That would make a gorgeous home! Fix the flooring where the termites damaged it, treat against future termite damage, and make a few updates (kitchen andtake down partition in front room) and that would make a splendid home. It saddens me to see such nice places, especially with that much noty pine in them, being abandoned and left to rot.
I certainly can see this being a home again and it is really strange it has not been given another chance!!! Hopefully someone gets it and makes it shine again! :-)
It was like a holiday rental. That little cubby in the kitchen looks like it was originally for wood and the shelving unit next to it was originally a fireplace or wood cook stove.
Hi UI!... You are one of my favorite abandoned structure explorers, as you do a great job with filming, and that includes your audio style. What a neat, little house/business. Love all the fireplaces, and the wood throughout. Will look forward to more of your videos... Chuck
Hey Chuck thanks so much for those words of support! :-) I do really enjoy trying to make these old places appreciated again through the videos and music for you guys so I am really glad you are enjoying them! Thanks for watching :-)
That log cabin feel in that place was really Kool. The paper lantern shade is called a Chinese lantern shade. It's unfortunate someone has gone in and messed up the floor. That place definitely was transformed into some type of business. The partition was probably added in that huge room. The location is the best. Love this place. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Love the extension to the house. Great view too. I believe the shelf part in the kitchen was a fireplace at one time. Too bad about the termites. That place would still be liveable.
Hi Sharon :-) Yeah something must be worse than meets the eye and you could be on the money with the termite. Such a nice spot and very in tact house the is doing nothing but gathering dust and cobwebs now. Thanks for watching :-)
The Bathroom door is so neat, and that fireplace mantle, 💗. I saw that little pass thru sliding door/cubby and thought, sample goes to next room for testing. So many possibilities. I like a good drive to nowhere in particular and then finding something unexpected like this. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Wendy! Yes this was a great find and i`m glad no idiots have ruined it! Definitely has an office feel to it. Could be a great home again with some love! Thanks for watching :-)
This house has great bones. I love those hard wood floors. I think it started out as a family home. When the family moved out it was turned to an office or public building for the park. I love the large Windows and fire places. At least it got a second chance at life. Now in the name of progress it will be torn down eventually. Great explore, sort of a boring style home. I am glad you document these lost lonely places.
Hi Chawnie, thanks so much for watching :-) Far too nice of a place to let rot. Hope someone sees the charm and fixes the floors and makes it a home :-)
It could be a wonderful family home again if given another chance to hey Gloria? Great location as well. I would love to live there. Cheers for watching :-)
Hi Leeanne! Yes I would live there too as would many i`m sure. Shame it is left like this. Hopefully someone can re use it. Thanks again for watching :-)
Great little gem in the woods. I enjoy watching your videos. This little place definitely has big charm. I lived in a house growing up that had a very small closet in the upstairs bedroom. I believe it was access to pipes. But perfect for hide and seek when I was younger. Thanks for sharing and recording these "lost" / abandoned homes.
Little gem indeed Libet :-) Such and old home made new again but then left to rot .......Shame! But hopefully someone sees that this could easily become a home again and fixes it again. I really enjoy going out to find these old homes, something very intriguing and satisfying about documenting them particularly if they will be demolished or forgotten. Thanks for watching :-)
Paper lantern? I would so love this as my own!! In the bush, beautiful back verandah to take in the birds and view. So its so sad to see something renovated then left to rot! Its so maddening!! What a waste. Thanks again for your great finds!!! 💜
B&B, hunting cabin, equestrian club, info or meeting place for walks, treks or even neighbouring farmers to meet while they all pool together for hay making. Whatever it was used for it's a really neat piece of history and I hope they use it again someday.
Hey Paul! :-) Yes I definitely got that councilors office or information center type feel from it. I guess the termites were maybe far worse than we can see and they got out and took biz elsewhere. Still very livable . Thanks for watching :-)
p.s LOVE the woodwork and just the whole place all but the termites 😀😁😀😁!!!!!!!!!!!! It would make someone a nice home again with a little work 😀😁😀😁!!!!!!!!!!!!
This place is so beautiful, it has an Japanese, Indonesian flavor to it's decor. Love it, and that mantle was gorgeous. How can someone abandon this place. Sell it! Someone has to buy this place, this is too beautifil... that burnt orange wood, is awesome. 💕 Thank you sir for the tour.
It is very hard to believe how this is just sitting here and it makes me think it is owned by the Parks and conservation.....probably used it for a center of some type now just do not need it and thus here it sits........I would live there! lol :-)
The white ceiling lamp shade fixture is called a Chinese Lamp. I have a pink one with Chinese print on it. Nice house. Love the woodwork of the fireplace and all the woodwork that is in the house its self. Thank you for posting.
