ABANDONED $3,500,000 Politician’s Mansion
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- On today's episode, I'm taking you to a $3.5 million dollar abandoned mansion once owned by a local politician who was busted for tax fraud. After eviction, she was forced to leave the house in a hurry, resulting in most of her things still left inside the house. As this modern mansion stays tied up in litigations and bankruptcy along with liens on the property, nature is beginning to reclaim it.
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@Abandoned Nashville - Well made video - Great for the archives and possible future documentary? - Terrific footage to show future grand-kiddies - "Life in America when you're rich" :) :)
8-9 bathrooms ? Someone had a serious bladder problem 🤭
One quick question, if it belongs to creditors or banks for 6 years. How come this abandoned expensive house front entrance door is NOT LOCKED by creditors or banks? This abandoned house and cars should be already on the real estate and second-hand car market for sale by creditors or banks since 2016. It does not make any senses here…….:p
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That bedroom is proof positive that money cannot buy good taste. However I’m fascinated by the aurora borealis ceiling!
Yeah, this whole house is so tacky. The bedroom looks super cool but such bad taste at the same time
@@JeremyXplores Hi there I love your channel. I lived in Nashville and worked at Clover Bottom Developmental center. They closed a few years ago. The grounds are huge with many interesting buildings. Paranormal things for sure happen there. If you could get in there to film it might make for a good video? Happy and safe explorations 👍
@@melaniesheaadams5863 who where they names ??? What trouble? Also he died a year after divorce if she was divorced she not responsible for his debt - she took off for sure ?? You could find name by address 🤣🤣🤣
The ceiling and bathroom columns were gorgeous!!! So amazing
after watching videos about medieval castles, having the bedroom one glass door away the pool makes me feel really unsafe
These houses need to be gone through and stuff donated for sure to people who would appreciate them.
I agree with you, Nicole. Considering how often politicians of all people go on about helping the poor...sometimes it is tough to be polite about this sort of situation.
We could start up a business?
What people get for free, they seldom appreciate them as much as if they had to work for them. These days it difficult to give things away
@@David-eu1msI found this channel yesterday and thought what kind of business could help hahha because you could offer to clean or buy all the junk inside so you could decide if to donate or resell
I would so want to clean this house and just make it my own to live there! It’s fascinating. It does really bug me on how much things they left behind though.
SAME!!! Especially the bedroom with that ceiling like the ceiling is just so cool.✨
Agree! Makes me wonder why they left all that too. Hmm..
Legal stuff and bankruptcy apparently
Half Millon or more plus in county back property taxes have to be paid first
It would take more than a good cleaning.
It’s so sad to see how it looks now completely recked
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When I was a teenager in Scotland there was a mansion which had been bombed in WWII & abandoned near us.
When we investigated the garages & stables, there were the Newspapers from 1938 with PM Chamberlain getting off the plane from visiting Hitler in Munich announcing "Peace in our Time." Chilling.
It's not the guest house, it's usaly for the groom that takes care of the horses in the stable, does gardening n all.
Looks like John and Betty's house.
From the first step inside, I kept thinking tacky... gaudy... tacky.
Can Govt use for homeless, immigs, etc...?!!!!
If the Banks Forclose on a families house, why don't they do an Estate sale or have them DONATE all the stuff. I never knew there were abandoned mansions and castles, until a few days ago. You guys do a great job filming and sharing the stories of these abandoned homes. It's so disturbing to see all the stuff left behind and the homes that are rotting is heartbreaking. I literally cried at the first two video tours I saw. Thank you for sharing your exploration tours with us.
He already stated they owed $500K in back taxes. That means the government wants to make a claim for the home as well as the bank who wants their money back and this house off their rolls. It has to go through the courts before anything can be done.
By then it will be rotted
@@dezznutz3743She could have literally sold the house and make a few million Dollars in Profit, now she's letting it get destroyed.
I want to sweep the floor SO BAD! 😖
I know that drives me crazy
Ikr. Give me half a day with a large dust mop, a stiff straw broom and a big box of contractor's garbage bags...
Fancy house: still uses suave LOLOL
I soooo noticed that too!!!
