Fantastic! Could almost smell the atmosphere!! Love the panelled doors, their locks and handles and the window fasteners. Weird I know but although they are just everyday fixtures they are ornate and have been touched by so many hands for over 100 years.. and.. well.. lol.. I don't know things like that just get me. A link with the past, different times, ghosts of people who lived quiet, ordinary lives of unremembered kindness. Thanks again for sharing, Oddie :)
Wonderful descriptive words friend! I share your feeling, gets to me too...that sense of all the lives, all the different personalities that have left their imprint in the house...and the sense that they like me, were once present, going about their business, laughing, crying, loving....and then gone. I'm aware of that in every old building I enter. Thanks for your input :)
No no, it's not silly or weird to think that way about the simplest things. If only EVERYONE had that kind of appreciation for that kind of stuff then people wouldn't be so quick go demolish or throw away everything because its too "old fashioned". I absolutely LOVE the way everything was so beautifully and skillfully crafted and had a lot of thought that went into their design, where as today, it's all about making things quick and cheap. Things were built to last, out of wood and metal, now it's all plastic and disposable. If more people thought like us, there would be more of those treasures left in this world for everyone to enjoy. And all the time and effort those skilled hands put into making them, would get the attention and admiration they deserve, instead of letting their work just get thrown away, unappreciated.
After watching pt2, now I anxiously awaits for pt3. I'm in total awe ☺...the upstairs to this general store should be restored in it's original fashion and become an tourist attraction. Store owners back then did it right, business downstairs, living quarters up. This so awesome to see Oddie 👍
Yes it was much more practical to live at your place of business, it must have been a very elegant home & business at one time. Thanks for your feedback buddyette :) - part 3 comin' soon!
I love how you pay attention to the things people would normally not notice, like the old ads and those beautiful metal knobs. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there that has an appreciation for that kind of stuff. That attic was HUGE! If it were cleaned and patched up it would make sure h a cool room! Those two beautiful wooden doors were so random though, why did they use those doors for that tiny little room? haha PS. the ambient noise is sooo much cooler!
Glad you liked that! Many thanks for expressing your appreciation, it makes the effort worthwhile. I like you, love old advertising & the intricate hardware they used in old houses. Yes, that little room with the solid ornate doors I couldn't figure out either, those doors were more ornate than any of the others in the house.
***** Yeah, it genuinely makes me want to cry when I see gorgeous old buildings so deteriorated beyond repair or when a perfectly good building gets demolished or completely remodeled, getting rid of any of the original features. Luckily this building isn't too bad, it mostly just needs a good cleaning and a few repairs, but it's so big and nice, it's a shame the owners are letting it get so run down :-( Haha I couldn't figure out what was weirder about the doors...the fact that they were such beautiful, elaborate doors, for one tiny hidden annex all the way in some out of the way corner of the attic...OR... the fact that they have WINDOWS!
I feel the same - unfortunately we live in a world where money rules; I don't hold out to any illusions that this building will be preserved, there's a lot of empty shops in this particular town - and it's only the fact that no-one wants this land...that keeps this old beauty intact for a while longer. There's a lot of old buildings being demolished over here, then they build apartments on the block. It's sad. Yeah I keep thinking maybe it was like a caretaker's office, because as you mentioned, why would they put glass on the doors of a storage room. I guess we'll never know the reason...but it's fun guessing :)
I almost feel like I am there because you are so thorough and the explore is so smooth and just flows beautifully. Wow, I'll do the same with this that I did with part 1, watch it again....Just so much to see. Amazing find, leaves me always wondering who, what, when and why. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, your spellbound audience.
Thank you Suzanne for your lovely support of my channel - I feel blessed having so many fantastic subscribers. I think you'll like part 3, it's not often that a shop is left with original fittings & such....outside of a film set that is :) all the best, Oddie
Bring on part 3! That was fabulous! The bathtubs in that place seem huge. I love all the fixtures and then there's those marvelous doors! The bed frames were sweet too. I guess those grand doors were the bedroom entrance? I sleep on a bed from the 1800's they had similar taste to mine. ;) I could see myself running a little mom &pops store like that. Thanks so much for allowing me to adventure through your eyes.
Yeah the room with bed frames in it, I haven't seen anything quite so ornate before in an attic, it was unusual. Most Swiss attics in large houses like this are for not only storage, but also for drying clothes during the long winter months. Thanks for watching Wendy!
Spectacular! Never saw an 'outhouse' on a balcony before. Much bigger on the inside than it looks outside. You be careful on those creaky wood floors :) I love to see how the progression of time in the improvements made on the house through the decades -- upgraded stove, indoor plumbing, electric wiring. Thank you!
yes at first when I climbed out there, I thought they were storage cupboards or similar, wasn't expecting to see vintage toilets! I'm thinking this might have been a boarding house in later decades. Thanks for watching Veronica!
