Abandoned Cottage Full of stuff - SCOTLAND

[@Nessevan]

As fascinated I am by the images it leaves me with mixed feelings. I always imagine when seeing images like these that at one time it wasn't an abandoned cottage but a home to someone or a family. A place where conversations were had. Where people laughed, argued and did all the thing families do. The stuff, as it is called in the title, scattered around belonged to someone. Some of it probably had real meaning to a person now probably long gone. A home with stuff in it, but without live, is often enough a sad place. That's the feeling i'm left with to be honest.

[@LuizCarlos-zv7sg]

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[@lunis471]

Absolutely 🥺

[@julistarling8382]

I was thinking how it used to be a happy place, but yes, you're right too.

[@julistarling8382]

With stuff is happier than without, seems to me, in some ways.

[@kensanity178]

And, it's an accurate feeling. It's almost a certainty that the people who left didnt really want to. They had to. We cant know why always, but you dont need to be a rocket scientist to know, a mishap, a tragedy, misfortune in some form befell these people. They got where they were going with their Asses, but not their stuff. Sad.

[@JohnFisk-OHS-78]

06:10 - So poignant. A clean cardigan hanging on the wall and a cane propped up nearby - this was someone's home until the day they fell ill and had to leave or passed. We come into the world naked and leave the same way. RIP dear soul.

[@umitgumus5972]

Such abondoned houses always touched my soul. It is deeply impressing to know that every object under that roof used by a human in time...

[@laughinghawk8522]

The photos of the woman and baby and then the little toys next to them got to me.

[@lieslceleste3395]

There must be records of who lived there. It wasnt that long ago. I’d love to know why they just left all behind. Fingers crossed they won the lottery.

[@desmagennis7830]

Time just stopped in that house …..

[@sandrastevens2793]

I saw a video of a women who was still living in her family's cottage from her great grandfathers time. She kept it true to the time with not many if at all modern conveniences. She collected water from a stream. Had some animals and was living a 19th century life. It was fascinating to see how she was living a simple life there taking care of herself.

[@bertroost1675]

This video is somewhere here on youtube. I've seen it too.

[@1211jinx]

I would love to watch her video.Do you mind sharing the link please?

[@bertroost1675]

@@1211jinx I will look, wait. Found it! Enjoy it, it is very nice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooOvapx_g5iFbtU

[@lucialopez7153]

@@bertroost1675 thank you 😊

[@anandfulzele6060]

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[@JanetKaiser]

You should have reclosed and secured that door properly! Breaking and entering is one thing, but leaving it open is reprehensible!

[@cicerasilva7546]

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[@cicerasilva7546]

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[@cicerasilva7546]

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[@cmitchell5593]

I know! The cat may have escaped

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@cmitchell5593 I don’t want to see a abandoned cabins I want to see trees ferns grasses and flowers only I want every abandoned property burned

[@buailebawns2162]

Sorry I was out when you called or I would have made you a cup of tea. Just because the house is a bit messy after I fired my cleaning lady, doesn't mean I don't live there. Thank you for finding my cat, I thought he just ran away. I highly recommend the SPC peaches in the box near the window which came all the way from the Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC) in Victoria Australia. Please lock the front door on your way out as I don't want any more KZbinrs coming in to wreck the decor by cleaning up.

[@Mulu_Neh]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tifrap]

There is a bit of a story to be gleaned here. House has been used for storage since it was occupied (all of the feed sacks) but the last occupant appears to have been an old man ( judging by the state of the kitchen & cooking utensils, most clothes downstairs are male, also a mobility type walking stick leaning against downstairs doorframe. Womans clothing mainly in bedroom with photos, guessing she passed away first and he ended up living downstairs probably too infirm to get upstairs easily. No tin bath in evidence at all, or nightstand so it appears that a man lived there for some time after a family or a woman. There is some fleece in the downstairs hall, suggesting that area involves shepherding, so perhaps that old man was a shepherd until the last. Im saying this because I have met several aged shepherds in the highlands who lived in situations very similar to that house, more camping in a single room than occupying the whole house. The cats probably went in there to die, cats do look for a secluded spot to expire and that house would have been open to them in the same way it was to the trespassers/filmmakers. Notice that there is no bathroom, toilet or any running water source, nor electricity, still quite common in rural scotland in the late 70s. As with most of rural scotland, that house would have been the property of the local landowner, and probably rented to the last occupant as part of his role in the lairds estate. Many landowners are happy to let tied cottages decay now because farming doesn’t produce enough income to rival the money that can be got from shooting/hunting, and tennants just get in the way. In the 80s I saw a whole village made unviable by the laird when he dug up the only road in & out of the place and evicted all the tenants. All because he was moving over to grouse shooting.