Right... That caught my eye too 🤣
I have many wonderful memories in that house. I lived there for 4 years. They treated me like their son. They had issues just like all humans do but I’ll forever be grateful for their kindness and generosity.
Who owned the house ?
Usually I would think it to be disrespectful to take stuff from abandoned houses, but in this case I feel like it would be justified 😂
Yesssss 🫣😂😂😂😂😂
Wretched excess while thousands are homeless in the streets. Wasted space that could be useful. Great content.
And so many are fighting or have fought and lost to save their homes due to Greedy banks and lack of compassion, empathy or assistance due to their Rigid rules. But banks will contribute to homelessness and let homes and properties sit in decay. SHAMEFUL & most SINFUL.
Oh I was thinking exactly the same thing ! Just a damn shame
Put homeless in there and it will be in worse shape. Homeless don't give af about anything.
Well first off this is ONE house. Second off homelessness is mainly caused by DRUG ADDICTION in modern society. Drug addiction is equally wasteful since it’s wasting all their money and ruining their minds to the point they can’t hold down a job
This would be a Great Bed and Breakfast or a Wedding Venue/Honeymoon House💋💕✌🏾
When will people finally distinguish the difference between what a person wants and what a person needs. This was an explore of excess done in the extreme. Sad and disgusting. Thank you for sharing.
Like he said, humans can be so wasteful and egotistical. This is a fine example of vanity and waste. Why did they not at least try and donate things to people in real need?? It is disgusting!
@@jeremiahallyn4603 If someone leaves a house like this with so much stuff in it, they people are going through trouble and don't have the time to pack everything up and donate it.
The only thing I would want is 20 minutes in ,those two beautiful white Urn ❤ and the matching white flowers look nice
I’d like to know who they are and pictures of what it looked like during the good times.
So many foreclosed properties end up like this whether by hook or crook. Seems the banks would rather take the loss than not get the full amount. So many new homes built during mid 2000s were sold to people who couldn’t afford them after the 3 yr arms were up. The banks got bailed out but so many homes were basically abandoned. Now we are going back into another housing boom. Housing prices are up 30 to 40 percent and here we go again with the big mortgages. Great video. Love a good backstory. You’ve got a great narrative voice. Thanks and stay safe.
The rest of us pay for it?? When the top 10% go broke they still end up wealthy??? MY broke and their broke and many others are very very different?? Think about it??
@@stephenblake2196 that so true, a form of slavery someone paid with his labour for this waist. As an African I may have indirectly contributed with my labour on a company they have invested in, and paying me peanuts for that. That is why they don't care. Beauty of world economy and markets controlled by the rich.
Hi Susanmiller hope you're okay?
I agree w/you! Ppl like this have money to just throw it away. It's not only sad but it makes me sick that this stuff is gonna rot & decay & there's ppl in need all over the world that don't have clothes or a home. Their pillow is the concrete sidewalk. Ppl like this don't appreciate what they have. SMH
The people that lived in this house gave more money to charities (like St Jude) in a year then you will give in your entire lifetime.
Unreal. The most artistically unique ceilings I've ever seen. These ceilings are true works of art in this entire mansion. Exceptional.
Hi Julie Jenkins hope you're okay?
It seems that people have been “living” in there… maybe after the house was abandoned people just went in there and messed things up… but it’s an amazing place!!! Great video!!
Yeah, it’s very possible that someone has been using this place as a squatting house. I saw some signs of that too
Lucky you didn’t find them 😳
If no one come to claim it j would have came across it and lavish it up. And bought it instead of squating in it
Beautiful
@@JeremyXplores It looks like the scattered trash was just put there for this video. Real vandals always bring the cans of spray paint. It is a beautiful property.
As an interior designer, the primary bedroom ceiling/roof ridge not lining up with the bed bothers me too! I appreciate your photographer’s eye to point out these details bc I notice them too. Your vids are all so fascinating!
This place gets fantastic light. Gorgeous.
Its really disturbing that people with the frame of mind to just walk away and be so wasteful want to be elected officials. Judging from how they left that house, they are out of touch.
