As a fellow vintage toy collector, I feel for this guy. It really puts things in perspective, how fleeting life is. I hope those cool items get sold at an estate sale or antique store and not just trashed, some of those things are very rare and/or desirable. There's also a lot of salvage here, even for lumber and whatnot, so I hope they make the most of it. At least then it can all amount to something.
This is just hard wrenching! There is so much they could use from this house to help others in need. The toys could go to help children in need etc.. Just a darn shame it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing❤
This is one of the saddest waste of a man’s life I’ve ever seen. Someone has to be in charge of the will or an executor of the estate. Demolishing all that is such a waste. So sad.
Karen, put your fingertips where your mouth is, you come up with the $ to save this dilapidated Mansion, I bet that you can’t? It’s called “progress” !
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We used those wooden Louisville slugger bats in the late 70's early 80's. They started making metal bats back then too. I hope all those toys are resold and reused.
Man such a shame all of those historic toys going to waste like that. I dare to say that the value of all of that stuff could easily pay off the value of that house if someone put the time and effort into selling it all. Really hope the demolition company realizes the value of all of that and doesn’t just throw it in the dumpster
My brother in law’s brother had or maybe still has a mansion in Barrington Hills. He tried selling back in 2011. My brother-in-law was maintaining the house after his brother moved to Raleigh North Carolina. He would take care of the grounds and the inside in case someone came to look at it to buy. It was 20,000 ft.². It would take him seven hours to vacuum. My brother in law died in 2012 and my sister in 2020. So I don’t know what ever happened to his brothers house.
There is EASILY $15,000 worth of stuff in that mansion. Gamers would pay $150-$300 just for that Panasonic TV, working or not(it can be fixed), that SEALED Terminator doll is obviously a $500 collectable. I used to collect and have since sold-off my collection very recently.
Gamers would not pay anything for that old late 90’s early 2000’s tube TV. Tube TV’s were horrible. I mean I guess if you wanted to play an Atari or NES on it.
Funny you are worried about hot wheels when there are much more expensive things sitting all around you. The life size Spiderman is probably worth a small fortune! A lot of good stuff in the home!
Crazy, if only that house could be saved. I love the high ceilings. Mad respect you guys going in these places and not taking anything. Also being fearless from mold and bugs 🫨
Considering everything here is going to be demolished and brought to the landfill, I don’t really see the problem with taking something. Our landfills are pretty full. If they have any kind of contact information, they could call and ask permission. That’d be very cool! ❤❤❤
He may be a reseller on Ebay or other auctions. So sad to see those places, people's dreams. Yup, material things are nothing if there is no health. My ex husband office is still in Barrington and I used to live very close.
I appreciate you going here allowing this place to be immortalized even years after destruction so that we all can see what once was before being nothing but rubble we are enabled the ability view something physically impossible to see in the future. So props to you for doing it and all abandoned area explorers alike.
The owner of the Property or any of his/her immediate family member or relative has to file a claim regarding the whole property and all of its possession, since the state cannot assume quickly, considering that it was paid, with taxes, necessary for the OWNERSHIP of the land and property. States law regarding real estate and property taxes, be it paid, in full or not, it is REGISTERED at the National Registry of each state. ****IMPORTANT*****
This truly breaks my heart!! This man who has now obviously passed on, needs to have his legacy honored!! Is there not one family member that cares to gather his wonderful possessions that he spent his whole life upon collecting?!! Someone needs to take the time to investigate who owned this home and make serious arrangements to transfer everything over to a new owner who can enjoy it!!! I hope that someone that sees this video will help and do the right thing!! I'm sure that this man's soul is restless, and he can't move on into resting in peace until a kind person will rescue his legacy!! Sad that it is all being left behind because we all know that it will soon be destroyed!!! THIS IS SO SAD!!!
Save what you can. Sad watching this and knowing that stuff will be destroyed. Who ever bought the stuff had real love for saving it. I'm sure he would be happy if someone else saved it from a dumpster. I know you guys just film. But I'd save what I can in his memory. So much stuff it's unreal 😮
So that's where I dropped my phone!!! 🙄 Silly me (😂) It’s sad to see such property left abandoned especially with a smorgasbord of kick-butt collectables. Perhaps there is someone you can contact regarding keeping or purchasing some of the items left inside? As tempting as it is, I’d advise not taking anything especially if it comes from any place that gives you the creeps. You never know what energies are attached 😳 Kudos for trying to locate the iphone owner 🙌 Thanks for sharing this little abandoned gem🙏
They left the fridge and freezer open to keep it from getting moldy. It's sad that no one wants to fix up the house. Did he not have any family to maybe start selling some of the toys.
