Kroaten stehen auf dem Weg zur Welt. 🇭🇷🇩🇪✝️♥️
Lesley, I used to watch others that go into this places but you are the best ! You show in drawers etc. so interesting when you do these videos !!!! 💕❤️
This house was amazing! Someone had excellent taste in decory! Just wanted to say that the plastic thing with Vicks on it is a vaporizer. It produces warm steam to open airways (like in the nose). Helps immensely when you are sick. The t.v., Zenith was a top brand of it's time, 50's to 80's. I live in Chicago and it's plant was just a few blocks away. Leslie if you find a place in all your travels that makes a Cuban coffee get over there fast! The machine goes from one end of the place to the other. Hands down the best coffee you've ever had! Thanks for all your videos and thank you for the immense respect you show to these glimpses back in time! ❤️❤️❤️
Such beautiful light plates, fixtures, and cool books! Here in the states, a carpet top for the toilet would match the other floor carpets in the bathroom, its sold as a set to decorate your bathroom. Super weird but was very common in the states back in the 70's. Keep up the great work, be careful as always ❤️
A nice cozy home, pretty design and colours; so many beautiful memories and traditional items forever forgotten! Thank you for sharing this nice story!
You definitely do an amazing job in every home that you do and with the utmost respect for the former owners thank you for sharing it and god’s blessings always 🙏🙏🙏😊
Heyy Lesley, what an elegant looking living room with beautiful furniture! - I am already excited to watch your video and to be part of your evening lifestream. - Stay safe, dear bro, peace and kindest regards.
Hi Leslie, the toilet seat cover and the matching rug around the base of the toilet usually helped when you got out of the shower or bath (if the room had one). besides having a bath mat, these were good to keep you from slipping on the floor with your wet feet. The toilet seat cover was good to sit on without getting a shot of cold on the tush when you sat down to dry yourself off. Amazing place. too bad the girls left everything behind. If they ended up having children, they wouldn't have anything to show (pictures) their kids, of their life growing up.
We also use that piece on toilet bowls here in the USA, usually it has a matching rug and rug in front of the toilet also. Depends on how you want to decorate your bathroom.
I will never understand why grown children do not retrieve pictures from their dead parents homes. Those things can't be replaced. I also don't understand why they don't clean out the house and sell it when their parents die. Nice house. Seaglass green is the color in the upstairs bath. Zenith was a common brand of TV in the US. Too bad it's decaying, not long till it probably collapses. The Vicks thing is humidifier. The carpet on top of the toilet is common in the US. They may buy matching rugs for the bath.
Swag lamps popular in us till about 80's. Some had oil run all over. You and Danny are the best at this. I watch every day. Thank you for making my day's better. Take care 🙂 💕
44:40 Its an instrument named 'gusle', traditional bowed string instrument from south of Croatia. Its play with fiddlestick (like on violine, but it has only one string)during a male singing.
Great explore. You are always thorough and very respectful. The Zenith Transoceanic radio seen on the floor at 44:25 was on the living room end table at 6:27 in a previous Canadian urbex explore video of this house. Nice to see it wasn't stolen, but just moved. The tiny bathroom in the attic is a really neat feature of this house
I love a good cup of Italian Expresso. If I drink some at night I add a dash of Annisette. I have my grandparents old Expresso maker. Your right that nothing is better than a good cup of Expresso. You found a good amount of treasures in this house. How sad they left it all behind. Especially the pictures.
Hello Lesley! Your video's are really interesting, I love watching it. It's is amazing to watch such extraordinary places, i can't believe they abandon such beautiful homes. Thank you so much for your efforts for wonderful video's!! God bless 🙏
I think the room in the top floor was for the owners, as there is a label "Private" on the door. The pink room, which was probably the children's room previously, might have been turned into a guest room later.
Hard to believe this people never come back to Canada and take some of their personal belongings like pictures with them , I wonder if this people still alive or something happened to them, it really weird indeed, it’s a lovely home and lot of memories, thank you for sharing
The mother had ready good taste in decorating the house so beautifully. The wallpaper areas had lovely contrasts on the plain walls which makes it more interesting. Those light switches were really amazing, especially the ones that matched the wall rails. Really interesting. Thanks for another trip around the world that I wouldn’t be able to do any other way.
You gave me a couple of good laughs in this one, especially with the “carpet “ on top of the toilet. It was, but not so much anymore, for obvious reasons, used as decorating the bath. They used to come in sets, there would be 2 rugs, and the toilet lid cover, and there would be a cover for the top of the tank. These were very popular in the 70s and into the 80s in both the United States and Canada. I know for sure in the United States. And I have to agree with you, why?😄
Oh I wonder if I know these people because there is a huge majority of those people from former Yugoslavia back in the days that would go to Canada and United State too.
I have to thank Danny for the lesson on stained vs tinted glass, I didn't know that. I have spice bottles like that. I bought the bottles in the store and then went to the grocery store where I bought spices that come in bags (it's cheaper this way) then filled the bottles with the spices. Zenith was a major electronics company in North America and it's now owned by LG Electronics. I think you might be right about the heritage because I believe Hildegard is a German name. The Vicks machine is a varporizer, it releases steam with Vicks mixed in to help clear stuffy noses and chest congestion. Danny's right the German flag is upside down. This was a great explore, thank you.