They were forced out.
Heartache and devastation with death of loved ones is horrible. Nothing is worth much ... things are not important, LOVED ONES ARE.
They didn’t just “walk out”. They had no choice in the matter.
It's their life not for you to judge
@@Happiness1876 when you want to be elected officials and in charge of tax payer money, yes knowing your wasteful mindset is a must.... Call it judging if you want.
Awesome explore! I feel like these "big wig' politicians and business people are NEVER just regular people. They all have secrets or skeletons or darkness. For real!! Bit once again I LOVE the explore and OF COURSE the story you tell. Thank you!
So true
The sad part is that so many homeless families with out a home and lack of houses for the special people are hard to find
Greedy bankers would rather it sat there and rotted away to nothing before doing anything about it. Hence was a $3,000,000 house and now on the market for $200k. They could have cut their losses long ago. Filthy greed!
Most of them don't want to work...
@@father.of.4.azzholes where’s it up for 200k?
The real thievery is when the owner defaults, the bank is PAID off, because the mortgage is insured. Then the bank sells the property and gets more $$. There is no loss for the banks!!
@@kishawolson7679 some people can’t work! Wish everyone would STOP assuming that people that don’t work are lazy😔
gluttony is what comes to mind in a country with so many homeless and poor ppl.
This is just left empty and to rot.
What a disaster.
Not a place for the homeless or poor people. This is for someone to buy it for their own purposes
Crazy to think people need this kind of excess shows how much of an ego a person has.
Can you imagine the heating costs to warm this house in winter!
Same in my mind.
Yes. All those big rooms and high ceilings heat and AC would have heat up and cool off.
If they owed the IRS, the IRS would put a lien on everything and auction it off for the monies owing. Anything left after auction, cannot be touched by the owners...
By the way, great narration, and filming of the properties you've shown. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for the tour.
Yeah, but it can take years for that to happen. This property is clearly toiling in the courts.
I agree with you. It's vulgar waste. With all the need in the world this is sickening.
Really appreciate your photographers eye. Like you said, such a waste. I really hope you do more videos. Great narration. Loved your ending🤣🤣
Not being rude but do you ever take some of the random items and sell them? I mean. There are things that's probably worth some bucks and technically it's been abandoned right?
@@GlitterGoddessofLove If it's not yours and nobody gave it to you, THAT'S STEALING.
@@AmericanGal_69 if it's abandoned I would assume that's abandoned trash. Its not stealing if it's been left to be trashed lmao. But OK.
@@GlitterGoddessofLove It's tied up in litigation still apparently. Karma is good and bad. It's America. You are free to choose.
@@AmericanGal_69 ahhh yeah well thats true too. I found an abandoned house once. Found out the previous owner and asked her about the items left. She Said she didn't care about it and told me if i wanted anything to go ahead cause it was being sold by the Bank and anything she left she said was trash ...she left a nice riding mower...I was like ooookay. Lol. Trash to treasure for me !!
Such a beautiful house. Hopefully it can be a new home one day and get the love it deserves after being so lonely and abandoned. Thank you for sharing. I find your voice so soothing. I’m really enjoying your videos x
I'm so glad you mentioned the misalignment of that bedroom because omg that was torture to look at 🤣
That house is beautiful and sad at present they have all stories to tell us. It's the vibe that house gives you and it looks like this house is ready to take a new person and make them feel like a home. Very fresh and calming vibe.
I got an opposite vibe. As in that entryway had four posts that smack of ritual use. Bad feeling for the place.
I have a big family and always wish I could have a house like this but unfortunately I can’t afford it .I would love to clean this house and make it a home the way is should be
As a fellow new urban explorer who just visited this home. Its so sad how much its changed. I have pictures if youd like to reach out!!! In awe when i see these things and the story is amazing!!
Not a guest house. Stable & ground keeper home.
The bible says put not your trust in the things on this earth where moth and rust will corrupt and fade away way. But put your trust in heavenly things where it will not fade away. The Bible is true. KJV the Holy Bible.
Amen
I don’t believe in Christianity anymore !