[@tulipchic34]

Your probably correct. If that house was on my land I would fix it up and use as a holiday rental. Such a shame to see these buildings rot.

[@cashew515]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@GreatWebSeries1]

This is longest Biggest comment, I have seen . but very nice bro

[@nancy6160]

I feel sad for the old tenants. There's definitely a story here. Now I know why my kin left Scotland for America because of the landlords at the time. Beautiful countryside.

[@lizzyscorner]

@@nancy6160 because a random person made up a story?

[@heatherkeegan689]

The most poignant were the photographs on the mantlepiece and the faithful little cat who died where he had lived, missing his human friend .🐈❤

[@paristexas919]

Well, the cat was probably stuck in there, on his own, forgotten by the last person who closed the door. Not so romantic, is it?

[@marcwright4790]

@@paristexas919 the person who lived here likely died. If that was their cat it probably hid when people came to take its owner away. Besides there were dead birds in the front room. The cat was probably a stray that lived there on its own after the place was abandoned and died from old age or disease.

[@abelantonioossessepulveda2328]

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[@gingermonette7455]

The fact that stuff in there was still dry attests to the quality of building!

[@elevans5758]

In 50 years nothing disintegrates if it is locked up. In Germany we still have buildings from the 12th century.

[@matthewwebb8245]

Came here to say exactly the same!

[@pauls3204]

Proper slate roofing and mortared stone Our forefathers were not stupid nor cheap like sone of the awful construction methods I have seen in Spain n Portugal

[@anyatranter3984]

Wow what an amazing poignant time capsule. Looks like he got old and lived a rough life in a beautiful place.pure country life.

[@irisforbes924]

I recognize the tiny toys next to the photos. I had the same set of farm figures in 1970s, that shepherd was my favourite

[@nickchristian8195]

Was allowed access to a similar abandoned Scottish croft house in the late 90s, but much tidier inside. Owner emigrated to Canada in 1964. Old oil lamps, folded clothes, peat cutting tools, shepherd's crook. Most poignantly of all a large photo of the owner's brother in Seaforth Highlander's uniform, killed at the Battle of the Somme near High Wood in 1916. In a drawer was his death penny and medals. I went to the Somme and saw his name on the Thiepval memorial to the missing. Years later the house was sold and contents cleared.

[@jesar6058]

My grandparents immigrated to Canada from Scotland around that time as well.

[@pauls3204]

Found a death penny in an Ayrshire farmhouse my sister bought 5 years ago Disgusting things ! Kill your men and gave your kids a life of poverty and a big fat penny to remind you of it !

[@bearwoodcraft3591]

Why did he leave items like the medals

[@nickchristian8195]

@@bearwoodcraft3591 I don't know the answer to that, everything was left apparently in 1964. I was shown around the place by an elderly neighbour who had been left the key with instructions to look after the croft. I was given the details by him. The dead soldier's name was David Newlands and he had a brother called John who lost a leg in WW1. The neighbour faithfully carried out his instructions until his own death. I don't know who cleared the croft but I do hope it was a relative of the Newlands and the picture and medals are being treasured somewhere.

[@roymagnus827]

Somebody has been through it before you. You can tell by the lids being off boxes drawers left open and stuff thrown everywhere. Don't think the owners left it like that

[@cheryllynnfreeman1252]

ypp

[@yvonnetalamantes3854]

No I don't think so they usually like to vandalize the place and look for you know jewelry money as you can see they put two pieces of lumber in front of the doors so nobody would enter so the only way was through the window I think because the girl came in through a door and not through that tiny window.

[@ronl7131]

Uninhabited doesn’t equal abandoned/unowned.....front door was locked...

