Abandoned- Who was "Leslie"? Did they pass away in this lonely old cottage?

This cottage sits on the down slope of a beautiful country side hill south of Adelaide in South Australia. It has to have been built at least as far back as 1860 and has been adapted to electricity later like a lot of these old homes. From items still left inside it looks as though this cottage was last lived in about 1980.
Interestingly this cottage has no plumbing at all, to taps no bathroom and an outside toilet. There is a creek at the front which must have been their source of water which would have been brought up to the house for bathing and cleaning. This is quite amazing as this would have been still the daily routine right up until 1980 when the owner died or moved out. My guess is that someone who was brought up in this home stayed until their dying days as they were used to the simple ways of living when raised. A card with the name "Leslie" is still in good condition which may be the owner or last resident of this beautiful old lonely cottage.

[@Daiska_Plays]

I really love your style of filming and editing. You take your time and show not only every detail, but have a great talent for showing the overall feel of the setting surrounding it. It was easy to imagine this being quite a charming little place before it fell into disrepair. You have a good eye, and I hope your channel grows, you deserve it!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Tanya S thanks for watching! :-) I`m glad your enjoying the videos and how I film them because I do try and give these old places some fresh appreciation from you guys watching! I will be back online later after work so I will be able to answer more comments then! Cheers from Australia! :-)

[@julierobinson7177]

I think the same. It's a pleasure to watch. I'm looking forward to going through all of your videos

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Julie thanks for your support also, really appreciate it and for taking the time to look at some others of mine :-)

[@keithng9853]

Well said Tanya. Couldn't be agreed more.

[@beverlyjones4020]

This one really touches the heart........add the music, the scenery, the content......best explore ever.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Beverly I really wanted to try do this old cottage credit so i`m glad you really enjoyed the content, The personal belongings just make it so much more engaging. Someone loved this place right up til their final days it seems. :-)

[@smilealong1]

I loved how you placed the key in the lock. I could feel the cottage smile.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Linda! :-) thanks for watching, and it felt like the right thing to do so i`m glad you felt that too! :-) I wanted to really show off this old cottage and give her some fresh eyes of appreciation! :-)

[@smilealong1]

Well done and goal accomplished. Thank you for all you share.

[@carolweaver3269]

Lovely surroundings! Beautiful views from each area of the home.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

It's like the old tree reached out to touch it's old friend, the house before it died to try to say "goodbye". You could say this was kind of a sad video , but think of all the happiness that went on there as well with all the lives that spent time in and around that house. I wonder how many children may have been born there & of how many may have passed on. Very nicely filmed. Putting the key in the door was a nice touch. Looks like there was some kind of book right side of the fireplace in the front room. Another great find. Thanks for taking us a long. 💖

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Ruth thanks for your support! :-) Yes the old trees next to her are as much a part of her as the old occupants were. I think this home was very much loved by the person or people right up to the very end. I think they spent the final days here probably. I had a sad but also very happy feeling when I left this place. Happy because the people loved it, sad because the people had to leave it :-)

[@shellwood3616]

I could just imagine some home made apple pies sitting on those plates in the windows. ❤️

[@urbexindigo5164]

That is pretty much what I imagined too Shell :-) Such a pleasant little cottage with a touch of sadness too, thanks for watching :-)

[@liztrainer895]

Would love to do that. Make homemade pies and sit them on the window to cool. They would smell so good it would be hard to wait for them to cool to cut a slice and eat it.

[@donellegilbert621]

Wow! What an incredible find. Tiny little cottage, appeared to had been 2 rooms originally with an add on to the back? The room in the back that the floor was falling in was that maybe the kitchen at some point since it had a fireplace? Was the wall in front of the cottage just to prevent erosion or part of a porch? Sorry for all the questions, I love old structures, but am unfamiliar with pioneer buildings that you find. I'm in the United States log homes are the primary structures often found beneath the siding of, or part of old farm houses here. Usually 1 or 2 rooms in size. My family (5 generations back) settled in the state that I live in around 1812, however there homes are long gone and even as late as my great grandparents homes there brick and wood structures have been torn down. Thanks for sharing your fantastic explore!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Donelle! :-) Thanks for watching , yes that front concrete block was the front porch support which has now toppled forward. There may have been a wooden part too that has rotted away. I found this by total fluke looking for something else so it turned in to a nice little adventure. Love to get away from the city sometimes and see these really old places. Thanks for sharing that info regarding the early homes in the States, sounds like we here in Australia took the styles from our early European settlers and used stone in preference to wood. Australian soil and especially here in South Australia is renown for reactive clay soils that result in the cracks and separations in the stone walls. :-)

[@donellegilbert621]

@@urbexindigo5164 Appreciate the info! See you your next video :-).

[@shirleyharrison2580]

I love you story/ short family history. Really like when people write stuff like that. Thanks for sharing it..

[@donellegilbert621]

@@shirleyharrison2580 your welcome :-).