The house looks to me like it was designed by two architects in a fight. Lol. It is the strangest mix of styles and materials I have ever seen in one house.
I have never understood why people would like living in a museum, so cold, austere, distant.
Aren't all politicians corrupt. 🤣 But love these homes and how they look inside.
I live right down the street from here. Pass this house everyday going snd coming, and my husband I always wondered what happened. I sometimes see homeless people and I guess curious people walking up to the mansion. Great video.
Always wonder how you can spend so much money and all that comes out is a Mc Mansion with tons of problematic design choices because the people involved lack knowledge about the fundamental rules of classical architecture and proportions.
The Gold Leafing in the house alone, costed a fortune!!! If it’s not a jar of liquid leaf, it was by extremely very thin sheets & it’s not paint either, it’s real gold!!! They had to have each sheet of gold leaf put up & spread, one right after another, to cover all over the entire space, to create the look of gold paint… You can buy a small box or liquid, of gold leaf with about 12 to 24 sheets of leaf per box or a maybe 4oz jar, for about $40+ a box or jar & then to cover that much square feet, just imagine how many boxes or jars was needed & how much it cost, to cover all the area’s they covered with leaf!!! Also, the master bedroom & kitchen ceilings were done with colored leaf & they definitely used sheets of leaf, to create the look they tried to create because, the different colors are blocks of merging colors, created by each sheet of leaf so, they definitely did not use jars of liquid leaf on those ceilings!!! Truly amazing & such a shame & waste, of a incredibly beautiful home…
Whoever had the rainbow room would definitely be my best friend if we met! Love it 😍
Great job man. Your tone and demeanor and pace is excellent for these type videos. You show and talk about the sadness of the waste, but add a touch of humor to keep it from being a total downer. Hope you do more and keep em coming buddy. Btw the gold foil on the ceiling is called gold leaf. Usually 24 karat this pieces of real gold that is similar to tin foil, but much thinner
Yes! Perfect comment
Such a beautiful place left to deteriorate. I'm with you, those ceilings are all amazing.
When I see stuff like this it makes me think that right now with that is going on in the world, its bringing about shortages cause of all the greed and waste there is. The imbalance of wealth. Its disgraceful.
Thank you for taking me places to which I can never go myself. You have an amazing voice and talent for this. Thank you so much. I live in the south.
Great video. I don't get why it wasn't sold. If the bank owned it why wouldn't they want to sell it and recover their money ?
I remember seeing this video while back it’s a shame how people have own big homes like this and always end up into trouble financially then the home just ends up sitting there rotting away people should make sure that they can keep up with the payments as this what happens
I would love to remodel the house and fix everything back up
A lot of those clothes and accessories were probably left behind because, when she claimed bankruptcy and left the home, she couldn’t afford a place large enough to accommodate all the stuff she’d accumulated during wealthier times.
Hi Twojoes hope you're okay?
Yes GREED$$$
The loan company should be shamed for allowing this to happen. Thanks for the tour.
Im getting Dynasty vibes on the entrance 😅
The apartment in the barn is living quarters for the horses trainer
I'd say probably the barn manager than a trainer. Trainers aren't cheap and probably had their own place 😬😳🤗🤗
I agree! This home is seriously gaudy!
After watching several of your videos, I've come to the conclusion that abandoned mansions are monuments to narcissism.
You have great findings! It is sad, that house just needs a good cleaning. Sad to see it decaying over time
I have lived in the Nashville area for 11 years and had no idea these kind of houses were out there. Great videos and great voice too 😊.
I've been here for a while too and had no idea!
Right
Yes that's a chicken coop. And the apartment in the barn is probably for the trainer or a farm hand.
It is crazy that they just left all that behind. I agree with the other person, I'd love to fix it up and donate/sell the stuff that can be salvaged. The crazy part is that you could probably buy it and fix it for less than the 3 mil they were asking.
Correct Amber. The barn manager probably lived there to be on hand 24/7. Trainers typically didn't stay at clients houses :)
Hi ambershipley hope you're okay?