[@catherinefoster1989]

How I would love to restore this and live here..What a shame its been left like this it was at one time someone's pride and joy.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I could never live there - too dark. I like walls of windows; this would depress me. I do love how old it is and the history that it would tell if it could talk.

[@michaelgordon8389]

Yeah you would look nice in that green Cardigan in front in of a open fire,

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@mortimerbrewster3671 - My parents retired to a very old cottage like this in the dales. This place is only dark because the windows are covered and it's horrible inside. If you cleaned it up, painted the walls in a bright colour and had interior lighting it would be beautiful, especially with a big open fire. The views are absolutely beautiful to wake up and look out on a morning. My parents also added a conservatory and my mum would sit in it and read while my dad did the garden. I used to love to go for long walks with the dog when I visited and they grew lots of food. They make wonderful houses.

[@RodFleming-World]

Looks like an easy resto. What people don't know is that in the 70s through the 90s and later, many Scottish landowners deliberately let cottages like this fall down rather than rent or sell them. They just didn't want people there.

[@Stevenkjy]

Been there done that and still live in it.....

[@awareness2remember]

Awe looks like someone was resourceful, until they got old and couldn't manage anymore, then gave up the ghost. May they rest in eternal peace in the life beyond .

[@Bunchoeves]

You could almost imagine a little old man living there, sweater hung up, cane by the door, his socks hung to dry on the grate. He doesn't throw anything away because he's been through world wars and you never know what you might need. He thriftyily uses the free calendars he gets from the drug store. The latest ones are December 1973 and Jan 1972 so perhaps that's when he got sick or died and had to leave. The woman in the picture, maybe his daughter or his own wife from years ago with their baby.

[@ljiljans8993]

Sa kakvim pravom ovako upadaju u tudje kuce, razvaljuju, preturaju I na kraju ostave otvoreno I razvaljeno..

[@deedee1942]

I'm going through the same scenario as my 92yr old dad who lived on his own since my dear mom passed away in 1999 ,we did propose to him numerous time to let us build at our home a separate living section for him but he wanted his own independence, not that we could instruct or try to restrict him ,he was a "do all ex carpenter by trade " so also loved using odds n ends of wood to keep him busy through the years .We had him weekends ,public holidays away on trips ,anygiven day

[@بسعادكاظم]

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[@donnafiori2565]

if you look past the debris, you see a beautiful little cottage. what a shame.

[@mpalmer7800]

True

[@theresagilmore7856]

Would love to see it restored!

[@marleenbaldwin8232]

One house near yankee flats that is abandon have asked friends for a photo so i can paint it, if only the walls could talk. Scotland of course.

[@lanewelch7245]

You’re attitude is exactly right - there is beauty beneath the debris. What a lovely, cozy home.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Not to mention the STENCH! (DEAD CAT ETC)

[@donaldpaterson5827]

Sad to see the old house in such disrepair. Makes you wonder how many children were born and brought up their and how their lives went. From the condition of the house coupled with the amount of tools lying about I’d guess some crofter who had grown old and suddenly died. Possibly no living relations, so the house was abandoned. Is the child in the photo of him with his mother or possibly his wife and child? I thought I saw what looked like a diary on the table, there may have some enlightening details in it. It makes you realise how mortal we are and how short a time we have on this earth. As a man in his mid 70s who has seen several people throughout their full life span it makes me wonder more than ever. I’ve known babies born, grow to adulthood, marry, have children, retire and eventually die. I hope all who lived in that house lived in contentment, surrounded by love.

[@davethorstry6700]

Amen

[@madeleine8662]

god bless you!

[@Alpinewild444]

What a lovely thing to say, God Bless you.

[@marysmyth8288]

Donald Paterson: yes so heartbreaking , so poignant to look at the reality of life and death, broke my heart To witness the carcass of the family cat who died with the cottage, if walls could speak ! Somewhere in my thoughts i had a memory of my own Grandmother, died a widow of age84yrs She had a beautiful brick house and gardens , she was Victorian , as she aged the house also Became neglected because of deaths in our family an immigrations abroad .makes me sad Mary Canada🇨🇦

[@kimturner892]

It's sad to see obviously an old person was living here and either died here or he was moved out for his own safety and well being .old age sucks

[@TheGreatest1974]

Sad to see the remains of someone’s life left to decay for decades. I bet it was a happy home once. Everyone all passed on now. Sad 😔

[@annmcwilliams1230]

Saddest thing I have ever seen. Someone s stuff which was precious to them rotting away. This was someone’s life. So sad

[@mrnobody2689]

The only constant is change, all’s dust...........and that’s cool because we are spirits.