My best guess for those ornate doors are that they were all that was movable from where ever the family came fro before they move to become storekeepers. So they incorporated them into a private part of the building and passed their importance to the next generation, thus assuring they were cared for. Not the first time someone around the turn of that century would fall on hard times and be forced to move.
demented12 I bet it would too - I had one just like it a few years back, and it worked perfectly, today they manufacture items to last just a few years.
The really cool stuff that's missing from the store, is in a museum! And we filmed it! You can check it out here: th-cam.com/video/MKxJcDU2Y10/w-d-xo.html
There is a video link to be found under one of these features, where it shows all the stuff from the store, plus photos of the owners. Thanks for your lovely feedback.
Grave markers? Swiss have to empty their graves after some decades to make place for new bodies. I guess that once the graves are emptied their relatives take the markers home... Eerie! Loved it! Want more!
Yeah I find grave markers & gravestones in the most unlikely places...actually in the back area near the outhouse, there were 4 gravestones. 25 years is how long you get an earthly plot here. Part 3 comin' soon!
While I was there I think it was 30 or 35 years. Obviously that law must have been implemented in the 60s or 70s. I mention that due to the age of some markers. I have always thought that extreme religiosity of the Swiss (older generations) was kind of od. Especially since the Vatican struggled a lot with the restless Swiss during the middle ages. Who managed to seduce them?
I would say so! Those Swiss are so stubbornly independent. I would not be surprised if one of the Kantons limits the duration to EXACTLY 24 years 3 months, two days and 4 hours!
Did you realise you picked up some very interesting EVP's on all 3 if your videos? Also Thankyou for uploading this it is awesome. I love exploring abandoned places and this looks like a fantastic place to visit. Pity it's probably gone now. Such amazingly good condition for a place that was judging by the TV at least probably abandoned in the 1970's. Just amazing!! From Jesse in the USA
Is this in Germany? I lived in an old house like this but carefully restored. The doors and the windows and the way the built-in closets are painted remembered me... Thanks for your gorgeous videos and regards from Germany!
To me, the wheel chair speaks volumes. Some one lived in this house a very long time. This person was cared for...... I also liked the balcony. It's too bad the floor was rotted. It would have been nice to see the view! The first floor looked sound to me so the wood rot must be occurring from the roof down?
The actual house inside is solid, but I guess that balcony was subject to the elements constantly...saying that, the right side of the balcony where to the toilets are situated...is still stable.
Not sure if anyone noticed already but an orb pops out of the wall @ 6:03 and goes from left to right. There's no other debris flying around & the way it moved looked pretty cool. Could have some energy there.
"...grave markers ...it's a Swiss thing." Well, in Switzerland, because of the limited land space, you can't keep your relative in a plot for more than 30 (or maybe it's fifty) years. The bones are dug up; and, I think, they are placed in some common pit or maybe an ossuary. (They don't embalm their dead like in America. I don't know what they usually do in Britain; but in America, embalming became widely practiced around the time of the Civil War.) So, what do you do with the headstone or grave marker? Of course you can take it home.
Yes I live in Switzerland, it's 25 years, as I've already pointed out in reply to a comment. I don't believe they dig them up, (unless the family have a specific wish) ...there's nothing much left after 25 years They just use the plot again.
ObsoleteOddity I think I'll be cremated, I don't want to get mad and be a poltergeist-LOL. It looks like embalming is really a catholic thing..... the rapture and all that.....
Downhomesunset Yes I'll be opting for the toast well done too. I was brought up catholic, we used to have to view the bodies as well. Catholics don't embalm their dead, they just take up real estate. (at least not common in Europe - the Philippine Catholics do)
I have to tell you, great work as always, fascinating, but I do hope you were wearing ventilators! So much old dust, mold and debris! Yikes! I don't even want to think about how it must've smelled! Be safe! Who else could we get this sort of incredible content from?
OMG! Where's this at?! I absolutely want to buy this house now! it's perfect for a complete restoration! Thanks so much for sharing! Can't type fast enough so I can watch the other two videos! The Heidi house on TV was a fantastic touch!
Oh I do miss your narration. In attic, those double doors were beautiful and unexpected. Whole house is lovely but what was that narrow room with the headboard walls used for? Before going on to Pt 3, it’s Feb 2020 and just wanted to say that I hope that terrible storm hasn’t affected y’all. Take care.
Oddity.. I hope it's ok to ask, but I'm so Curious.? Who Last Owned this Building.? How Long has it been Empty.? Because it's actually in Amazing Condition. Someone could Still Live there. With minor Repairs.! Do you happen to know the Square ft. Of this Home.?? It's Huge... Thank you for Showing the Door Knobs, all the Wood Details. I Loved seeing these Parts. It Showed it Age, that they Used Quality in that time. Not like today, everything Is Cheep. So Sad we don't Get this today. It shows. Because if our home was 100 yrs old It would fall apart on its own. If we haven't replaced Things through out our time In our homes today. Nothing Lasts this long. It's so breathtaking .. I only dream of Living in such a home with All this Beauty.