10:19 the barbie dolls are so valuable, if they are from the 80s or prior, I really hope they are saved. Perhaps this poor Soul didn't have a "childhood" so he/she collected these Amazing toys. Remember everything you gather in life, you can't take with you when you go Home/Heaven. But I'm sure they would have wanted these passed onto someone who would love them like they did. So sad 😢
What a lovely home how could it get demolished it's mad every thing is left behind so great items in there loads left behind can't get my head round it it's so sad the owners must have been well off with money I would love to own that great video and great explorers 😅
Just heartbreaking. In a case like this please save those treasures. I know the etiquette is only leave 👣👣 but in this case couldn't you arrange a salvage if no one claims these items? Kindest thoughts to you and your Subscribers, families and Furbabies from Australia 😢
So the demolition company pays for the contents of the house and the right to demolish the house? He said the contents belong to the demolition company. Sounds like a good business to get into!!!
This looks like one of the Dispensa family. They owned the old Dispensa Castle of Toys & Dispensa Kiddie Kingdom (a children's amusement park in Oakbrook Terrace) and lived in the area. They were friends of my parents. I remember attending a cookout at their Aero Estates residence in Naperville. (One of their residences)
All these poor, sad lives. Rich, miserable people, failing to fill their emptiness. These abandoned mansions are pathetic cries for spiritual help. The dead gods of a failed faith.
You said it! These people lacked the spirit of YHWH and were trying to fill that void with useless crap that other people who lack the spirit of YHWH desire
As a vintage tricycle collector for 35 years, I recognized the two tricycles you saw in the beginning of the video with the bicycles. The smaller tricycle was made by the Junior Toy Co. and dates to around 1950 give or take a couple years. The larger chain driven tricycle farther back in the room was made by the Frank F. Taylor Co. and dates to the same period as the Junior tricycle. Some of those toys really need to be rescued due to their historical and collector value.
Matchbox vehicles were ALWAYS better to me , more regular without the stickers plastered on them My brother and I had a played with both me having more Matchbox than he …. I still have many I had then from back in the early 70s .. back then I had 3 gold colored convertible rolls Royces and 3 candy red hard top rolls Royces , now I just have 1 of each among others I’ve kept over the years only 19 left !
Ideally Mansions should only go to people that can maintain them PROPERLY and hold on to them without any reason to lose them especially financial ..I know that’s asking too much … all the same it’s just disturbing to see SO MANY of them be abandoned and demolished and even worse when people demolish them to build new structures in there place
I'm wondering if this owner was more than just a collector, but more of a vintage dealer. Sometimes people have a lot of stuff with the intent of wheeling and dealing. When you mentioned some kind of sale, you could possibly have been right for all we know, but we don't know. Having that many toys for someone who's not a dealer would be a bit much. Vintage toys may be nice, but I don't think you should have every single one imaginable since it would take up way too much space. Instead, have all the things you need to make a house a home, and just have a select few things from the Vintage era, especially stuff that meant the most to you that has a story behind it. I personally would take a room and have a few horse rides in it and maybe a wide open space for an actual working carousel that I helped design. I'd also have an inground pool and trampoline. The outdoor pool should have some kind of open-close gazebo. Plus, it would probably be good if it was also a Jacuzzi Regarding all of those toys that would be in the dump when the Mansion is demolished, it would be better to take those toys to a children's hospital and give them to the sick kids. I remember back in the 90s around Christmas time when someone even made a gingerbread tower that was also taken to a children's hospital and given to all the sick kids. Giving those toys to all the sick kids at a children's hospital would be far better than letting them go to a dump. Perhaps even restoring the mansion and turning it into a recovery place away from the hospital would be far better than wasting it. Not only would it save on medical bills, but it would be a great morale booster for patients of any age to come here free of charge to recover. Another idea is to turn this into a children's Recovery Place away from the hospital and set up all those vintage toys for them to play with during their recovery. I'll bet some of those cancer patients would really love something like that. They should also have an adult play area because we all need some level of play time to boost our morale, especially if we're recovering from something. When I see this mansion, I see possible potential, especially where the pool is involved for physical therapy
That place doesn't look very old, maybe 20 years. Sucks they are going to demolish it than restore it to sell it. I hope the company sold all that stuff than putting it into a dump.