This house has always been by far one of my absolute favorites, and it was never in that bad of shape. So beautiful 🥰
Yep, I would definitely have to do something to that master bedroom. Not only is the architecture off, but there are silver adornments in the bedroom and gold in the bathroom and that would drive me crazy! The waste is incredible. I’m pretty sure the apartment in the stables was probably for a stable master, or somebody who looked after at the horses. They wouldn’t have put a guest house by the horses. I think that maybe that wasn’t a chicken coop by the pool, maybe some kind of aviary? This could even be made into some kind of bed-and-breakfast, just to keep the waste away! Great explorer!
🤣😂agree on the mash up-it’s everywhere! I almost like something, then whoa! Here’s the paradox. It’s a hot mess mix.
The living quarters attached to the barn was probably for the person that took care of the animals and possibly the grounds keeper.
I thought so too.
No. The barn was built years before the house and we could stay there after working all day. That was it no trainer or anything like that
Don't know if it's just me but I wanna go and tidy this up so bad 😅🤣
Same lol
I'm curious, have you been back since filming this? It would be interesting to see how quickly it's been vandalised since your last visit as it's not a hard location to find. I suppose it just highlights the greed and waste of the general population who find this place along with the people who have left it this way. Documenting the deterioration is just as interesting as the find itself.
Yeah it’s trash now
@Em O'Dell I thought the same thing. Found the back story, address, and located on Google maps in about 15 seconds. Vandals suck. Greedy people with no morals suck.
Oh that’s sad :( I wonder why no one had an interest to buy the place :(
Once abandoned its fair game for whoever wants to trash it i take a couple cans of paint with me on all my b+e explorations
@Hillbilly what is the address? I would love to see this place in person
Oh man I'm a newbie here only 5 min into my very first video and I'm completely hooked!!! Where has your channel been all my life lol
After a clean-up, there're still items that value several thousands of dollars altogether there. They could have donated and/or listed stuff on Craigslist for dirt cheap instead of letting it all sit there. They could have made an ad and offered everything that was left for someone to come and pick-up as much as they could for a flat price of $1k or something. Lots of people resell shit. So many options. Now a lot of that stuff is ruined to mold, bugs, rodents, whatev, and the rest that can be salvaged requires hours of restoration and cleaning.
That house is a complete structural failure completely whack lol
I agree. It's like they had the money to have the size and fake grandeur but they couldn't afford a legitimate architect and interior designer
If you check the expiration dates of the food that'll give you an idea of how long it's been since someone lived there
I think since about 2018? When owner filed for bankruptcy
Dude I can’t help but the laugh when you say “Be free” at the cicada 😂
What a gorgeous mansion!wow why in the world would anyone need 7 bathrooms?geeze but 1 is hard enough to keep clean!
7 is easier to keep clean since you use each bathroom less on average
Wow, the size of the house didn't really register until after 14 mins into the video, and having viewed several rooms and 8 bathrooms he says, ' Now let's go upstairs...' 🤯
He didn’t tho. We watched him tour the house, it was maybe 5 bed 5.5 bath?
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se there was 8 bath rooms
The gold ceilings are Gold Leaf. Each sheet is about 3x5 in. It has to be applied one sheet at a time because it is VERY VERY THIN. The bedroom ceiling and columns are opal leaf. Same process. Time consuming. The apartment (back stairs) is for the LIVE-IN. Housekeeper or bulter. The apartment in the stables was for the stable help. Generally the lead stable hand. Beautiful. Could be salvaged for a worthy cause.
Hooked on your mini documentaries. When external greed try to fill an inner emptiness. Anything material will lose value immediately. Truth noted. A big home isn't always a happy home.
I love all of the architecture flaws you brought up that I didn't catch lol
Very sad to see houses like this, and all the stuff left behind. 😢
"It's, sad that someone would leave so much mess, for the next person to have to clean!" "New family means new life!"😡
So sad! There are people who would be thrilled to have a home like this. Rich people have no gratitude for their things. Just buy more.
Did you hear the story? The hubby had taxes due when she married him.
This house is 20min south of where I live.