Shame to see the mostly still in tact parts of this home going to waste. Maybe it is owned by the National Parks and they don`t need to use it anymore.
It’s a paper lantern. It almost looks like an AirBnB. With signs on all the doors to tell what’s inside. It’s very cool. I just saw this right now after watching the one you just posted a little while ago! Very very cool! I love the deck off the back
Perhaps it was turned into a nature center run by the park service because the molding put on the partition seemed very finished and ready for the public eye....another lovely video you have made and shared. Thank you.
Hey Linda thanks so much for watching :-) Yeah it definitely seems as though the public were coming and going from this place as either a business or info center. :-)
If it was near a park, it could be a rest station with a restaurant. The pass through would be used for meals. Help would be needed to keep the place up. The wood is beautiful! Looks in decent shape. Has potential! Thank you!
Hi Maura :-) It sure was something decent when occupied and yes a restaurant is another possibility. Has not got an active address so it sits in limbo.......shame. Thanks for watching :-)
love this house; such beautiful wood & fireplaces. i think u r right about it being an info center for the park. i can't imagine what else since it has no proper kitchen, but does have lots of shelves for storage. oh, i also wanted to say i particularly liked the brickwork of the fireplaces, it was very old brick &so warm & lovely. thanks for this great explore.camera work & narration were perfect. keep safe & God bless :) :)
That small cabinet next to fireplace in kitchen most likely held a small stacked of woods or maybe kindling for starting fire in fireplace. I would love to be a abandon home explorer. 😊😁
Hey Blue Jay that makes sense to me regarding the firewood cabinet. You can be a house explorer, there are heaps out there ! :-) Thanks for watching :-)
I like that porch, looks so relaxing. The house feels so homey. Very nice . Just wondering , where are they now , the people that used to live there . Sad .
That is one of the main questions that we have to ask about these homes Gloria....Why indeed??? How could this beautiful spot be ignore for living for over 10 years now.........Bust be part of the Park conservation or something....Cheers for watching :-0
Very tasteful little place! The room in the back must have been the living room, or what you might say, the lounge? Japanese lanterns. To me it looks like a hunting lodge, all the wood, and the Housekeeper cabinet and all. I think the little pass way is to slide tea,food or drinks from the kitchen to the dinning room or the parlour for the head of the household or guests. Just think back when the front of the house was built, things were done differently in those days. I would put that mantle piece in my house even if I didn’t have a fireplace, witch I do. The type and quality of the wood is outstanding!
I cant believe this has not grafiti or vandals Roger. It is out of the way but still on a road and visible. I agree it must have had something to do with the parklands or reserve nearby? Could easily be brought back to be a family home also! Thanks for watching :-)
I would definitely have said it was some sort of holiday rental until I realized there was no longer a kitchen. I agree it was last used as some sort of office
chinese lanterns.....that place was awesome! ty for the video! It had a cooker in the kitchen, but they put those shelves in there instead...i figured out what the little sliding window was for, it is a pass-through from the kitchen into the dining room!!!!
Hey Pat thanks so much for watching and figuring out those features. It is a shame this place is left to gather dust and cobwebs, could be still a great home in a great spot. :-)
Oriental Moon lantern, unusual choices in lighting fixtures, I would take a pop at 1885-1905, originally a settlers residence, re purposed as a business retreat. Named doors indicate public access, as you see in public spaces. The character of the wood is stunning. I would guess conference center, The rooms feel like meeting spaces. We could ask the Ghosts i suppose. Well done
Hey Gary! Cool, I was thinking oriental something with those lights haha. Definitely has business or meeting spaces. I wonder if it will ever get another chance. I hope so. Thanks for watching :-)
Doesn't look to be beyond saving. Termites can be eradicated, what little damage can be restored. I'm thinking that little closet space in the kitchen area was a warming space next to the original fireplace. Nice find! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Sandra thanks for watching! :-) Hopefully someone does see the worth in fixing the bits up and making it a great home. Still too good of condition to let rot. And the location is really nice.
That opening would have been a "pass through" from the kitchen to the dining room, where "mom" could just pass through meals instead of carrying them all the way through the house, avoiding spills. That little closet in the "kitchen" was right next to where there should have been the fireplace (but now looks like shelves, the mantle still intact though), where wood/kindling would have been kept. And did you say "pest management"? That would bring a hearty laugh as the floor boards look to be eaten by termites lol That's probably why they went out of business. Couldn't even keep pests out of their own offices, couldn't be very effective anywhere else lol. This was a lovely little structure. Would be nice to see it as a home again. The addition was nice but the original house has all the charm. Thanks for uploading.