[@edwinthompson6510]

Hi Donnele Gilbert ......... reading your comment to Urbex Indigo's video is so fascinating... to hear you talk of your ancestors early time in America... My ancestors came here to the USA around the same time from England crossed The Great Plains by wagontrain with a guy called Brigham Young my folks were with Brigham Young the founder fathers of Brigham City Utah ... i now live in Beverly Hills CA }}} Donnele where are you located ... i opalize if its a rude and inoffensive question {{ a breach of your privacy }}... but reading your comment brought back fond memory's thankyou ..Ed

[@joniflanakingriffin3541]

So beautiful there. It was like a fairy tale cottage.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Joni thanks for stopping bye and watching! :-) So glad you felt that way about this place as well. I really enjoyed being there and filming it. So peaceful and old history. :-)

[@nessav7258]

The little shed looked like an outside kitchen and the rafters looked blackened. In the old days they used fuel for lighting . The rod on the mantel, my guess to dry items, to hang food, to hang a cover to stop soot from coming into the room when not in use. If I knew the location, I'd check obituaries and do a bit of investigation. I love doing that.

[@missourired5204]

Wonderful video. Love to imagine the story of an elderly widowed woman living out her last days here in her grief. Perhaps thats a pencil sketch of a lost child illuminated by the lamp. Lovely peaceful location. Well done . I came upon this video while searching.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Missouri Red thanks for watching and yes I was wondering the exact same scenario.....The clothes on the door seemed to be an elderly ladies. The magazines also....The picture indeed is a sketched drawing and the fact they have put a light under it to keep it illuminated suggests a lot of love for it. :-) I got both a sad and happy feeling from being at this place and I`m sure"Leslie" Is at peace. :-)

[@marybethsmith6458]

Seeing the string run from the light to the bed really brought back memories of the houses from my childhood. The string was tied to the head of the bed.All our beds were iron frame bedsteads. If walls could talk, the stories there would be many.Great find.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Wow! Mary thanks for confirming this, I figured thats what it must have been for and it is a great idea indeed :-) Oh I wish the walls could convey everything they have witnessed over the years to unravel the mysteries! :-)

[@deborahfisher4900]

Your respect for this cottage touched my heart and left a lump in my throat .. hauntingly beautiful.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks Deborah :-) I really enjoyed this old cottage and is still one of my most favorite explores! Thanks for appreciating and watching :-)

[@MrGaryRoberton]

The Chinaware on the windowsill reminded me of a great Auntie who used odd saucers as plant stands, See an 18th century teacup saucer holding up an African Violet.She was a bit spooky. your dates are correct. re-fitting homes with electricity time-frames vary, but 1905 to 1915 would be a probable date. Enjoyed to see the old place, if you close one eye, you can see it more as it could have been then.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Gary! :-) Thanks for watching, I really like being at this one a lot. I realized after while doing the video that there was no plumbing anywhere, no taps no bathroom! They must have used the creek water and perhaps a well. Right up til the last days it was occupied, pretty amazing compared to our existence now! :-)

[@brifren2]

Thank you! the filming was beautiful, especially the last part: so artistic and poetic, nostagic, almost tender. A respectful and touching tribute to this old cottage and its past inhabitants. I wish we had also seen close ups of the patterns on the plates left on the window sill, and the stamp at their back if there was one. Also the pots or jug on the ground of the main room... I wish you had shown us (and of course put them back at they were so as not to disturb anything). I really like looking at old dishes and cups or glasses, and sometimes they have a story to tell. I wonder what's happened to this cottage now after three years. It looked both strong, with the stones, tall walls and wooden doors, but also fragile with all the cracks in the walls and floors. Take good care and stay safe!

[@kathygardner8964]

Poor, sad,old house:(

[@chuckstarry4018]

Hi UI... It's very obvious that you have a lot of respect for the individuals that once called these abandoned structures, "home". Your filming has a softness to it, as does your background music. Thanks for all the very special videos you post on KZbin. I sure enjoy them.. Chuck

[@urbexindigo5164]

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 for you guys so I am really glad you are enjoying them! Thanks for watching :-)

[@anaixtar6793]

This really shows what happens when nature reclaims an old house.... especially in any sort of a humid area. Still, the lonely traces of the former owners are evident everywhere. On thing I have found many times over in similar sites, if their are any, and few personal items-- that may remain in 'picked over' homes-- are the collections of cards- Christmas, birthday, various holidays-- graduations. They seem to endure long after everything else has disappeared. I have pondered this many times.... a sad epilogue all the same. I puzzled over the rod that ran across the top of the front parlour fireplaces mantle. Why was that placed there?... it wasn't original to that surround- it was added-- what was it ? My guess is maybe it was for some sort of screen- to hang a thick cloth as a draft barrier when the fireplace wasn't in use- or maybe as an aid in fire building. In my old cottage in in the UK, we would place a sheet of newspaper across the open heath covering the upper portion to cause an air draft to be drawn thru the soft coal at the bottom of the fire grate. It was a very effective way to start a fire, but you had to be very nimble, not to ignite the newspaper !.... Maybe Leslie's relatives were from the Isles and brought this trick years ago to the new home Down Under.... :) The lack of running water may shock us, but once you get used to hauling water and heating it for infrequent bathing, etc., its quite a simple lifestyle. Those porcelain blocks on the electrical panel looked like the very first-ever fuses--- rewindable elements with certain guage wires depending on the amp ratings-- and if you didn't shut off all the power first- a great way to get a good shock (voice of experience ! ) . Thanks for another neat mystery ! .