Your dad must've watched them videos loads of times and your mum please collect the memories they never forgot either of you 2, lots of love no matter what you choose to do❤😊
Bros of decay.. love your videos! The hanging lamps in this video were VERY common in many homes in the 60's and 70's in Canada and the US where I am from. They were the height of fashionable home decoration of the time.
I am Dutch but born in Canada and those hanging lights that you keep wondering about were a popular thing back in the 70s and 80s in Canada. I seen them in lots of homes not much in the present day though. And they came in a lot of different styles like the ones you seen, and some with stain, glass covers and other kinds
It’s very sad that their daughters didn’t go back to Canada after their parents passed away. Maybe their in-laws didn’t allow them to go back to Canada. It’s a shame that no other family members went to Canada and cellared out or packed their wonderful things way.
It could be that even though the daughters supposedly were born and raised in Canada, they preferred being in Croatia. Perhaps on their many trips there, they met their future husbands and just waited till they were old enough and set off to live their own lives. The parents could be old fashioned and had arranged marriages set for them. That was very common back then in the old country. My father is from Italy and I can still remember my grandmother pointing out the young men who were a good catch. I’m considered first American born and even though I loved my extended summer vacations there, America was home for me. Why the parents chose to remain in Canada is interesting.
Their father was a fascist who has a shrine of a war criminal in his closet. He even has a map occupying Bosnia (which did not happen) He clearly was a war fanatic
@@monicae67 they probably got kicked out of former Yugoslavia for being extreme fascists. For ex he has a shrine of a war criminal in his closet. That was not condemned during that time.
Frosted glass is what was in the door & stained glass is the colored glass usually in small pieces that have lead holding it together in a picture of some sort. Leaded glass is clear small pieces of glass with lead holding them together.... 😎 Ok back to the video lol
I love BROS OF DECAY. I can’t believe how many people abandon their homes. I don’t understand how the children or grandchildren do not step forward and claim the home or very least belongings…. Especially family pictures, heirlooms. I’ve seen many of the homes you tour where there are antiques etc. articles definitely worth money. How do people not claim these??? How do you find these homes? Do you need permission to access? How do you not take things ?? 🤔. Amazing
I'm Croatian, and I dont care WHERE i end up living in Canada, I would NEVER leave my families stuff to rot like this, this is TOTAL disrespect, their parents are in their graves with GRIEF. Our culture is NOT brought up this way.
Agree with you. My father was from Croatia too but after wwII he went lo live to Venezuela. I´dont know ...maybe they can´t go to Canada again (Sorry for my English). See that makes me very sad... and please... The flags are sacred for us... Bross of Decay please dont be disrispectful
as a child of Croatian Immigrant parents who first came to the USA in the 70s, this house brings such familiarity, sadness, and warmth to my heart. The Croats who fled the homeland during that time for various reasons, mostly to escape communism for a bigger, better chance in life, lived with the same heart. They all left their Croatia, and brought it here with them. The flags, the music, the food, the pictures, its as if I am looking at my own house. Branko was a patriot, a Croat who loved his country, but also had love and respect for Canada, who gave him a opportunity to create a life. His wife was definitely of German background. Thank you for exploring this home. It truly brings a tear to my eye. Bog i Hrvati 🇭🇷 Greetings (Pozdrav) from New York🇺🇸
Love your videos! I would like to see summer videos made in Canada as it is a beautiful country in the warm weather. You can actually see things without things covered in snow! Love u guys.
Love your descriptions of items in North America and comparing them to things in Europe. You were so cute in the previous video, using the recliner. Nothing in America is built like it is in Europe. Please if you ever return to America, please wear a mask. Not only for mold but these homes have lots of asbestos. You and Danny are great together. Like a comedy team. Keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing.
The old picture frame with the plaid material was used by the older woman while she would sit in her chair, for when she would hand, croos word puzzles, etc., etc.
I've never seen such tiny space so elegant, where are the children of these people, go down to the courthouse, this place is so beautiful with Hollywood vibes, SAD. Where are they? Like a dream.
The carpet you saw on the lid of the toilet is actually a thing people did in the usa too, it comes in a set with a piece that covers the lid and the top of the back of commode, then it has matching rugs that go on the floor in front of commode and shower so when u get out of shower your feet steps out on a rug ,also it comes with matching shower curtains
To everyone who is shocked that the children would not come back to clean out their family home, you never know what goes on in families. There may have been unhappy times that the children don’t want to revisit. Not every family is a happy one.
Even as an American I agree, our coffee sucks! First time I went to Europe (specifically Spain) I was blown away by how delicious the coffee was there.
The “carpet” on the toilet seat was usually sold in a set with a contoured rug to place on the floor around the toilet, a rectangle shaped one for in front of the sink/or tub and a cover for the toilet water tank and its lid. This was popular in the 50’s and 60’s. The swag lamps were common in the USA and still in use in some homes today. I think the wife was of German descent as Hildegard’s is a German name. This grandma from Minnesota thanks you young fellows for an interesting video! 👍🏻👍🏻
…and they’re still around (ugh, unfortunately!) I can see the somewhat practical purpose of keeping one’s feet/bum off the cold floor/lid, but at faaaar too high a nauseating moldy/bacterial cost for me!