Hi FrankiesFancy thanks for watching! I think you may be right regarding the little window, seems very logical and convenient. Haha the pest management was a bit ironic, maybe that was the straw that broke the camels back and they though lets just start over somewhere else! Makes you wonder who owns this now though! Could be made a nice home again for sure! :-)
Very nice knotty pine❣ like my kitchen. The lamp shade looks oriental. Very nice fireplace. Love it! You think they wanted central heat and air coming up from the floors? Looks like it. It would DEFINATELY make someone a nice home after termite removal and just a few renovations. Beautiful wood! As always thank you for the free video tours.💝 3/14/19
Wow all that lovely wood... I agree that the one fire place was beaut, the house don’t look as if it would need much fixing up but! If there is termites in the flooring that’s a different matter ☹️ Great video 👍
I had one of those paper Homebase Lamp Shades Round White Paper that came folded and you pull it out, I'm Amazed it didn't cause fires back then before L.E.D globes that dont give out heat, Retro 1970s/80s. This house is Amazingly confusing, i can't figure out what it was used for like you P. I adore the woodwork, hopefully someone salvages the mantelpieces, doors and windows before the termites chomp. So cute on the outside. Thank you P. X hugs to "N"
Hi Judy :-) Found another amazingly confusing house recently with heaps of those Chinese lamp shades! This i agree great woodwork and the old mantle stilll there to!!! Must have been some sort of clinic or something? Thanks for watching :-)
What a beautiful find!! Perhaps the floor damage came from heating devices? And if it is termites they can do extensive damage that isn't seen till its too late. Even at that, if treated and repaired I believe this building could be restored to a lovely home. Thanks for sharing this great find :-).
Hi Donelle thanks for watching :-) Yes the unseen damage by termites would explain why such a nice place has been abandoned and in a beautiful location too. Structure looks in really good shape so someone could make this their home again as you said.
Nice place, wouldn't be hard to make it a home again. I would guess it was an information center for the park you spoke of. Pretty secluded for any general business office.
Another great find, beautiful environment in the woods! A wonderful place to live! what kind of camera do you use? your camera gives beautifully clear images! keep up with your great videos!!
Hey guys thanks for watching! :-) The camera I have been using of late is a Sony Nex vg20 and the lens is E mount 10-18mm wide angle great for inside homes. I also use a fisheye lens to get some of those motion sequences. But there is also a post production trick I use to sharpen the image. So the camera is quite good but I also sharpen the image in the editor. I will put all the details of the other bits and pieces in my "About" section on my channel :-)
Hey Linda thanks so much for watching and those comments, really appreciate it as i do love getting out there and filming these locations so others can enjoy them before they vanish for good even if they are run down :-)
Yes. That's what I thought too. Addition was incredibly well built, built with care. Doors and wood frames are stunning. With some love it could be a fabulous place to live. What's the neighborhood like?
The "hatch" was to pass food from the kitchen to the dining room. The paper light shade in white very popular in the early 90's and fashionable during that time.
Maybe it was a small restaurant of some kind. The opening from the kitchen to the dining area would be where orders ready to serve would be set. Would probably need a laundry room to wash tablecloths, napkins, and wait staff uniforms or aprons. Appears they blocked off what was part of a front room previously to use for storage or supplies. The kitchen once had a fireplace which was boarded up and shelves were made in it. The small door to the left was probably where wood was kept for the fireplace. Yes, I guess my imagination ran off with me on this place. Nice find. Enjoyed this video.
Hi Donna, this was definitely some type of function/office or small center for something as it`s last use. Just cant pin down exactly waht! lol. Your on the money with the service opening for food I think. Could be a great family home again too if given the chance. Cheers for watching :-)
They were very popular paper lampshades in the 1960's 70's. You bought them flat and popped them open. Every second house had them. They came in various sizes. A cheap way of decorating. When new, they looked quite good.
Hey Margaret thanks for watching and that information, very cool that they are from that era! I could only think of seeing them on TV somewhere and that they looked oriental lol. Cheers for watching :-)
Those things are called "ugly" hehe! Maybe the place was related to the park you said was close by. The reno's look late 80's early 90's when parks got alot of funding to do stuff?? The little window in the wall was servery hatch into the dining room. Maybe national parks own it? Be a nice house for sure.
Haha yeah strange lighting fixture selection! I think you could be right, seems to be some sort of information or meeting offices. The names on the bathroom and laundry suggest a public or work gathering venue. Thanks for watching mate.
