Abandoned- Classic original retro 50`s home! Plus big old Villa and little bungalow

[@crizzy8373]

The first house is in pristine condition with tons of built in charm! It hurts my heart that it has been destroyed!! The stained glass in the 3rd home was kind of alienesque and the fireplace was gorgeous!

[@kategulick4781]

I about cried thinking about the first house being demolished. There are not enough words to describe how beautiful it is.

[@michelemcguire8995]

its stunning

[@Pruzie83]

It does make you wonder when its a deceased estate, that the previous owners would be rolling in their grave if they'd see what's going to happen to this absolutely stunning example of the 50s. All the sweat, tears, memories and hard work makes a home of such beauty as this❤ But documented now I'm sure they're cheering you on!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Well said Prue. Yep I bet they were hoping another young family could buy it and lovit for another 60`s years. Cheers for watching :-)

[@bubnjo124]

Fallen in love with this home, I hate the idea of it being demolished, all that beauty and well kept!

[@jennypursche4488]

Absolutely love the stained glass so original colours and patterns on the 3rd house

[@terripebsworth9623]

Their was a lot of pride of ownership in that first house. It must have been a great place to grow up and spend ones twilight years.

[@Suzi44466]

That first home is absolutely gorgeous 🥰 how amazing is it that it’s been kept 90% original. Wow.

[@MrGaryRoberton]

First home was a Great quality 50s House, the corner windows by the fire, a old hardwired clock( when they got old the buzz from the motor would drive you strange) built in valance for the draperies.. I had a neighbor who used to use a pasta maker and had linguine drying hung over a broomstick in her porch. homemade tomato sauce and preserves as well. Can just see the old owner of the seond place out there pressing his grapes as well Cheers.

[@susanmiller4159]

Loved all three! That shed/shop has every frig the house had it seems. Amazing! My dad had a building from the military base nearby that he used for his man cave long before we called them that. The base was where he served in the army and you could buy old buildings cheap if you moved them. It was the hang out for all the men folk esp in winter. He had all the old appliances and furniture as well as tools, tv, etc. Not sure exactly why he quit using it but it kind of sat there for some years. He had a stroke in 2009 and for some reason he wanted that building gone. The roof was leaking and it was getting moldy. We have video of him driving his electric chair around in circles on the cement pad. He passed in 2013. Such bittersweet memories. Thanks for sharing. ❤️

[@denisewatson5295]

I loved the 1st house 🏠. I love to see art deco design in the house 🏠. I also liked the 3rd house . I love the stain glass and especially the old fireplace . Thanks for sharing 👍😊😀. Take care 😀😊.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks for watching Denise :-) I love art deco too

[@andreakalus6277]

Hello from Sweden,it so sad that they are toring sön.I love that 50 house.😞🤗💜

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Andrea :-) Thanks for watching. Cheers from Australia :-)

[@annehardy4329]

Well Paul you've done it again three great homes but the best was the 50's home. I just fell in love with that one and the table tucked away. It would be great to be able to build 50's house today they had so much cupboard space not like the modern blocks today. Thanks again Paul three great videos.

[@priscillaa.8548]

Loved the first home! Especially liked the curved shelves. Awesome. And beautiful flooring too.

[@Caro_arch5801]

That 50’s was a beauty! Would have been a fantastic place when originally built. I loved the curved cupboard in the dining room!

[@pattigolden1]

What a beautiful home!!! Breaks my heart to see it go, especially after someone put all new flooring... And it's amazing that the family approved of your explore!! You do everything with the utmost respect. 💕 For the folding table in the laundry, the legs swing out. 😉 The 2nd house was probably stunning in it's youth too. It's a shame for all that fruit goes to waste. Really curious about #3, gorgeous stained glass & fireplace juxtaposed to doorways being ripped apart...

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed patti :-) Cheers for the nice support and for watching :-)

[@deadfis39]

The first home is absolutely beautiful, the workmanship is amazing the cupboards in the kitchen the Formica bench tops , everything about it I love it , I'd move in tomorrow , but sadly that will never happen .