Watched a demo video before,it goes to the highest bidder,and everything in the house will belong to them... Make a deal with the demo guys to buy these vintage toys🧸
Leave the refrigerator and freezer door open so they don.t grew mold inside .Close it and it will grew mold keep there air and light to get in circulating because it's not running open.
No reason to demolish the house. I was waiting to see how the ceilings were when you went upstairs and they looked ok. WIth all that land, there has to be someone out there that can clean this up and sell it.
Farout I live in New Zealand & if that house was here there would be nothing of value left in it,..even the taps over the kitchen sink would be gone...maybe even the water from the taps if it was chlorine free LOL 😂
I really hate the fact that they abandoned them and then tear them down somebody that can’t afford a nice place. Would love to live in that place and make it their own. It’s so sad.
Simple. The cost of rehabbing it exceeds the costs of tearing it down. Been abandoned too long and the incredible cost of fixing the damage,mold and totally outdated appliances far exceeds the value. Best to tear it down and sell off the land where a new developer can put up a spec home. This is why you see a lot of mega mansions unsold in Europe. Cost of repairing greater than its land value..
You can tell this was grandads house because of the swing set in the backyard and the bed downstairs in what looks to be an office or a library but not an actual bedroom because there is no closet or en suite, he (or she) probably wasn’t able to go upstairs to the primary bedroom anymore, he was clearly a successful businessman as you can tell by the premium early 1990s finishes throughout, he probably built this house in his 50s but when he passed away in his 80s or so and the house was left to his kids, maybe he had one just one child, and they tried to refresh it and sell it but depending on the market or where it’s located, or possible back taxes, it didn’t sell and they weren’t able to keep up with the mortgage payments or property taxes, eventually it got forclosed on and repossessed by the bank and sometimes it’s just too hard of a struggle emotionally for family members to deal with financial problems, or loss and mortality which is why the huge project of sorting through those toys in the garage never happened, it’s a shame but it’s hard to go through your parents stuff when they’re gone, and sometimes people just want to move on, and when the bank took repossession they’re not thinking on a personal level and organising an auction for old toys, and when they were not able to sell the property it was scheduled for demolition to prevent crime and vandalism, or maybe someone else wanted the land to build their own dream home, and the circle of life continues..it shouldn’t be sad, it should give you perspective on what really matters, but someone should come up with a plan to rescue those toys because no one else will and it would pay honour to the man who cared enough to collect them and I bet he wouldn’t mind at all that you guys documented his legacy with this walkthrough..really interesting thanks for sharing
none of that stuff is going to go to waste as people already know whats in there and all stuff worth anything is going to be taking out before be demolished!!
So creepy, freakyb and fascinating. Would love to get to check this place out and especially all those vintage toys etc. I had one of those Fisher Price boats when I was a kid back in the 70's.
That’s what happens when you build big, obnoxious poorly built and designed homes, they are not always easy to sell. Just because it’s BIG doesn’t make it desirable to others. To each their own.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but those Barbies are most certainly not worth "a lot of money", especially in such an incomplete possibly damaged state. Those right there are late 90s/early 2000s Barbies, I would know since I'm a doll collector personally. Doll prices are absolutely insane because of scalpers and resellers, so there is no real "value" for a standard doll that was mass produced by the thousands, especially from the more recent decades. Wanted to comment this, so that way people don't get the wrong idea. Hope this is helpful!
Younger people crack me up while exploring, did not know what an intercom was 😂thought it was a thermostat, FYI a lot of vintage toys do not have computers in them, just throwing that out there.
Barrington Hills was one of the richest and most elite addresses in the United States, about the early 80's and much before. If someone mentioned living in Barrington, they were swimming in Big money.
Are they going to salvage the usable things? Like the old sink in the bathroom or the furniture. They should take this stuff and sell it and let it go to some charity😢
This house looks like it could have so much potential and I love the floor plan, a little update to it’s amenities repainting and flooring this house could’ve been a one of a kind… shame
"Huge" is related to ones life experiences or rules, 6500sq ft is the min for a mansion. This home looks to be 5,000-6,000 sq ft. Torrie Spellings childhood home was 154,000 sq ft in Bev Hills Calif. Now THAT is a big mansion.
Just thousands and thousands of dollars worth of epic vintage toys and memorabilia going to be destroyed. Daaaayuumm.... so sad. Hopefully, it gets saved before demolition. 🤞🏻What a fun explore, otherwise!