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Ana! :-) Thanks for stopping bye! The card was indeed in decent shape, would love to know how old it was. I did notice that rod stuck through the mantle also, I was thinking maybe they hung some clothes over it to dry quicker or something lol. The card did have a scottsman palying the bag pipes so you may be write regarding Leslie and their relies. I only notices the lack of taps and plumbing while editing the video! lol I was like wow, they must have relied on the creek or a well which sums up like back in the day!!! :-)

[@mamiebobb4173]

@@urbexindigo5164 I had the same thought. I think I recall seeing one of these videos several years ago and there was a pair of dungarees hanging from rod. Seemed to be a good place to dry them out after a wash.

[@donettemiller7817]

It's a sad little house. Just thinking of a little old lady dying all alone brings me to tears. Such a hard life. Thank you for sharing, I can't even imagine how lonely she must have been. 😥💜

[@timareskog2418]

I'm amazed that despite the floors and ceilings being so rotted away, the walls only have minor cracking and are still looking quite straight and solid. It would be a beaut cottage to fix up. The first shed you went into with the old chimney flue hole in the corrugated iron looked like it was the laundry due to the 3 sided concrete structure that most likely held the wood fire heated copper.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Tim thanks for watching and pointing that out! :-) I was trying to figure out parts like that. Also did you notice there was not one tap or any plumbing of any sort to be seen! They had they creek and perhaps a well somewhere for washing and cleaning. :-)

[@bumpy9024]

Wow! This one was really special! Great job filming! Love the music with the pic at the end. It adds to My emotions of the house Take care and keep up the good work! K Bell Tacoma Washington USA

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Kathy I finally got a chance to get to the comments section, been a busy week at work. Yes this is still one of my favorite place i have been to Kathy, and I did try to create an emotional link to what this place represents and that it should been seen by a lot more people before lost forever. Even in the condition it is in it still gives so many visions of what would have been a very simple but enjoyable time of living right up til the early 80`s it seems. Glad you connected with it too Kathy and thanks for watching :-) Cheers from Adelaide Australia

[@Linsmith571]

I love how you treat this lovely old house with such reverence. Beautiful video of a beautiful place.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi L Smith thanks for watching! :-) SO glad you have felt this way because that is how I really did want to convey this old cottage. It felt very peaceful even with the personal belonging that were still there. It felt like a really well loved place by all that lived there. :-)

[@helenweedon7716]

I'm guessing this was a small-holding with one or two cows, some chickens and a cottage garden/orchard. The two old fridges out the back may have been used to store excess milk, or they may have been converted into useful insulated cupboards. The piece of equipment was some sort of grain hopper, possible a crusher for bruising oats etc for animal feed.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Helen they are all great observations and solve a lot of things too! So interesting to see how simple we can live if required. This place had no plumbing! No taps anywhere! Just the creek water and maybe a well too! Thanks for watching :-)

[@johnrobertson7129]

And a large hello at ya ! The old style fridge units are definately a hazard. I always take my screw gun with me and either remove the lock or the door if necessary. I really enjoy this old style construction. Still standing in spite of its advanced age. Well, time to get moving...... Once again, my very best to you ! J.R.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey JR thanks for stopping bye! :-) I find these old one amazing and there are a lot around, I always figured no one would really like seeing them though in urbex explores. I may make a sub genre for the old stone ruined ones. This one was very good to film and had an obvious story to tell. One of many i`m sure :-)

[@anitapresnell6403]

I love the old houses from the 1800s. How they lived without electricity, air-conditioning and instant hot water... something we now take for granted is beyond me. Imagine having to walk all that way to the outhouse in the middle of the night in the freezing cold!! Thanks for a fantastic explore.

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Came over from Facebook Abandoned Australia Derelict Houses and More. Awesome video and what an amazing stone cottage. That would make the perfect retreat. It is a pity it has been abandoned and no one has bothered to restore it. I wonder who owns the land that it is sitting on? Thank you for sharing. New friend. Smashed the bell 🛎

[@marilynburak4452]

It’s great to see you take your take time showing everything...great work👍

[@urbexindigo5164]

This old cottage is still one of my favs Marilyn! :-)

[@giggles8458]

You said, "Let me know what you saw, that I didn't see" Well, I would think that you probably missed the beautiful reality presented by the barely visible cars running on the road shown in this wonderful exploration a true testimony that the show must go on! Wonderful life goes on! Thank you for such a wonderful tour.

