The front room is the living room, the room that adjoins the kitchen is the dining room. The floors give it away. Carpet in living room, hard wood floor in kitchen and dining room. Makes perfect sense to me since I grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
First of all, the house is definitely not weird or obscure in the least. The only thing that was off was the sunken tub in the master bath and thst was just a minor design flaw. Anyway, I think the room with the stairs in it is like a den or entertainment room , the room in the middle is the formal dining room and the area off the kitchen is living room / dining room where they may have had a couch, TV AND kitchen table and chairs where they would eat dinner snd breakfast on a daily basis.
House makes total sense dude. Formal living room, combined family room/kitchen (fireplace typically located in family room). Separate dinning room. Front entries often included a "coat closet". Back entry into mud room/ laundry room with basement access. I'm an old lady so I remember this arrangement from the "good old days". 😂
Yeah, makes more sense to me than most of the "great room" layouts I see. Designated spaces seem to baffle some when there's actual walls in a house anymore
Lol yes. Only two things threw me off. That window between the master bathtub and bedroom and the half bath directly across from the dining room. You know that door was kept closed 😂 Don't wanna be sitting at the table, viewing a toilet!
To you it may be weird but for those of of that grew up in this era it’s normal. Some of the houses within the past 20 years is somewhat weird to some of us. Have you ever been in a house from 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s are also small bed rooms. Thank you for your explanation. Houses like this bring back memories. Every generation has their own housing quirks. 😊
@@cherylengan8574 Small bedrooms because we didn't "live" in them or "entertain" ourselves in them. They were for sleeping, so...how much actual room does one need to sleep in.
Also, prior to this generation, most family members were only in their bedrooms to sleep. All of the other rooms would be larger because that's where family would congregate & hang out together. In the "old days" families only had 1 big radio, then it was 1 television. There was no need for giant bedrooms back then. Family members did not have a great deal of individual items. In the 1960's, when I was a kid, it was a big deal to have your own personal & portable transitor radio! So you are very correct. The young people today don't understand because now, all of the kids do their own thing when they're home. No family time. 😢 It's very sad.
I am now quite intrigued to find out what your idea of a “normal” house layout is! This house layout is pretty standard quite frankly, just the decor is a bit dated other than the obviously newly renovated kitchen/family room. I would kill for that kitchen by the way, it’s at least twice the size of mine and the pantry units are fantastic. The only real difference between this and modern Australian layout is that the fireplace in the family room would be replaced by a wall of windows and sliding door access to the backyard.
For me as a german girl grown up in the 80ties the floorplan totally makes sense for me, especially if you are a big family with many kids. So you have the kitchen-area with the living-room, a dining room for festive action or sunday meals (it could also have been a room for grandma living in the home too or au pair as it was also common), a big room at the entrance for friends comming over and maybe as there aren´t these much windows, it could also have been planned as a TV-room (in the 80 it was common in many countries to watch with the complete family movies at some evenings, the streets were also sometimes complete empty - like at Superbowl-Time). The very small upper room also makes sense, when you want to have a lot of childs and it looked like a crib has been placed there for a longer time + there are book-shelves for reading next to the crib in a nice one-seater or beanbag. It is also clear that you have for a bigger family a laundry-room/utility room especially when you have plants in your garden. The cellar looks for me also like there was a small dancing-studio/aerobic/hobbyroom (f.e. when you are a dancer you have a big mirror for training). Seems the family planned the home for having an active life together, so the sleeping-rooms are not that. Even for us, with only pets, it is a great floorplan as I love eat-in kitchen - that is why I sit now in front of my pc in my kitchen - for me it is perfect cause my hobbies are cooking and gaming + watching something. Thank you for this inspiration and have a nice 2025
There are some places where you have to leave the widows off a side of the house if it's within a certain distance from the property line, both for privacy and fire safety. I can't tell if that's the case here, though.
That first room to the left of the front entrance was called a “No touch room” This was the elegant room that wasn’t used, it was just for looks. The den off the kitchen is great, this is where everyone congregated and enjoyed the fireplace. A lot of houses were built this way. And the bedrooms upstairs. I like it, just needs upgrading and open some walls up to modernize.
As others have already said, it's a normal house for the time it was built. Back then, bedrooms were for sleeping only. We didn't have computers, video games, and such in our rooms (well, most people). Those things, if they had them, were in the "family" areas of the house. The one thing I really disliked was the carpet on the tub deck, around the garden tub. Things like that were done for warmth, though. And the carpet in that odd little corner by the stairs was probably done to avoid having to dust constantly. Think about how much dust accumulates in corners near exterior doors. Oh, and it's called a storm door - those screen doors with glass.
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when i was a child in the 80s me and my sister had a tv and nintendo bunk beds.
Then you were very lucky. I was a teenager in the 80s. I didn't get a TV in my room until I was 17. I think Mom was afraid that I would stay up late watching it. And I totally would have 😂
Of course it's weird you walked in from the back door. The 80's was a time of transition because it was still very difficult to insulate a house without using asbestos. Often the builders would have less windows stopping drafts. The color is horrible as well. I lived in a house like that in the 80's and window units were the norm as Central heat and air conditioning cost too much.
The fireplace room off the kitchen is the family room and the area near the stairs at the front door is the living room, IMO. Seems like a typical 80's house having looked at houses in the 80's before purchasing one in 1982. Great video. Thank you.
@@annzitaruk8023It is the dining room. My favorite Christmas memories were cozy holiday meals next to the fireplace at my grandparents home. The proximity to the kitchen was intentional.
I fail to see what is so weird about this house besides the lack of windows on one wall and the primary bathtub. Otherwise the layout is fairly standard.
I have to say, as someone who grew up in the 80s, I like the layout. Less windows meant less glare on old tube TV and projection tvs from the 80s and 90s. The kitchen makes since because we had a lot more family interaction back in the 80s, so a living area in the kitchen space made sense. Typical 80s carpets, lol. My mom still has the 80s carpet from my childhood in her bedroom, still. Spiral staircases were pretty popular in the 80s as well as typical ceilings, wallpaper, and dining room of the day. I'd buy this house solely for the nostalgia of it.