Instead of demolishing this home, what they need to do is round up a bunch of homeless and bring them here for free room and board in exchange for fixing the place up and restoring it. Someone can come in and oversee them and watch over them to make sure they're doing what they need to do and have everything they need. This would be a great opportunity for the homeless to have the first start in getting back on their feet and being able to live in a home they helped restore. Find out how many bedrooms are in there and put as many homeless in that home as possible with all of them working together to restore the mansion. When it's fully restored, it can be turned over into their ownership as a group ownership along with everything they need to be able to stay there. This can be a formerly homeless group home. Similar to Habitat for humanity, they can help restore a home for the opportunity of part ownership
Shame it all goes to waste pretty much. Their some stuff that worth some money, rather give it away even to other collectors or kids. More sad is the estate itself not in bad condition and could easily be sold and repair instead of demolishing it? Not a material type of person, but still see it as a waste. Shock family if he had anyone left didn't do anything with it? If they don't want to go though the trouble selling it as get maybe not worth the hassle, I would have just sold the stuff that would sell quickly and rest of stuff that not worth selling, or would be a hassle to would have gave the toys and other stuff away for free and clean up property instead of tearing it down.
As a fellow vintage toy collector, I feel for this guy. It really puts things in perspective, how fleeting life is. I hope those cool items get sold at an estate sale or antique store and not just trashed, some of those things are very rare and/or desirable. There's also a lot of salvage here, even for lumber and whatnot, so I hope they make the most of it. At least then it can all amount to something.
This is just hard wrenching! There is so much they could use from this house to help others in need. The toys could go to help children in need etc.. Just a darn shame it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing❤
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This is one of the saddest waste of a man’s life I’ve ever seen. Someone has to be in charge of the will or an executor of the estate. Demolishing all that is such a waste. So sad.
most likely no family or will happens more than anything
Karen, put your fingertips where your mouth is, you come up with the $ to save this dilapidated Mansion, I bet that you can’t? It’s called “progress” !
It wouldn't have been a waste if he had a beneficiary to all those collectors items. So sad
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Very sad
We used those wooden Louisville slugger bats in the late 70's early 80's. They started making metal bats back then too. I hope all those toys are resold and reused.
Some of those toys all combined could be worth a large fortune depending on their age.
Thise two little cars looked promising
I'm happy people have left things alone.
Not sure if you're aware but the refrigerator door was left open to prevent damage and mold.
Oh I didn't know that thanks for sharing.
Yes. If the refrigerator is closed it also gets a real funky smell.
It never sold???
Man such a shame all of those historic toys going to waste like that. I dare to say that the value of all of that stuff could easily pay off the value of that house if someone put the time and effort into selling it all. Really hope the demolition company realizes the value of all of that and doesn’t just throw it in the dumpster
I would bet the demo guys walked through and saved a lot of it. They probably made some good money on that resale site.
My brother in law’s brother had or maybe still has a mansion in Barrington Hills. He tried selling back in 2011. My brother-in-law was maintaining the house after his brother moved to Raleigh North Carolina. He would take care of the grounds and the inside in case someone came to look at it to buy. It was 20,000 ft.². It would take him seven hours to vacuum. My brother in law died in 2012 and my sister in 2020. So I don’t know what ever happened to his brothers house.
So sorry for your losses.
Been a horribly rough few years here too.
Many blessing to you from this point forward.😘❤️
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Much Peace🕊️
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When you die you don't take anything except the things you did, good or bad. Hoping there's more good than bad
No more truer words have been spoken.
There is EASILY $15,000 worth of stuff in that mansion. Gamers would pay $150-$300 just for that Panasonic TV, working or not(it can be fixed), that SEALED Terminator doll is obviously a $500 collectable. I used to collect and have since sold-off my collection very recently.
Why would gamers pay money for that old tv? Is it good to play on?
Gamers would not pay anything for that old late 90’s early 2000’s tube TV. Tube TV’s were horrible. I mean I guess if you wanted to play an Atari or NES on it.
@@lobsternob8890 oh yeah. It's got nostalgia. It would be pretty easy to hook up.
Where is this place at
@hollywoodrocker69 u could still play atari on the flat panel TVs in 4k
Funny you are worried about hot wheels when there are much more expensive things sitting all around you. The life size Spiderman is probably worth a small fortune! A lot of good stuff in the home!