Check out the light anomaly in upper left of screen @ about 6:05. It sort of streaks by and disappears. After that video you posted recently with all that "stuff" I'm watching this with a keen ear and hawk eyes. :o
oh yeah, just noticed that, might have been floating cobwebs too. shit! I did hear that chipmunky voice! haven't heard that before now...weird! You're the first person to notice that. What the hell was it I wonder?
This is Switzerland Cindy. You're welcome, we always try to document buildings that are in imminent danger of uncaring developers. My next video is also in this town, it's an abandoned hotel. (coming soon)
Some of the tables and things, I have no idea what they are or what they were used for, IF you Do, Please Tell Us.. I bought 3 of your shirts.. wear them all the time...LOL Tina
Hi Rufus - yes, usually the attic was used for drying clothes in Winter, and also for storing certain garden produce. But even then the space is enormous; often they are two tier.
Its a pity this day and age no one really knows the value of these old buildings. It would look fantastic restored. Hey, don't step on any old rusty nails!
Once you've stepped on one, it's not something you forget in a hurry! The 'camera girl' who films for me, often wears just flimsy sandals on these explorations!!
that place is so cool it should be left alone just looked at and cleaned up make it a tourist attraction and get rid of them body parts in the jars in the basement dam
ObsoleteOddity Those weren't body parts- they were canned food- without the preservatives of the 21st century...... my grandmother did a lot of canning in Manitoba.
Well I will be scared for you 😉😸!! How's that? I'm with you all the way? I'm right behind you?? I will be the one running with her arms in the air flaling and screaming!!lol!!
This appears to be a convalescent home with a drug store or general store in front; wheeled chairs, nurses uniforms, many rooms and toilets with family living quarters for the caretakers. Remembrance of deaths and births and Holocaust victims. Owner may have been a doctor. In its day this was a very nice, well constructed building, very expensive and in its heyday could have employed 10 to 15 people working there.
No this was a family house and shop, the old man who ran it became infirm - those weren't nurse uniforms, they were dust jackets and such sold through the store.
i understand a toilet without water. call it an out house or pit toilet, or whatever. but, on the second floor balcony? was that common in that area? they must have had to dump a bucket of water down the toilet every time they used it to get the sewage to flow through the pipes. i was expecting a raccoon, or whatever cat sized wild mammals are native to that area, to jump out when you looked down the toilet.
Yes I've explored quite a few old houses in Switzerland with these balcony toilets (sort of a vintage en-suite) If you notice, the hole in to toilet is large, so the waste, both solid & liquid would drop straight down into what ever receptacle provided below. So it would only be a many of cleaning with a toilet brush. In some country houses I've explored, the waste goes straight down into pig pens below...which would then be ...ahem...recycled.
+ObsoleteOddity - thanks. it looked to me like the pipe took a turn, so i couldnt understand how it worked. i am familiar with the concept, here in the US, we still find them . some old houses have indoor plumbing, but the sewage just goes into a pit. some have just a 55 gallon metal drum in a hole lined with rocks. as a child, the farm across from us had just an open sewage pond. i used to work in construction and we would run into them. but i never saw one on the second floor. thanks for your response. great channel.
I just checked it out, you're right this one has a bend (most I see are straight) ...so indeed, they must have flushed it by hand. What you say about the sewage pit as a child, brings back memories of the first house my parents bought in Australia - it had an outside toilet (Dunny) ...and the waste originally went into a chemically treated drum underneath the toilet, which would be emptied every week by the local services - later my father had a big pit dug so we could have a flushing system. Thanks for your very kind feedback!
+ObsoleteOddity I grew up with outhouses & know every so often the house is moved to a new hole and the old one is filled in. Can't imagine the problems it would cause having it under the main house. Yuck. Looking forward to part 3 🎈
***** Yes I also once lived as a child with an outhouse in the backyard, where the effluent went straight into a sewer pit, but later removable 'cans' were fitted under the toilet which would be emptied by the local authorities, So the outhouse could stay permanently in the same position. In a lot of old farmhouses here, the human waste would drop from the toilet straight into the pig pen!! Part 3 is comin' soon!
+ObsoleteOddity - nobody on the mountain was rich enough too have somebody come around to empty anything, reckon it pays to have money. Couldn't imagine it going to the pig pen - wonder what evil genius thought up that - plus that means the pen was near the house - glad we were poor, lmao. I've truly enjoyed your 3 part series honey and as always look forward to more videos 🎈
***** oh yeah, lol - I guess on a mountain it would be difficult. Actually as a kid we were a poor family, the local authority emptied the 'john's' just like emptying the trash (came out the taxes) my father worked two jobs, and we were the first in the whole area to afford a flush toilet! lol Re: the pig pen loo - most were situated near a rear entrance to the property (like in this video) ...and the pig pens would be underneath. Hey thanks for your kind words!