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

What a shame these beauties will be gone. I liked the first home and the Villa was lovely with the cool gardens. The last home with the blue stained glass and roses. Thanks for the explores you take us on :)

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Wendy, thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed :-)

[@christinetrianta9185]

Woow thanks so much for the upload Paul .

[@urbexindigo5164]

My pleasure Christine :-) Cheers for watching :-)

[@catb-w5212]

Oh nice kitchen and the table nook is so cute and the bathroom love it what a beautiful home I could see how it would have looked I would have loved to live there my kinda of home ❤️😸

[@minimad8432]

Ah wow i love that Kitchen set up in the 1st place so great what a time capsule that house is, Ohh and you got to do a Shed rummage, i could spend ages in places like that, looking at old stuff. Cheers for posting :) MM

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi MM :-) Yep the first one was a time capsule, so sad it wont live on though :-( Cheers for watching again :-)

[@minimad8432]

@@urbexindigo5164 No worries 👍

[@pamswilder51]

Thank you.

[@littlebopeeps5852]

I have never seen those hard wired clocks. Loved the crickets chirping at the beginning of the video.

[@christinewheeler6443]

I love your videos...the places are really something, and you make me feel like I'm there right with you....thank you so much....be safe and keep adventuring.......

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you like them Christine :-) Thanks for the support and for watching :)

[@wanderlust6828]

I loved all 3 homes you can tell each of were loved by their owners 😊

[@JohnShinn1960]

Love the first house for bein original, second for the contents of the garage and third for it's stained glass windows and fireplace. Thanks for the tour Paul! 👍👍👍 🇺🇲

[@brendacolter368]

The part I like the most on the last one was the stained glass, that’s always one of my favorites not to leave out that blue is my favorite color.

[@urbexindigo5164]

It was nice for sure Brenda :-)

[@sandrakoch8682]

I Love the beautiful first home, wish that they would not debolish it. On the last home I enjoyed seeing the stain glass, and the fireplace.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Agreed Sandra, thanks for watching :-)

[@lee-annelandownunder4731]

That first house was so clean and the kitchen would have been someone’s pride and joy xxx

[@charlenejohnson4300]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful homes from the past .

[@kimfitzgeraldrockfam8973]

Loved the first house very cool and picture rails are those timber boarders and a cool old drill press aswell

[@carrieashley6465]

Lovely old house like color in bath room and again ty for sharing tc and gb The art work in sec house was cool and big old frig was cool part they use them in store and restaurants great find there

[@bonnieh5790]

The first home was loved, and so clean. It reminds me of my in-laws house. A lot of the same colors. They had the original bathrooms in the house. (blue & pink) They had their house built in the late 50s. It was sold when they died 2019. The house flippers gutted it except for the hardwood floors. My mother-in-law would have been sad. She took such pride in her home. They raised 4 children in that small (by today)house. Btw not in Australia, in Alabama. I am happy to see that someone is saving items from these homes.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks for sharing Bonnie :-) I like hearing that long time owners really loved their home and stayed til the end. Cheers for watching :-)

[@myretiredlife.9261]

That 50s home was well designed. I loved the curved bookshelves. Too bad it has to go because it has good bones.

[@meganpaull6140]

🌟Aww just love the classics, oh wow the villa absolutely beautiful what a shame it’s gone forever. The third house was very cosy and cute. Thank you soo much again. 😊🌟❤️:-)

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Megan :-) Cheers for watching, glad you enjoyed :-)

[@loubowen8082]

Thanks for the chance to see these before they destroy them

[@kenem1946]