1:45 that was a surprise, it looks tiny from outside 😁 Very remote but a stunning location. 4:53 maybe they were making a Retreat. Cheap paper lampshade 😁 I think they ran out of money 😁 The back extension looks like a reception area. Its a mystery,....intriguing What a waste.
Definitely far bigger than the outside suggests Nicola! :-) I do think it must have been something to do with the local parks and conservation. Could be a lovely home again too! :-)
I LOVE this place! Love the location. Would love to make this my home.
That would make a gorgeous home! Fix the flooring where the termites damaged it, treat against future termite damage, and make a few updates (kitchen andtake down partition in front room) and that would make a splendid home. It saddens me to see such nice places, especially with that much noty pine in them, being abandoned and left to rot.
I certainly can see this being a home again and it is really strange it has not been given another chance!!! Hopefully someone gets it and makes it shine again! :-)
It was like a holiday rental. That little cubby in the kitchen looks like it was originally for wood and the shelving unit next to it was originally a fireplace or wood cook stove.
Hi UI!... You are one of my favorite abandoned structure explorers, as you do a great job with filming, and that includes your audio style. What a neat, little house/business. Love all the fireplaces, and the wood throughout. Will look forward to more of your videos... Chuck
Hey Chuck thanks so much for those words of support! :-) I do really enjoy trying to make these old places appreciated again through the videos and music for you guys so I am really glad you are enjoying them! Thanks for watching :-)
That log cabin feel in that place was really Kool. The paper lantern shade is called a Chinese lantern shade. It's unfortunate someone has gone in and messed up the floor. That place definitely was transformed into some type of business. The partition was probably added in that huge room. The location is the best. Love this place. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Love the extension to the house. Great view too. I believe the shelf part in the kitchen was a fireplace at one time. Too bad about the termites. That place would still be liveable.
Hi Sharon :-) Yeah something must be worse than meets the eye and you could be on the money with the termite. Such a nice spot and very in tact house the is doing nothing but gathering dust and cobwebs now. Thanks for watching :-)
You "love" it? Or like it.
This place is awesome! I love this house. Loved that fireplace! Love all the wood! So cool! Cool place to make a home!
The wood is so beautiful! Thanks for posting!
My pleasure Emmy Lou, glad you like and thanks for watching :-)
That wood is scrumptious. just beautiful. It ought to be re-purposed
The Bathroom door is so neat, and that fireplace mantle, 💗. I saw that little pass thru sliding door/cubby and thought, sample goes to next room for testing. So many possibilities. I like a good drive to nowhere in particular and then finding something unexpected like this. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Wendy! Yes this was a great find and i`m glad no idiots have ruined it! Definitely has an office feel to it. Could be a great home again with some love! Thanks for watching :-)
This house has great bones. I love those hard wood floors. I think it started out as a family home. When the family moved out it was turned to an office or public building for the park. I love the large Windows and fire places. At least it got a second chance at life. Now in the name of progress it will be torn down eventually. Great explore, sort of a boring style home. I am glad you document these lost lonely places.
I always watch your videos. Love them. Never miss any.
And I appreciate your support! Speak soon! :-)
Nicely done! Looked beautiful with the woodwork when you entered! It did seem like an office of sorts.
Hi Chawnie, thanks so much for watching :-) Far too nice of a place to let rot. Hope someone sees the charm and fixes the floors and makes it a home :-)
I think it was an office at one time . Good job at showing everything. Yhis was a real beautiful house . Thank you.
It could be a wonderful family home again if given another chance to hey Gloria? Great location as well. I would love to live there. Cheers for watching :-)
A beautiful home, i would live there. Lovely Serenity.....hope it survives for many years to come. Thank you again.
Hi Leeanne! Yes I would live there too as would many i`m sure. Shame it is left like this. Hopefully someone can re use it. Thanks again for watching :-)
I love that front door. The location is perfect. Away from everything ☺️ great place/explore
Hey Marlo C thanks for stopping bye! :-) Yes I have found a few lately out in seclusion away from everything, very peaceful.
This would be a great dance studio😀 love the window trim and high baseboards!
Hey Dee you are going to love a couple of houses I have found recently!!!!!! Stay tuned! Cheers for watching :-)
Great little gem in the woods. I enjoy watching your videos. This little place definitely has big charm. I lived in a house growing up that had a very small closet in the upstairs bedroom. I believe it was access to pipes. But perfect for hide and seek when I was younger. Thanks for sharing and recording these "lost" / abandoned homes.
