Exploring an Unusually Large Abandoned Backsplit in Durham Region
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- I have passed by this house so many times and for a long while I could not tell it was abandoned..until one day it was obviously empty.
While there is not a lot of historical value in this house it was still very interesting to explore. First and foremost was the size! From the road it looks like just a small bungalow, but as soon as I was able to walk around, the place was bloody huge! It seemed that every hall had another hall to walk down or room to explore.
The smell of fuel oil was heavy throughout the whole house and when you watch you will see why. It appears this place was some sort of assisted living or halfway house. Based on some of the heavy duty HVAC and utility systems you can tell it was built up to a higher standard than a regular house.
Some odd features were the police tape everywhere and some closets with locks on the outside? umm were these punishment rooms or something? What ever this house was, there were many rules, rules were posted everywhere.
One has to wonder...
I knew by the location it would eventually be vacant and I am pretty happy I kept my eye on the place..Another great explore under my belt.
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Very Sorry the re post...I posted the raw video rather than the edited...uggg
Hi...love your videos, always interesting and u r very respectful of the previous owners things. I am hooked on abandoned houses. I like it that you do not make fun of anything and just show what you see. Thank you for all your videos!
Carol Christie I do try to be respectful intentionally...these are not my homes, nor do the contents belong to me..I am simply documenting before this stuff is gone forever..
Finding Police tape in the house definitely adds to the mysteriousness and creepiness
Shilly Storm did someone fall from the bannisters or maybe shoved over by a nasty staff member ...
Okayyyyyyy!
Police don't tape off the inside of crime scenes , only outside. It was put there by someone who isn't a cop.
Chad B Glad you posted this as I was getting ready to. I was an officer for 10 years and knew right away that tape was not right.
Shilly Storm it's not real police only put it outside
I've looked around on Google, and it says the facility shut down in 2012 due to lack of funds. Having worked in healthcare, and known people to work in halfway houses, etc, certain storage rooms HAVE to be locked. Med carts must be locked when not attended, and some facilities/states also require them to be in a locked room. Storage for all toiletries must be locked. There are people out there with mental issues where they try to drink soap or mouthwash, or eat toilet tissue etc. All staff areas must be closed off to residents. Linen closets usual require locking also. The posted rules about locking one half of the house and never leaving anyone alone is for the residents' safety. The chemical pink SWISH note tells us that someone goofed up and put a chemical in a bottle that previously had another chemical in it. That can cause all sorts of issues from the bottle exploding, to chemical burns to staff.
Sad since this was a place for people with Developmental issues.. Hopefully they were all able to relocate peacefully. Darn government cutting support.. ugh
Well maybe the reason why the government stopped supporting this facility is because way too many people were pretending to be retarded just so they can live in it. Man, this place is gorgeous! Wouldn't you do the same? HA HA HA HA!
Great video as always. Love how you give us so much information by focusing in on details without needless comments throughout. Also, thanks to the others comments offering their input, it makes things fun putting everything together. Can't wait for the next one!
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Got this from google: "Community Living Oshawa/Clarington is an accredited, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the achievement of personal outcomes for people with developmental disabilities."
It looks like this place might have been a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. I haven't found anything about any crimes taking place in relation to the organization, so I can't explain that police tape...
Love your videos! This is an older one. Still good! 💜💜
Yellow box out back (top pick # 1 fireworks) looks like someone was celebrating escaping from the rules & regulations, not to mention the closet!! Another gripping video that gives the perspective of the explorers experience. Thanks for sharing!
A-UK ... Thanks so much for watching! Always love you comments!
It was a group home ran by Community Living. I did t work there, but I knew from the design and the layout. The house would have held and supported a few people. The police tape means that one of the residents died under suspicious circumstances and the result forced the company to close the home.
8:24 That is cruel. To keep an elderly patient locked in a closet because of bowel/bladder issues. This must have been an assisted home for the elderly.
I guess I should have read the other comments before I posted..
Todd E Walnuts 8:43 I thought the same thing.
Great work dadeeoh..love your videos keep up the great work. Such a shame though such beautiful places just gone wrong.
L Calligy So happy you enjoyed!
That was a rather interesting house with an amazing lack of vandalism that so plagues such places. I'm no expert at home renovation, however it appears with a proper clean up could be quite habitable. Thanks for posting the video.
+philbert dez My pleasure, lots more to come!! Thank you for watching!
Drove by this place today. Didn't realize it was empty but I noticed that the windows were boarded up. It was just apartments. I worked with someone in 2002-2003 that used to live in one of the apartments.