[@teriwilliams3474]

absolutely breathtaking. This is a beautiful kind of romantic place. I could just sit there below the tree taking in picturesque view all day. Very haunting and inspiring.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Teri, this one is still one of my favorite places too! I wish I could have had some actual history on it. It may be one worth following up with the locals. Thanks for watching, really glad you enjoyed :-)

[@Slayerjane61]

I didn't find this house sad at all (except that likely the old lady died). The little home seemed so cozy and loved to me. I noticed that the bedroom had a lovely carpet of roses barely visible beneath the debris. With the bed set up and maybe some curtains and a few things. it would have been a pretty and restful bedroom. The setting is so beautiful, with the bridge across the stream in front of the house. The only thing that I would find difficult would be no plumbing!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey SlayerJane, I think it had a few generations of the same family live here and they did not ever want plumbing because thats the way they got used to it while growing up so they lived that way right up til the end. Pretty amazing old place ! :-0

[@Momvon1]

They probably grew old there and passed away there very nice find!

[@vanessaguinane4379]

@urbex indigo ... Thank YOU!!! Love your filming technique!! You take your time exploring, not rushed & a steady hand makes for great viewing (NOT jumpy, quick movements...results in me feeling nauseous😩). Brilliant closure to explore accompanied with lovely music🎼🎶🎶...it's almost as if you're paying homage to the cottage, it's story etc. Cheers👍😎Vanessa

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Vanessa thanks for watching and your support! :-) Glad to hear i did a decent job, and indeed I was trying to pay homage to this beauty! It will be completely gone one day and no one will remember it or how it aged over the years.....At least it is on video now! Glad you enjoyed, I hope to find more of these old ones! :-)

[@vanessaguinane4379]

Thank you🙌 Urbex Indigo for taking time to respond to my comments! I've been viewing so many of your explores since I posted comment and I have to declare I've come to the conclusion that you have serious balls of steel !!! Shite...the one house on that block of abandoned houses (Anzac highway vicinity) made my stomach tighten the second you stepped inside!! The vibe😨, even as a viewer was so intense!! I would've bolted and NOT looked back😱!!!!!! Thanks again, your filming is 'on point', informative and very easy on the eye-your technique is great!!!!! Keep those explores coming & be safe out there. Wishing you a bloody brill New Year 🎊🎇💫...may 2019 rock!!! Vanessa😎

[@andreaharrington8916]

I love the photograph on the wall. Again you have captured the essence of a home, the spirit. I hope the families that had lived there were very happy and had a fulfilling life.😃💗 Great job!!

[@margaretconnery7422]

You really excelled this time paul starting off with the awesome scenery. I would love to live there cottages are my favourite. The clothes get me every single time. I could just picture Leslie living there in my mind's eye and i dont blame her for staying until the end.The way leslie is spelt is usually the male version and female is Lesley.

[@ilovemydanes]

1:29 who's there 1:32 were empty and never in alone

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi ilovemydanes, do you mean you heard something or saw something?? Thanks for watching :-)

[@ilovemydanes]

Urbex Indigo yes I heard spirit talking when you first showed up..turn up and use headphones sounds like a female

[@rebekkabebee9006]

ilovemydanes No you are right it does sound like a female voice.

[@ilovemydanes]

Rebekka Bebee thank you I thought it did..have a great day..peace

[@rebekkabebee9006]

ilovemydanes Yeah I'm not even into spirit stuff bcuz I have a strong faith in God. But I do enjoy hauntings and watching old abandoned homes when people video tape them. But when I read your message I went back over it several times, and there's definitely what sounds like a female whispering, trying to say something. Good find on your part and good ears. I'm surprised no one else mentioned it. Peace and have a good evening.

[@Murfs_Niche]

My heart hurts for the life & times of "Leslie." It was a beautiful piece of land with a view & a cozy little stone home, I do so hope it was a happy existence for Leslie. God bless his/her soul, rest in peace. 🕊💜🕊

[@urbexindigo5164]

I really wish i had more info on this one Marlene :-) Knowing the life of who Leslie was would be amazing. Thanks for watching and glad you connected with this one :-)

[@GS-cg3yn]

You are REALLY good at putting these videos together.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers for the support G S :-) Glad you like, this old cottage still one of my fas, cheers for watching :-)

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEl😇 BEAUTIFUL, beautiful old stone 🏡 home ; to die for!!! Any known past history?? You could probably renovate it and live there and nobody would ever know!😱🤷🏻‍♀️ wonderful fireplace, very high ceilings for a house that old! Wonder if original beams are underneath?? Love 💕 those old skeleton keys! Would 💗 love a home built like that one! A home so full of secrets and memories I’m sure!!!🕸🕷🥀🌚 👍👍👍🎃🧟‍♀️

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Earth Angel thanks for stopping bye! :-) Yes a few others have said they would love to renovate it, that would be amazing to see! :-) Such a nice peaceful spot. Leslie would be greatful to see new live breathed into it i`m sure! :-) Yeah the old key would have fit all the doors! so cool!

[@earthangel6480]

Thank you very much!

[@MrsC48]

Beautifully captured. New subscriber.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi MrsC48 thanks so much for subbing and watching, glad you enjoyed! :-)

[@katealexander88]

I would love to buy something like this, great soil by the looks, could make paradise.