Little gem indeed Libet :-) Such and old home made new again but then left to rot .......Shame! But hopefully someone sees that this could easily become a home again and fixes it again. I really enjoy going out to find these old homes, something very intriguing and satisfying about documenting them particularly if they will be demolished or forgotten. Thanks for watching :-)
Love the dark and 2-tone wood, beautiful mantel, and ceilings!
Stunning hope they restore and re use
Beautiful detail in the structure of the wood and ceilings in that home...
It certainly could be restored and made a nice home again. Cheers for watching :-)
Paper lantern? I would so love this as my own!! In the bush, beautiful back verandah to take in the birds and view. So its so sad to see something renovated then left to rot! Its so maddening!! What a waste. Thanks again for your great finds!!! 💜
Hi Shannon, i`m hearing ya! So many people would love to live hear and yet here it is abandoned for what seems since 2005....Thanks for watching :-)
Would be great if you were a gardner/farmer. The land is as beautiful as the house.
Yes, so right. Some of these abandoned places are so torn up i dont think theyd be salvageable. But others are surprisinsurprisingly in good shape.
B&B, hunting cabin, equestrian club, info or meeting place for walks, treks or even neighbouring farmers to meet while they all pool together for hay making. Whatever it was used for it's a really neat piece of history and I hope they use it again someday.
Definitely something like that for its last purpose Melanie :-) Super relaxing location! Shame it is sitting unused. Thanks for watching :-)
This place is beautiful, love the hardwood, great find👍
I don't know what it was used for, but it sure is a pretty little place. Thanks for showing us!
Great video. I love the woodwork in that place. I'm thinking small doctors office or some kind of councillors office. Thank you for sharing. Peace ✌
Hey Paul! :-) Yes I definitely got that councilors office or information center type feel from it. I guess the termites were maybe far worse than we can see and they got out and took biz elsewhere. Still very livable . Thanks for watching :-)
Maybe Ranger station or outback station?
I was thinking a medical clinic or a doctor’s office too.
Wow! Wish somebody who needs a home could use it! It looks a lot smaller on the outside.
Very nice, find. Kudos for explore
Thanks for the support! Glad you liked this one! Cheers for watching :-)
p.s LOVE the woodwork and just the whole place all but the termites 😀😁😀😁!!!!!!!!!!!! It would make someone a nice home again with a little work 😀😁😀😁!!!!!!!!!!!!
It could easily become a great home again Tommie :-0 Thanks for watching :-)
Beautiful place. Nice find mate. Shame no one is using it now
Really wonder why it has no information about it. Was an office maybe :-)
Beautiful hard wood everywhere! I agree with you on the mantel...so nice!! Another great find, good job documenting it🙂
This place is so beautiful, it has an Japanese, Indonesian flavor to it's decor. Love it, and that mantle was gorgeous. How can someone abandon this place. Sell it! Someone has to buy this place, this is too beautifil... that burnt orange wood, is awesome. 💕
Thank you sir for the tour.
It is very hard to believe how this is just sitting here and it makes me think it is owned by the Parks and conservation.....probably used it for a center of some type now just do not need it and thus here it sits........I would live there! lol :-)
That has great appeal. Would be a worthy candidate for a sympathetic makeover into a very liveable home. Great channel, love your work!
The white ceiling lamp shade fixture is called a Chinese Lamp. I have a pink one with Chinese print on it. Nice house. Love the woodwork of the fireplace and all the woodwork that is in the house its self. Thank you for posting.
Really glad you enjoyed this one sweetscatlady :-) thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Oh I love that one. That's right up my alley, as they say. Love the home and the property. ❣️
Nice place, could be converted back into an lovely home. You're right, some awesome wood work in there.
Shame to see the mostly still in tact parts of this home going to waste. Maybe it is owned by the National Parks and they don`t need to use it anymore.
Exquisite camera work........thank you for what you do.
Hey Beverly thanks so much for watching and your comments. Glad you enjoyed, i love going out and seeing these old homes. :-)
It’s a paper lantern. It almost looks like an AirBnB. With signs on all the doors to tell what’s inside. It’s very cool. I just saw this right now after watching the one you just posted a little while ago! Very very cool! I love the deck off the back
very nice and thanks for your time filming all the places you do. the wood in this place is magnificent
Perhaps it was turned into a nature center run by the park service because the molding put on the partition seemed very finished and ready for the public eye....another lovely video you have made and shared. Thank you.
Hey Linda thanks so much for watching :-) Yeah it definitely seems as though the public were coming and going from this place as either a business or info center. :-)
What a shame thats empty. Beautiful wood work.