Having grown up in late 1940 and 1950 homes, house no1 was wonderful history for me. I think no1 was a high end build for the time, hence the quality wardrobes, cupboards etc. The Smiths 240 volt wall clock is iconic for the 1950s and '60s. The company I worked for from the early 1960s was a distributor and servicing agent for the Smiths clock manufacturing company ... if I saw one of those at a market I'd 'grab it with both hands'!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thought you would enjoy the nostalgia with this one Ken! :-) And finally a shed in the second with some things to look at haha. Cheers for watching, shame they are knocking them down

[@janacollins-maguire4942]

Lovely home Paul. Cheers & thanks for sharing. ☮️

[@rosesperfumelace]

That 50's house so nice. All good things come to an end. Can't imagine it being in a family that long and now it isn't. 😕

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Marlena :-) They must have really loved their home and enjoyed til the end. :-)

[@user-iamRobinV68]

Love the lime tree! Did you take some home with ya?? Great explore as always!, 🥰🥰🥰

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Robin :-) Na I did not take any but should have :-)

[@corinnebyford6240]

Wow how gorgeous was that first home? So many people would love to live there, me included, with all the retro 50s details, such a shame 😕 Thank you for the shout out - it made my day!! X

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed it Corinne and my pleasure :-) Yep that 50`s homes was a real gem. Cheers for the support and watching :-)

[@corinnebyford6240]

@@urbexindigo5164 just one thing, my 82 year old Mum wants a shout out of her own, she's called Maureen & she's a buggerboo!! 😆 🤣 xx

[@littlebopeeps5852]

These videos are a sober reminder of how quickly life passes by.

[@nicolebotham7323]

Another awesome video 🤩 The first house in the same family for so long, obviously they looked after it really well going by the condition of it.

[@dorenedaniels7493]

Beautiful Old home's I love them so thank you so much from Georgia

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Three really pretty homes! I loved them all!

[@elizabethfrederick2434]

I love the clock and breakfast nook, this house is full of charector and I would have loved to own it.

[@susiegnall3971]

The first home was wonderful! You could tell great care was taken with it! Such a shame to have to lose it! There were some great features in the other homes, especially the stained glass in the last one! I often feel bad about the loss of the great fruit trees there have been! Such is progress, I guess! Thanks!

[@brendacolter368]

I love the way in the times of the past they paid attention to the entry with pillars and designs of the entryway to the home. I did like the original style of the home with very few changes to it’s original home. Again sandstone, love it. What a shame to lose such beautiful history. I would hope the one good thing is they do save some of the pieces to use elsewhere I’m sure at a price.

[@mavahuth5044]

I liked the first one. They were lucky to be able to stay in their house until the end. You were brave to open up all those refrigerators.😝. I think it would be neat if you came to the United States and checked out some of our old homes. It would be neat to compare. The different styles.

[@myretiredlife.9261]

Urban Exploring with Kappy explores old homes in the US. Many of the homes are in rough shape though but he does find some with beautiful details. Restoration Nation tours some beautifully restored homes. The Second Empire Strikes Back is filming his restoration of a 2nd Empire style home in St. Louis. Sometimes he will show other homes in his neighborhood.

[@mavahuth5044]

@@myretiredlife.9261 Thanks for letting me know, about your two ideas. Krappy are in rough shape. The other one I have never heard of.

[@JohnShinn1960]

I like how they have a separate room for the "loo". It's a great idea and I wonder why it's not done here.

[@mavahuth5044]

@@JohnShinn1960 I have seen some houses that have the toilet that is kind of shut off from the rest of the bathroom.

[@myretiredlife.9261]

@Mava Huth - There’s actually three suggestions. Urban Exploring with Kappy Restoration Nation The Second Empire Strikes Back

[@almaberthelson6139]

I loved the entrance to the first home, wish there was some way to save the lime tree,what a waste...thanks for the great explore Paul. 😀 Beautiful roses an stain glass at the 3rd home.

