Abandoned OZ: Morella Sydney's Abandoned Mosman Mansion
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- Sydney's Abandoned Northern Beaches Mansion
Built in 1939, this amazing piece of architecture and history named "Morella" lays in ruins.
It has been abandoned for approximately 10-15 years when the owner moved to northern NSW.
Now no one owns this property as the soul survivor of the family line passed away in 2015.
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2023 update - Morella will get a new lease on life:
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Filmed: February 2016
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Glad to see there's an Aussie channel showing some of our own history I've subbed keep it up mate
+Chris Athanasiou I will :)
I have been uploading a video every month or two but now im back in action.
Im going out this coming weekend to film a couple of places! :)
Thank you for subscribing and watching!
all good mate do a video of something in Victoria if you can like aradale or that house Monte Cristo perhaps
Thanks Abandoned OZ for uploading this video. I have always been interested in the history of abandoned properties and researched a little about "Morella" recently. Mr Parer, who died aged 84 did not leave a will. His former nurse and live-in carer Chew “Chewee” Ho Hong made a successful claim for letters of administration as his defacto, inheriting his entire estate. A recluse who never married, Mr Parer suffered a stroke, followed by the early onset of dementia. His carer Ms Ho Hong was understood to have been hired by the family several before his death, and the pair lived together until Mr Parer’s death in 2015. Ms Ho Hong absolutely deserved to inherit the house, even though it was derelict, given her de facto relationship with Mr Parer over more than 20 years. The property was purchased by a Chinese buyer for $6.6million which would most likely be the value of the land only. If you want to learn a bit more about the history,
www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/buying/historic-morella-mansion-sold-for-66m-at-auction/news-story/1bbb27d38cff05f2b212bae8a5df6c19
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/derelict-mosman-mansion-is-placing-lives-at-risk-residents-say/news-story/09b4e8e314c605e255cbbd906e457c49
bronzerat012 thank you for this information, it was very interesting
bronzerat012 i also would like to thank you for the above, was wondering the story behind it all.
More like another another Rose Hancock. If she was paid for her services, which I believe she was, then it should have gone back to the family.
ah they was in defacto relationship, your comment just smacks of racism, How do you know what went on, if he loved her or not,
Now of course the family come trotting back to Australia, cause they want to
collect $$$
They were in defacto relationship so she absolutely deserves the house
and courts agreed as per links above.
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@@HugoBrown And you have nazis under the bed. Expect nothing less from a pillow biter. Ya Loser
What a bloody waste!!!! It was once obviously beautiful. Such a shame to see something like this just fall into ruin😐
This is an example of a Walter Burley Griffin design if I'm not mistaken. Thank you very much for this Gem. I hope it is fixed up and not allowed to be demolished
+Warped Wheel It sure is!
No problem at all.
The last member of the family line passed away last year so im not sure if anything is allowed to be done to the property.
Only time will tell :)
Designed by Eric Nicholls of Burley Griffin and built in 1939.
"Morella, designed by Burley Griffin protege Eric Nicholls, was built in 1939 for Leo Parer, who founded and ran the Stanford X-Ray Company with his cousin Stan Parer.
The pair manufactured X-Ray machines from their Wooloomooloo factory during World War II and were among Sydney’s most noted residents."
The basic bones of the house look to be remarkably solid, it's built on bedrock by the looks of it.
Imagine the history from this house and vandals don’t respect history. Every house or unit has a story or more
very cool old art deco house sick find! also i liked how one of the sinks had a toothbrush holder with tooth brushes still in it.
I explored that house a number of years ago. Went up all three levels. Really breaks your heart to see such a ruined home with that magnificent view and to picture what it would have been like in its heyday
is the house in the vid still abandon?
@Chantal Murdoch Yes it is. Too dangerous now as per the video. I don't recommend going inside
Stuart White isnt it near a beach and plus how do you find abandoned buildings that are not demolished
I was invited to go inside the house at the time.
I spent a good amount of time at my grandmothers house at neutral bay and never heard about or saw this house but then my grandmothers house is also in the millions because of the view it has of Sydney harbour bridge and city looks so pretty of a night with all the lights on the buildings
It's about time Aussies bring something to the table. I am tired of watching overseas places as I would love to explore places as well
+BRIAN BURNS Yeah i haven't seen all that many Aussie exploration channels.
Me neither and I hope to see more of them. Everything I've seen is American & Canadian which are great but I want to see Aussie stuff as well.
BRIAN BURNS as a kiwi I love these Aussie channels as the content seems more relateable somehow lol
I know that the reason there isn't as much to explore in Syd is probably because property is expensive and so any abandoned place is quickly bought by the government. I do know about this one abandoned house on the Pacific Hwy in Pymble tho. Found some pretty weird shit inside, large containers of protein powder and car number plates and all this Hindi religious stuff.