Firstly, this house isn’t old. While it’s not new, it’s certainly not old either. I live in a home that was built in 1906 and it’s definitely not the oldest in my area. Secondly, it’s not an odd layout for anyone born before 1999. You entered from the back door, directly into the mud/laundry room. Basement stairs off the back door is the most common thing since basements were a thing. The bay window room is the formal dining room, where sideboards (a place for formal china) were common, hence the framing appearance of the walls. Having a washroom/half bath for guests near the back door, dining room and kitchen/family/great room is normal. The family/kitchen/great room is for gathering. There was likely a small table where the island is now to make it an eat-in kitchen and a couch, love seat, and a couple of armchairs surrounding the fireplace for the family room. Just inside the front door is a coat closet and is next to the formal living room… again typical layout for any home pre-2000. The lack of windows on the one side is because of noise, maintaining temperature, and storms. Unfortunately, the 1980s was a time when people thought it was a great idea to have carpet in bathrooms. 🤮 That “en suite” bathroom would require a complete gut, but it could be awesome. Bedrooms used to be made strictly for sleeping and changing clothes. So, small bedrooms were fine for that. This is a huge house. I don’t get how anyone would think this is small. I would’ve loved to see the front of the home. I see a ton of potential and it appears that it was a very well built home. Yes the decor is terrible… because 80s decor was terrible.
As quirky as this house is, it's certainly unique and oddly charming. You hit the nail on the head with the groovy Daphne Blake comment. The Mystery Machine would have fit perfectly into that weird space! I believe the area opposite the kitchen was meant to be a dining room rather than a living room. Thanks, Ethan, for sharing this cool, old home with us. It may not be our personal taste, but someone once lived there and loved it very much
The master bath was carpeted when my late husband and I bought out 1979 built house in 1982. We were puzzled by carpet in the bathroom. Very unsanitary.
@@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972 Same. I liked the warm floors on cold winter days but I had four brothers who couldn’t aim well enough to hit the toilet. The carpet smelled like urine by the time it was removed.
This house feels very comfortable to me, and definitely makes sense. This is the type of house I aspired to have as a little kid. Would move in here in a heartbeat and not change a thing
From an English perspective the house does make sense, maybe they were European? I feel that house was well lived and well loved and I also sense that at the bottom of the stairs to the right between the two windows in the living room is where the Christmas tree stood, and I feel that the family were very happy there. Yes to some people it may have seemed dirty in places, I say it was lived in and when you have a home full of family and love you don't always notice such things as a dirty door jamb or wall next to where the mattress touched being a bit dingy. That's just my 2 cents from an English lady who grew up in the 80's.
And now my heart breaks for the family who let it go and I've created an entire fan fiction in my head about how the house ended up abandoned because of greedy family, or a sad series of events involving the owners only daughter Tiffany, soon after the accident. As the boys, Travis and Trevor, were on the other side of the country and...
Aside from the lack of windows on that rear wall, I do see anything "weird" about the layout. That open room off of the front door is a formal living room.
It looks like the kitchen/den are were two different rooms once and they took the wall down to open it up, or maybe it was the dining area. It may be a weird layout, but it has character. Unlike a lot of the sterile, look a like houses today. And you got to admit. People way back when we're smaller than we are now. Lol. Keep the good videos coming, and stay safe out there. ❤ OH yeah! That bathtub. Someone MUST'VE been drunk when they installed that one. 😂😂😂😂
Houses of that era often had two living rooms: a "family room" for watching tv near the kitchen, and a "formal living room" for "display only" near the entrance. Many households put plastic over the furniture in the formal living room, and it was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving gatherings. Likewise, they often had three eating areas: a bar countertop in the kitchen for breakfast, a table in the kitchen for dinner, and a "formal dining room" for "display only", usually adjacent to the formal dinning room, that was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving dinner. Keep in mind, these houses were not huge by today's standards - usually 1,500-2,000 square feet, and a quarter of that space was "off limits" to kids or daily living.
Makes sense to me. Open floor plans are very common. I am 65 F grew up in Va .retired to N.C. . What doesn't make sense to me is you " NEVER" seen a kitchen/ living room open floor plan? They went out of fashion but did come back.
Ah yes, looks like my childhood home. Wall to wall "plush" carpet was a thing, yep even the bathtub area, that was considered posh, luxurious. Every room was its own, so the open kitchen looks like a 90's update as houses started to trend more open. But we preferred two living areas, one formal, one for messy day to day living, and we had to have color coordination. That ivy was neat, I still have dishes with that exact pattern. Back then ivy dining and cookware was very uppity lol.. At 9:55 bet you that was The Computer Room. Every house had one late 80's through the 90's, lol We didn't care if our room was tiny, as long as it was all our own space. Most of the time kids got the small rooms, sometimes they'd take a 12x12 bedroom and add a wall for two kids, while mom and dad got the big bedroom with ensuite. You can see where they had a waterbed, those were rad! Loved seeing the 80's colors and wall borders and fixtures. Very cool nostalgic tour, thanks for sharing!
Expected something bad but nothing weird about the house. Looks like a typical 80s build. Might be some parts customised. Bedrooms aren't too small. I've lived in smaller lol. Seen lots of homes with kitchen and living space combined. Sometimes its used as a dining area, other times you will see a living area with TV and sofa. Other than some cosmetic work, maybe consider a new bathroom, nothing wrong with the house.
I was expecting to see something really strange, but I don't think it is. Yes, it's dated, and the island in the kitchen looks like they added that trying to update some. But, I actually like this house. Not every house built in the 80s was huge. I didn't care for that bathtub being strangely positioned, I'd take that out and update that for sure. I see an explanation for about every other room, tho. I'd buy it. And do some serious updating, but otherwise it looks good. I love the cabinet space in the kitchen, too. Thanks for showing us! 👍
I grew up in the 80’s. The carpeted blue room by the front door is the formal living room. The room across the washroom is the formal dining room. The big room with the fireplace is the family tv room next to the kitchen. So not weird to us GenX’ers
Someone got a copy of Brøderbund Home Architect for their Commodore 64 and designed themselves a house. Then they printed it out and gave it to a contractor and had them build it. They were either thrilled to have their dream home exactly the way they wanted it, or they were disappointed that it was nothing like they imagined because they have no concept of measurements. But either way, they stuck with it until they died and now their heirs can’t get anyone to buy it.