[@julierobinson7177]

I just adore these old cottages. Just think what them walls have seen over the years. If I had been born over there like I was supposed to be, I'd be living in one of these. Such scenery around and just the sound of birds. This is the second video of yours I've seen and you they are great. Thank you! Oh and that electric wiring isn't much different from my house now! 😂

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Julie are you in the U.K. now? :-) These cottages are awesome, such a start reminder of how well and how much heart and soul went into building your dwelling! This would have been a much loved property over the decades and generations. So glad you have stopped bye to watch :-)

[@karriebakerfreeman8309]

Leslie can be a man or women. It us also a mans name centuries ago.

[@markwilliams1824]

How tranquil it would have been back in its day

[@urbexindigo5164]

Absolutely Mark, still one of my favs this one, thanks for watching :-)

[@Momvon1]

Those last two rooms were probably kitchen and dining area

[@tomnewell5529]

In the shed the funnel type thing and the frame next to it was an old fertiliser spreader that went on back of a tractor Awesome videos 👍

[@ilovemydanes]

So beautiful!! Thank you for sharing this beauty!! I love the old stuff like that! Have a great day...Peace...xx

[@michaelbrodie2739]

Great find. I was expecting you to open the dunny door. I hope she had a happy life.

[@marilyndenler1370]

I wonder how many people called it home?? Thank you for showing it to us♥️

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey marilyn thanks for watching! :-) I think it may have been a few generations of the same family and they were happy leaving the place very simple and without plumbing which suggests the last owners were raised there also being used to simple ways right to the end :-)

[@fatihaidrissi2743]

Thanks for uploading, i will enjoy watching this video, thanks again for the nice work

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Fatiha, thanks for watching! :-) I`m really glad you enjoyed this one as did I. :-)

[@carolfernie8893]

Great video, I would have liked to see inside the lavatory outhouse too! I just wondered what an old toilet looked like.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Haha I did realize while watching the video back that I should have tried opening the door! thanks for watching Carol :-)

[@kennethtrimmer6707]

@@urbexindigo5164 Never know, she might still be sitting there.....

[@elmin82]

interesting place and video

[@cathyreardon8979]

Cathy Reardon How cool was that old stone house. If walls could talk.

[@tinasteer2507]

I think the kitchen was the room you saw the first fridge in and the two at the back room were kept for extra storage. One may have been used as a fridge and the other may have been used for bread, biscuits etc to keep vermin out of your house. Fridges were air tight so good for storage.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Tina I think your on the money with that thinking, makes sense! Fridge and fireplace with the jug and old kettle on the floor. Simple but very cosy way of life. I think they really adored that picture too! :-)

[@sedoragreen8028]

What an absolutely beautiful video. You showed reverence and respect every step of the way. Clearly a much loved in and lived in home for a very long time. There just has to be a long, beautiful history held within those walls. Thanks for a lovely trip thru.

[@urbexindigo5164]

So glad you enjoyed this one Sedora :-) I did try to bring some emotion out of the footage of this old cottage with this video. Cheers for watching :-)

[@Vivianblue.]

Loving your vids, makes it even better that I recognise some of the places you've explored. As an Adelaidian I've often explored our great state along with many abandoned places. I look forward to following your adventures. 🙂

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey I just replied to one of your other comments! :-) Do you still go out exploring or snooping around old homes like me? hhaha :-)

[@janicebreault8599]

Nice video.That place so old and interesting. Beautiful country side.I haven't seen a Chinese checker board in years, I had one when I was a kid.I wish that kids today could see video's like this, maybe they would appreciate what they have today! Looking forward to your other video's Thank you for this one.👍

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Janice I remember my Grand Mother having a Chinese Checker board in the cupboard for me and my sister to play! :-) I really enjoy finding these country ones because I grew up walking around all the paddocks exploring stuff and it`s like a simple childhood again escaping the rat race! :-)

[@gabbygoo2916]

Beautiful countryside!!!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Such a peaceful place Glenann, thanks for watching :-)

[@davidbrown8303]

They left or died around the 80s sad.

[@charlenejohnson4300]

There are a number of people who document these abandoned homes on you tube…. I want you to know you’re my fav.. I just love your style of exploring. The card to Leslie…. Looking at how long that house appears to have been void of human habitation… I wonder that the card hadn’t yellowed with age.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Charlene :-) Thanks for the nice support and I am glad you enjoy my explores. I think the card must have been under other things for many years and maybe only over the last few was uncovered by the breeze or something. 🙂

[@carolweaver3269]

This must have been the cutest cottage EVER! It is to bad it has been left to just crumble. Must have been marvelous at its glory days, for the time it existed, anyway. This home was ready for an elderly person to live comfortably in the older days of life. Often they did keep their family members with them when older as they had no other choice. Having family was important.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Carol thanks for watching :-) Yes this home would have been the pride and joy, and much loved home a long time resident I feel. Glad it is still standing and able to still be seen! :-)

[@heidiwehry3566]

Aren’t you afraid for snakes being in there? Beautiful find. I’d live there without the plumbing. Simpler life.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Heidi, kind of always am wary but I always wear jeans and even snake gators in the long grass so that is good protection usually. Snakes tend to feel humans walking far off and move away pretty quick. Yes simple life hear with the creek for water! Thanks for watching :-)

[@scratchgolfer12]

I love the natural walkway with the creek under it!!!! All the trees are so awesome. They chose a great location. Great looking ceiling. I can't believe you walked on that floor. The chances and risks you take for us...and we thank you. Yuk, you should wear gloves when you touch that nasty stuff.

