abandonedontario
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Jul 30, 2024 12:36 AM
abandonedontario
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sQuimby
Perhaps caught in a legal dispute - family disagreement executing a will or something
flarflarf
i'm not sure why you think this is abandoned, someone is clearly trying to fix it up
GravitationalFluctuations
I would watch people on Youtube explore completely untouched houses, full of items left behind for years or decades, and then later someone else posts of the same house and now it has been ransacked..... People posting stuff like this lets creeps find them and destroy these properties..
Imadethisaccounttopost
Where was this taken?
castamir
Can't be mid century, we're barely 1/4 into it.
abandonedontario
1960s built
ArgentXero
Abandoned? ..who..who's taking the photos? D:
Suomijuusto89
Urban explorer
WhatUpDog3000
That's the funny thing about mortgages
anjeleyezjr
In way too good of a shape to have been abandoned for long.
ImTheMemeofTheCrop
The lawn has been cut relatively recently...are you sure you haven't just broken into someone's house?
cbale2000
The quality of that lawn mowing screams of "the city/bank mowed it because the neighbors complained too much"
palonoctisursa
CNN had the audacity to say one of the causes of homelessness is the lack of available houses
Milomaine
#5 looks like someone abandoned their package there too
gingiexlt
creepy, bad vibes
DrBourbonTheOriginal
I know a couple that squatted in a house for over two decades. Their kids grew up in the house. They threw a giant Derby party every year. One day the actual owners showed up and booted them out. No one knew. I say move into this place.
Smokinsalmon
Mid century houses are so old now we are documenting them like an Egyptian tomb.
xenjamin
Probably owned by the bank. Or Blackrock. This is an accurate metaphor for America right now. Truly sad. I'd love to live there. Depending on what state.
redav
I would like to know how many people have died under mysterious circumstances in this house.
glocksout
Might be mid century but it’s not modern
teberoth
This looks very salvageable, lots of nice high ceilings, decent window sizes...
RecurringNightmare
would need paint from the outside i guess, or a complete do-over, all that dark wood really doesnt feel nice...inside the same but its already half done and easier because weatherproofing etc isnt a thing indoors...dunno what idiot came to the idea to install wood panels in the garage, a garage typically is a "dirt room"...the kitchen with view on the entrance is nice...the fireplaces both are completely fucked up tho...and why does that one room look like a hotel lobby? weird stuff there...
teberoth
There are definitely some…dated…design choices. The little fireplace is weird. The garage has a nice slab, might be worth converting into an extra room (in law suite?), but pulling the wainscoting is easy enough. I would definitely pull the bar out of the living room(?) and focus on getting light in the space. The built in over the larger fireplace is a good element but as-is sucks up too much light, I’d rebuild it in a lighter colour and to emphasise verticality.
Sooner70
Looks like someone ran out of money mid-flip.
MicroChannelMaster
Was gonna say, looks like someone ruined it trying to do a shitty contemporary flip.
TheobromineAddict
I'm looking for a house right now. Pisses me off to know this is sitting somewhere, abandoned.
crisb
What if its Detroit?
DunningKrugerBites
This place may be in Canada. Maybe Ontario. Yeah, the OP provides zero context, so it's not helpful. Though if Trump wins, I may move to Canada.
OnomatopoeicOnanisma
They had a news article about 'abandoned homes' here. Of the ones outed and investigated some were being renovated, others waiting on development applications being held up for along time by bureaucracy. Over half were deceased estates where nothing could be done pending legal arguments over the estate/will contests being concluded. Many of those had gone on for 10+ years.
ILike2TouchButts
Should look up your local county and see if blighting qualifies. In some parts counties can pursue legal action to take control of a property to either devolope, restore, or demo. Blighted property seizures are lengthy and 100% last resort. No one really wants to take property from another individual.
flarflarf
its not abandoned.
Like2Fox
Whether or not it's abandoned is unclear, because OP is an unreliable narrator. All we know is that it's empty. And unless you pay in cash, not every house is going to qualify to fit in your mortgage loan restrictions. When the place sits long enough, it would need to reapply for occupancy permits, and for that, expensive repairs may need to be made.
supercerealsteph
You have responded to a statement of existential angst with practical advice. Nobody wants to literally buy abandoned houses. They’re lamenting the housing crisis…
Calicious
I found a house in Alexandria VA (just a couple minutes out of DC) with three acres of land for only $550k. It was that much because the basement had mold and thus couldn't qualify for a traditional mortgage. It had been empty for months. Some asshole bought it for cash, bulldozed it, and sold the land for $3M.
Totallycasual
That's all fine and well, to a homeless person it just seems like utter madness though. Especially knowing that there are millions of empty homes out there.
Like2Fox
The logistical burden of many empty housing spaces is not exactly one-to-one equivalent. Sure, it's a better shelter than a tarp under the bridge, but then it's also deep in some suburb, with water and electricity shut off. There are many actually abandoned places where squatters straight up don't want to live.
Totallycasual
Yeah, of course the issue is complex. I'd be happy if we just forced a use it or lose it type policy, each individual can own 1-2 residential properties, but after that the additional taxes ramp up so high that it becomes a crap place to park money. The people that own these empty houses would be forced to sell, and new home owners could buy them, fix them up and have a home to live in instead of spending over 50% of their income paying off some boomers investment property.
Tootsie1
Not every state has occupancy permits.
mikeatike
Ops pictures seem to all be from Ontario in and around Toronto.
mikeatike
But I don't think a lot of the places they break in to are abandoned, just unoccupied.
Like2Fox
I'm not sure they're actually breaking in. Could be part of their job