Luxury Homes Abandoned in the Desert near Kingman, Arizona
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- You won't believe this! Spread across 5000 acres in the southeastern part of Kingman, Arizona are a number of luxury homes that were abandoned in the desert. No one ever lived in these houses. This would have been a beautiful community surrounded by mountain views. So what happened, why are these huge homes just sitting in the desert to decay? Watch this video to hear the sad story of what happened to the sub-division known as Silverado near Kingman AZ, now a modern day ghost town in Arizona.
You forgot to mention one important thing. NO WATER.
"No water??" Why would you say that? Infrastructure is the first thing to go in, you don't build a house, then put in the utilities. 🤦♂️ They would not have even been able to get the permits.
My county gives permits all the time with no or very very little water. Buyer Beware !
I live not far from Kingman, there are homes with land in the area for sale occasionally, that have NO water. That's a fact. They are worthless to me, you couldn't pay me to live, where there is no source of water. But people do buy them and haul water. I call those people, crazy!
@@user-qt5jc1qc6n I'd call them "rustic". 😅
The wells are not deep and people have to keep redrilling new ones. @@RoadTripTravel
The shells are intact because of the low moisture content of the air. No mold. Things can last a long time in the desert.
Things can melt in the desert
People don't get it. Locations like this, housing has to be SUPER cheap.
I volunteer to go head the security detail that stops the vandalism!
Wow, this is an interesting, albeit tragic, story. Thanks for sharing!
It really is tragic to let all those homes go to waste when housing is in such need these days. Thank you for watching!
@@RoadTripTravel Location, location, location
hmmm 3 months ago.... guess the wiring and copper pipes have been scavenged by now.
no copper pipes, all pvc
Those houses just popped up for sale on realtor
Is that right? How much were they listed for? Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
There is no freaking water. End of story.
@@ajfletcher8350 also the summer temperatures are unsurvivable without electricity(for air conditioning).
Squatter's rights laws in Arizona are strict but doable. If the owner's not taking care of the property and you fix it up, and if you stay there uninterruptedly for five years, and pay taxes on it, and not try to hide that you're there, it's yours.
It is ten years now
It’s 15 years now. Cartel will find it before then
NO WATER
great video, so does this area still look this way in 2024? i live in Bakersfield ca, about 300 miles or 290 from Kingman az, and we go to laughlin nv once a year, and that area your in is only about 45 min to an hour from there,and we would like to go see it if its still looking like it did in your video thanks so much!
Hi Travis...thank you! I just filmed this earlier this year, so I assume it is still like this 5-6 months later. Hope you get to check it out. Thank you so much for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
@@RoadTripTravel Thank you!
Do you know how hot it gets in Kingman in the summer?
Do you know how cold it gets in Kingman in the winter?
'Nuff said.
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It does not get that hot. Look at the weather charts. Kingman is in northern Arizona. That area has one problem: no water.
Have ANY of you been THROUGH Kingman?! Its an ARMPIT!
Come on, there are much worse places out there. Thanks for watching though, hope you'll check out some of my other videos Cheers, Mike
There's a T/S truck stop in Kingman. I've slept there and had breakfast with the locals. The problem is water and utilities are too expensive.
@@RoadTripTravel
“…there are much worse places out there.”
Now there’s a real recommendation. 😒
And don’t come back. Don’t even stop for gas. KGMN will get along just fine without you. LOL
Other Arizona residents call it Crackville.
Not even the Squatters wants them. So that tells you everything.
What happened?
"Kingman" says it all
I would live there.
No water or power. Uninhabitable.
If house is abandoned than why it cost so much? Isn't abandoned things suppose to be free?
So, why is NOBODY living there? Sure seems like putting that much time and a big boat load of cash into this project, it wouldn't have been abandoned for a huge loss. Such a waste.
This is a great outcome. The less development, the better.
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My wife and I upon retiring contemplated moving to Kingman. We have been through there numerous times and have spent some nights there. After consideration we decided not to move there. Reasons are is that its it's too isolated and the question of the availability of water. Some places are nice to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.
We lived in Kingman for 4 years. We thought it would be a nice little town and had a nice home built. For us, the biggest problem was lack of adequate medical care. There are very, very few doctors in town. They've had lots of resident physicians that the medical center made promises to, but never kept, so those doctors left. When searching for a doctor on the medical center's web site, we learned they never deleted the names of doctors who packed up and moved on. There's not much in the way of stores, so if you want anything, you need to go to Las Vegas. Only good thing was airport in Vegas was easy to get to. We never had issues with water and were never asked to restrict usage. You were smart to move somewhere else.