Yes, I think so, too. Hildegard used to be a very common name in Germany some time ago. Best regards from a grandma from Hannover, Germany to a grandma in Minnesota.
@@IngridHubenthal hello! Hope you’re keeping warm. We’re hearing that there’s a fuel shortage/ high prices in Germany and the rest of Europe. Prices are high here also but still available. My mother’s family came from Germany. When my mother and her family didn’t want we children to know what was being talked about they’d speak German😊. My grandma was a Froemming and she married my grandpa who was a DeMenge . Best wishes to you 👍💖
I’m America we have matching switch plates and towels racks too. The ones in the basement bathroom were the same in my house I grew up in. I was all excited 😆 to see them
@@willyegger4488 hi Willy still battling with pain ,but their are so many people worse than me ,so you have to be grateful for every day ,kind regards your friend Ann 🙏🙏
To the daughter's I wonder how you feel😢 seeing the house and realising they were wondering what your life was like? Trying to read up on it the photo in the book as a bookmark and the other photographs❤ you and your sister if you are talking should meet in that house and have a good chat I hope everything works out whatever is happening ❤️
Lol… second time you have asked about carpets on toilet seats. It was a fad in the 70’s and 80’s to decorate the bathrooms with a toilet seat cover, especially in America. They also covered the toilet tanks the same way. No real reason why.
Hey Lesley! Good morning! I loved the surprise on Monday with livestream! This video must be very attractive! I'm looking forward to watching it! 🥰🇧🇷 Lots of love!
Wow Lesley mi amor, you're a historic and spectacular storyteller of the millennia , very detailed and desciptive storytelling... Love you much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
That is not carpet on the toilet. It is a toilet seat cover, they usually come in a set, sometimes the tank has a cover, two small rugs for the floor, one that fits around the toilet. We do have them in the USA. You are my favorite explorer.
Hi Lesley & Danny, Another Great Adventure to this Time Capsule Abandoned House in Canada in 2006!! ( from 6 months back, now February 12, 2023 ) It`s sad that between 2 daughters why they didn`t come back & at least take All the Pics!! They could of sold all the furniture, & paintings, chandeliers!! I loved all the chandeliers & crystal lamps & crystal pocket doors... yes pocket door slide into the walls to each side! In the pics you saw, the hanging lamps, Did Not have any table lamps underneath on a side table called End Tables! You say in Europe your coffee is very strong & have Espresso, but here they sell Espresso machines, & my husband has his own Espresso machine & yes loves strong coffee, but I have a regular coffee machine, because I like light coffee! But, I buy flavored coffee grounds, use flavored creamer & top off my coffee with whip cream! Water got on 1 picture album, that is why their was decay on it! Haha, Lesley you saw a calendar it was 1992, you said 1922! Wow the one cabinet in the kitchen, was open both sides..so if you were in the next room you could still get coffee cups!! When you were in Girl`s Pink bedroom, you said she had a nice Vanity, but No because vanities have a large mirror above, this was just a Dresser! Yes in 1970`s you could put phones in bathroom to call someone in the house, later they got Intercom System put in bathrooms...usually rich people did this! The one room that was a office probably was a bedroom! Wow, Lesley it was cold in that house I saw your breath when you talked! That phone you picked up that was clear & you saw everything threw it, my brother got one in 1980, he was a adult !! Ok, Lesley you found one daughter`s college certificate 1976, she graduated 18 but did 4 yrs college= age 22 so she was born 1954, this year 2023 she will be 69!! Vick`s Danny was right a little..he said Purifier, correct, but it was for cold`s & you put Vicks ointment in it & the Vapors went into the room, helping to breath if stuffed up nose & helped lungs! I had a similar machine for my children, they are now adults 1975-1980`s! Light covers for turning on lights or outlets, came in many different patterns & colors, they still sell them today! Attic : Yes this was converted into more bedrooms & the house I live in now has 2 bedrooms that has been converted, & All Ceilings Have Slanted Look, plus it will have hidden walls that open to use of the attic.., some have floors or walls, others don`t! Yes the Ronson Escort is a Hair Dryer...many women, girls put curlers in hair & sat at a chair & put this hair dryer cover on your head, 1960`s! Ok Lesley you stepped on the Scale & weighed 185 pounds or 83.9 kilograms/ which is Very Good!! The Carpet Cover on the Toilet Seat Lid & had a Matching Carpet in front of toilet, mostly for decoration, was from 1950`s-1960`s but still sell today! If teaching boys to pee in Toilet then none got on the floor! Hope All This Helps!! Was a Great video & Memories for Me too!! Take care & stay safe!! Love from Central Illinois America 🥰💯❤
First-time viewer from Ontario, Canada. I've seen this house before, but not in such detail. You did a great job! I was worried you'd miss the 3rd floor bedroom but you did your research! I'm impressed by your knowledge & command of English! Sorry it was so cold! 😁
Ok. The carpet on the toilet lid: Here in America people used them along with a rug that went around the toilet and a bath mat. Americans don’t use them as much since the 90’s. I like having the 3 piece matching set. Why? It has to do with the ease of cleaning! You throw these 3 items in the washer & it saves time. Especially the rug that fits around the toilet. I have 3 sons & my husband and it can get nasty pretty quickly in my home. I hope this helps you to understand.