I like the main entry way and that living room off the stairs. Sometimes you don't need all the windows, you can have some privacy with not so many windows. It almost remind me of the house I live in back in the late 70s/early 80s.
It's a perfectly normal house style I myself have been in from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. It makes me a little sad that such a nice place would seem "unusual"...
If you can turn that first room into a fully functioning laundry room/mud room combo, I actually don't hate that idea lol. If you have kiddos that get super dirty they can just chuck their clothes into the wash right there
I’m thinking maybe a widow built it. Maybe she was afraid and didn’t want many windows? You mentioned it smelled like an old person smell. Yes… that is a real thing. I really loved the explore, Ethan. Thank you❤
Doesn't look weird to me. I'm not sure if he really thinks it is weird or if this is a scam video title. I don't see anything strange. Pretty standard with the living room near front door/stairway. Formal dining room. Kitchen and family room were often side by side and called a great room. The master bath was probably remodeled and the big tub added which was crammed in. Too bad the garage was not attached. Very easy to install another window in living room if that bothers you.
Omg you described this so accurately before you stepped in! 😂 From the tiny living room (with that one lonely window shoved over to the corner on the long wall), to the bathroom across from the dining table, and what they did with the master bedroom/ensuite (the master disaster, hehe) this was... well, not good! I like to look up floorplans and try to find ways to improve them, but this would be a 'f**kit' one. On a positive note though i loved the brick, the gorgeous mint green on the walls when you first walked in (that's my bedroom colour!), the staircase, and the fireplace in the den(?)/kitchen. And the kitchen part had great storage and a nice layout. Thank you for sharing this one, it made me laugh and i needed that tonight. Take care, and stay safe. 😊
Definitely an odd house and an odd layout. That kitchen livingroom combo is strange. I would love to be able to see how the people that lived there had it set up. Like how did they utilize the space
Strange house. That kitchen transition into living room looks like maybe they took down a wall to give it an “open concept” feel? Upstairs master bath with window looking onto odd angled tub? Kinky!!! Curved staircase was nice, everything else was just weird.
Odd but kinda cute. To bad it was so dirty, you'd think if you could own a house you'd at least love it enough to keep it clean. It was the wind you heard rustling the leaves. I don't care about the dirty toilet or how many times you say what's up guys, stop going places alone. It's not safe!
8:45 ‘So it’s not the biggest house in the world, I don’t know, it’s probably 3,000 sq. feet….’ As a North American who has lived decades in Europe that made me chuckle.
The house makes sense to me. I’m not sure why you’re surprised that an old empty house is dirty. We just moved from our home of 45 years that was built in 1905. Wonderful history, started out as a one room groundskeeper house and ended up with 5 bedrooms and a strange layout but we loved it.
Me in the UK seeing this house described as small 😂 On the random lack of windows, I know a house like this which had been designed in a way not to overlook a neighbouring garden so one side only had a tiny window. It ended up being built on a different parcel of land but the design was not changed, so it weirdly had only one tiny window on the side facing the street. I wonder if it was something similar with this house, because it seems to odd to me to have the fireplace with wondows either side and no windows at all opposite, like there must surely be a reason that opposite wall is just a plain wall.
You are too young for this house. It is set right for when it was built. Everything is set as expected. It makes perfect sense. Quit being amazed at how "odd" it is. Its NOT odd. More modern houses are weird to those of us who lived in these. Back entrance to laundry, with stairs to basement. That's right. Powder room right next door. That's right. Don't disparage "grandmother's house". Pink was a good color for dining room. Odd walls are for cabinets for displays or best dishes. Front entry with coat closet. Tile for wet shoes. That's right. Elegant staircase. Open room is living room. That's right. NO window for the bookshelf wall. Sofa against the long wall with pictures above. No window needed there either. There's window to the front of the house. That's all that's needed for light and it has the open hall and stairs. Family room with fireplace next to the kitchen. Sofa and cushy chairs, game table, TV trays for eating. Somebody "modernized" by taking out the kitchen wall. Carpet in the formal areas and quiet areas. Wood in the others. Linoleum or tile in the others for practicality. 3000 sq feet was a biiiggg house. 10ft square was a big bedroom. Bed, Dresser, and side table... maybe one on each side of the bed. That's right. Linen closet in the upper hall. Purple room for master. Two big closets. No need to point out kid fingerprints. Nice big basement. NOT ODD to have to go outside to get to the garage. Perfectly fine NICE house.
The one small room upstairs may have been an office the yellow room maybe a nursery or a small child’s room or maybe a kids playroom. The purple room that is bigger could have been a shared girls room.
It isn’t weird at all. Those are formal living and dinning rooms and family room is off the kitchen for kids to play. You’re showing your age by the way you talk. You will got old someday too. Try living on social security and see if you can afford to upgrade everything.
if you’re living in a neighborhood like the one where this house is located, where the average home costs 2.5 to 3 million dollars, i don’t think you’re living off social security and you should probably be able to replace dirty 40 year old carpets and paint the walls.
The front room with the staircase, as odd as it is, is the living room. The family room is attached to the kitchen. The dining room is so small. Lots of small rooms. Also, you are the most paranoid explorer. Lol. Good job.
The layout is definitely bad, but I've seen much worse. At least this looks like it was professionally built. You should visit northern MI where people with no construction experience design as they build their own "dream home" using found material or an old mobile home, without permits and without ever finishing.