Uncle Billy owns this property, people like you keep trespassing on it, signs now read; trespassing on this property is the fastest way to meet the Lord!!!!
I love how you pay attention to the things people would normally not notice, like the old ads and those beautiful metal knobs. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there that has an appreciation for that kind of stuff. That attic was HUGE! If it were cleaned and patched up it would make sure h a cool room! Those two beautiful wooden doors were so random though, why did they use those doors for that tiny little room? haha PS. the ambient noise is sooo much cooler!
if walls could talk, the history of the life within. So much bigger than I thought it would be, amazing. Thank You for the tour!
Wait until you see the store itself Wynona, it's also much bigger than outside would suggest. Thanks for your feedback and watching!
I love it I'm ready to see more ,it's like you're walking back in time. 😊
Thank you Shawna! Glad you liked it :)
Your very welcome
Surely. wish that I, would have had the opportunity to see this lovely place, in it's hey day.. Thanks, once again Oddie.. 1-26-18
WHAT, BEAUTY EVEN WITH ALL THE DETERIORATING. WE WILL NOT FIND THIS QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP AT
THIS TIME PERIOD.
Fantastic! Could almost smell the atmosphere!! Love the panelled doors, their locks and handles and the window fasteners. Weird I know but although they are just everyday fixtures they are ornate and have been touched by so many hands for over 100 years.. and.. well.. lol.. I don't know things like that just get me. A link with the past, different times, ghosts of people who lived quiet, ordinary lives of unremembered kindness.
Thanks again for sharing, Oddie :)
Wonderful descriptive words friend! I share your feeling, gets to me too...that sense of all the lives, all the different personalities that have left their imprint in the house...and the sense that they like me, were once present, going about their business, laughing, crying, loving....and then gone. I'm aware of that in every old building I enter. Thanks for your input :)
No no, it's not silly or weird to think that way about the simplest things. If only EVERYONE had that kind of appreciation for that kind of stuff then people wouldn't be so quick go demolish or throw away everything because its too "old fashioned". I absolutely LOVE the way everything was so beautifully and skillfully crafted and had a lot of thought that went into their design, where as today, it's all about making things quick and cheap. Things were built to last, out of wood and metal, now it's all plastic and disposable.
If more people thought like us, there would be more of those treasures left in this world for everyone to enjoy. And all the time and effort those skilled hands put into making them, would get the attention and admiration they deserve, instead of letting their work just get thrown away, unappreciated.
Honey Bee86
Well said - Bravo!
ObsoleteOddity Even The cardboard was better made back then!
I was thinking that the wires in the attic were for drying clothes. Was sure when I saw the old clothes baskets
After watching pt2, now I anxiously awaits for pt3. I'm in total awe ☺...the upstairs to this general store should be restored in it's original fashion and become an tourist attraction. Store owners back then did it right, business downstairs, living quarters up. This so awesome to see Oddie 👍
Yes it was much more practical to live at your place of business, it must have been a very elegant home & business at one time.
Thanks for your feedback buddyette :) - part 3 comin' soon!
I love how you pay attention to the things people would normally not notice, like the old ads and those beautiful metal knobs. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there that has an appreciation for that kind of stuff.
That attic was HUGE! If it were cleaned and patched up it would make sure h a cool room! Those two beautiful wooden doors were so random though, why did they use those doors for that tiny little room? haha
PS. the ambient noise is sooo much cooler!
Glad you liked that! Many thanks for expressing your appreciation, it makes the effort worthwhile.
I like you, love old advertising & the intricate hardware they used in old houses.
Yes, that little room with the solid ornate doors I couldn't figure out either, those doors were more ornate than any of the others in the house.
*****
Yeah, it genuinely makes me want to cry when I see gorgeous old buildings so deteriorated beyond repair or when a perfectly good building gets demolished or completely remodeled, getting rid of any of the original features.
Luckily this building isn't too bad, it mostly just needs a good cleaning and a few repairs, but it's so big and nice, it's a shame the owners are letting it get so run down :-(
Haha I couldn't figure out what was weirder about the doors...the fact that they were such beautiful, elaborate doors, for one tiny hidden annex all the way in some out of the way corner of the attic...OR... the fact that they have WINDOWS!
I feel the same - unfortunately we live in a world where money rules; I don't hold out to any illusions that this building will be preserved, there's a lot of empty shops in this particular town - and it's only the fact that no-one wants this land...that keeps this old beauty intact for a while longer. There's a lot of old buildings being demolished over here, then they build apartments on the block. It's sad.