HI. You guys do know that Canada and the United States are 2 different countries right? And Canada is huge so it would be great to know where in Canada you are at when you film these. Thanks for your videos though. They are so cool! Pura Vida.
Here in the US, the bathroom rug set is used so that everything matches, it is the rug in front of the bathtub or shower, another around the toilet, the one for the toilet lid and before it also came in the set, the one for the toilet tank lid, it is already being used, the toilet lid too. Greetings from miami
The other channels do not compare! Leslie is smart, caring and handsome and a great narrator, storyteller. Bravo!!
You must be his mother!!
Yes he is his voice is so enjoyable.
Yes sweet Lesley has a way about him.
He caresses the items with his voice.
Veryjamfspme o love watching and listening to him❤
And I love how respectful you are - replacing the box of photos so carefully back under the table, rather than just leaving it on top. Perfect !
Thanks for this…a Family who are long time close friends of mine moved to Toronto from Croatia, while keeping their home in Zaharia as a vacation property. Their home was part of the old city wall, and was shelled during the Serbs-Croatian War. So the photos of damaged houses may have been from that time.
Older Canadian homes, like mine (built at the turn of the 20th Century), are well built and solid, made of brick and stone. Homes built after WWII were not as well made, in the 1940s and 50s, and were smaller. Many were torn down to build new style homes in the 1960s and 70s…these houses were not built nearly as well, and once abandoned they fall to ruin quickly. My home is still in very sturdy condition, and will be standing long after we are gone.🖤🇨🇦
I am 100% Croatian and have to say I appreciate your loyalty & respect to Croatia,. It looks like the tablecloth on the dining room table was probably handmade, either embroidered or cross stitch. I imagine it was a beautiful house in it's day. Thank you for your dedication to finding homes like this. I love you guys, be safe in your travels.
I loved knowing Lesley and Danny will be together. You make a great team!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
You and Danny are my favorite exploring duo! Keep up the great work.
It's pronounced Pašalić{š-sh, ć-ch(but
softly)} Hildegard, his wife was German.
"Stare slave djedovino" on the calendar
is part of the Croatian national anthem.
"Spomenica domovinskog rata"( The
Homeland War Memorial)on the wall is
awarded by the decision of the first
Croatian president for participation in
the Homeland war.(1991-95) Pozdrav
svima iz predivne Hrvatske. Greetings to
everyone from beautiful Croatia. 🇭🇷 🥰
Bog mlada damo ovo je obitelj Pasalic a disu oni pa to je tako sve ostalo. Kako vidim imaju djece pa kako da ovako je sve ostalo. 🇩🇪🇭🇷
Eine schöne Grüße an die alle aber es ist traurig das alles zu sehen. 🇩🇪🇭🇷✝️♥️
@@milenkoivos9917 Dobro jutro Milenko.
Da, tužno je kada radiš cijeli život da
stekneš nešto za sebe i svoju obitelj
i onda sve propadne ako nikome nije
stalo. Čudno je da djeca nisu došla
pokupiti barem osobne predmete i
fotografije. Razumijem da su ljudi
ponekad previše emocionalno vezani
uz kuću koju naslijede pa je lakše ne
činiti ništa, ali nije u redu pustiti da sve
tako propadne. Materijalne stvari se
mogu nadomjestiti, ali uspomene ne.
😔🥀❤🤍💙🙋♀️
Hvala lipa na ovako jedno finom skola kultura i odgoj to je pravi pokazatelj sta jedan za nekog jeste. Bog i Hrvati stoje na prvom mistu za mene. Danke für alles nochmal. Gott und Kroaten stehen auf dem Weg zur Welt. 🇭🇷🇩🇪✝️♥️
@@milenkoivos9917
Hvala Vama. Sve najbolje Vam želim.
Pozdrav iz lijepe Hrvatske. 🥰🙋♀️
Lesley, I used to watch others that go into this places but you are the best ! You show in drawers etc. so interesting when you do these videos !!!! 💕❤️
I'm from Quebec Canada. I am Happy you're in my Country!!!
This house was amazing! Someone had excellent taste in decory! Just wanted to say that the plastic thing with Vicks on it is a vaporizer. It produces warm steam to open airways (like in the nose). Helps immensely when you are sick. The t.v., Zenith was a top brand of it's time, 50's to 80's. I live in Chicago and it's plant was just a few blocks away. Leslie if you find a place in all your travels that makes a Cuban coffee get over there fast! The machine goes from one end of the place to the other. Hands down the best coffee you've ever had! Thanks for all your videos and thank you for the immense respect you show to these glimpses back in time! ❤️❤️❤️
Such beautiful light plates, fixtures, and cool books! Here in the states, a carpet top for the toilet would match the other floor carpets in the bathroom, its sold as a set to decorate your bathroom. Super weird but was very common in the states back in the 70's. Keep up the great work, be careful as always ❤️
A nice cozy home, pretty design and colours; so many beautiful memories and traditional items forever forgotten! Thank you for sharing this nice story!