Hi Ethan..how odd this house is...too dark and creepy ..not many windows...the bathroom must be the weirdest one yet !! And carpet yuk!!!!!...thanks for the tour Ethan stay safe well and happy 💋
If I took a shot for every time you said “weird” I’d be falling down drunk half way through the video 😂 cheers 🥂 😂 Fun video! Keep it weird man… and have a happy new year 🎊 😅
The room in came in from was a mud room. I’m guessing there were children so the basement stairs makes sense. The children were encourage to go downstairs. The room at the bottom of the stairs may have been a good living room for company. The same opposite the kitchen a family room.
That’s a poor layout where they squeezed in 4 BR, but should have been only 3. Not sure where you are supposed to eat besides in DR. That carpet at top of stairs is super weird.
All the random angles were interesting, as if the builder used them to create a unique aesthetic, but just made the space smaller. Bedrooms were TINY! And what’s up with the master bathroom and the odd window and layout. Also, did you notice the “dead” space that curved around the stairs at the top? I did like the stairs and the little alcove the curved stairs created.
Listening to you talk about how "old" this place is only reminds me of how young you must be. I was born in 1962. I'm still here. I still work full time as well. I'm not in a rest home and don't plan to be there ever or at least not for quite a while. I was a young adult in the 1980's. It's not like it was prehistoric. Yeah, the house wasn't built yesterday. But try to expand your horizons past 2000 a little. I agree that this is a weird house, BTW.
Bathroom in the Master ensuite looks like it has been updated since 2000 with that dual flush button low flow toilet. Kitchen also looks like an update from late 90's to early 2000's.
If you call that house strange, come to Europe. I have seen stranger ones. The living room was that open room next to the stairs. The kitchen was the family room. Guess with furnitures it would look different. But the dimensions are odd though. Kitchen should only take a third of the space. Small bedrooms are very common here. Carpets in bathrooms are a no go, everywhere- just disgusting.
Interesting for sure enjoyed seeing it hated the wall color choices in the bedrooms just horrible layout odd but very artsy in a weird way probably reflected the couple's personality Thanks so much for the explore
I am confused, what is so weird about open space? Have you never heard of open space design? You are the weird one. Kitchen open to a family space is not weird. This is before video games and PCs, people actually spent time together and not separated in their own rooms playing games over the internet. LOL I also assume this is in the Midwest or somewhere cold, less windows meant easier to heat, also, the TV room wouldn't want a lot of sunlight!!
This actually pretty typical of the time period. Not really that weird other than lack of windows - which screams cheap! The economy in the early 80’s was not good for most so many corners cut to get living spaces built.
We basically just slept in our bedrooms in the day, the larger rooms were for gathering in . The screen in closet goes in the storm door. Fresh paint in nuetrals, remove carpets and get rid of all the drapes . It could be a very nice home .
Haha my friend grew up in almost this exact layout. I thought it was super fancy then. Kitchen has definitely been upgraded. Not an odd layout for the time. Bedrooms were built very small. It was the 80’s! ❤
The front room is the living room, the room that adjoins the kitchen is the dining room. The floors give it away. Carpet in living room, hard wood floor in kitchen and dining room. Makes perfect sense to me since I grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Exactly my point too.
Yes hairdos change more than homes and the cost he advertised is obsurd . Spoiled fast paced generation sometimes . 😊
First of all, the house is definitely not weird or obscure in the least. The only thing that was off was the sunken tub in the master bath and thst was just a minor design flaw.
Anyway, I think the room with the stairs in it is like a den or entertainment room , the room in the middle is the formal dining room and the area off the kitchen is living room / dining room where they may have had a couch, TV AND kitchen table and chairs where they would eat dinner snd breakfast on a daily basis.
We had house growing up with a family room off the kitchen like that
I personally don’t think it’s weird but livable, be hard to heat I’am sure
House makes total sense dude. Formal living room, combined family room/kitchen (fireplace typically located in family room). Separate dinning room. Front entries often included a "coat closet". Back entry into mud room/ laundry room with basement access. I'm an old lady so I remember this arrangement from the "good old days". 😂
Yeah, makes more sense to me than most of the "great room" layouts I see. Designated spaces seem to baffle some when there's actual walls in a house anymore
Ok… glad it’s not only me. 😂 It’s completely understandable to me too.
Lol yes. Only two things threw me off. That window between the master bathtub and bedroom and the half bath directly across from the dining room. You know that door was kept closed 😂 Don't wanna be sitting at the table, viewing a toilet!
Yeah not weird at all to me!!! The original “open concept” kitchen. Lol
To you it may be weird but for those of of that grew up in this era it’s normal. Some of the houses within the past 20 years is somewhat weird to some of us. Have you ever been in a house from 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s are also small bed rooms. Thank you for your explanation. Houses like this bring back memories. Every generation has their own housing quirks. 😊
@@cherylengan8574 Small bedrooms because we didn't "live" in them or "entertain" ourselves in them. They were for sleeping, so...how much actual room does one need to sleep in.
Also, prior to this generation, most family members were only in their bedrooms to sleep. All of the other rooms would be larger because that's where family would congregate & hang out together. In the "old days" families only had 1 big radio, then it was 1 television. There was no need for giant bedrooms back then. Family members did not have a great deal of individual items. In the 1960's, when I was a kid, it was a big deal to have your own personal & portable transitor radio!
So you are very correct. The young people today don't understand because now, all of the kids do their own thing when they're home. No family time. 😢 It's very sad.
I am now quite intrigued to find out what your idea of a “normal” house layout is! This house layout is pretty standard quite frankly, just the decor is a bit dated other than the obviously newly renovated kitchen/family room. I would kill for that kitchen by the way, it’s at least twice the size of mine and the pantry units are fantastic. The only real difference between this and modern Australian layout is that the fireplace in the family room would be replaced by a wall of windows and sliding door access to the backyard.
Ethan, for a number of years starting in the 60s, it was common for the family room and kitchen to be combined into ,essentially, one room
That's how houses are built now.
@@missmissy5170Right? “It’s so weird…”
The electricity is turned on.
@@melissaavery4388 Completely irrelevant, but yes.