I’m struggling to pay a bill and whoever this guy was paying millions on collecting toys 🧸 smh , I’m doing something wrong !
Nope your doing it right. Capitalism only works for some….
Agreed.
Crazy, if only that house could be saved. I love the high ceilings. Mad respect you guys going in these places and not taking anything. Also being fearless from mold and bugs 🫨
What’s with this fascination with High Ceilings, higher Cooling and heating co$ts, who cares about high ceilings?
@@apocyldoomerI heard that it’s mostly so that houses that are actually smaller than they feel like they are feel less cramped.
Considering everything here is going to be demolished and brought to the landfill, I don’t really see the problem with taking something. Our landfills are pretty full. If they have any kind of contact information, they could call and ask permission. That’d be very cool! ❤❤❤
@@Nan-59 I concur!
@@faheemabbas3965 Oh.
An Estate Sale is in Order!! What doesn't sell Should be DONATED! Period!
He may be a reseller on Ebay or other auctions. So sad to see those places, people's dreams. Yup, material things are nothing if there is no health. My ex husband office is still in Barrington and I used to live very close.
I live in Chicago it’s amazing how many places we have abandoned but usually not in Barrington it’s a very posh area
And Barrington Hills is even more posh if you can believe it.
That small room upstairs in the middle was a laundry room. You can see the water hookups in the wall and the folding counter opposite that.
Could you possibly give us an update on this property and what happens to everything?
I appreciate you going here allowing this place to be immortalized even years after destruction so that we all can see what once was before being nothing but rubble we are enabled the ability view something physically impossible to see in the future. So props to you for doing it and all abandoned area explorers alike.
You think they'd at least donate the toy's to some kids or something 😢
It cost more to knock it down then to fix it just sell the toy collection and you have enough money
The owner of the Property or any of his/her immediate family member or relative has to file a claim regarding the whole property and all of its possession, since the state cannot assume quickly, considering that it was paid, with taxes, necessary for the OWNERSHIP of the land and property. States law regarding real estate and property taxes, be it paid, in full or not, it is REGISTERED at the National Registry of each state. ****IMPORTANT*****
Can you imagine having the money to heat and cool that huge house?
I sure couldn’t do it.
This truly breaks my heart!! This man who has now obviously passed on, needs to have his legacy honored!! Is there not one family member that cares to gather his wonderful possessions that he spent his whole life upon collecting?!! Someone needs to take the time to investigate who owned this home and make serious arrangements to transfer everything over to a new owner who can enjoy it!!! I hope that someone that sees this video will help and do the right thing!! I'm sure that this man's soul is restless, and he can't move on into resting in peace until a kind person will rescue his legacy!! Sad that it is all being left behind because we all know that it will soon be destroyed!!! THIS IS SO SAD!!!
I loved that butcher block u guys blew past! Cool stuff.
17:10 GI Joe Aircraft carrier in original box. How could you not twke that dude?
Save what you can. Sad watching this and knowing that stuff will be destroyed. Who ever bought the stuff had real love for saving it. I'm sure he would be happy if someone else saved it from a dumpster. I know you guys just film. But I'd save what I can in his memory. So much stuff it's unreal 😮
So that's where I dropped my phone!!! 🙄 Silly me (😂)
It’s sad to see such property left abandoned especially with a smorgasbord of kick-butt collectables. Perhaps there is someone you can contact regarding keeping or purchasing some of the items left inside? As tempting as it is, I’d advise not taking anything especially if it comes from any place that gives you the creeps. You never know what energies are attached 😳
Kudos for trying to locate the iphone owner 🙌 Thanks for sharing this little abandoned gem🙏
damn. that Alpine beer can is something else. that's a beer that is famous to Acadians in New Brunswick Canada.
They left the fridge and freezer open to keep it from getting moldy. It's sad that no one wants to fix up the house. Did he not have any family to maybe start selling some of the toys.
10:19 the barbie dolls are so valuable, if they are from the 80s or prior, I really hope they are saved. Perhaps this poor Soul didn't have a "childhood" so he/she collected these Amazing toys. Remember everything you gather in life, you can't take with you when you go Home/Heaven. But I'm sure they would have wanted these passed onto someone who would love them like they did. So sad 😢
Bro I want that huge Spider-Man statue so bad. Wish i knew where this was. Shame it's getting demolished.