You definitely do an amazing job in every home that you do and with the utmost respect for the former owners thank you for sharing it and god’s blessings always 🙏🙏🙏😊
Heyy Lesley, what an elegant looking living room with beautiful furniture! - I am already excited to watch your video and
to be part of your evening lifestream. - Stay safe, dear bro, peace and kindest regards.
Hi Leslie, the toilet seat cover and the matching rug around the base of the toilet usually helped when you got out of the shower or bath (if the room had one). besides having a bath mat, these were good to keep you from slipping on the floor with your wet feet. The toilet seat cover was good to sit on without getting a shot of cold on the tush when you sat down to dry yourself off.
Amazing place. too bad the girls left everything behind. If they ended up having children, they wouldn't have anything to show (pictures) their kids, of their life growing up.
We also use that piece on toilet bowls here in the USA, usually it has a matching rug and rug in front of the toilet also. Depends on how you want to decorate your bathroom.
I will never understand why grown children do not retrieve pictures from their dead parents homes. Those things can't be replaced. I also don't understand why they don't clean out the house and sell it when their parents die. Nice house. Seaglass green is the color in the upstairs bath. Zenith was a common brand of TV in the US. Too bad it's decaying, not long till it probably collapses. The Vicks thing is humidifier. The carpet on top of the toilet is common in the US. They may buy matching rugs for the bath.
This was a big thing in the 70-80s. The hanging lamps saved room in your home and put light where you wanted. They came in glass balls also.
Hi Lesley! The Vicks device is actually a vaporizer. Very good explore. Keep them coming!
Swag lamps popular in us till about 80's. Some had oil run all over. You and Danny are the best at this. I watch every day. Thank you for making my day's better. Take care 🙂 💕
44:40 Its an instrument named 'gusle', traditional bowed string instrument from south of Croatia. Its play with fiddlestick (like on violine, but it has only one string)during a male singing.
My father’s family is from Croatia. I had their surname growing up-Kolic’ (Kolich).
And my surname is Sipić (Sipich). 👍🏽
That sound nice, hi there how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the covid?
Great explore. You are always thorough and very respectful.
The Zenith Transoceanic radio seen on the floor at 44:25 was on the living room end table at 6:27 in a previous Canadian urbex explore video of this house. Nice to see it wasn't stolen, but just moved.
The tiny bathroom in the attic is a really neat feature of this house
I love a good cup of Italian Expresso. If I drink some at night I add a dash of Annisette. I have my grandparents old Expresso maker. Your right that nothing is better than a good cup of Expresso. You found a good amount of treasures in this house. How sad they left it all behind. Especially the pictures.
The upstairs bedroom was probably for the parents. I also think the father was Croatian and the mother was German. Hildegarde is a German name.
You explore places so thoroughly in comparison to other explorers
Excellent thankyou.
I agree, another explorer I watch occasionally never does these things ,and the video is pretty boring in comparison.
Hello Lesley! Your video's are really interesting, I love watching it. It's is amazing to watch such extraordinary places, i can't believe they abandon such beautiful homes. Thank you so much for your efforts for wonderful video's!! God bless 🙏
Thank you both
I think the room in the top floor was for the owners, as there is a label "Private" on the door. The pink room, which was probably the children's room previously, might have been turned into a guest room later.
Thx Lesley for an enjoyable video, wouldn't it be cool if someone watching knew the family and could give some history?
Jullie doen het heel goed, groetjes uit België.
You doing realy great, greetings from Belgium.
Hard to believe this people never come back to Canada and take some of their personal belongings like pictures with them , I wonder if this people still alive or something happened to them, it really weird indeed, it’s a lovely home and lot of memories, thank you for sharing
The mother had ready good taste in decorating the house so beautifully. The wallpaper areas had lovely contrasts on the plain walls which makes it more interesting. Those light switches were really amazing, especially the ones that matched the wall rails. Really interesting. Thanks for another trip around the world that I wouldn’t be able to do any other way.
You gave me a couple of good laughs in this one, especially with the “carpet “ on top of the toilet. It was, but not so much anymore, for obvious reasons, used as decorating the bath. They used to come in sets, there would be 2 rugs, and the toilet lid cover, and there would be a cover for the top of the tank.
These were very popular in the 70s and into the 80s in both the United States and Canada. I know for sure in the United States. And I have to agree with you, why?😄
Sad how fast a house dies when it's no longer loved or a home❤
Oh I wonder if I know these people because there is a huge majority of those people from former Yugoslavia back in the days that would go to Canada and United State too.