I didn't read what you wrote before starting to watch and as soon as I saw the furnace change list I knew it was some sort of care home. There is all kinds of equipment needed so closets with outside locks would be common to prevent misuse or abuse of the items. Our family is a four generation household of 10, most on the Autistic spectrum or having other special needs and disabilities,,, and boy would I love to have something like that. Multigenerational homes are starting to make a come back but they are completely out of our price range. It's amazing how more laws and costs are demanded by commandments every year , raising the cost of housing but they don't seem to prevent easy decay of the structures.. the best structures were still the oldest.. so much for building codes.
This place reminds of a halfway house a buddy of mine lived in. Had a very similar floor plan and it was depressing as all hell.
+Danny Cunniff Yup, thats what it felt like...
First time visitors would need a map of the place so they wouldn't get lost
I looks like a group home for the handicapped or senior citizens
Amanda Faltisco After some research and fan research...you are correct
Amanda Faltisco A Group Home is NOT for Senior Citizens or diabled people, A halfway house is for drug addicts and non violent criminals, its either instead of jail, or in between Jail and society.
You are absolutely right 100%!!!!. Donna Dreyer is wrong.
The heavy duty locks on the closet door(s) may account for locked medications for the residents (patients). My sister and 1 of my aunts are nurses and work for an assisted living home, I showed them this video and they both told me that in a lot of the assisted living facilities they keep heavy medications for certain patients thus locking the closet(s) up so others cannot get to them. As for the Police tape?? Hmm, I have to say I nor my aunt or sister could account for that unless there was abuse going on there and they were investigated for said abuse. Thanks for another great adventure daadeeoh (: Always great fun to be on board with you on you're travels (: I look forward to more adventures with you (:
Just found you on TH-cam and loved your video. I wish you would talk about what you are seeing and feeling during your videos. That police tape kinda freaked me out tho. Can't wait for the next one.
That was a very fun tour!! It was HUGE!!! Although it was an assisted care living facility, the inside and décor left behind, looked somewhat like a regular home, except for, as you said all the rules and regulations. Those locks on that one door looked pretty heavy duty....hate to think they locked anyone in there. And the police crime tape in several places regular makes you wonder?? Really enjoyed the tour and thanks for sharing!! :)
Cool sparkley wall paper at 11:05.
At 2.55 heard 'go back' then at 4.41 when he was looking at the air filter unit it sounded like someone blowing on top of pipe / bottle.
your videos are great. I'll keep watching it. Greets from spain
Dyrer Stew HEY SPAIN!!!! thank you for watching !!
Thankyou for sharing.
Police tape? oh, shit
Sorry English is not my first language but I think this place was a community service for the disabled. I searched a name from an email that was shown on facebook, this woman works for communicity living for disabled people in Canada, not far from this place.
Very interesting house, it seems to keep going on with more kitchens and bathrooms! Assisted living. That closet was weird! If they tear it down for the new road it would be nice if someone could salvage those water systems if they are still good.
At 2:47 I could hear something dribbling. I am babysitting a friends rather nervous Boxer and I thought it was him peeing on something. Thank god it was the vid. Still furnace oil left in the tank! 3 water heaters if I counted right?! Were those propane tanks at 5:09? Locks on a closet from the outside.? That's scary! Makes my imagination run a bit wild. This is still a very desirable house! It's beautiful, bright and big. Thanks Daadeeoh for another excellent adventure!
such a sad situation..a nice house being abandoned..Stay safe..
very cool explore! awesome house! but locks on closet doors..hmmm....
and police tape everywhere.. wow really curious..
I thought of this as a halfway house or Sober Living place. Then the police tape! A disturbing place. The white dove was refreshing and you are no coward! Great vid but left me wondering. Meth lab? And all the twists and turns...I would never find my way out! This is suitable for a film noire. More. I want more!
Wow this house is huge, great exporing!
Thanks so much ! 😃
If I'm not mistaken, there was a Dateline show about this place. They were taking in senior citizens for their Social Security checks, and neglecting them. That is why all of the police tape is up. There were 2 or 3 of the rooms the police entered, and found people dead from starvation & neglect. It was a horrible thing to happen.
Nacho Mamma wtf omg those poor people x x
I herd a creepy hiss at 12:59. Good video, I enjoy all your videos.
What an interesting place, you should seriously consider calling the oil company and make anonymous tip about the oil leak, if that oil gets into the ground water it could be very serious.
It looks like somebody recently spent a bunch of money on that place within the last few years the furnaces are not that old and the water purification systems are not that old either.
I know I say this a lot but if there's one place that's worth being saved it's probably that one, as long as the septic system is OK and up to code and the wells are still ok.