Yeah I keep thinking maybe it was like a caretaker's office, because as you mentioned, why would they put glass on the doors of a storage room. I guess we'll never know the reason...but it's fun guessing :)
More! More! Oddie, please try to explore more places! No one compares to your channel!❤️
Excellent Video!!! There was fast talking at 6:54 It sounded like the chipmunks in the recording lol.
I almost feel like I am there because you are so thorough and the explore is so smooth and just flows beautifully. Wow, I'll do the same with this that I did with part 1, watch it again....Just so much to see. Amazing find, leaves me always wondering who, what, when and why. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, your spellbound audience.
Thank you Suzanne for your lovely support of my channel - I feel blessed having so many fantastic subscribers. I think you'll like part 3, it's not often that a shop is left with original fittings & such....outside of a film set that is :)
all the best, Oddie
Oh yeah.... bring on part 3...beautiful cabinetry in the preview! Already two Thumbs Up... anticipating a third! :)
Part 3 is on the way friend! Thanks for the support & thumbs up :)
Thanks again
Dave
Bring on part 3! That was fabulous! The bathtubs in that place seem huge. I love all the fixtures and then there's those marvelous doors! The bed frames were sweet too. I guess those grand doors were the bedroom entrance? I sleep on a bed from the 1800's they had similar taste to mine. ;)
I could see myself running a little mom &pops store like that. Thanks so much for allowing me to adventure through your eyes.
Yeah the room with bed frames in it, I haven't seen anything quite so ornate before in an attic, it was unusual. Most Swiss attics in large houses like this are for not only storage, but also for drying clothes during the long winter months. Thanks for watching Wendy!
Spectacular! Never saw an 'outhouse' on a balcony before. Much bigger on the inside than it looks outside. You be careful on those creaky wood floors :) I love to see how the progression of time in the improvements made on the house through the decades -- upgraded stove, indoor plumbing, electric wiring. Thank you!
yes at first when I climbed out there, I thought they were storage cupboards or similar, wasn't expecting to see vintage toilets! I'm thinking this might have been a boarding house in later decades. Thanks for watching Veronica!
My best guess for those ornate doors are that they were all that was movable from where ever the family came fro before they move to become storekeepers. So they incorporated them into a private part of the building and passed their importance to the next generation, thus assuring they were cared for. Not the first time someone around the turn of that century would fall on hard times and be forced to move.
Enjoyed your video of yesteryear!! Thank you 👍😊
Glad you enjoyed it :)
This place is a explorer paradise! I love it :)
hey yeah it was a really cool explore - thanks
Still standing, very well built I would say.
Nice video.
You're right, everything was built to last those days - place just needs a good sweep & clean...then move in!
I bet that coffee grinder also still works,just plug in and start grinding again. :)
demented12
I bet it would too - I had one just like it a few years back, and it worked perfectly, today they manufacture items to last just a few years.
Pretty door handles, love them...looks like silver.
Love this so much, thank you for sharing this wonderful find
Thank you - glad you liked it!
house is so lovely.the Windows the shine beautiful.but it made me sad empty sad house
It's an odd mix or modern and antique. Cobwebs in some parts and no dust in others. Really interesting! Some this stuff should be in a museum!
The really cool stuff that's missing from the store, is in a museum! And we filmed it! You can check it out here:
th-cam.com/video/MKxJcDU2Y10/w-d-xo.html
wow fantastic .I felt like I was there.wish it could've been renovated.lotta space upstairs.
Hey thanks for that - glad you liked it!
Wish there were some pictures of the people who owned it. Great work
There is a video link to be found under one of these features, where it shows all the stuff from the store, plus photos of the owners. Thanks for your lovely feedback.
Grave markers?
Swiss have to empty their graves after some decades to make place for new bodies.
I guess that once the graves are emptied their relatives take the markers home...
Eerie!
Loved it! Want more!
Yeah I find grave markers & gravestones in the most unlikely places...actually in the back area near the outhouse, there were 4 gravestones. 25 years is how long you get an earthly plot here.
Part 3 comin' soon!
While I was there I think it was 30 or 35 years.
Obviously that law must have been implemented in the 60s or 70s. I mention that due to the age of some markers.
I have always thought that extreme religiosity of the Swiss (older generations) was kind of od.
Especially since the Vatican struggled a lot with the restless Swiss during the middle ages. Who managed to seduce them?
Freddy Xontal
or maybe the duration varies from Kanton to Kanton?
I would say so! Those Swiss are so stubbornly independent. I would not be surprised if one of the Kantons limits the duration to EXACTLY 24 years 3 months, two days and 4 hours!
Freddy Xontal
lol, you know how it works here! I laughed at the 3 months, two days and 4 hours :))
Did you realise you picked up some very interesting EVP's on all 3 if your videos?
Also Thankyou for uploading this it is awesome. I love exploring abandoned places and this looks like a fantastic place to visit. Pity it's probably gone now. Such amazingly good condition for a place that was judging by the TV at least probably abandoned in the 1970's.