[@urbexindigo5164]

his old cottage is still one of my fav places Brenda, yes forgot the gloves...oops haha :-)

[@pruehardwick1269]

Just catching up on your earlier videos! I love these early settler cottages. Very quant and also beautiful. What a photographers dream I was also thinking at the end part too. Would make some gorgeous black and white pics here!! The age, textures, natural decay has a beauty to it.

[@urbexindigo5164]

So glad you liked and watched this one Prue, still one of my all time favs! :-)

[@williamradford9631]

What happened to the owner? "Leslie" did she/they go in to care? die in a care home. This place looks very old, left abandoned for a very long time. Severe structural problems

[@urbexindigo5164]

This is a question I would love to be able to answer William. I would have to track down the farm owner and get the history or hope they know the history. :-)

[@virginiamoss7045]

Very nice camera work. Very Appropriate music and not too loud. Very interesting find. The trees look even older than the cottage. I noticed several clearly worn foot paths; who has been walking there so much recently? I hate to think of an old lady living there so primitively. The roof must still be holding as the ceilings are holding. Strip it down and there's a sturdy structure to support a renovation of the original part. Maybe a weekend getaway from the city, just to sit and chill.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Virginia thanks for watching :-) Those fresh track are from the cows! hehe, they were up the back of the paddock luckily. :-) They would wander back and fourth from the creek a few times a day probably. Glad they did not see me as cows tend to think all humans are there to feed them and they come running lol . Yes this place was amazing. It had a real feel of many many memories gone by and a simple life! I would love to see someone tackle this and restore it, would be soo good! Thanks again Virginia :-0

[@shirleyharrison2580]

Wow..that was a great video. What a find ! That photo on the wall with the light on it was odd, but they must of had a reason, maybe a special one to them. That bed was really old, maybe an old metal frame ? Good job filming too.. Thanks for sharing this.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey shirley! :-) Yes that was indeed an old metal bed frame :-) I think the picture was a sketch drawing but obviously special to the last occupants. Glad you enjoyed :-)

[@LL-sq8se]

I think it had been a possibility cozy home ! I wonder why they left that picture !?They obviously were very fond of it...Was it a photo?.. Perhaps their child? It had definitely been a pretty place at one time! I liked this video very much ..Thank you!👍🙋🕊️🕊️

[@tinasteer2507]

I am pretty sure that the picture you are referring to was originally a calendar front.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Tina thnaks for watching! Yes the picture seems more like a sketched drawing than a photo. Who ever was there must have enjoyed it. :-)

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi L L :-) The picture was more of a drawing than a photo, but perhaps of someone dear to them? Anyway they seems to enjoy it enough which is what counts :-) Thanks for watching Again L L

[@nitacarlson8393]

Love your accent

[@lisaalderman841]

Are my word this place is beautiful and beyond picture on Wall of little girl are you're so lucky fantastic find thankyou.for sharing this bless you

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Lisa, my pleasure! Glad you enjoyed this one, as did i. Thanks for watching and your comments :-)

[@shirleybaughman4512]

It made my day to see a new video from Urbex Indigo on my phone. The scenery, the cottage, and the best production work ever. I would love to have seen the pitcher sitting in front of the fireplace. The broken glass from the front window was under the crockery. I wonder how that happened. Great find! Thanks

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Shirley thanks for watching! Gad you enjoyed. I may go back to this one again for sure, there were some items on the floor worth looking at that i did not as you said :-)

[@koolerking440]

Its strange. It’s basically was a two room house, for everything early on (the outhouse and lean too would’ve been put up quite a while after the initial house was put up.)

[@urbexindigo5164]

So true Koolerking :-) Very simple living, definite early settlers cottage of the area :-)

[@williamradford9631]

Very nice footage, Left for a very, very long time. Owner Leslie, who was she? did she go into care? Sad remains of this property rotting away, needs demolishing

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey William, this one is still one of my favorites. Very simple but intriguing old cottage with many many many memories and stories to tell. Thanks for watching :-)

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

Thank you for exploring and showing this once loved home with the respect that it deserves. It is very humbling in this day and age, when many people live with a want-all and throw away lifestyle. It brought to mind a lady named Hannah Hauxwell, who lived on a small family farm in the Yorkshire Dales (UK). She was discovered (in the early 1970s), living as her ancestors had done. You can find her story on YT - Too Long A Winter is the one to start with. Have subscribed and now watched a few of your videos. Looking forward to journeying into the past with you - via YT.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey R. Me thanks so much for your support and that story sounds amzing and I will watch it for sure! Glad you appreciate these old historic places, I find them amazing :-)

[@Skittlesskittles-om6hp]