It was sold for 50% off back in 2019 1.625 million
Let's keep in mind that this is a home of an aspiring politician, which explains the excess waste. People like this have a different value system than most folks. The fact that a home like this and possessions can just be discarded in such a manner is disturbing. Hopefully this woman is not entrusted to carry out the will of anyone who votes.
And the husband was in Real Estate… So, yeah, add the two & the result being this house? I agree, it’s pretty spot on lol
But ur wondering about her, I’m pretty sure her politicking came to a abrupt halt when those pesky back taxes came to light
& she was no longer eligible to continue in the running for any seat during that campaign. And afterwards, Idk if she continued within the same kind of career or if she took a different path. I live in NC & seen a little on their story but hopefully someone more local to the area will comment what she’s into these days.
It’s garbage and she went bankrupt, the bank owns the property and she couldn’t take all her crap out of the home
wait a minute!!! (while head rotates a few times in stunned chagrin 🤣)
are we listening to ourselves? This woman politician came upon hard times after divorcing her mega-wealthy Real Estate hubby who died suddenly.
Why did all the bad luck fall on her? What did she do that was so horrible?
Yes, some of the decor choices were a bit garish. Yes, the scale & scope of the house was over-the-top. Yes, it is awful to see the terrible waste of quality clothing & furniture left in the property. But who are we to judge this woman, in saying she could not be trusted to carry out the will of her constituents?
jesus christ, look at TFG donald trump. How can that foul excuse of a human still be allowed to see the light of day?
Is there a doble standard at work here?
We sit here condemning this lady we don't know, yet excuse the words & actions of the Most Heinous person, horrible politician and Traitor, in American history!
Let's get our priorities straight, eh?? 🤣 🤣 🤣
@@synchronicity1470Biden is 10x worse! Never had a job, never created a job and now through all his families political corruption he is a mutimillionaire. He has no skill and is just a puppet for the elites! Before you complain about our former President, look at what the corruot Bidens have done to ruin this country!
@@synchronicity1470 well said..
Such a good space, but the architects had the feat of making the rooms tiny, it was devastating...
Corrupt politician now theres two words that go good together
Funny how she got the mansion in the divorce only to file bankruptcy a few years later
I feel very sad to see such beautiful properties abandoned. The house is still in good shape. But cleaning up all the waste and the garden would be an uphill task.
I just found your channel because of TikTok.... I think is nice and thanks for helping me to improve my English!! Hi from Mexico!!!
So much good stuff left behind. What a shame.
Sad that someone got into so much excess and they couldn't afford to keep it. That being said there are lots of mansions all over the world and a lot of them are empty.
As always you’ve done a bang up grand job on this home!!! Absolutely love your work!!!
The bed in the psychedelic bedroom, couldn’t be centered due to the doorway on the right.
I don’t understand leaving the clothes and the toiletries behind. Did they get evicted?
19:29 that Santa startled me a little LOL
The paint is Gold Leaf, not sure.what bedroom ceiling is but it's beautiful along with the silver backboard over the bed 😍
How much iridescent paint would you like in the home?
…….yes!
I'm wondering why the bank didn't make sure the house was locked/boarded up?
The moral of this story is never marry for millions, when you don't know the future.
This place restored would be a BEAUTIFUL wedding destination wedding venue!
Cleaned up Airbnb for couples weekends & rent out to a Nashville singer coming up - lots you could do with it Airbnb’s are money makers enough bathrooms and bedrooms to rent out lol
What an amazing mansion! The entrance hall reminds me a little of the one in the new Dynasty series.
So much waste and such bad taste… it hurts the eye 😂 Thanks for this original explore 👍🏻🙏🏻
I would clean it up and make it emergency housing for those displaced due to the pandemic
Gold leaf is the proper name for Gold paper. Incredibly difficult to work with! Also I think the holographic ceilings are wall paper not paint. It's too even. Spot on regarding the lack of symmetry in that room! I would not have paid for that crap job!
The ceiling in the master bedroom reminds me of the northern lights
It's insanely gaudy but the bedroom ceiling is killer cool!
That can be the case that the wife did not know. I am in a situation like that now, where I had no idea and am being held responsible anyway.
Expensive awefulness ! Sure this wasn’t done in the ‘80s ?