@@doryjr2827 where's the place?
Ommmggggggg that view when you walked out that door!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😲😲😲😲😲😲😲
stop saying sorry for the shaky low light. your camera is doing great. the low light is really good and its not shaky at all. i wouldn't go upstairs either. you're brave for going into a place that's falling down like that one. great job preserving history. thanks and keep exploring
+jay lehman Thank you so much for the positive feedback :)
Much appreciated! :)
Old Sydney album on Facebook brought me here. Thanks for uploading these videos and giving information
Oh man why let a mansion go to waste like that? why couldn't they rent it or sell a? so many questions, it just makes me kinda sad
Portal Zuly his wife and child died and he moved away 😕
Rebecca Johnson
The family history said that the last owner never married. His parents died, a brother died, and his sister went to live overseas.
Thanks for showing us this, just found your channel after having a craving for abandoned house vids. So good to hear the familiar sound of an Aussie accent! :).
So sad though, to think of how beautiful this place must have been once..
Do any photos exist of this house before it was abandoned?
+Christina Hey, no worries at all!
Yes im one of very few that i can find that film Abandonments in Sydney or even Australia :)
If you search things like:
Sydneys abandoned mosman mansion
Abandoned morella mansion sydney
There is an article that should show up that has lots of history on this place and a couple of old photo's.
Update as of 29/8/2016 Morella is now on the market with a price tag of $7.3m - $8m.
I am really hoping that the buyer will restore her and not demolish.
Yes that would be awesome, rather than seeing it destroyed!. :)
Just like in the 1974 movie Stone you can watch the sunrise through Sydney Heads. What a top spot!
can you find any pictures of this place in it's day? The architecture is awesome. :Thanks for sharing
I read up about this property. Apparently the guy who owned & abandoned it has recently died but there is a sister - who is quite elderly late 80's - 90 but she lives in Canada - so not sure what is going to be the outcome - hope it can be restored.
Fantastic find. thanks for sharing
So sad. Thank you for sharing
+pat goff Not a problem Pat
I am so jealous you did this. i saw this in the news, i saw the pictures in the news and it was beautiful. if i was homeless. i would live in this place and make it nice. lol
I've been past here many times. Interesting to see what it is inside.
Glad i have now shown you the interior :)
Great to see an Aussie doing abandoned. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
I'm actually glad you took it slowly because like said the floor was unstable your safety does comes first and you don't know if someone else was on the premises at the time filming the video. The mansion would be absolutely stunning when it was in good living condition but it's sad to it bad condition and ready for to fall in on itself if left to decay any longer. The video very well put to together well done and keep up the great work 👍
Awesome find but so sad to see the heavy vandalism once again. I used to rent around the corner from there in the 80's.
That was once a beautiful building! that is one thing that really bothers me - is to see old building left to rot and be destroyed like that!
What an awful shame.....Thank-you so much for sharing...A great video :0)
+XXXSHARONOXXX No problem at all! :)
+XXXSHARONOXXX No problem at all! :)
Great vid mate 👏Mosman hay, I thought it was a very rich suburb 💁🙏
UPDATE!!!
This house was just featured on A Current Affair and its for sale.
Asking price is about $12M
Also said the seller is the former housekeeper of the previous owner who died in 2002 without a will, but managed to gain owners rights
The legal doctrine of Adverse Possession should enable somebody to fence it off and perform major works on that property. Sure, the restoration would cost a bomb but the value of the land, even in its present state, would make it worthwhile.
+Debonaire Nerd This place was sold on the 29th September for $6.6m.
Lets hope the new owner restores Morella and doesn't redevelop.
Acquiring a property via this provision is not a straightforward process. You would need to be able to prove to a court that you discharged the responsibilities associated with ownership across an uninterrupted period of 12 years. That aside, the deterioration of this property is SEVERE. It would cost over $1 000 000 [AU] to bring it back to liveable condition.
wow! thanks
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Such a shame it couldn't be restored
+pat goff It has recently been sold.
Lets hope the new owner restores and doesn't demolish :(
I've just stumbled across your channel. I love watching videos of people's explores. 95% of them are from overseas though. There was one guy based around the flood area in/near Brisbane that also rocks. His videos are great as well. I'm in Victoria. I love hearing the Aussie accent. Even though I may not know the places you've filmed, as soon as I heard your accent a smile spread on my face. I will now be watching your videos.
As for this place, I'm sure it will be sold at auction. I'm not sure who the $ will go to.....?? It is worth too much $ to just go to waste. The property has great views, but the house is too far gone to save. Unfortunately it'll be bulldozed and some new building (with much less character) will go up.
+Claire Mahony Thank you for watching i really appreciate it! :)
Unfortunately i highly doubt this house will be sold.