SO easily could become a lovely home again for a family Loretta :-)
I love it, it's a beautiful Home. The wood work is beautiful.
If it was near a park, it could be a rest station with a restaurant. The pass through would be used for meals. Help would be needed to keep the place up. The wood is beautiful! Looks in decent shape. Has potential! Thank you!
Hi Maura :-) It sure was something decent when occupied and yes a restaurant is another possibility. Has not got an active address so it sits in limbo.......shame. Thanks for watching :-)
Very good shape. Beautiful wood work in there.
Hey Linda, yes this one could easily become someones loved home again for sure ! :-)
"That Deck is Beautiful!!!"
It is a shame that whatever it was going to be didn't happen, It would have been really nice I'm sure. Thank you for sharing.
Could easily be brought back to be an amazing home hey Shawnee, cheers for watching :-)
love this house; such beautiful wood & fireplaces. i think u r right about it being an info center for the park. i can't imagine what else since it has no proper kitchen, but does have lots of shelves for storage. oh, i also wanted to say i particularly liked the brickwork of the fireplaces, it was very old brick &so warm & lovely. thanks for this great explore.camera work & narration were perfect. keep safe & God bless :) :)
Cheers Nancy! Glad you like this one too. Amazing place, could be a home again for sure!
I could quite happily live there!
Has a lot of potential. Thanks for sharing!
No worries Joni Flanakin Griffin, thanks for watching. Hopefully this house can be lived in again :-)
That small cabinet next to fireplace in kitchen most likely held a small stacked of woods or maybe kindling for starting fire in fireplace. I would love to be a abandon home explorer. 😊😁
Hey Blue Jay that makes sense to me regarding the firewood cabinet. You can be a house explorer, there are heaps out there ! :-) Thanks for watching :-)
I like that porch, looks so relaxing. The house feels so homey. Very nice . Just wondering , where are they now , the people that used to live there . Sad .
That is one of the main questions that we have to ask about these homes Gloria....Why indeed??? How could this beautiful spot be ignore for living for over 10 years now.........Bust be part of the Park conservation or something....Cheers for watching :-0
Nice house I wouldn’t mind living there. Nice camera work also
Would not take too much to have it up and ready for family living again R Wilson, shame its sitting like this, thanks for watching :-)
Love ❤️ how they kept all the old character really cool 😎👍 place
lovely place little bit of work be very nice
paper ball lamp shades
Absolutely Kim, must have been a nice set up when in use. Thanks for watching :-)
Very tasteful little place! The room in the back must have been the living room, or what you might say, the lounge? Japanese lanterns. To me it looks like a hunting lodge, all the wood, and the Housekeeper cabinet and all. I think the little pass way is to slide tea,food or drinks from the kitchen to the dinning room or the parlour for the head of the household or guests. Just think back when the front of the house was built, things were done differently in those days. I would put that mantle piece in my house even if I didn’t have a fireplace, witch I do. The type and quality of the wood is outstanding!
I cant believe this has not grafiti or vandals Roger. It is out of the way but still on a road and visible. I agree it must have had something to do with the parklands or reserve nearby? Could easily be brought back to be a family home also! Thanks for watching :-)
Omg ty for the video!!!! I would buy that place in a heartbeat!!!!
It could easily become a loving home for someone again hey Anita, very nice and quiet spot too! :-)
I would love to find out how to buy that place
I would definitely have said it was some sort of holiday rental until I realized there was no longer a kitchen. I agree it was last used as some sort of office
Very kewl how they renovated fireplace into shelving unit in kitchen! And destroyed flooring by taking out radiator. What a shame.
chinese lanterns.....that place was awesome! ty for the video! It had a cooker in the kitchen, but they put those shelves in there instead...i figured out what the little sliding window was for, it is a pass-through from the kitchen into the dining room!!!!
Hey Pat thanks so much for watching and figuring out those features. It is a shame this place is left to gather dust and cobwebs, could be still a great home in a great spot. :-)
Wow what a beautiful place. I love. Old places.
This one could easily become a nice home again too! :-)
It has alot of nice wood in it..fire places..I have no idea..but it's cute anyways whatever it was used for.Thanks for the share..
Oriental Moon lantern, unusual choices in lighting fixtures, I would take a pop at 1885-1905, originally a settlers residence, re purposed as a business retreat. Named doors indicate public access, as you see in public spaces. The character of the wood is stunning.