I have to thank Danny for the lesson on stained vs tinted glass, I didn't know that. I have spice bottles like that. I bought the bottles in the store and then went to the grocery store where I bought spices that come in bags (it's cheaper this way) then filled the bottles with the spices. Zenith was a major electronics company in North America and it's now owned by LG Electronics. I think you might be right about the heritage because I believe Hildegard is a German name. The Vicks machine is a varporizer, it releases steam with Vicks mixed in to help clear stuffy noses and chest congestion. Danny's right the German flag is upside down. This was a great explore, thank you.
HI Leslie, love your explores, those hanging lamps were very popular in the USA in the 1970"s
56:58 Its from owner of the place, not their dougther. Name Branko is a short version of Branimir (or Branislav)
Thanks! I wondered. What he was saying and the timing didn't make any sense at all. The stories he comes up with make me laugh.
Your dad must've watched them videos loads of times and your mum please collect the memories they never forgot either of you 2, lots of love no matter what you choose to do❤😊
Bros of decay.. love your videos! The hanging lamps in this video were VERY common in many homes in the 60's and 70's in Canada and the US where I am from. They were the height of fashionable home decoration of the time.
This story feels like homesick, there is no other moment to go away without personal things
I am Dutch but born in Canada and those hanging lights that you keep wondering about were a popular thing back in the 70s and 80s in Canada. I seen them in lots of homes not much in the present day though. And they came in a lot of different styles like the ones you seen, and some with stain, glass covers and other kinds
It’s very sad that their daughters didn’t go back to Canada after their parents passed away.
Maybe their in-laws didn’t allow them to go back to Canada.
It’s a shame that no other family members went to Canada and cellared out or packed their wonderful things way.
So sad
It could be that even though the daughters supposedly were born and raised in Canada, they preferred being in Croatia. Perhaps on their many trips there, they met their future husbands and just waited till they were old enough and set off to live their own lives. The parents could be old fashioned and had arranged marriages set for them. That was very common back then in the old country. My father is from Italy and I can still remember my grandmother pointing out the young men who were a good catch. I’m considered first American born and even though I loved my extended summer vacations there, America was home for me. Why the parents chose to remain in Canada is interesting.
@@monicae67 I agree......"Why the parents chose to remain in Canada is interesting."
Their father was a fascist who has a shrine of a war criminal in his closet. He even has a map occupying Bosnia (which did not happen) He clearly was a war fanatic
@@monicae67 they probably got kicked out of former Yugoslavia for being extreme fascists. For ex he has a shrine of a war criminal in his closet. That was not condemned during that time.
Frosted glass is what was in the door & stained glass is the colored glass usually in small pieces that have lead holding it together in a picture of some sort. Leaded glass is clear small pieces of glass with lead holding them together.... 😎 Ok back to the video lol
Another great explore. I love that you take time to show the different objects that support the story of the people. It makes the home come to life.☺
We call them silk flowers not plastic flowers. Plastic sounds so very cheap and there are some silk flowers that are absolutely gorgeous!
I love BROS OF DECAY. I can’t believe how many people abandon their homes. I don’t understand how the children or grandchildren do not step forward and claim the home or very least belongings…. Especially family pictures, heirlooms. I’ve seen many of the homes you tour where there are antiques etc. articles definitely worth money. How do people not claim these??? How do you find these homes? Do you need permission to access? How do you not take things ?? 🤔. Amazing
Probably because their father was an extreme gas it. That’s a photo of a war criminal in that closet shrine.
I'm Croatian, and I dont care WHERE i end up living in Canada, I would NEVER leave my families stuff to rot like this, this is TOTAL disrespect, their parents are in their graves with GRIEF. Our culture is NOT brought up this way.
Agree with you. My father was from Croatia too but after wwII he went lo live to Venezuela. I´dont know ...maybe they can´t go to Canada again (Sorry for my English). See that makes me very sad... and please... The flags are sacred for us... Bross of Decay please dont be disrispectful
the machine in the Croatia house is called a vaporizer guys sure enjoy you guys
as a child of Croatian Immigrant parents who first came to the USA in the 70s, this house brings such familiarity, sadness, and warmth to my heart. The Croats who fled the homeland during that time for various reasons, mostly to escape communism for a bigger, better chance in life, lived with the same heart. They all left their Croatia, and brought it here with them. The flags, the music, the food, the pictures, its as if I am looking at my own house. Branko was a patriot, a Croat who loved his country, but also had love and respect for Canada, who gave him a opportunity to create a life. His wife was definitely of German background. Thank you for exploring this home. It truly brings a tear to my eye.
Bog i Hrvati 🇭🇷
Greetings (Pozdrav) from New York🇺🇸
Love your videos! I would like to see summer videos made in Canada as it is a beautiful country in the warm weather. You can actually see things without things covered in snow! Love u guys.
Love your videos. Your voice and energy are so calm, and you describe everything beautifully. Thankyou for taking us on your adventures !
Love your descriptions of items in North America and comparing them to things in Europe. You were so cute in the previous video, using the recliner. Nothing in America is built like it is in Europe. Please if you ever return to America, please wear a mask. Not only for mold but these homes have lots of asbestos. You and Danny are great together. Like a comedy team. Keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing.
The old picture frame with the plaid material was used by the older woman while she would sit in her chair, for when she would hand, croos word puzzles, etc., etc.