+Abandoned OZ ..... Someone could possibly be interested in the house for the land ...... the house would have to be ripped down, but the land would have to be worth something and the Council it falls under would eventually want to claim the $ for the rates.
+Abandoned OZ I love your videos I watch them literally everyday
Cool video, I found this house today but didn't go in to it. Looks exactly the same as it does in your video.
thats so sad
I am as old as that building, and I went through hell, don't know what kept me going, that bldg. has lost it's soul, very sad, I'd say. Thxs for posting.
The house has been restored and the asking price is over $15.5 million
Tf u on hasn’t been restored at all, I went there today and the place is still the same if not worse
@@epicoli969 Wishful thinking I guess hey on their part?
awesome video phil keep up the good work
To bad no one can go in and rehabilitate it, looks like it was a nice place.
Wow, so sad, beautiful place. Great video. Is there any more history of the mansion? Would love to know about the former owners.
Google and you find a sad story about Morella
There is another waterfront on the harbour at Parriwi Rd, still in untouched condition as nobody has noticed its been empty for about 5 years I think . The home next door actually collapsed caused by land movement(I think) which is why this one remains empty. The residents do tend to frown on others entering their domain. It howerver is not the only one , There is 2 more massive homes in the nearby area , One 3or4 and the other abandoned for about 2 yrs it seems they left quickly to go back to china with finnancial institutions after them.
The view is amazing. I understand vandals (I live near Detroit), but why would a home that looks so sturdy would have rotting floors? It is just disintegrating. So sad.
what an absolute shame.
Nice any ideas how to find abandoned buildings in sydney and abandoned buildings that are still active and not demolished plz lmk if you can
oh that view
+Mordrina It is great! :)
Really cool
It so sad seeing all these houses go like this, it normally because the residents get to old to maintain them and it’s normally old money that’s long gone and there to stubborn to leave
How do you even find these amazing places? I would love to go explore there someday soon! Any way I can get an address or something?
+sarah Q Shoot me and email at pheenlele@gmail.com and i can help you find places.
This is a damn shame!
Mother nature certainly doesn't need any help from vandals.
Someone should send a drone up to the second floor so we can see what is inside!
Very interesting to see, but hard to figure out why it was never sold? Its a prime site.
This would also make a good project for vandals to be forced to clean up the place if caught vandalising public properties. Also give those training in construction to learn their trade by revamping the house.. It is worth reviving it. Whoever the heirs are would appreciate it I am sure
It will be interesting to see what is done with this property. Apparently the council says it needs to be boarded up and the fence be fixed to prevent access, so lucky you got in before hand! Its probably going to be demolished...
Got in today through the broken fence, yes they did put fences up around it but very easy to get into
im moving to Sydney in 5 weeks so going to do a photoshoot here
+Staurt Jarvis Awesome! :)
We will have to do an explore.
+Staurt Jarvis Awesome! :)
We will have to do an explore.
+Abandoned OZ yer cool just let me know wen
It must have been beautiful.
There is ALOT of abandoned houses in Liverpool (Sydney) but one of them (only 3 blocks away from where I live) You can't get through or though you can film it outside
I'd live there , so long as someone renovated it for me with no cost
can you do mildura station? it is still used for a ticket box (building use) for coaches but the platform is disused. so if you could like, film a freight train on the platform on stv or just film the platform itself because there is a fence that you can still film past. there is also an overpass that is also in use so you can use that too!
So interesting, but one wonders how he would allow such a substantial property to become so downgraded. I hope it can be saved as it is indicative of another era of architecture in Australia. I guess it's up to his heirs.
Is this still here?
Would this be considered Art Deco? I looks like it to me, but being so far gone and with so much graffitti it is hard to tell. If it is, I would think that would have been a reason for some group to try and protect it. Thanks for letting others see it.
+Jan Ramey Yes 100%.
No problem at all.
I will have to go back and do a revisit.
The house doesn’t have any distinct architectural style. It’s a mishmash of Art Deco and Moderne here and there. And that’s stretching the meaning of those terms to describe this house.
Despite its exceptional location (the stunning view is worth every one of the $6.6M price the new owners paid for it) the house itself is not remarkable.
The scale and size of the rooms are too small for the house - it ought to have been grander. For example the front entrance is through a normal sized door. How unimaginative! It would have been so much more appropriate if it was wider and higher that opened onto a ante room or foyer that hinted at vistas beyond - to a gallery or a sumptuous room with decorative details that draw the eye forward. Towards the climax which would have been a terrace with the view as a backdrop.
So I have to disagree with most comments here about the house. It’s nothing special. I’ve seen grander homes in Sydney. The floor plan doesn’t flow in any dramatic way, no elegance or intrigue. There’s no story! Good architecture is often a good narrative of some sort. It fires up the imagination. This ones a dullard. Its such a jumble of unexceptional spaces (and I’m not referring to their present condition). The kitchen looks like an example from a modest 1950’s home. Same for the bathroom. The choice of materials is almost arbitrary and again rather pedestrian. No this ones a bore. But the view is priceless.