[@francoiset1068]

Good morning Paul,I can't believe that that 50s home is getting demolished,they should keep it for movies of the era ,such a shame all that history just destroyed all the houses had their charm ,loved as usual your wonderful explores have a great week and a big 🤗 from a Frenchy in Australia 🇫🇷🇦🇺

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

Oh my,what a beauty the first house I grew up in the 50s and 60s,I would love to have an old home from that era.Great video Paul thank you 👍😍🇺🇸

[@joharmon2148]

The first place needs is a little paint and love 😔

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers for watching Jo :-)

[@nilsarivera612]

I LOVE THAT FIRST HOUSE

[@elmin82]

The first house entrance, wow..

[@lilathacker9790]

Love these older homes, so much storage! Love your Amazing videos. Your so respectful in showing these videos, thanks

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thank you so much Lila :-) They are old treasures and I am glad you guys and gals like watching them! Cheers :-)

[@wendydawson2053]

Beautiful family home with deco features soon to be gone. Too sad.

[@ComehitherwithHeather]

I would move into the first house tomorrow given half the chance!! Thank you so much for the walk through!!!

[@petegaskin8561]

Another awesome video I loved the first house nice to see it in it’s original state good work mate the second one would of been beautiful in it’s heyday

[@kenem1946]

I forgot to add ... pity about the 'factory' built next door!

[@denisstith9591]

Such a beauty, ❤

[@michaelgrier3062]

Nice beautiful home

[@patricialangford5380]

Hi Paul, love that first home was nice lots and lots of memories for the family.Second one love the lime tree. Always enjoy your videos see you on the next one.

[@michelemcguire8995]

theres at least a handful of homes still here in Michigan that has those corner windows, love them

[@williamradford8817]

First property with lots of character, new cooker. master bedroom with handy bedside shelves etc. New build next door, characterless boxlike construction

[@jennypursche4488]

Lots of houses built in the early 50s still had building construction supply shortages due to WWII. Most only 2 bedrooms and a sleepout (had to have louvre windows) are small bedrooms. This was a government restrictions, My parents and uncles and aunts all told me the same story They'd be 100+ years old now and most served in WWII. RIP

[@Bluerose888]

First house, Love the tub. I really liked it! What was making that sound in the backyard at 2:58? Frogs, Cicadas? Second house was okay. Third house Pretty stained glass.

[@wernersadventures8330]

Hey Paul cool house mate loved that kitchen, all the built in cupboards and that small trapdoor next to the fire place wow didn't now they existed to put the fire logs in, neat and tidy. Those crickets added a cool vibe love the sounds of crickets. I would of picked all those limes, guitar looked cool. Alot of stuff in that shed looks like you could still use it. And that old kelvinator shop fridge what a awsome piece that was. I could play hide and seek in that freezer nar just kidding im to fat Lol. Loved the stained glass on that last one looked like aliens kinda cool these explores were great mate cheers.

[@garysmith5781]

I work on old military housing, In the US. some from late 50's early 60's. All have terrazzo floors. Sadly a lot of them have been covered with boring tile. I love the old terrazzo, those days homes were built by Craftsmen..

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks for sharing Gary :-) The terrazzo always looks classy in my opinion and the difference in character in todays assembled homes is night and day. Cheers for watching :-)

[@slaypire]

homes are like cars, they don't make them like they used to.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi TQG :-)Yep I have to agree! :-)

[@barbtownsend5616]

Gorgus.

[@markkilley2683]

We just don't appreciate much these days. We just dig it up, rip it it up, or pull it down. Not very often one sees a 5 string guitar.

[@brennapoling8076]

Called crown molding. Love ❤️ these old homes. Why don't they save them. Especially if they are 1950's homes. Here in the USA 🇺🇸 we keep our 1950 homes.