Just amazing!! From Jesse in the USA
that General store is 106 years old
as of 2016
this is fantastic stuff! thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much Amber, glad it was to your liking!
so cool. I knew when I saw the newspaper. thanks
Is this in Germany? I lived in an old house like this but carefully restored. The doors and the windows and the way the built-in closets are painted remembered me...
Thanks for your gorgeous videos and regards from Germany!
Hey thanks for your very kind feedback! Much appreciated :)
The house is in Switzerland, but right near the German border.
Love it beautiful frozen in time !
On attic level (?) the beautiful arched doors with lintel were too nice to hide away.
To me, the wheel chair speaks volumes. Some one lived in this house a very long time. This person was cared for...... I also liked the balcony. It's too bad the floor was rotted. It would have been nice to see the view! The first floor looked sound to me so the wood rot must be occurring from the roof down?
The actual house inside is solid, but I guess that balcony was subject to the elements constantly...saying that, the right side of the balcony where to the toilets are situated...is still stable.
***** I'm happy about is being stable because of all the interesting things in the building!
Cherri Kinney
me too! so I don't fall through! lol
I love it nothing but the best from all the rest keep up the good job
Thank you!
I kept waiting for the wheelchair to move lol
Never mind I just read Switzerland. Amazing!
Very interesting is this in Germany? It's like your there, walking in another era. Well done so enjoyable.
Not sure if anyone noticed already but an orb pops out of the wall @ 6:03 and goes from left to right. There's no other debris flying around & the way it moved looked pretty cool. Could have some energy there.
"...grave markers ...it's a Swiss thing."
Well, in Switzerland, because of the limited land space, you can't keep your relative in a plot for more than 30 (or maybe it's fifty) years. The bones are dug up; and, I think, they are placed in some common pit or maybe an ossuary. (They don't embalm their dead like in America. I don't know what they usually do in Britain; but in America, embalming became widely practiced around the time of the Civil War.) So, what do you do with the headstone or grave marker? Of course you can take it home.
Yes I live in Switzerland, it's 25 years, as I've already pointed out in reply to a comment. I don't believe they dig them up, (unless the family have a specific wish) ...there's nothing much left after 25 years They just use the plot again.
ObsoleteOddity I think I'll be cremated, I don't want to get mad and be a poltergeist-LOL. It looks like embalming is really a catholic thing..... the rapture and all that.....
Downhomesunset
Yes I'll be opting for the toast well done too. I was brought up catholic, we used to have to view the bodies as well. Catholics don't embalm their dead, they just take up real estate. (at least not common in Europe - the Philippine Catholics do)
I noticed that some of the stuff in there looks fairly new like from this era of ours.
gracias,tus vídeos m pueden fascinar, gracias por estos abandonos de 2 partes!
que son bienvenidos, contenta de que hayan disfrutado!
Yo tambien hablo español! Aqui en Curacao hablamos 4 idiomas! Me gusta tu kanal :)
I speak english & german....and use google translate for the rest, lol
***** heheheh, nice! LOL
Well done. You've got fans from all over the world, and not necessarily have to speak any language to understand your awesome videos.
I have to tell you, great work as always, fascinating, but I do hope you were wearing ventilators! So much old dust, mold and debris! Yikes! I don't even want to think about how it must've smelled! Be safe! Who else could we get this sort of incredible content from?
Thanks for your very kind feedback Cathryn - much appreciated :)
Just stay safe. This is a very uncertain time
I used to have one of those light switches up my attic.
Just recently found you. Love these! Only if the camera person would step back 3-4 ft when filming, so close it make it difficult to "see". Thanks!
This would make a great B&B.
OMG! Where's this at?! I absolutely want to buy this house now! it's perfect for a complete restoration! Thanks so much for sharing! Can't type fast enough so I can watch the other two videos! The Heidi house on TV was a fantastic touch!
Hey thanks for your kind feedback Barbara! Much appreciated :)
oh my god that wheelchair was preserved as anything!
Nice its such a good and interesting vid
still livable
Oh I do miss your narration. In attic, those double doors were beautiful and unexpected. Whole house is lovely but what was that narrow room with the headboard walls used for?
Before going on to Pt 3, it’s Feb 2020 and just wanted to say that I hope that terrible storm hasn’t affected y’all. Take care.
Wow. Looks like it last saw life in 1982 at the latest.
Look how deep that batbtub is! That's a dream tub for me :-)
The wheelchair looks brand new
never been there other than the few times we drove up in the alps
Oddity..
I hope it's ok to ask, but I'm so Curious.?
Who Last Owned this Building.?
How Long has it been Empty.?
Because it's actually in Amazing Condition.
Someone could Still
Live there. With minor Repairs.!
Do you happen to know the
Square ft. Of this Home.??