Wow what a busy place. At 1:18 I hear a high pitch female voice say “OPEN”...at 1:29 and 1:32 I did hear also the male voice and female voice. But Even before then at 1:24 you hear “DON’T GO IN THE HOUSE”..😳😳😳😳 At 2:01 you hear a male voice say “I’M STUCK’”😳😳. Female voice from 2: 21 to 2:25 it says “DON’T GO IN THERE” “THEEEREE”...2:32 “NOT THERE”...Interesting house but it is extremely busy. It has tons of residual left behind. It almost seems like they are going along on your exploration. Cool caterpillar at 3:51. At 9:20 when you put the key in a male whispering voice says “NOT IN THERE”...Awesome found. Wonder the history on this place. Love the mantle. ❤️❤️❤️ I love your videos they are so cool. It is awesome that you like exploring and like sharing your videos. I think us viewers are so lucky to be able and go with you on your exciting explorations. Thank you honestly it is “AWESOME IN SO MANY LEVELS” what you do.......👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Skittles! :-) You are obviously a sensitive to the paranormal as I miss all these things you hear. I do feel sometimes the energy shift in houses and wonder if i`m alone. I definitely believe in the residual energy of past owners being imprinted in the homes they spent so much time in. You should check my Paranormal Channel, here is the link- kzbin.info/door/QjIGCYi-49a3jnJMYMWEUw

[@Skittlesskittles-om6hp]

Urbex Indigo interesting you say I am sensitive. Because I didn’t even know that it was called. Honestly I thought I was going “BONKERS”..one night I woke up like at 2:30 in the morning hearing people talking in my room and even heard a radio playing. I thought I was dreaming since whatever was going on would not quiet down. I put my headphones on and started surfing You Tube and then found the most “AWESOME EXPLORATIONS”. “URBEX INDIGO”....of course 👍👍❤️❤️👏👏👏👏... And believe me I looked at so many videos of different explorers but by FAR yours are 100% the best. I do not know if I am sensitive to the Paranormal stuff but when I am in different places I get overwhelmed with emotions and feelings. At times I feel uneasy and scared. But figured we should fear the living and not the dead. And I am very grounded with my creator...MY HEAVENLY FATHER..I always remember the scripture that says “EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF... THEY COMFORT ME..Anyhow someone told me it has to do with my blood type being RH -O NEGATIVE. But my mom my dad and 2 brothers are all RH -O NEGATIVE. Guess do not know what it means. I will check out your other channel. I am sure it is “SUPER AWESOME TOO”...Again “THANK YOU” 👍👍👍👍👍👍 for making the most “AWESOME VIDEOS AND EXPLORATIONS” and most of all letting us coming along. YOUR AWESOME..GOD BLESS YOU...👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sharondavidson2581]

Nice little stone cottage.Could be restored.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Sharon I would love to see this restored! To me these places seem nearly lost but many people to say they can be brought back to life which would be amazing! Thanks for watching :-)

[@Thomas-wn7cl]

I like how you try to date the house and bring the contents into context. Instead of nostalgia and spectualtion, a brief history of the area or anything else related to the house would be more interesting. Most people doing these videos know very little about construction, architecture or history, so they try to cover their deficiencies with spookyness or nostalgia.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Thomas thanks for watching! :-) Well I enjoy trying to figure out the facts while then and there, slowly i`m learning more and more and feel confident with certain aspects of construction to comment now. haha. I have some more coming that I can give the history about. :-)

[@jomama5186]

Wow. Amazing. Whatta shame nobody cares for this place :(

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Joann this is still one of my favorite finds. Glad you liked it too! :-)

[@jackyhawkins1895]

Hi, small, but pretty little place and certainly made to last. It's done well surviving this long with no one to love it. Beautiful filming. Great job. Take care

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Jacky, glad you enjoyed this one as did I :-) Thanks for watching!

[@heathermckay2327]

Beautiful countryside....Can you imagine the Holidays that were spent in that house??....So sad....

[@urbexindigo5164]

Absolutely Heather. Such a simple way to live, must have been a family owned cottage for generations. There was no plumbing at all, to taps, no bathroom just the creek and maybe a well. Thanks for watching :-)

[@kayhalliwell4404]

This was a really awesome find but a little sad :-(. I wish you would have opened the door of the earth closet. You video work is great - steady.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Kay and thanks so much for watching and commenting, really glad you enjoyed this one and I agree it was a little sad but also very peaceful as I think this place was a very much loved home for a long time :-)

[@dollybelfiore7628]

If you're referring to the shitter... I wholeheartedly have to agree. I really wanted to see if anyone had bothered to unearth any sunken treasures! …Oh, Yes...It's True! ….many o cherished items...just lost in Pooh!

[@lisaalderman841]

Properties in them.days lot better than ours brick work amazing we would call it listened buildings are it's amazing sit in house for a while with. A cuppa take everything in close eyes while doing this amagination can go further than uou thing bless you I can hear buzzing it it's bees be careful

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Lisa yes the old stone work and wooden floors are always amazing to see even though the flooring here has rotted the cottage still stand steady with nice aged scares and decay. :-) It would have been a very loved place right up until the end i`m sure :-)

[@greglittle1349]

Wow I just love these old houses Indy, Beaut area too... Soooo green and lush looking. I wanted you to wash the plate so I could see the pattern ☺️ lol Thanks for the walk around hope you find more of these oldies 👍

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Greg thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed! Yeah this area is down south more where the dairy farms are with green green grass! :-)

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Beautiful Cottage! Scenery is awesome as well. What a find!