What a lovely home how could it get demolished it's mad every thing is left behind so great items in there loads left behind can't get my head round it it's so sad the owners must have been well off with money I would love to own that great video and great explorers 😅
Just heartbreaking. In a case like this please save those treasures. I know the etiquette is only leave 👣👣 but in this case couldn't you arrange a salvage if no one claims these items? Kindest thoughts to you and your Subscribers, families and Furbabies from Australia 😢
That Big 4 Poster Bed would fetch $$$$at an Auction
So the demolition company pays for the contents of the house and the right to demolish the house? He said the contents belong to the demolition company. Sounds like a good business to get into!!!
Man you could become rich by selling all that collectibles!
This looks like one of the Dispensa family. They owned the old Dispensa Castle of Toys & Dispensa Kiddie Kingdom (a children's amusement park in Oakbrook Terrace) and lived in the area.
They were friends of my parents. I remember attending a cookout at their Aero Estates residence in Naperville. (One of their residences)
I remember them. Dispensas Castle of Toys. I just watched an old commercial for it here on RUclips.
Brought back memories.
Remember the Elmhurst water slide I knew the family that own it, before someone got hurt on it.
“It’s crazy”. “ It’s crazy”. “It’s crazy”. The bathtub is crazy. The view is… crazy. The iPhone is (wait for it)… crazy!
Thanks for sharing this video.. y'all are totally cool like for reals❤ Melody aka the lostgirl ❤
All these poor, sad lives. Rich, miserable people, failing to fill their emptiness. These abandoned mansions are pathetic cries for spiritual help. The dead gods of a failed faith.
Yeah, I'm jealous too.
@@riverdeep399 they could have left me a dirt bike or something
Yeah man why they didn’t left a fully working 1967 Ford Mustang with keys in ignition i would have took it
@@FatherMcKenzie66 Shotgun! Check and see if they abandoned us some gasoline.
You said it! These people lacked the spirit of YHWH and were trying to fill that void with useless crap that other people who lack the spirit of YHWH desire
No one ever thinks about The veterans And needing a place to call home.😢
No 💩.......... don't get me started......
Ok these need to be preserved asap its hard to find vintage toys in this good of condition please see if he had any relatives
As a vintage tricycle collector for 35 years, I recognized the two tricycles you saw in the beginning of the video with the bicycles. The smaller tricycle was made by the Junior Toy Co. and dates to around 1950 give or take a couple years. The larger chain driven tricycle farther back in the room was made by the Frank F. Taylor Co. and dates to the same period as the Junior tricycle. Some of those toys really need to be rescued due to their historical and collector value.
Barrington IL nice town been there so many times.,👍
Yup I'm from Schaumburg know it well
Blue island my town.👍
I live about 10 minutes from Barrington Hills. Beautiful huge mansions out there. I'd love to buy that property and restore it.
I’d bet that phone was left by someone who was pilfering and stealing the contents of the house
A lot of these home were built in the 80s and 90s in the Elgin area
I always say, finders keepers. Their not coming back for it anyway, so it's coming with me.
I liked that water fountain in the yard.
What a beautiful place!
Life is short, play hard and enjoy before its GONE.
Matchbox vehicles were ALWAYS better to me , more regular without the stickers plastered on them My brother and I had a played with both me having more Matchbox than he …. I still have many I had then from back in the early 70s .. back then I had 3 gold colored convertible rolls Royces and 3 candy red hard top rolls Royces , now I just have 1 of each among others I’ve kept over the years only 19 left !
Ideally Mansions should only go to people that can maintain them PROPERLY and hold on to them without any reason to lose them especially financial ..I know that’s asking too much … all the same it’s just disturbing to see SO MANY of them be abandoned and demolished and even worse when people demolish them to build new structures in there place
I'm wondering if this owner was more than just a collector, but more of a vintage dealer. Sometimes people have a lot of stuff with the intent of wheeling and dealing. When you mentioned some kind of sale, you could possibly have been right for all we know, but we don't know. Having that many toys for someone who's not a dealer would be a bit much. Vintage toys may be nice, but I don't think you should have every single one imaginable since it would take up way too much space. Instead, have all the things you need to make a house a home, and just have a select few things from the Vintage era, especially stuff that meant the most to you that has a story behind it. I personally would take a room and have a few horse rides in it and maybe a wide open space for an actual working carousel that I helped design. I'd also have an inground pool and trampoline. The outdoor pool should have some kind of open-close gazebo. Plus, it would probably be good if it was also a Jacuzzi
Regarding all of those toys that would be in the dump when the Mansion is demolished, it would be better to take those toys to a children's hospital and give them to the sick kids. I remember back in the 90s around Christmas time when someone even made a gingerbread tower that was also taken to a children's hospital and given to all the sick kids. Giving those toys to all the sick kids at a children's hospital would be far better than letting them go to a dump. Perhaps even restoring the mansion and turning it into a recovery place away from the hospital would be far better than wasting it. Not only would it save on medical bills, but it would be a great morale booster for patients of any age to come here free of charge to recover. Another idea is to turn this into a children's Recovery Place away from the hospital and set up all those vintage toys for them to play with during their recovery. I'll bet some of those cancer patients would really love something like that. They should also have an adult play area because we all need some level of play time to boost our morale, especially if we're recovering from something. When I see this mansion, I see possible potential, especially where the pool is involved for physical therapy
Hospitals won’t take this stuff it’s too dirty, & I can attest that a collector can and will have that much stuff just for themselves haha
That place doesn't look very old, maybe 20 years. Sucks they are going to demolish it than restore it to sell it. I hope the company sold all that stuff than putting it into a dump.