For me as a german girl grown up in the 80ties the floorplan totally makes sense for me, especially if you are a big family with many kids. So you have the kitchen-area with the living-room, a dining room for festive action or sunday meals (it could also have been a room for grandma living in the home too or au pair as it was also common), a big room at the entrance for friends comming over and maybe as there aren´t these much windows, it could also have been planned as a TV-room (in the 80 it was common in many countries to watch with the complete family movies at some evenings, the streets were also sometimes complete empty - like at Superbowl-Time). The very small upper room also makes sense, when you want to have a lot of childs and it looked like a crib has been placed there for a longer time + there are book-shelves for reading next to the crib in a nice one-seater or beanbag. It is also clear that you have for a bigger family a laundry-room/utility room especially when you have plants in your garden. The cellar looks for me also like there was a small dancing-studio/aerobic/hobbyroom (f.e. when you are a dancer you have a big mirror for training). Seems the family planned the home for having an active life together, so the sleeping-rooms are not that.
Even for us, with only pets, it is a great floorplan as I love eat-in kitchen - that is why I sit now in front of my pc in my kitchen - for me it is perfect cause my hobbies are cooking and gaming + watching something.
Thank you for this inspiration and have a nice 2025
Love this house ! Would love to live there and modernise it
There aren't any windows on the one side because that's the storm side. Usually, it's the side facing West.
This is what I suspect as well. The few windows that are actually on that side are small to provide light, but are less likely to break in a storm.
There are some places where you have to leave the widows off a side of the house if it's within a certain distance from the property line, both for privacy and fire safety. I can't tell if that's the case here, though.
I wish people who lived/visited this house & others would see your videos and send pic of when it was furnished & lived/loved in!😊
Happy New Year 🎉
That first room to the left of the front entrance was called a “No touch room” This was the elegant room that wasn’t used, it was just for looks. The den off the kitchen is great, this is where everyone congregated and enjoyed the fireplace. A lot of houses were built this way. And the bedrooms upstairs. I like it, just needs upgrading and open some walls up to modernize.
Makes perfect sense for 70', 80's house. Living room,dining room, family room off kitchen. My ex and I built a home like that.
As others have already said, it's a normal house for the time it was built. Back then, bedrooms were for sleeping only. We didn't have computers, video games, and such in our rooms (well, most people). Those things, if they had them, were in the "family" areas of the house.
The one thing I really disliked was the carpet on the tub deck, around the garden tub. Things like that were done for warmth, though. And the carpet in that odd little corner by the stairs was probably done to avoid having to dust constantly. Think about how much dust accumulates in corners near exterior doors.
Oh, and it's called a storm door - those screen doors with glass.
when i was a child in the 80s me and my sister had a tv and nintendo bunk beds.
Then you were very lucky. I was a teenager in the 80s. I didn't get a TV in my room until I was 17. I think Mom was afraid that I would stay up late watching it. And I totally would have 😂
Of course it's weird you walked in from the back door. The 80's was a time of transition because it was still very difficult to insulate a house without using asbestos. Often the builders would have less windows stopping drafts. The color is horrible as well. I lived in a house like that in the 80's and window units were the norm as Central heat and air conditioning cost too much.
The fireplace room off the kitchen is the family room and the area near the stairs at the front door is the living room, IMO. Seems like a typical 80's house having looked at houses in the 80's before purchasing one in 1982. Great video. Thank you.
I thought that the area near the stairs was the dining room? There didn't seem to be any place to eat/
@@annzitaruk8023 I think the room with the bay window is the formal dining room.
@@annzitaruk8023It is the dining room. My favorite Christmas memories were cozy holiday meals next to the fireplace at my grandparents home. The proximity to the kitchen was intentional.
I fail to see what is so weird about this house besides the lack of windows on one wall and the primary bathtub. Otherwise the layout is fairly standard.
The staircase and the rubber ducky shower curtain were the stars of this whole joint.
I have to say, as someone who grew up in the 80s, I like the layout. Less windows meant less glare on old tube TV and projection tvs from the 80s and 90s. The kitchen makes since because we had a lot more family interaction back in the 80s, so a living area in the kitchen space made sense. Typical 80s carpets, lol. My mom still has the 80s carpet from my childhood in her bedroom, still. Spiral staircases were pretty popular in the 80s as well as typical ceilings, wallpaper, and dining room of the day. I'd buy this house solely for the nostalgia of it.
It's really not all that weird, and I hope someone can renovate this home...
What’s so weird about this house? I’ve seen a lot of houses just like this. Formal living room a dining room and kitchen with a family room.
Ethan as much as we enjoy these don't go alone I don't want to hear you were found dead in one of these. Take care.
I was totally creeped out and was saying no don't go down the basement...it is haunted in my opinion...
@joanlecroy9220 that may very well be
Firstly, this house isn’t old. While it’s not new, it’s certainly not old either. I live in a home that was built in 1906 and it’s definitely not the oldest in my area.
Secondly, it’s not an odd layout for anyone born before 1999. You entered from the back door, directly into the mud/laundry room. Basement stairs off the back door is the most common thing since basements were a thing.
The bay window room is the formal dining room, where sideboards (a place for formal china) were common, hence the framing appearance of the walls.
Having a washroom/half bath for guests near the back door, dining room and kitchen/family/great room is normal.
The family/kitchen/great room is for gathering. There was likely a small table where the island is now to make it an eat-in kitchen and a couch, love seat, and a couple of armchairs surrounding the fireplace for the family room.
Just inside the front door is a coat closet and is next to the formal living room… again typical layout for any home pre-2000.
The lack of windows on the one side is because of noise, maintaining temperature, and storms.
Unfortunately, the 1980s was a time when people thought it was a great idea to have carpet in bathrooms. 🤮 That “en suite” bathroom would require a complete gut, but it could be awesome.
Bedrooms used to be made strictly for sleeping and changing clothes. So, small bedrooms were fine for that.
This is a huge house. I don’t get how anyone would think this is small. I would’ve loved to see the front of the home. I see a ton of potential and it appears that it was a very well built home. Yes the decor is terrible… because 80s decor was terrible.