I would guess conference center, The rooms feel like meeting spaces. We could ask the Ghosts i suppose. Well done
Hey Gary! Cool, I was thinking oriental something with those lights haha. Definitely has business or meeting spaces. I wonder if it will ever get another chance. I hope so. Thanks for watching :-)
this is so interesting about all these old homes
Hey Cheryl I am learning more and more from doing these explore videos. Happy to document as many as I can! Cheers for watching :-)
Doesn't look to be beyond saving. Termites can be eradicated, what little damage can be restored. I'm thinking that little closet space in the kitchen area was a warming space next to the original fireplace. Nice find! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Sandra thanks for watching! :-) Hopefully someone does see the worth in fixing the bits up and making it a great home. Still too good of condition to let rot. And the location is really nice.
That opening would have been a "pass through" from the kitchen to the dining room, where "mom" could just pass through meals instead of carrying them all the way through the house, avoiding spills. That little closet in the "kitchen" was right next to where there should have been the fireplace (but now looks like shelves, the mantle still intact though), where wood/kindling would have been kept. And did you say "pest management"? That would bring a hearty laugh as the floor boards look to be eaten by termites lol That's probably why they went out of business. Couldn't even keep pests out of their own offices, couldn't be very effective anywhere else lol. This was a lovely little structure. Would be nice to see it as a home again. The addition was nice but the original house has all the charm. Thanks for uploading.
Hi FrankiesFancy thanks for watching! I think you may be right regarding the little window, seems very logical and convenient. Haha the pest management was a bit ironic, maybe that was the straw that broke the camels back and they though lets just start over somewhere else! Makes you wonder who owns this now though! Could be made a nice home again for sure! :-)
Very nice knotty pine❣ like my kitchen.
The lamp shade looks oriental. Very nice fireplace. Love it!
You think they wanted central heat and air coming up from the floors? Looks like it.
It would DEFINATELY make someone a nice home after termite removal and just a few renovations.
Beautiful wood!
As always thank you for the free video tours.💝
3/14/19
I`m amazed this house has been sitting vacant for so long!!! And no vandals have ruined it! Thanks for watching again Sandra :-)
beautiful house, beautiful place
Hey Leizl thanks for watching. :-) Yes this house could so still be a home for someone or some family :-)
Wow all that lovely wood...
I agree that the one fire place was beaut, the house don’t look as if it would need much fixing up but! If there is termites in the flooring that’s a different matter ☹️
Great video 👍
Hey Joey Jumper thanks for watching! The house is in a nice secluded spot too! Could be a great get away house! :-0
I had one of those paper Homebase Lamp Shades Round White Paper that came folded and you pull it out, I'm Amazed it didn't cause fires back then before L.E.D globes that dont give out heat, Retro 1970s/80s. This house is Amazingly confusing, i can't figure out what it was used for like you P. I adore the woodwork, hopefully someone salvages the mantelpieces, doors and windows before the termites chomp. So cute on the outside. Thank you P. X hugs to "N"
Hi Judy :-) Found another amazingly confusing house recently with heaps of those Chinese lamp shades! This i agree great woodwork and the old mantle stilll there to!!! Must have been some sort of clinic or something? Thanks for watching :-)
@@urbexindigo5164 It does look like a clinic.
What a beautiful find!! Perhaps the floor damage came from heating devices? And if it is termites they can do extensive damage that isn't seen till its too late. Even at that, if treated and repaired I believe this building could be restored to a lovely home. Thanks for sharing this great find :-).
Hi Donelle thanks for watching :-) Yes the unseen damage by termites would explain why such a nice place has been abandoned and in a beautiful location too. Structure looks in really good shape so someone could make this their home again as you said.
What a great find. Would love to get my hands on it and do it up.
Hey Paula cheers for watching and yes this would be easy to get up to speck again :-)
Love the look. Would make a great small home with some TLC.
Absolutely Sarah! Great quiet spot too without being too far from the city. Cheers for watching :-)
What a find! Still in decent shape too
Hey ATN History thanks for watching! :-) Yep glad the vandals have not got to this as it is still in good shape to be somebody`s home again! :-)
Surely someone could make this there home beautiful just the outlook fantastic.
beautiful home...
Thanks for watching ee qq, glad you enjoyed :-)
I would live there , its beautiful
Absoultely caroline, such a nice spot too! Thanks for watching :-)
Nice place, wouldn't be hard to make it a home again. I would guess it was an information center for the park you spoke of. Pretty secluded for any general business office.
I`m amazed this nice place is sitting like this!!!!!! Waste!!!!! Must have been part of the Parklands council or something. Cheers for watching :-)
that wood is beautiful
Hi Elizabeth! Yes I was amazed when the camera light lit it it all up when I first stepped in that back part. Thanks for watching :-)
Another great find,
beautiful environment in the woods! A wonderful place to live!
what kind of camera do you use? your camera gives beautifully clear images!
keep up with your great videos!!