Nice Job on the video!
probably locks on the closets to keep individuals from hanging themselves on the bar inside
great video keep up the great work
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Thank you for the upload ,,i sub today love old Abandoned houses backsplit..
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mel williams Thanks Mel!!
This makes me mad & sad, as where I come from we used to have some beautiful homes built specifically for people with both physical & mental issues, but due to funding the council shut them down & shoved them anywhere they could!! They suddenly went from having staff there if they needed them & having friends around to being stuck in a high rise or on an estate where they had to manage for themselves & most felt isolated. I hope the folks from here fared better. But another great video!!
You put your camera over the filing cabinet, I paused it to see what it said, the words community living caught my eye so I can tell you that this rather large home was a home for the disabled. Who needed to be cared for 24/7 and the house was staffed. Which makes sense as to size and all the high tech stuff in there. I used to work for a community living at one time over a decade ago. This info should help you to narrow down any research you may want to search for on the home.
new you tuber here. I really like your videos, BUT, I have 2) issues. 1)you spend waaay too much time in the basements, looking at (close-ups no doubt) water heaters, AC, furnaces, etc. and 2) you never talk!!! it would be nice if you explained (some) things that you were seeing. just sayin…..
he might be checking the basement out, so he'll know what to come bk for
That's a shame. Such a nice home, just clean up the trash in and around it, put in furniture and boom! Whoever abandoned this house should be aware of what they're wasting.
love the videos. love from Scotland Fife
Would be nice after the tour , one could talk to locals, ask questions to get history of these places. I'm sure they're like to talk about it. Would make the tours much much more interesting. Did enjoy tour...thanks!
Police tape is not always used for crime scenes, it can also be used to keep people out of abandoned places.
there is a spirit in the bedroom with the grey paint down below and the lighter color above....you can see little white spots dancing around in a formation and it goes ahead of him out the doorway..👻
Fruity Rocks I believe that is silver glitter in that grey paint. I could be mistaken but after I watched it a couple times those little formations you mentioned began as soon as he entered that room. They continued every time he moved his camera, on every wall. Jus my thinking though......😬
Hi thanks so much for your videos they are awesome. I tried to do a little research about police tape and I found articles and pics on a halfway house where a guy was dealing drugs from the home and another man was shot and killed there. Not positive it is the same house but I think it may be..once again thanks for your videos I really enjoy them and you do a great job
This was amazing D.D.O., it was huge, and some of the furniture left behind was in good shape, you are right looks like a halfway house of some kind, is this in any way being torn down for the 407 monstrosity? cheers, and thanks for all you do-Dave in Stoney Creek
Moo Cow Ya another 407 victim...It was a great explore for sure..thanks for watching brotha!
love the dove!
Wow in America that house would have been trashed being vacant for about a year... I found this place on Google Earth its been demolished... 1034 Wincester RD E, Oshawa ON L1H 8L7, Canada. They were probably closed down for locking EL in the closet lol. Cool vids man.
Such a fantastic find! I'd be curious to know if searches could yield information about the history of this place...namely crimes or police reports. Surprised that vandals hadn't done more damage to the home. That was a great tour, I so enjoyed it!
Ah I see in the comments that someone posted a link to a story...thanks!
Is this in Oshawa I also explore abandoned houses I have for about 2 years
really enjoyed this and seeing that bird looking for a way in tells me it knows no one lives there and nature Will force it's way in over time.
Awesome! but I don't think anything can or will top the dream mansion in Ontario, that was BEAUTIFUL! As I watched that, the madder I got and thought 'what a waste'
Tamara Rohlin Ya, we can only hope that the recycled most of the structure
***** YES! That was a beautiful house. Whats going on in Canada with all the big vacant mansions?
BONNIE BORDEN probably the same issue as the states.. financial reasons cause losses
That is all true. Sad but true. Well when Detroit went under it took parts of Canada with it too.
At 12:07 lmao that bird tho
Cool house!
what a huge house, i wish i have a house like that😀, btw, hi from indonesia here...love to watch your video....
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it must have been a nursing home or assisted living home and the ribbons of police crime they must have found some kind of abuse so they probably close them down and found a beer somewhere the ones in the home anymore thanks for taking us through I enjoyed it
I think you are pretty close to use of this place , but I have n the tape before, I think it is for training purpose.
Just read the link provided. An Assisted living facility. You do such good vids, DDO.
great explore! youve got some iron balls man!
this house is beautiful
sunny and bright!
Some things in this house like the cabinets still looks new.the house itself still looks new looking at the painted walls.this is a very nice place.it can be a very nice home.sad they just leave it like this ,makes me wonder what really happened?