Watched a demo video before,it goes to the highest bidder,and everything in the house will belong to them...
Make a deal with the demo guys to buy these vintage toys🧸
It's is called ILlinois the s is silent, I know actually where that property is..
Ok Address please.
Leave the refrigerator and freezer door open so they don.t grew mold inside .Close it and it will grew mold keep there air and light to get in circulating because it's not running open.
I thought that...then, it's getting demo'ed.
No reason to demolish the house. I was waiting to see how the ceilings were when you went upstairs and they looked ok. WIth all that land, there has to be someone out there that can clean this up and sell it.
Amazing tour....thank you!!
Farout I live in New Zealand & if that house was here there would be nothing of value left in it,..even the taps over the kitchen sink would be gone...maybe even the water from the taps if it was chlorine free LOL 😂
That was amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I really hate the fact that they abandoned them and then tear them down somebody that can’t afford a nice place. Would love to live in that place and make it their own. It’s so sad.
It cost a lot to keep a place like this going
How did you guys get permission? I would really like to explore this place with my grandfather.
@kinleyymayerrHe didn't say it was in Chicago.
He said it's Barrington Hills.
Big difference.
@kinleyymayerrhow do you know they didn’t get permission and where is it?
My question is is why is it getting demolished
Simple. The cost of rehabbing it exceeds the costs of tearing it down. Been abandoned too long and the incredible cost of fixing the damage,mold and totally outdated appliances far exceeds the value. Best to tear it down and sell off the land where a new developer can put up a spec home. This is why you see a lot of mega mansions unsold in Europe. Cost of repairing greater than its land value..
You can tell this was grandads house because of the swing set in the backyard and the bed downstairs in what looks to be an office or a library but not an actual bedroom because there is no closet or en suite, he (or she) probably wasn’t able to go upstairs to the primary bedroom anymore, he was clearly a successful businessman as you can tell by the premium early 1990s finishes throughout, he probably built this house in his 50s but when he passed away in his 80s or so and the house was left to his kids, maybe he had one just one child, and they tried to refresh it and sell it but depending on the market or where it’s located, or possible back taxes, it didn’t sell and they weren’t able to keep up with the mortgage payments or property taxes, eventually it got forclosed on and repossessed by the bank and sometimes it’s just too hard of a struggle emotionally for family members to deal with financial problems, or loss and mortality which is why the huge project of sorting through those toys in the garage never happened, it’s a shame but it’s hard to go through your parents stuff when they’re gone, and sometimes people just want to move on, and when the bank took repossession they’re not thinking on a personal level and organising an auction for old toys, and when they were not able to sell the property it was scheduled for demolition to prevent crime and vandalism, or maybe someone else wanted the land to build their own dream home, and the circle of life continues..it shouldn’t be sad, it should give you perspective on what really matters, but someone should come up with a plan to rescue those toys because no one else will and it would pay honour to the man who cared enough to collect them and I bet he wouldn’t mind at all that you guys documented his legacy with this walkthrough..really interesting thanks for sharing
Nailed it! Thats exactly what I think has happened w/the house as well.
The built in thing in wall is a stereo surround system through out the house.
Always a great video!
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Where was this in the burbs of Illinois
none of that stuff is going to go to waste as people already know whats in there and all stuff worth anything is going to be taking out before be demolished!!
I hope someone gets the antiques out before it's demolished!