[@margaretfalconer8431]

A beautiful home shame to demolish

[@annabelleb.8096]

The updates to the first home are really beautiful. I think a house like this would sell very quickly in the USA. Going to be torn down???? 😲

[@daveshrum1749]

What was that small square hole for with the two doors in the first house ? You said bread and milk ? Sorry I'm American I don't understand what that's for. Thought I'd ask lol. Love your Channel been watching for a long time.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Dave :-) Back in the day even up until the early 70`s the local baker and milkman used to deliver your home by horse and cart also van and those hatches allowed them to put it inside the home directly :-) I guess over the years leaving it on the front door step gave thieves easy pickings haha. :-) Cheers for watching :-) I may do a vid on this now :-)

[@daveshrum1749]

@@urbexindigo5164 thanks for the answer. I've been in a lot of 50s houses in America and I don't think we had that.

[@myretiredlife.9261]

I grew up in Ohio in the 60s and 70s and remember getting milk delivered by the milk man. We had an insulated box next to the front door. When you empty a bottle you put it in the box for the milkman to pick up on his next delivery.

[@daveshrum1749]

@@myretiredlife.9261 I was born in 71. Either the houses in the areas I lived in didn't have anything like that or else they had been remodeled long ago and I just never saw them that way.

[@JohnShinn1960]

@@myretiredlife.9261 Same here! 👍

[@myretiredlife.9261]

Stop and go back! 🤗 What was that four seasons box on the wall of the second home? I have something similar on the wall in my kitchen. My townhome was built in 1964. I haven’t been able to figure out what the box did.

[@urbexindigo5164]

I will try see it in the video MRL :-) Not sure I can remember :-)

[@myretiredlife.9261]

It’s at the 29:00 minute mark.

[@urbexindigo5164]

@@myretiredlife.9261 that was the control switch for the ceiling fan :-)

[@myretiredlife.9261]

@@urbexindigo5164 that’s crazy. There is a ceiling fan in my kitchen but it’s not controlled by that box. Thanks.

[@jennypursche4488]

That 2nd house was still in great condition, didn't see cracks etc

[@orionwarren4244]

Those 'space age' boxes 0:38 going in next to the old girl aren't promoting 'preservation', at least aesthetically.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi OW :-) Yep those boxes next door no doubt will also replace this classic time capsule. Cheers for watching :-)

[@JohnShinn1960]

And they'll be dated lookin and out of style real soon!

[@blazy7250]

I would love and wish to live in that first house... absolutely maddening to think it’s going to be demolished and made into those sad excuses for architecture next door, those things are like boxes and packed in like sardines cans! shame shame shame!

[@elainelawler9617]

❤️🌹

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks for watching Elaine :-)

[@lindaj1957]

These homes that are being demolished makes for a sad ending to history. I believe the trim along the ceiling is called crown molding. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@alexanderweikert]

Anyone know where this is? Would love to go to photograph and just see all these abandoned places

[@pamanderson4690]

Do these old fittings like bathroom and kitchen cupboards get salvaged and sold? I'm looking to redo my fifties home in original style. Maybe everything just gets bulldozed. If any one can recommend a good salvage yard which sells this kind of stuff would be appreciated. Thanks Pamela

[@elizabethfrederick2434]

I would have those pictures

[@davidfalconer1639]

What ABOUT the shed down back where there maybe stuff.

[@icatz]

All this is really depressing but... the beautiful floorboards, do they take them out and resell them? What I mean is here in the states people will often buy old floorboards from homes that have been demolished and put them in new homes or houses they're refurbishing or whatever. Do they do that down there? That first house, it's criminal. It's 10x nicer than my 1945 house, and I only have 1 bit of art deco work in the kitchen. (I did buy mine from the original owners' kids after the parents died.)

[@kathythomas7371]

#1 house: only one toilet in the laundry.???

[@julzcares]

Thank you Paul for an interesting explore of three lovely gold gems, all from different eras. The first home 🏡appeared to be structurally well built for the early 1950s and would no doubt be an Art Deco home lovers dream purchase. I absolutely love the stone facade of the Federation Villa 🏚and would have been an ideal home to restore. Even the Bungalow had character and so much to offer if restored back to glory.🏚😊

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed it Julz, yep a nice vary of era`s in this vid. The 50`s home could be a dream home for sure for someone. Cheers again for watching :-)