Those fancy light switch plates are also a throwback from the 1970's USA
This must of been one Beautiful home at one time...I can just imagine how Beautiful it was!
The photos should be gathered and protected. So sad when photos get lost and ruined.
I've never seen such tiny space so elegant, where are the children of these people, go down to the courthouse, this place is so beautiful with Hollywood vibes, SAD. Where are they? Like a dream.
The carpet you saw on the lid of the toilet is actually a thing people did in the usa too, it comes in a set with a piece that covers the lid and the top of the back of commode, then it has matching rugs that go on the floor in front of commode and shower so when u get out of shower your feet steps out on a rug ,also it comes with matching shower curtains
You make the journey so interesting. Kinda sad though. Liked your videos. Very respectful.💕
Just make me so sad to see such nice homes abandoned and not maintained.😢
Can't wait to see this wonderful place.♥️🎉🎉
I really love this guy
Thankyou for sharing so happy your doing your travels together your a great team hugs
To everyone who is shocked that the children would not come back to clean out their family home, you never know what goes on in families. There may have been unhappy times that the children don’t want to revisit. Not every family is a happy one.
Even as an American I agree, our coffee sucks! First time I went to Europe (specifically Spain) I was blown away by how delicious the coffee was there.
The “carpet” on the toilet seat was usually sold in a set with a contoured rug to place on the floor around the toilet, a rectangle shaped one for in front of the sink/or tub and a cover for the toilet water tank and its lid. This was popular in the 50’s and 60’s. The swag lamps were common in the USA and still in use in some homes today. I think the wife was of German descent as Hildegard’s is a German name. This grandma from Minnesota thanks you young fellows for an interesting video! 👍🏻👍🏻
So saddened watching this. Hi there how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Yes I thought that straight away as he said about the German connection that the lady's name was German
…and they’re still around (ugh, unfortunately!) I can see the somewhat practical purpose of keeping one’s feet/bum off the cold floor/lid, but at faaaar too high a nauseating moldy/bacterial cost for me!
Yes, I think so, too. Hildegard used to be a very common name in Germany some time ago. Best regards from a grandma from Hannover, Germany to a grandma in Minnesota.
@@IngridHubenthal hello! Hope you’re keeping warm. We’re hearing that there’s a fuel shortage/ high prices in Germany and the rest of Europe. Prices are high here also but still available. My mother’s family came from Germany. When my mother and her family didn’t want we children to know what was being talked about they’d speak German😊. My grandma was a Froemming and she married my grandpa who was a DeMenge . Best wishes to you 👍💖
I love the victorian bench. ♥️ So beautiful!!!
Thanks to both of you for the exploration.. Awesome!!!
They should at least come and get the family pictures and other memories there and sell the place.😊👍🤗
This home is a favorite of mine,I would love to buy this house and restore it
Looks amazing will be watching 👋
What an awesome house 🏠. So sad that it is falling apart 😢 💔. Stay safe 👌 👍 🙏 ❤ 💓
Hello
I can’t wait to watch this,thanks for all the great videos,continue to stay safe:)
That's very sad the daughters don't want anything to do with the house!
Or at least handle their parent’s affairs and sell the house so that someone else can love the home.
I’m America we have matching switch plates and towels racks too. The ones in the basement bathroom were the same in my house I grew up in. I was all excited 😆 to see them
Hi Willy sending you blessings hope your well Ann uk 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
Hi Ann Smith, Thank you so much. Yes, I am fine, and how are you doing?
Wishing you all the best, - also kindest blessings, peace and kindest regards.
@@willyegger4488 hi Willy still battling with pain ,but their are so many people worse than me ,so you have to be grateful for every day ,kind regards your friend Ann 🙏🙏
Hi Ann sound nice. Hope you’re doing well with your family?
To the daughter's I wonder how you feel😢 seeing the house and realising they were wondering what your life was like? Trying to read up on it the photo in the book as a bookmark and the other photographs❤ you and your sister if you are talking should meet in that house and have a good chat I hope everything works out whatever is happening ❤️
Lol… second time you have asked about carpets on toilet seats. It was a fad in the 70’s and 80’s to decorate the bathrooms with a toilet seat cover, especially in America. They also covered the toilet tanks the same way. No real reason why.
Lesley… that’s a decorative seat cover on the toilet. It comes with matching rug. We have them in the US too
Wow, you were looking quite dapper in the end of the video. Amazing videos that you make. Very interesting!
Hola lesley,saludos desde chile, por la intro se que me gustara el abandono de hoy , asi que a disfrutarlo,gracias por estos maravillosos lugares 🥰
That is a Vick's Humidifier. It puts medicated vick's into the air.
That sound good. Hi there Janet hope you are doing well with your family?
The Zenith tv is from the 50's maybe 60's. I remember them. The best brand, back in those days.
Hey Lesley! Good morning! I loved the surprise on Monday with livestream! This video must be very attractive! I'm looking forward to watching it! 🥰🇧🇷 Lots of love!