He has the most Toy’s wins, no , not true at all, as evident here, he met the Grim Reaper, like all of us will. ☠️💀
What happens to everything left? Does it all get tossed before demolition? That would be so very sad
This is James Barrow 😮 this mega Mansion is amazing it's like going to be torn down
Omg. You walked right past a $17k piece of furniture. I hope someone rescues the items from that house.
So creepy, freakyb and fascinating. Would love to get to check this place out and especially all those vintage toys etc. I had one of those Fisher Price boats when I was a kid back in the 70's.
This is so sick. This is a beautiful mansion. It need T.L.C . to be put back in shape. This place has a fortune in it. What a shame and a big waste.
That’s what happens when you build big, obnoxious poorly built and designed homes, they are not always easy to sell. Just because it’s BIG doesn’t make it desirable to others. To each their own.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but those Barbies are most certainly not worth "a lot of money", especially in such an incomplete possibly damaged state. Those right there are late 90s/early 2000s Barbies, I would know since I'm a doll collector personally. Doll prices are absolutely insane because of scalpers and resellers, so there is no real "value" for a standard doll that was mass produced by the thousands, especially from the more recent decades.
Wanted to comment this, so that way people don't get the wrong idea. Hope this is helpful!
Oh is this the Herb baumiestet house? I kind of looks like the same style of architecture.
One thing to always remember is that you can't take it with you. So make what you do this time around count.
Younger people crack me up while exploring, did not know what an intercom was 😂thought it was a thermostat, FYI a lot of vintage toys do not have computers in them, just throwing that out there.
The room upstairs with a sink and table looks like a model room for plastic molding cars ships planes and other things
Barrington Hills was one of the richest and most elite addresses in the United States, about the early 80's and much before. If someone mentioned living in Barrington, they were swimming in Big money.
What a beautiful home..what a shame…they even left some antique furniture…wonder if it belonged to the mob…someone left in a hurry.
So sad!!! I love the windows!!!!
hi, I love your apron. It's adorable.
@@8stars4eyes thanks!
Are they going to salvage the usable things? Like the old sink in the bathroom or the furniture. They should take this stuff and sell it and let it go to some charity😢
This house looks like it could have so much potential and I love the floor plan, a little update to it’s amenities repainting and flooring this house could’ve been a one of a kind… shame
Someone needs to save those toys before they demolish
They will
@@StringerMedia good
And so a beautiful building in good taste will be torn down to create another McMansion.
"Huge" is related to ones life experiences or rules, 6500sq ft is the min for a mansion. This home looks to be 5,000-6,000 sq ft. Torrie Spellings childhood home was 154,000 sq ft in Bev Hills Calif. Now THAT is a big mansion.
I love the fan with the 🌿!!!!
Demolition? Horrid! House is a gem. Yeah, found hot wheels.
Probably the owner of the house owned antique stores.
Just thousands and thousands of dollars worth of epic vintage toys and memorabilia going to be destroyed. Daaaayuumm.... so sad. Hopefully, it gets saved before demolition. 🤞🏻What a fun explore, otherwise!
Instead of demolishing this home, what they need to do is round up a bunch of homeless and bring them here for free room and board in exchange for fixing the place up and restoring it. Someone can come in and oversee them and watch over them to make sure they're doing what they need to do and have everything they need. This would be a great opportunity for the homeless to have the first start in getting back on their feet and being able to live in a home they helped restore. Find out how many bedrooms are in there and put as many homeless in that home as possible with all of them working together to restore the mansion. When it's fully restored, it can be turned over into their ownership as a group ownership along with everything they need to be able to stay there. This can be a formerly homeless group home. Similar to Habitat for humanity, they can help restore a home for the opportunity of part ownership
Someone had to return some VHS tapes...
Somebody smashed the window… now we know hoy you get in
No?
If i was a billionaire i would save that house.
Have. Good. Day
All the building material would be great donated to homeless and toys to underpriviliged children
Shame it all goes to waste pretty much. Their some stuff that worth some money, rather give it away even to other collectors or kids. More sad is the estate itself not in bad condition and could easily be sold and repair instead of demolishing it?
Not a material type of person, but still see it as a waste. Shock family if he had anyone left didn't do anything with it? If they don't want to go though the trouble selling it as get maybe not worth the hassle, I would have just sold the stuff that would sell quickly and rest of stuff that not worth selling, or would be a hassle to would have gave the toys and other stuff away for free and clean up property instead of tearing it down.