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Marlo! thanks for stopping bye! I knew you would enjoy this one actually. Such a peaceful place and nature is claiming back slowly what was one a beloved home! :-) I will catch up on your explores too! :-)

[@julesb3430]

Susan Hampshire is a very famous, English Actor

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Julie thanks for that, I also later recognized Gregory Peck whenwatching it back haha :-)

[@maristresemann4552]

Great location for the house. I was surprised to see pipes coming from the power box instead of wires.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Yep adapted for electricity probably around the late 50`s or 60`s this far out in rural Mari :-)

[@Momvon1]

What a beautiful old house probably wired for electrical in the 30s from the switches. Looks like it had a porch on the front what a grand little cottage, the view would be great.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Vonda! :-) Yes the front porch slab had fallen forward. I love seeing these old ones and picturing how simple life was. Simple but hard also.

[@JonathonWoodgate]

Adapted = retrofitted

[@urbexindigo5164]

Oops thanks Jonathon :-)

[@knowtheway2791]

Good job. I was trying to figure out if there were 2 bedrooms, and one living room with some sort of bldg. added later.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey DesciplesOfYeshua thanks for watching! :-) Yes particularly from the rear of the cottage you can see the back room has been added a bit later than the main rectangle structure! Lovely old place! :-)

[@carolweaver3269]

That is what I thought. It was like a kitchen/living room and later another room. This elderly person must have lived off kitchen /living room, and kept' warm with fireplace . Often they would use pots under their beds for at night, and' out houses 'during the day. So probably this was a lady maybe in her later years left alone, after spouse passed? Just doing her best to survive and stay at home. Hopefully family lived near by, or one family member added on a room, and moved in?

[@nitacarlson8393]

Loved seeing the old key and the magazines with the date nice job nice video

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers for watching Nita, glad you liked :-)

[@meganpaull6140]

Very haunting and beautiful great explore love your videos

[@urbexindigo5164]

Another one of my Favs Megan! :-) Glad you enjoyed

[@Katrina-z1c]

Love these old little houses, mansion don't have character, like these little places do.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi K :-) Well said and I agree, the smaller homes and in particular old cottages like this have a very personal and identifiable feel to them. Thanks for watching :-)

[@bettymunroe5347]

I have viewed many of these places. Hats off to you best one ever. Thanks.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Betty I really appreciate you saying that. I felt this old cottage has many stories and memories over the decades and it would have been a shame if it slipped out of existence without anyone admiring it anymore. Cheers for watching Betty :-)

[@sueturnermrsuniverseaustra4220]

Absolutely brilliant explore... is this one around Ballarat as well ?

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Sue :-) No this one is actually South Australia, just out of Adelaide toward the coast of Victor Harbour. I live in and work in Adelaide but are back in Victoria several times a year.Glad you enjoyed this one too Sue, one of my Fav`s also :-)

[@LindaPatton1980]

The "new idea" mag was published 14 days after I was born...crazy😁👍 ....where exactly was this? I'd love to take some external photos 🤞

[@LindaPatton1980]

Also did you get permission ?

[@urbexindigo5164]

Haha it crazy what turns up in these old places! Thanks for watching Linda, I will see if i can give out the location, it was agreed I was not to though at the time. :-)

[@vernonsanders9611]

Yhe fridge and vacuum cleaner are. From 1970s

[@urbexindigo5164]

Late seventies and Early 80`s seem to be the last evidence of living in this old one Vernon. One of my favs this one! :-)

[@madelineluvspugs5141]

Old but has a good vibe to it! Beautiful place ..❤️TY for sharing -

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey MadelineZ thanks for watching :-) My pleasure for sharing. Cheers :-)

[@JuliaHarrisx]

The card looks like it may have a Scottish connection with the piper/guardsman on the front. I’m probably stating the obvious but just in case...... 💋 xx

[@urbexindigo5164]

No one else has said it Julia but I had thought it also! hehe cheers foe watching and commenting :-)

[@JuliaHarrisx]

Urbex Indigo No problem. I enjoy watching them 😁💋xx

[@violetchloe399]

Very touching how you filmed this home. Lovely setting again. Thank you.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Laura anne thanks so much for watching and those comments! I did want to give an emotional type visual that conveyed what was once a loved and cosy home for someone or a family i`m sure at some point. Hopefully "Leslie" Is well and truely at peace. :-)

[@marciadodd1412]

I really liked this settler cottage. You did a very good job.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey Marcia thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed this one. I did too, enough left to give a picture of how it was a very simple life for someone who most likely lived their last days here. :-)

[@JackJohnson-yk2fh]

Awesome video 👍

[@lindagill1793]

Never understood Chinese checkers...lol I had them tho.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Haha, me and my sister used to play it at our Grandma`s. Kind of remember how it works lol. Thanks for watching :-)