As quirky as this house is, it's certainly unique and oddly charming. You hit the nail on the head with the groovy Daphne Blake comment. The Mystery Machine would have fit perfectly into that weird space! I believe the area opposite the kitchen was meant to be a dining room rather than a living room. Thanks, Ethan, for sharing this cool, old home with us. It may not be our personal taste, but someone once lived there and loved it very much
What an odd house. Does not give off warm and cozy vibes at all. More like high alert.
@@sharoncrocker2826 Could all be changed by tearing down a few walls and a fresh coat of paint...
The master bath was carpeted when my late husband and I bought out 1979 built house in 1982. We were puzzled by carpet in the bathroom. Very unsanitary.
Was a late 70’s 80’s thing ….all my family back then had carpet in bathrooms and toilet and basically everywhere
@@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972 Same. I liked the warm floors on cold winter days but I had four brothers who couldn’t aim well enough to hit the toilet. The carpet smelled like urine by the time it was removed.
This house feels very comfortable to me, and definitely makes sense. This is the type of house I aspired to have as a little kid. Would move in here in a heartbeat and not change a thing
From an English perspective the house does make sense, maybe they were European? I feel that house was well lived and well loved and I also sense that at the bottom of the stairs to the right between the two windows in the living room is where the Christmas tree stood, and I feel that the family were very happy there. Yes to some people it may have seemed dirty in places, I say it was lived in and when you have a home full of family and love you don't always notice such things as a dirty door jamb or wall next to where the mattress touched being a bit dingy. That's just my 2 cents from an English lady who grew up in the 80's.
The Christmas tree position you’re referring to, is EXACTLY what I pictured. ❤
And now my heart breaks for the family who let it go and I've created an entire fan fiction in my head about how the house ended up abandoned because of greedy family, or a sad series of events involving the owners only daughter Tiffany, soon after the accident. As the boys, Travis and Trevor, were on the other side of the country and...
Aside from the lack of windows on that rear wall, I do see anything "weird" about the layout. That open room off of the front door is a formal living room.
The front room is the living room, then dining room kitchen/family room or great room makes perfect sense to me.
The house that I grew up in was built in 76. I know people that live in old war time house. Looks normal to me
It looks like the kitchen/den are were two different rooms once and they took the wall down to open it up, or maybe it was the dining area. It may be a weird layout, but it has character. Unlike a lot of the sterile, look a like houses today. And you got to admit. People way back when we're smaller than we are now. Lol. Keep the good videos coming, and stay safe out there. ❤ OH yeah! That bathtub. Someone MUST'VE been drunk when they installed that one. 😂😂😂😂
Houses of that era often had two living rooms: a "family room" for watching tv near the kitchen, and a "formal living room" for "display only" near the entrance. Many households put plastic over the furniture in the formal living room, and it was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving gatherings.
Likewise, they often had three eating areas: a bar countertop in the kitchen for breakfast, a table in the kitchen for dinner, and a "formal dining room" for "display only", usually adjacent to the formal dinning room, that was only used for special occassions like Thanksgiving dinner.
Keep in mind, these houses were not huge by today's standards - usually 1,500-2,000 square feet, and a quarter of that space was "off limits" to kids or daily living.
The bathroom with the window in it to the bedroom is definitely odd. It would be difficult to get in and out of that bathtub.
And the curtain was on the bedroom side of the window???
Makes sense to me. Open floor plans are very common. I am 65 F grew up in Va .retired to N.C. . What doesn't make sense to me is you " NEVER" seen a kitchen/ living room open floor plan? They went out of fashion but did come back.
Dude it’s a living room. A dining room/kitchen. A side door with laundry and basement stairs. Nothing weird.
Ah yes, looks like my childhood home. Wall to wall "plush" carpet was a thing, yep even the bathtub area, that was considered posh, luxurious. Every room was its own, so the open kitchen looks like a 90's update as houses started to trend more open. But we preferred two living areas, one formal, one for messy day to day living, and we had to have color coordination. That ivy was neat, I still have dishes with that exact pattern. Back then ivy dining and cookware was very uppity lol.. At 9:55 bet you that was The Computer Room. Every house had one late 80's through the 90's, lol We didn't care if our room was tiny, as long as it was all our own space. Most of the time kids got the small rooms, sometimes they'd take a 12x12 bedroom and add a wall for two kids, while mom and dad got the big bedroom with ensuite. You can see where they had a waterbed, those were rad! Loved seeing the 80's colors and wall borders and fixtures. Very cool nostalgic tour, thanks for sharing!
Expected something bad but nothing weird about the house. Looks like a typical 80s build. Might be some parts customised. Bedrooms aren't too small. I've lived in smaller lol. Seen lots of homes with kitchen and living space combined. Sometimes its used as a dining area, other times you will see a living area with TV and sofa. Other than some cosmetic work, maybe consider a new bathroom, nothing wrong with the house.
I was expecting to see something really strange, but I don't think it is. Yes, it's dated, and the island in the kitchen looks like they added that trying to update some. But, I actually like this house. Not every house built in the 80s was huge. I didn't care for that bathtub being strangely positioned, I'd take that out and update that for sure. I see an explanation for about every other room, tho. I'd buy it. And do some serious updating, but otherwise it looks good. I love the cabinet space in the kitchen, too. Thanks for showing us! 👍
What a weird interesting house thanks Ethan and I hope you had a great Christmas. Happy Holidays 🇦🇺💜
It made total sense to me.
They would have painted the wood trim and doors white because the wood trim and doors were dark in the 80's. Great video. Thanks, Ethan.
I grew up in the 80’s. The carpeted blue room by the front door is the formal living room.
The room across the washroom is the formal dining room.
The big room with the fireplace is the family tv room next to the kitchen.
So not weird to us GenX’ers
Woo hoo to us GenXers! 😊
so many..."what went on in that room?"
A unique looking house . One of those old ladies houses . Thanks Ethan . Happy New Year, all the best for 25
Someone got a copy of Brøderbund Home Architect for their Commodore 64 and designed themselves a house. Then they printed it out and gave it to a contractor and had them build it.