Wow Lesley mi amor, you're a historic and spectacular storyteller of the millennia , very detailed and desciptive storytelling... Love you much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
That is not carpet on the toilet. It is a toilet seat cover, they usually come in a set, sometimes the tank has a cover, two small rugs for the floor, one that fits around the toilet. We do have them in the USA. You are my favorite explorer.
Hi Lesley & Danny, Another Great Adventure to this Time Capsule Abandoned House in Canada in 2006!!
( from 6 months back, now February 12, 2023 ) It`s sad that between 2 daughters why they didn`t come back & at least take All the Pics!!
They could of sold all the furniture, & paintings, chandeliers!! I loved all the chandeliers & crystal lamps & crystal pocket doors...
yes pocket door slide into the walls to each side! In the pics you saw, the hanging lamps, Did Not have any table lamps underneath on a
side table called End Tables! You say in Europe your coffee is very strong & have Espresso, but here they sell Espresso machines,
& my husband has his own Espresso machine & yes loves strong coffee, but I have a regular coffee machine, because I like light coffee!
But, I buy flavored coffee grounds, use flavored creamer & top off my coffee with whip cream!
Water got on 1 picture album, that is why their was decay on it! Haha, Lesley you saw a calendar it was 1992, you said 1922!
Wow the one cabinet in the kitchen, was open both sides..so if you were in the next room you could still get coffee cups!!
When you were in Girl`s Pink bedroom, you said she had a nice Vanity, but No because vanities have a large mirror above,
this was just a Dresser! Yes in 1970`s you could put phones in bathroom to call someone in the house, later they got Intercom
System put in bathrooms...usually rich people did this! The one room that was a office probably was a bedroom!
Wow, Lesley it was cold in that house I saw your breath when you talked!
That phone you picked up that was clear & you saw everything threw it, my brother got one in 1980, he was a adult !!
Ok, Lesley you found one daughter`s college certificate 1976, she graduated 18 but did 4 yrs college= age 22 so she was born 1954,
this year 2023 she will be 69!!
Vick`s Danny was right a little..he said Purifier, correct, but it was for cold`s & you put Vicks ointment in it & the Vapors went into the room,
helping to breath if stuffed up nose & helped lungs! I had a similar machine for my children, they are now adults 1975-1980`s!
Light covers for turning on lights or outlets, came in many different patterns & colors, they still sell them today!
Attic : Yes this was converted into more bedrooms & the house I live in now has 2 bedrooms that has been converted, & All
Ceilings Have Slanted Look, plus it will have hidden walls that open to use of the attic.., some have floors or walls, others don`t!
Yes the Ronson Escort is a Hair Dryer...many women, girls put curlers in hair & sat at a chair & put this hair dryer cover on your head,
1960`s! Ok Lesley you stepped on the Scale & weighed 185 pounds or 83.9 kilograms/ which is Very Good!!
The Carpet Cover on the Toilet Seat Lid & had a Matching Carpet in front of toilet, mostly for decoration, was from 1950`s-1960`s
but still sell today! If teaching boys to pee in Toilet then none got on the floor!
Hope All This Helps!! Was a Great video & Memories for Me too!! Take care & stay safe!! Love from Central Illinois America 🥰💯❤
We still use toilet seat covers (carpets) in South Africa
First-time viewer from Ontario, Canada. I've seen this house before, but not in such detail. You did a great job! I was worried you'd miss the 3rd floor bedroom but you did your research! I'm impressed by your knowledge & command of English! Sorry it was so cold! 😁
It's a shame with all the pictures, those are priceless and I want that couch!!!!! 🤗❤❤
Sorry. I bagsed that couch first
That clear phone in one of the upstairs bedroom was a popular item in the late 80’s, early 90’s. 😁
Yes! A hip teenager! I remember those. I believe it use to light up when it rang.
몇 천년된것도 잘 안부셔지는데 집이 모두 부셔질것 같으니 조심하세요 90년데 진것갔군요 수고 많으십니다
I actually have that pasta maker!!!! My mom bought it for my many years ago. I've never used it...but I have it
I believe the stringed instrument with the carved back is called a mandolin
It's Gusle
Same here that sound nice. Hi sally how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the covid?
Ok. The carpet on the toilet lid: Here in America people used them along with a rug that went around the toilet and a bath mat. Americans don’t use them as much since the 90’s. I like having the 3 piece matching set. Why? It has to do with the ease of cleaning! You throw these 3 items in the washer & it saves time. Especially the rug that fits around the toilet. I have 3 sons & my husband and it can get nasty pretty quickly in my home. I hope this helps you to understand.
That is still a very nice home needs to be cleaned up and lived in again.👍
The hanging lights are called swag lights. Very popular in 60s/70s.
HI. You guys do know that Canada and the United States are 2 different countries right? And Canada is huge so it would be great to know where in Canada you are at when you film these. Thanks for your videos though. They are so cool! Pura Vida.
I love every video and all the details that you bring to us everytime I watch!! Love you!!☺️
Hello leslie very nice video :-):-)
Here in the US, the bathroom rug set is used so that everything matches, it is the rug in front of the bathtub or shower, another around the toilet, the one for the toilet lid and before it also came in the set, the one for the toilet tank lid, it is already being used, the toilet lid too. Greetings from miami