Hey guys thanks for watching! :-) The camera I have been using of late is a Sony Nex vg20 and the lens is E mount 10-18mm wide angle great for inside homes. I also use a fisheye lens to get some of those motion sequences. But there is also a post production trick I use to sharpen the image. So the camera is quite good but I also sharpen the image in the editor. I will put all the details of the other bits and pieces in my "About" section on my channel :-)
Now this place would be my dream home!
Hey Cheryl thanks for watching! :-) Yes this old house could still easily be a magic place to live! :-)
One to desire. It's very nicely redone.
Gorgeous!!
I like the footage on your videos.👏👏
Hey Linda thanks so much for watching and those comments, really appreciate it as i do love getting out there and filming these locations so others can enjoy them before they vanish for good even if they are run down :-)
I love the wood in that place.
It is indeed very nice. Cheers for watching Michele :-)
6:06 - A "dumbwaiter," for passing food from the kitchen to the dining room.
Hey Hein Bertram that is a perfect explanation for that window! Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Yes. That's what I thought too. Addition was incredibly well built, built with care. Doors and wood frames are stunning. With some love it could be a fabulous place to live. What's the neighborhood like?
Beautiful wood in this place.It could be a visitor center?
The "hatch" was to pass food from the kitchen to the dining room.
The paper light shade in white very popular in the early 90's and fashionable during that time.
Haha craftykez the bungalow I now rent has these light fixtures! lol Thanks for watching :-)
Yes that one fireplace mantle was very beautiful. I think those light things are some kind of lantern ?
Great video
Maybe it was a small restaurant of some kind. The opening from the kitchen to the dining area would be where orders ready to serve would be set. Would probably need a laundry room to wash tablecloths, napkins, and wait staff uniforms or aprons. Appears they blocked off what was part of a front room previously to use for storage or supplies. The kitchen once had a fireplace which was boarded up and shelves were made in it. The small door to the left was probably where wood was kept for the fireplace. Yes, I guess my imagination ran off with me on this place. Nice find. Enjoyed this video.
Hi Donna, this was definitely some type of function/office or small center for something as it`s last use. Just cant pin down exactly waht! lol. Your on the money with the service opening for food I think. Could be a great family home again too if given the chance. Cheers for watching :-)
awesome video!!!
Thanks guys! Keep up the great explores on your channel too! :-) :-)
They were very popular paper lampshades in the 1960's 70's. You bought them flat and popped them open. Every second house had them. They came in various sizes. A cheap way of decorating. When new, they looked quite good.
Hey Margaret thanks for watching and that information, very cool that they are from that era! I could only think of seeing them on TV somewhere and that they looked oriental lol. Cheers for watching :-)
Paper lanterns.
I Love this place and would love to Live Here!!!
Hey Juanita, this house would definitely make a lovely home still for someone or some family! :-) Thanks for watching
from memory a Chinese lamp shade, some place of business I think nice place at one stage
Thanks Heather! :-) I knew it was something Oriental in nature haha. Yep I agree an office or some info center or something. Thanks for watching :-)
This is a well built house ..like hardwood floors,roof little defect floor....good condition house....
Couls easily be turned into a family home again for sure! :-)
Hi, whilst the wood is nice and no need to decorate, how on earth would l see the insects crawling around.
Great video as always. Take care
They are called Japanese paper lanterns.... That place is beautiful....
Those things are called "ugly" hehe!
Maybe the place was related to the park you said was close by. The reno's look late 80's early 90's when parks got alot of funding to do stuff?? The little window in the wall was servery hatch into the dining room. Maybe national parks own it? Be a nice house for sure.
Haha yeah strange lighting fixture selection! I think you could be right, seems to be some sort of information or meeting offices. The names on the bathroom and laundry suggest a public or work gathering venue. Thanks for watching mate.
Ugly hahaha 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
1:45 that was a surprise, it looks tiny from outside 😁
Very remote but a stunning location.
4:53 maybe they were making a Retreat.
Cheap paper lampshade 😁
I think they ran out of money 😁
The back extension looks like a reception area.
Its a mystery,....intriguing
What a waste.
Definitely far bigger than the outside suggests Nicola! :-) I do think it must have been something to do with the local parks and conservation. Could be a lovely home again too! :-)
Beautiful house
And great location Darlene, i`d love to own that property :-) thanks for watching
Beautiful place. Thank you for taking the time and sharing.