It's certainly strange to see that large amount of water tanks or whatever. Large house, I feel like you didn't even get all of it! Still pretty strange as all of your explores are. :)
12:33 that is similar to what i have to do at my job and i take care of individuals with developmental disabilities. you have to document everything. the police tape was probably because a lot of abuse and neglect may have happened there. it is known many places like this shut down because of it. But that's only my guess.
As far as the crime scene tape goes, it would have to been a brutal crime for that to be there.
The owner must have fed the birds as the dove saw someone home and hoped for seed.
I have been watching a lot of your videos and was wondering what is the craziest thing you have ever seen or came across and all the abandoned places you've been to?
The explanation for the police tape could be an incident that occurred at the organization that ran the group home a few years ago. A drunk social worker got pissed at a young man with cerebral palsy wetting his bed to the point that he repeatedly punched him in the head ; blood reportedly spattered his clothing.
Thanks so much for this video - and all the others too! DaaDeeOh... what's with the police tape in this property?
if I didn't know better, I would think that backyard is where I reside at. With all the garbage out back. People here that cannot pay their sanitation fees, they just deposit their garbage anywhere.
it was a very nice place. hallways with hallways, always cool, as well as the multiple stairs. makes me wonder why there would be police tape everywhere. really great find.
76southernpride I wonder about the tape as well...
How awesome that a dove is on the windowsill.
+Leviathan 61' Wild life always adds a nice touch..)
+Leviathan 61' A Mourning Dove.
+DaaDeeOh's Urban Exploration ,,yes it does..what a awesome house , and such a aweful thing , people going in there and just trashing it , and tearing it up , stealing the cabinets ,, man what a waste ..I would love to have lived in at least half of this thing ,,
In an alternate universe, "vandals" go to abandoned homes to actually fix things.
Ha!
I have worked in a lot of group homes and assisted living homes locks on doors that were any medications cleaners anything's of those sorts sometimes certain utensils we're locked up its a state regulation. If you don't want fines or to get closed down.
my mother used to work at this place when it was a group home
that place had a weird vibe! Great job!
12:09 looks like you weren't the only one Exploring!
sad how they tore this beautiful newly /recently redone building down.
Theres a place on my street that is abanonded and i have always wondered what it looks like in side i love in cambridge if you come out here can you look at 232 linden drive cambridge ontario theres a boat in the drive way and its beside a path thank you i look forward to seeing the home on here
Believe this may have been a group home.. I have worked in group homes for 30 years and just from some of the jargen on the different papers you found they are alot of the same type of things we use in ours.. My group homes are for adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities..
Ya I think you are right, some others have researched and found same ) thanks for watching and pls subscribe and share ))
Nice house
if you go to sutton and drive baseline road to keswick. you will see half a dozen abandoned houses on the way. im not sure if you've already done those but thats one lead. theres another giant farm property with 2 massive houses located on it on county road 47 in brechin.
maziku Thanks)))
my pleasure
don't know who up police tape but they don't put inside only around the perimeter of the house outside
+Willow Wonder it's training i think
This was clearly a group home or halfway house. I wonder what happened there to explain the police caution tapes.
+Misty Sayitlikeitis I think it was used for police training
4:48. Yep. Group home.
fascinating!
Omg I have that same dinning table about 100 years old
yes !! 2.55 spirit telling him to go back ,this is very clear and is not the wind I feel that there has been a murder in that house and as I was watching felt uneasy ,,something not right ...
Nice.
I also found out that this place was sort of a retirement home and apparently still in operation. Out of curiosity is/was this house on Adelaide ave
I wonder if these places are so much abandoned as in slow, slow repair. Like, when the economy gets better, people will be able to finish renovations and come back....
nice house
really a huge house i wish i can have that ...coz i can fix it and take care of it
Wow if it was rehab it would make someone a nice big home.
This is almost definitely a mental health or group home. The signage is a dead give away plus the locks, child proofing and childrens items / posters scream group home. Recently the gov took away funding for some as well as changed (cancelled) contracts with a company that offered them in SO. So I'd be willing to bet this was one that lost funding and was snatched up by a developer.
I do like what you do, however I think your camera spends to much time on the floor area also you move around the rooms too quickly and I'd like to see you take more time on the details of the homes interior as well as exterior. Thank You
hi. love your explores. how bout some narration to get your thoughts and feelings as your going round?x
where is this place exactly? i have a group of friends that like to do exploring and running out of places in peterborough to explore.
You must do alot of research (surveillance) I'd be sorte scared of finding squatters or something not too inviting -- still I'd love to do that, but I would do it with a partner I think! Great one again, love your channel by the way -- you have a new fan!
that police tape is trouble.