Marco Stazi from what I remember I don’t think any amount of work would result in much of an improvement because the house had lousy bones, as they say. There’s nothing to form the basis of a good floor plan. Given the dilapidated state of the house it would be false economy to try to salvage anything. Better to start from scratch, paying careful attention to the sequence of spaces/experience as one proceeded through the house starting from the street as one approached the house and of course working towards the climatic center, the million dollar view. Have you gone by to visit the property? I’m in California but I used to live in Sydney so don’t think I’ll be seeing it in person in the immediate future.
It's Tyler Durden's Sydney residence.
This place is disintegrating how sad!! not much left!
+james Carpinelli It is quite sad :(
Hopefully it will be restored.
We can only hope! :(
Not Northern Beaches. It's Lower North Shore.
+anfnifarr Thank you for the correction mate.
I guess once you get over the Spit Bridge it then becomes Northern Beaches right?
Otherwise until then it's lower North Shore? :P
If only every Australian could pay 1 dollar for this home to be restored
Where is this place located ?
+dante michael In Mosman on Morella Rd.
I am unable to give an exact location sorry mate.
so sad.
+Lisa Kelly sure is
I’m still wondering if it’s available to buy coz I’d buy it n fix it up
I think it's been sold
Is it far from central
its strange that no family have come forward to sell the land at least, maybe he had none
Can we still get inisde of this? any Security?
Yeah police patrol it 2-3 times a day
Garden on your left up until 1:00 fresh cut and cleaned by a landscaper all through Brisbane there are properties like this usual occupied by a coven or clan on certain nights, looks like quite the meeting place any idea who it has belonged to?
I thought you were a Sydney local but after hearing you call Mosman the northern beaches I am not so sure. Mosman is on the lower north shore of Sydney many miles from the northern beaches.
Where's this at i wanna go check the place out for myself
my house is all brick 1ft thick walls lots of plaster and I wouldn't like that new bullshit there putting up my home was built 1940 and it's super easy to heat and cool I love it! My house was a a cosmetic mess before someone I bought it from flipped it paint new windows flooring and roof pays off
I live in Mosman and everyone says it's haunted
By the owner that passed away
+70MA55 0W3N How close to Morella do you live?
+70MA55 0W3N What are the stories that you have heard that makes Morella haunted?
+70MA55 0W3N What are the stories that you have heard that makes Morella haunted?
+Abandoned OZ well my grandmother lives in Mosman I live at cremorne point but my grandmother says that I should never go there I ask her why but she just said "don't go in "one time when we where walking past it otherwise don't know much else I have never been in it and don't plan to anytime soon.
mosman isn't northern beaches, just sayin'
Damn shame :(
Is that near Q Station (Quarantine Station, Manly)?
Interesting to see the elements of the house
No , it's Mosman
Great clip so disappointing to see what vandals done isn't it we really know how to fuck shit up over here compared.
Does anyone know what the address is?
+Morgan Jackson We can't give the address out as this place has recently been sold.
Ok thanks
There appears to be no audio on this video at present.
Would be a nice home if wasn't so damaged
Imma buy it
tubby1 tags everywhere, got ito a few sydney abandos recently that actually didnt have nay of his tags for a change.
Friggen vandals , too bad there isn't vandal vigilantes who could catch these disturbed things in the act and teach them a lesson !! Sorry for the rant but it's such a shame , just imagine if they used all the time and energy for good instead of this crap !!!! BTW great video !!
What piece of music is that?
Cheers for doing the video.
" you cant take your fucken money with you !!"
Some seriously rich people live in Mosman. Whoever has bought this mansion probably has to spend another $6m to clean it up and restore it. It's a beautiful area though I don't really like Military Rd. I would think someone that wealthy such as the deceased owner would have a will.
This house is 20 min away from military road
He passed away without a will
I disagree... the house looks structurally sound... however the roof leaks....and has caused the interior to rot out....but....the structure could take on new roof, floor joists, doors, windows and trim.... obviously would be costly...great soundtrack at the end....one of best songs of all time!!!!
Oh wow what a shame such a grand property has gone to ruin beautiful history
What's the address
+Paul AR Kennedy I can't give the address sorry buddy.
I assume the owner didn’t have a will ? Does anyone know the name of the owner
Why do people have to vandalise and tag everything? Would they do it to their own property, I think not.
is this still here ?
hey man, what's the best way to privately contact you?
Hey mate.
Email me on pheenlele@gmail.com
@Abandoned Oz where is this located in mosman?
northchun1 morella 5 road Sydney
Can you confirm it is by the Burley Griffins?