How did someone push a shopping cart all the way to Silverado?
Nobody lives there because it's Arizona.
Oh, that makes complete sense given that it has been one of the fastest growing states in the country and Phoenix has been #1/#2 fastest growing cities in the country for years.
Sounds like an episode of Matlock
In a word, the drop in the housing market.
What's with the AI billboards?
There wasn't one to take a photo of, that's what's up. ;-)
The development fizzled out! What kind of information is that!?Sorry, very lame video.
Cos it's Kingman, literally in the middle of nowhere
Nearly 40,000 people live in Kingman, so not quite "literally." Page, AZ on the other hand is literally in the middle of nowhere!
@@RoadTripTravel Not, it's quite literally, in the middle of nowhere. No international airports, not a major city, 100 miles from Vegas, 200 miles from Phoenix, it's literally in the boonies.
It's only a hundred to Las Vegas!
@@TheOtherKine there is an airport in nearby Bulkhead City that can accept passenger jets. Only about 2 5 mins from Kingman. I've been to Kingman several times and I don't regard it with so much disdain. Looks normal to me withe the same assorted stores, neighborhoods both nice and neglected. Pretty much like most cities without the overcrowding issues.
@@stevekovacs4093 But that's another whole other town! LMAO
a lot of nothing
Hope the people selling these homes got sued!
Why? I think these may have been spec homes and they never got sold because the market tanked.
Was out there a few years back very secluded but very interesting.
@@benmoore7089 Oh yeah? It sure is. Thanks for watching. Hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
Sue them for what ? Real estate market crash ? Not their fault 😅
@@babe3974 Exactly.
The builder should be forced, as prison labor, to restore the desert to its original condition.
I'm pretty sure you did not think through this comment, because it is pretty ignorant. Let me ask you one question...why? Why should anyone be forced to restore private property to its original condition? Did you watch the entire video? The builder went under during the financial crisis, do you think they wanted to walk away from these homes?? 🤦♂️
they are not being reclaimed by the desert but destroyed by vandals.
Well, the reclamation is accelerated by the vandals, but nature breaks down everything over time.
@@RoadTripTravelnature doesn’t steal the copper
Honestly I would squat in one of them lol especially with the cost of housing
@@krabgrass Arizona doesn't need more squatters
@@johnmckeon4498 There's already enough of them here in the off-road trails here in Mesa and Apache Junctions. One of the homeless encampments at Bulldog Canyon caught on fire and caused a massive wildfire last year. Now you aren't allowed to wander off the trail or you will get fined by the sheriffs out there.
When will be (people) just leave stuff alone and be respectful of other peoples property.
Indeed, very disappointing. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
Who be be?
@@-Stop-it Fixed it kinda of.
I'm not saying it's right, but the temptation is greater if the owner doesn't respect the property either.
Unfortunately we are in a society where there is no respect for anything, if it's not nailed they will break it or steal it.
Did not know this was near Kingman. Developer did everything backwards, roads and utilities 1st. No water, No Power, No nothing.
Also this area of AZ is hotter than the sun.
Haha...Actually, this area is cooler than the more southern parts of the state (that are hotter than the sun) in Phoenix and Tucson. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
@@RoadTripTravel I went to California in July. From. Ludow to Barstow it was 122-125, across I-40. That’s my only reference.
Lived near there for 5 years. Absolutely brutal during the summer. But then again, it is the Mohave desert.
@@RoadTripTravelYes, I have the t-shirt for when Phoenix hit 120. Didn’t really notice because I had been through more than 3 months of it never getting below 100 - even at midnight!! And I grew up without a/c in Phoenix - only swamp coolers - didn’t even know about a/c till I was an adult! Phoenix has water because of the canals built back in the 1800s!
@@hahahahahahahahahahahahaha7725 Kingman's altitude is what makes it cooler than Phoenix or Barstow, CA, but it is still plenty hot there.
No water 💦 and the heat 😮 omg
I'm surprised to see the wiring still in place.
I'm surprised to see them still standing after all these years. Thanks for watching. Hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
I would fix that place up and live there.
I hear ya, but unfortunately it would take a lot of time and money. Vandals have really done a number on these homes. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
Fix it up and maintain it, stay there continuously for five years (more years if you only fix up the yard and not the house itself) and pay taxes on it, and it can be yours by Arizona squatter's rights.
@@DoloresJNurss pretty sure I can get it at a discount. Probably has no water running out to it. But its a nice project.
Check out the cost of paying for water and paying for hauling it in.
@@timdowney6721 Good point!