They were either thrilled to have their dream home exactly the way they wanted it, or they were disappointed that it was nothing like they imagined because they have no concept of measurements. But either way, they stuck with it until they died and now their heirs can’t get anyone to buy it.
I like the main entry way and that living room off the stairs. Sometimes you don't need all the windows, you can have some privacy with not so many windows. It almost remind me of the house I live in back in the late 70s/early 80s.
It's a perfectly normal house style I myself have been in from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. It makes me a little sad that such a nice place would seem "unusual"...
If you can turn that first room into a fully functioning laundry room/mud room combo, I actually don't hate that idea lol. If you have kiddos that get super dirty they can just chuck their clothes into the wash right there
Good idea. I always thought it would be a good idea to have a laundry room with a door to the backyard.
The toilets are Not a big deal!!! They are very very briefly seen!
I’m thinking maybe a widow built it. Maybe she was afraid and didn’t want many windows? You mentioned it smelled like an old person smell. Yes… that is a real thing. I really loved the explore, Ethan. Thank you❤
😂 no way!
I'm OLD!! I smell like 🌹 roses!!! Lol😅
@ love it!!!!
I love this house! Makes total sense to me.
It was a family kitchen. Lots of homes in the late 70’s had them.
Doesn't look weird to me. I'm not sure if he really thinks it is weird or if this is a scam video title.
I don't see anything strange. Pretty standard with the living room near front door/stairway. Formal dining room. Kitchen and family room were often side by side and called a great room. The master bath was probably remodeled and the big tub added which was crammed in. Too bad the garage was not attached. Very easy to install another window in living room if that bothers you.
The 1990’s always had wallpaper everywhere! When I bought my home in 1992 it took me years to remove the wallpaper.
A very haphazard layout.Not my favourite by any means but you did a great job of showing it. Thanks Ethan!
I want that beautiful rain jacket!!! Pink and purple looks gorgeous.
Now thats an 80's jacket, Fer Shure it's totally RAD!!!🤘
Omg you described this so accurately before you stepped in! 😂 From the tiny living room (with that one lonely window shoved over to the corner on the long wall), to the bathroom across from the dining table, and what they did with the master bedroom/ensuite (the master disaster, hehe) this was... well, not good! I like to look up floorplans and try to find ways to improve them, but this would be a 'f**kit' one.
On a positive note though i loved the brick, the gorgeous mint green on the walls when you first walked in (that's my bedroom colour!), the staircase, and the fireplace in the den(?)/kitchen. And the kitchen part had great storage and a nice layout. Thank you for sharing this one, it made me laugh and i needed that tonight. Take care, and stay safe. 😊
Yeah, I was intrigued by looking right into the bathroom from the dining room myself. Lol
Definitely an odd house and an odd layout. That kitchen livingroom combo is strange. I would love to be able to see how the people that lived there had it set up. Like how did they utilize the space
Strange house. That kitchen transition into living room looks like maybe they took down a wall to give it an “open concept” feel? Upstairs master bath with window looking onto odd angled tub? Kinky!!! Curved staircase was nice, everything else was just weird.
Very weird house - such a bad layout - no rhyme or reason for the room design - thanks again and can’t wait for your videos in the coming new year.
Odd but kinda cute. To bad it was so dirty, you'd think if you could own a house you'd at least love it enough to keep it clean. It was the wind you heard rustling the leaves. I don't care about the dirty toilet or how many times you say what's up guys, stop going places alone. It's not safe!
8:45 ‘So it’s not the biggest house in the world, I don’t know, it’s probably 3,000 sq. feet….’ As a North American who has lived decades in Europe that made me chuckle.
You spent a third of the time in the laundry room. Nice house just needs basic maintenance. Two bedrooms too small though.
Dusky rose was a thing in the 80's. Had it in my 1982 wedding. Great video. Thanks.
I love that color, oh and now, looking AT anything 80's!!😊
Definitely custom built. I hope they were happy with it. It definitely had a weird vibe to it. Once again thanks for taking us with you.
I love this house and I would definitely live there. ❤❤❤
The house makes sense to me. I’m not sure why you’re surprised that an old empty house is dirty. We just moved from our home of 45 years that was built in 1905. Wonderful history, started out as a one room groundskeeper house and ended up with 5 bedrooms and a strange layout but we loved it.
Me in the UK seeing this house described as small 😂 On the random lack of windows, I know a house like this which had been designed in a way not to overlook a neighbouring garden so one side only had a tiny window. It ended up being built on a different parcel of land but the design was not changed, so it weirdly had only one tiny window on the side facing the street. I wonder if it was something similar with this house, because it seems to odd to me to have the fireplace with wondows either side and no windows at all opposite, like there must surely be a reason that opposite wall is just a plain wall.
you could write a book on how many things were wrong with that bathroom alone 😂
By the way congrats on the 123K subs Ethan. You just keep getting more popular as time goes on.👍🆒
Less windows because of draughts and no central heating … asbestos would’ve been a issue probably …. So less windows to keep heat in
OMG Weird house! But they must of loved it to live there as long as they did
Your right Ethan, this house is weird, I do not like the layout at all!!!!
This is how they were back in 70’s
You are too young for this house. It is set right for when it was built. Everything is set as expected. It makes perfect sense. Quit being amazed at how "odd" it is. Its NOT odd. More modern houses are weird to those of us who lived in these. Back entrance to laundry, with stairs to basement. That's right. Powder room right next door. That's right. Don't disparage "grandmother's house". Pink was a good color for dining room. Odd walls are for cabinets for displays or best dishes. Front entry with coat closet. Tile for wet shoes. That's right. Elegant staircase. Open room is living room. That's right. NO window for the bookshelf wall. Sofa against the long wall with pictures above. No window needed there either. There's window to the front of the house. That's all that's needed for light and it has the open hall and stairs. Family room with fireplace next to the kitchen. Sofa and cushy chairs, game table, TV trays for eating. Somebody "modernized" by taking out the kitchen wall. Carpet in the formal areas and quiet areas. Wood in the others. Linoleum or tile in the others for practicality. 3000 sq feet was a biiiggg house. 10ft square was a big bedroom. Bed, Dresser, and side table... maybe one on each side of the bed. That's right. Linen closet in the upper hall. Purple room for master. Two big closets. No need to point out kid fingerprints. Nice big basement. NOT ODD to have to go outside to get to the garage. Perfectly fine NICE house.
i read like 5% of this and then stopped bc i simply don’t give a fuck to listen to you yap and whine. you’re just annoying and negative.