It's Huge...
Thank you for Showing the
Door Knobs, all the Wood
Details.
I Loved seeing these Parts.
It Showed it Age, that they
Used Quality in that time.
Not like today, everything
Is Cheep. So Sad we don't
Get this today.
It shows. Because if our home was 100 yrs old
It would fall apart on its own. If we haven't replaced
Things through out our time
In our homes today.
Nothing Lasts this long.
It's so breathtaking ..
I only dream of Living in such a home with All this
Beauty.
Now we know where Gregor's grave marker is, lol.
Check out the light anomaly in upper left of screen @ about 6:05. It sort of streaks by and disappears. After that video you posted recently with all that "stuff" I'm watching this with a keen ear and hawk eyes. :o
Ofcourse it's most likely a bug caught by the camera light.
WHAATTTT??? Listen at about 6:55 and you can hear a speeded up voice like a voice from Alvin and the Chipmunks. That was weird man.
OH...someone was rewinding a video tape or recorder or something. Ha. That was scary tho.
oh yeah, just noticed that, might have been floating cobwebs too.
shit! I did hear that chipmunky voice! haven't heard that before now...weird!
You're the first person to notice that. What the hell was it I wonder?
A tape being rewound in a video camera? Or tape recorder? Does she shoot digital or tape?
espero con ansias el 3
¡viene pronto! Gracias
NICE!!! Did I count 3 kitchens???
I'm guessing from the wheelchair and the bars in the tub that they had an infirm of some kind living with them, a parent maybe(?)
oh so creepy I love it lol
So at 5:01, ObsoleteOddity officially went down the "crapper"? :)
lol :)
ObsoleteOddity we have a replica of a two story pit toilet-as we call them- at Heritage Park in Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦
Downhomesunset
Two storey pit toilet! Why on earth do need such a huge crapper?? lol
5:45 I jumped a mile thinking it was a ghost.
which country?if you didn`t share this piece of history,it would be gone when city tears it down.thanks for taking the risk of entering!
This is Switzerland Cindy. You're welcome, we always try to document buildings that are in imminent danger of uncaring developers.
My next video is also in this town, it's an abandoned hotel. (coming soon)
At :28 there was an orb, right in the middle of frame!
So I noticed that there were three kitchen stoves. Were there three families living there?
I think it may have been a boarding house in later years.
can I have part 3 now please lol
Thanks Natalie, it's coming soon! :))
I love watching these 😃 your videos are brilliant.
Natalie Boundy
:) (blushing)
Some of the tables and things, I have no idea what they are or what they were used for, IF you Do, Please Tell Us.. I bought 3 of your shirts.. wear them all the time...LOL Tina
Thank you very much for your kind support Tina, much appreciated :)
Which tables are you referring to?
Do you know if the room in the attic was used for anything specific? Is it something you find in old swiss houses?
Hi Rufus - yes, usually the attic was used for drying clothes in Winter, and also for storing certain garden produce. But even then the space is enormous; often they are two tier.
Wished I had deep pockets to bring some of these places back to life. Instead of buying a 14 million dollar yacht or having a dozen jets in my fleet.
Es sieht aus wie ein Haus!
the attic looks like my mother's attic
Did you switch the light on at 2:32??🤔
yes we have a LED light for the darker areas. :)
Someone says " yup" at 5:29 right after the outside engine sound. Yup....that sure is a big toilet...omg...I would fall right in. EWW.
looks to me that a lot off people lived in this house
Its a pity this day and age no one really knows the value of these old buildings. It would look fantastic restored. Hey, don't step on any old rusty nails!
I had my heavy duty anti-abandoned building-rusty nail boots on, lol
I stepped on one not long ago it was agonising. love your videos.. 10/10
Once you've stepped on one, it's not something you forget in a hurry!
The 'camera girl' who films for me, often wears just flimsy sandals on these explorations!!
...oh and many thanks for the lovely feedback :)
that place is so cool it should be left alone just looked at and cleaned up make it a tourist attraction and get rid of them body parts in the jars in the basement dam
I think nowadays Karl, the body parts would be the tourist attraction :)
ObsoleteOddity Those weren't body parts- they were canned food- without the preservatives of the 21st century...... my grandmother did a lot of canning in Manitoba.
Downhomesunset
I was of course having a a little joke à la Hannibal Lecter style :)
ObsoleteOddity Now I cannot stop laughing and thinking of a nice Chianti with some fava beans......
Downhomesunset
yum yum!
Boy it's kinda CREEPY, don't you ever get scared or nervous about being in these places??😳👻
I love these kind of places!!
Well I will be scared for you 😉😸!! How's that? I'm with you all the way? I'm right behind you?? I will be the one running with her arms in the air flaling and screaming!!lol!!
lol
This appears to be a convalescent home with a drug store or general store in front; wheeled chairs, nurses uniforms, many rooms and toilets with family living quarters for the caretakers. Remembrance of deaths and births and Holocaust victims. Owner may have been a doctor. In its day this was a very nice, well constructed building, very expensive and in its heyday could have employed 10 to 15 people working there.