I can’t imagine why anyone ever thought that many wealthy people would ever want to live near Kingman.
Terrible that it got vandalized. Seems like an opportunity to me.
I know, it's horrible! Some people have so little respect. Such a shame that no one got to live in them. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
That’s because hwy 93 is a p.o.s. And getting there is not worth it
True, good stretches really do suck. They have been widening and re-paving, so some parts are nice. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
The worst highway I’ve ever been on, was highway 40 East from Kingman to Flagstaff.
Wrong place wrong time.
Yep, timing is everything in life. Thanks for watching. Hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
Was water, sewage, and power brought to these houses? If so, it might be possible to still turn this around as middle income housing, if a big employer set up a headquarters nearby.
I was wondering the same thing...it's usually the first thing that is done, so I have to assume the utilities are in place. Thanks for watching. Hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
@@RoadTripTravel Will do! Thanks!
your joking ..right.
there is no insentave for any mega corp. or even a mini corp to move there.
as there is no support, not even people. as most in that area live on welfare. so no reason to go to work.
@@larryjanson4011 Wow, that means building there was really not a good idea!
Problem with getting an employer to set up headquarters is them finding sober employees. Lots of tweakers there, remainder of population is retired.
I have driven through the Kingman area. Fairly remote part of Arizona.
People who vandalize must not be very bright or disturbed, bored, depressed, or venting🤔
Or maybe they are just ….. BAD people. Or EVIL people. They exist so don’t make excuses as if they don’t 🤔
@@alanaldpal950 Or maybe just thiefs stealing copper wire and pipe out of the walls!!!
Its a resentment of living in a stratified corrupt system of slavery.
There are a few of these currently listed for sale at around 200,000 a pop. I don't know if utilities are available or if there was any water . Looks like the tweakers and scavengers have ripped out anything of value, leaving tons of expensive repairs. The entire mess might be salvageable but only if they were all renovated as a group.
I,lived I. Phoenix almost all my life and actually never went TO Kingman, just near it! Yep - water!
I've driven through Kingman coming back from Las Vegas. But yeah. Its about what, 3 hrs from Phoenix?
I don't see a reason why this is a never issue...
Very interesting! Such a shame that these houses were just left to rot when so many people could have used them.
It really is a shame. Thank you for watching. Cheers, Mike
It would have been difficult to use them without water and electricity.
Hmmm. Is there water, power, sewer?
Very sad. But I agree with AzBob, Arizona doesn't have the water for luxury subdivisions. Especially not those with grass lawns, ponds, swimming pools, and golf courses.
No answers to why nobody bought it at pennies on the dollar after the crash. Waste of time vid.
Zero water is my guess?.
"Zero water" is your guess for what? Infrastructure goes in before a house is built.
You have a great way with words. Thanks for the video.
Aw, thank you so much, I really appreciate it. And thank you for watching. Cheers, Mike
Now they are being picked clean for Copper wiring and whatever else.
Where are the squatters? Amazed they didn't take over these homes.
I would presume that if you are a "squatter," that perhaps you don't have access to a car. Without a car, these homes are too far away from necessities. Thanks for watching, hope you'll check out some of my other videos. Cheers, Mike
I’m sure the squatters were more astute than the developers. As in, living w/o water, power, and sewer doesn’t work very well.
Location, Location, Location, timing, timing, timing.
Its weird no one has taken over through adverse action.
Seriously who wants to live in a desert
Where’s the graffiti? How odd.
AI billboard.
Too bad you didn’t tell the story of how and why they were abandoned.
You must not have watched the entire video, I did! They were never 100% completed because of the 2008 financial meltdown.
Why is the billboard pictured at 2:05 AI generated? Are there billboards or aren't there?
Because I did not film any, so needed to augment. There is still some signage, one is an old truck trailer. Another says something like "3 miles back..."
@@RoadTripTravel Gotcha
Travels sent me to your RUclips channel 😊
When I was paroled to Kingman it was still the method capital of the state. Exsplanes the vandalism.
I suppose you are right. Really too bad as those were some nice houses that people could have been living in. Thanks for watching!
I cannot understand why ANYONE WITH A CHOICE
Would deliberately live in a place that is life threatening.
Pick a user-friendly gorgeous part of the Earth.
You obviously don’t know the area!
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None of the homes movable all on slab?
Yes, all on foundations.
@@RoadTripTravel if on block ,can be moved w some damage
Currently listed at 199k on Zillow...
Whoa, that seems a bit expensive given the location and how much work and money would be required to make them live-in ready. Thanks for sharing, I was really curious. Cheers, Mike