@@ethanminnie That's right. 😂
The one small room upstairs may have been an office the yellow room maybe a nursery or a small child’s room or maybe a kids playroom. The purple room that is bigger could have been a shared girls room.
My boyfriend thinks there was quite possibly a partial wall separating the fireplace room from the kitchen.
i would agree
It isn’t weird at all. Those are formal living and dinning rooms and family room is off the kitchen for kids to play. You’re showing your age by the way you talk. You will got old someday too. Try living on social security and see if you can afford to upgrade everything.
if you’re living in a neighborhood like the one where this house is located, where the average home costs 2.5 to 3 million dollars, i don’t think you’re living off social security and you should probably be able to replace dirty 40 year old carpets and paint the walls.
The front room with the staircase, as odd as it is, is the living room. The family room is attached to the kitchen. The dining room is so small. Lots of small rooms. Also, you are the most paranoid explorer. Lol. Good job.
The layout is definitely bad, but I've seen much worse. At least this looks like it was professionally built. You should visit northern MI where people with no construction experience design as they build their own "dream home" using found material or an old mobile home, without permits and without ever finishing.
Oh yes!! What part of northern MI? Pellston, by chance?
😂😂😂
Michigan for the win. I live in SE MI.
Hi Ethan..how odd this house is...too dark and creepy ..not many windows...the bathroom must be the weirdest one yet !! And carpet yuk!!!!!...thanks for the tour Ethan stay safe well and happy 💋
If I took a shot for every time you said “weird” I’d be falling down drunk half way through the video 😂 cheers 🥂 😂
Fun video! Keep it weird man… and have a happy new year 🎊 😅
Just looks like a house from the 70s and 80s.
I get clostriphobia with this house, and then again, I'm still afraid of car wash places
The room in came in from was a mud room. I’m guessing there were children so the basement stairs makes sense. The children were encourage to go downstairs. The room at the bottom of the stairs may have been a good living room for company. The same opposite the kitchen a family room.
Nice house but weird lay out. Good Video.
Weird house. Carpet in a bathroom is a big no no. Stairs are nice Ethan, kitchen too. Weird. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That was a big thing back then.
Every house had carpet in the bathroom in the 80s. And often, fuzzy covers for the toilet seats and tanks.
Absolut beautiful house....Very nice😊
That’s a poor layout where they squeezed in 4 BR, but should have been only 3. Not sure where you are supposed to eat besides in DR. That carpet at top of stairs is super weird.
Where was the dining room?
Family rooms were a common feature in mid to late century homes.
All the random angles were interesting, as if the builder used them to create a unique aesthetic, but just made the space smaller. Bedrooms were TINY! And what’s up with the master bathroom and the odd window and layout. Also, did you notice the “dead” space that curved around the stairs at the top? I did like the stairs and the little alcove the curved stairs created.
This is a really funky layout! It sure is odd! Still an awesome video Ethan! Happy New Year! 👍👍✊❤️🤘
I don’t know I like it. It’s kinda unique I haven’t seen a house set up quite like this
Listening to you talk about how "old" this place is only reminds me of how young you must be. I was born in 1962. I'm still here. I still work full time as well. I'm not in a rest home and don't plan to be there ever or at least not for quite a while. I was a young adult in the 1980's. It's not like it was prehistoric. Yeah, the house wasn't built yesterday. But try to expand your horizons past 2000 a little. I agree that this is a weird house, BTW.
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Right?! Making me feel like a relic. I was born in 1979. I live in a home that was built in 1906.
Bathroom in the Master ensuite looks like it has been updated since 2000 with that dual flush button low flow toilet. Kitchen also looks like an update from late 90's to early 2000's.
If you call that house strange, come to Europe. I have seen stranger ones. The living room was that open room next to the stairs. The kitchen was the family room. Guess with furnitures it would look different. But the dimensions are odd though. Kitchen should only take a third of the space. Small bedrooms are very common here. Carpets in bathrooms are a no go, everywhere- just disgusting.
Interesting for sure enjoyed seeing it hated the wall color choices in the bedrooms just horrible layout odd but very artsy in a weird way probably reflected the couple's personality
Thanks so much for the explore
What a weird layout in the house Ethan 😮Nice tour of the place though 👍❤️😎
I am confused, what is so weird about open space? Have you never heard of open space design? You are the weird one. Kitchen open to a family space is not weird. This is before video games and PCs, people actually spent time together and not separated in their own rooms playing games over the internet. LOL I also assume this is in the Midwest or somewhere cold, less windows meant easier to heat, also, the TV room wouldn't want a lot of sunlight!!
i’m the weird one for thinking some ugly, boxy, windowless, claustrophobic pile of shit house is weird? lol ok.
This actually pretty typical of the time period. Not really that weird other than lack of windows - which screams cheap! The economy in the early 80’s was not good for most so many corners cut to get living spaces built.
Typical of drug use and confusion? Lol
you think it’s normal to have no windows on the back of a house??
It's not weird the layout is fine
We basically just slept in our bedrooms in the day, the larger rooms were for gathering in . The screen in closet goes in the storm door. Fresh paint in nuetrals, remove carpets and get rid of all the drapes . It could be a very nice home .
Haha my friend grew up in almost this exact layout. I thought it was super fancy then. Kitchen has definitely been upgraded. Not an odd layout for the time. Bedrooms were built very small. It was the 80’s! ❤
I live in the UK and open plan kitchen/living/dining rooms are quite common.