No this was a family house and shop, the old man who ran it became infirm - those weren't nurse uniforms, they were dust jackets and such sold through the store.
i understand a toilet without water. call it an out house or pit toilet, or whatever.
but, on the second floor balcony? was that common in that area?
they must have had to dump a bucket of water down the toilet every time they used it to get the sewage to flow through the pipes.
i was expecting a raccoon, or whatever cat sized wild mammals are native to that area, to jump out when you looked down the toilet.
Yes I've explored quite a few old houses in Switzerland with these balcony toilets (sort of a vintage en-suite)
If you notice, the hole in to toilet is large, so the waste, both solid & liquid would drop straight down into what ever receptacle provided below. So it would only be a many of cleaning with a toilet brush. In some country houses I've explored, the waste goes straight down into pig pens below...which would then be ...ahem...recycled.
+ObsoleteOddity - thanks. it looked to me like the pipe took a turn, so i couldnt understand how it worked. i am familiar with the concept, here in the US, we still find them . some old houses have indoor plumbing, but the sewage just goes into a pit. some have just a 55 gallon metal drum in a hole lined with rocks. as a child, the farm across from us had just an open sewage pond. i used to work in construction and we would run into them. but i never saw one on the second floor. thanks for your response. great channel.
I just checked it out, you're right this one has a bend (most I see are straight) ...so indeed, they must have flushed it by hand. What you say about the sewage pit as a child, brings back memories of the first house my parents bought in Australia - it had an outside toilet (Dunny) ...and the waste originally went into a chemically treated drum underneath the toilet, which would be emptied every week by the local services - later my father had a big pit dug so we could have a flushing system.
Thanks for your very kind feedback!
Did you find any tobacco?
...old cigars
Was that an outhouse on the porch?
not just one, but two in case your partner needs to go at the same time :)
+ObsoleteOddity I grew up with outhouses & know every so often the house is moved to a new hole and the old one is filled in. Can't imagine the problems it would cause having it under the main house. Yuck. Looking forward to part 3 🎈
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Yes I also once lived as a child with an outhouse in the backyard, where the effluent went straight into a sewer pit, but later removable 'cans' were fitted under the toilet which would be emptied by the local authorities, So the outhouse could stay permanently in the same position. In a lot of old farmhouses here, the human waste would drop from the toilet straight into the pig pen!! Part 3 is comin' soon!
+ObsoleteOddity - nobody on the mountain was rich enough too have somebody come around to empty anything, reckon it pays to have money. Couldn't imagine it going to the pig pen - wonder what evil genius thought up that - plus that means the pen was near the house - glad we were poor, lmao. I've truly enjoyed your 3 part series honey and as always look forward to more videos 🎈
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oh yeah, lol - I guess on a mountain it would be difficult. Actually as a kid we were a poor family, the local authority emptied the 'john's' just like emptying the trash (came out the taxes) my father worked two jobs, and we were the first in the whole area to afford a flush toilet! lol Re: the pig pen loo - most were situated near a rear entrance to the property (like in this video) ...and the pig pens would be underneath. Hey thanks for your kind words!
You certainly cannot resist the impulse to show us the inside of a toilet bowl now can you
Most certainly not - I wish to share the joy of details :)
***** LOL!!!!!
maconsumner
:))
I'm a little bit scared for you?! Have ever had something jump out to you??🙄🤐🤨😵
This was the creepiest place I have ever been in: th-cam.com/video/MgsmWZmbsg4/w-d-xo.html
This is sad.
You do realize as you probably don't have permission to be there, you get hurt it's on your own head.
I know.
You said "It's a Swiss thing"
Everything Was In German.
German is the primary language in Switzerland although French and Italian is also spoken in parts.
....couldn't have explained it better :)
This is the German part of Switzerland.
+ObsoleteOddity
Ohhhhhhh ...........
thank you 😊
Am I the only viewer who does not wish to see the inside of toilets? If yes, I'll shut up & turn my head. lol
so it is Swiss not Germany. my apologies.
Yes, very near the German border.
Uncle Billy owns this property, people like you keep trespassing on it, signs now read; trespassing on this property is the fastest way to meet the Lord!!!!
Tell Uncle Billy if he sets foot in my general store again...he'll be meeting the good Lord that very day!!!
I love how you pay attention to the things people would normally not notice, like the old ads and those beautiful metal knobs. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there that has an appreciation for that kind of stuff.
That attic was HUGE! If it were cleaned and patched up it would make sure h a cool room! Those two beautiful wooden doors were so random though, why did they use those doors for that tiny little room? haha
PS. the ambient noise is sooo much cooler!