[@sunshineb7006]

I think it's a reminder, that stuff is not what's important in this life...

[@annmcwilliams1230]

@@sunshineb7006 It was the dead cats nobody seemed to bother to check on things

[@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr]

It all goes back in the box. Everything does after play.

[@dononebullen]

Sad to think that was there parting gift to the world actually quite tragic 😔 all who live must sadly die 😢 I hope I could have a greater positive impact myself

[@PaschanTOPs]

You never know when you're leaving your house and never coming back. Make sure someone knows you're leaving your cat or dog alone to look for him in case something happens to you. Starving to death is one of the worst ways to die and should never happen to anyone.

[@marinefrod7685]

🥺😰😭

[@sevehrsevehr6001]

Doesn't look as though the animal died of starvation. Most likely disease, injury or old age. This animal given the time period would have been able to exit the cottage.

[@perfectwisdom3303]

Cats can always find food

[@emeraldmoon150]

Not when they are trapped in a cottage. They can't open tins

[@perfectwisdom3303]

@@emeraldmoon150 yup if they were trapped then a problem 😔

[@CoronaHolland]

Love the way you slowly move across personal belongings. To me that makes the video more interesting and shows a more personal glimpse into the lives of the people who lived there. Thanks for sharing!

[@slm3913]

Wow what a find. A lot of vintage antiques. This could be a beautiful little cottage if cleaned up. Love it.

[@mjbbell]

could have at least locked the front door and went back out of the window .

[@sharmilaghatak471]

Right.. sometimes I feel some explorer should care a bit more, the house is still not very rotten inside as its door is sealed but I didn't like how he left it open.

[@braveheart196]

The windows are missing what's the point

[@rebeccanorth5737]

@@braveheart196 the point is it wasn’t their home to leave the front door open.

[@braveheart196]

@@rebeccanorth5737 our to enter our put on the internet for tramps to see and wreck it

[@marysmyth8288]

I agree there-was a mark of disrespect in not sealing the door as they had found it. It hurts to think of the abandonment after death. So sad for the delerlic Cottage Oh I felt like I wanted ti use the coal to warm up the old homestead.

[@jamoon469]

The person who locked the door and exited through the window knew the occupant. Cared enough to safeguard the cottage.

[@cattycorner8]

I was surprised at the size of the home once you were inside. At one time, it was quite a nice home. It's as though some one just walked away and never returned 50 years ago.

[@rhonaannproxenos5243]

Surely the neighbours could shed some light on who lived there ,why they left and some history about the place.

[@ritaarmitage9287]

There's no neighbours it's all green

[@juwylds7453]

sometimes there just isn't a single person with any information at all, but, sometimes you can see little hints as to who lived there and maybe a clue as to what made them just never return..it's at the individuals discretion whether they share all their findings or not..

[@charles5596]

You can hardly go knock on someone's door when you have just broke in !!!!

[@lindatimmons3675]

@@juwylds7453 .... the photos wow. Surely there is something there to tell who lived there.

[@miikapekk5155]

@@juwylds7453 yes there was an opened postage box , the addressee name was probably on it, possibly the name of the owner who passed away. The explorer just broke in looked through stuff but didn't bother to provide much context past the date on calendars newspapers. This place is a shrine to someone's life that has passed.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

This gives a very real sense of connection to the past more than looking at pictures in a book. The stories behind each an every item and trying to find clues. Very poignant seeing such personal items like clothes and how well preserved the photographs were. Would be fascinating to speak to a local historian. I feel a sense of wonderment, admiration and respect for all those who once lived there. May they rest in peace.

[@jessehines4044]

I don't understand why everything is left out like that? It's like someone just threw a bunch of their belongings all over the place, left and never came back. I just don't get it.

[@mackenziedrake]

@@jessehines4044 That's likely exactly what happened, or the clothes just lay where they fell over time. One day the person or people left and didn't come back for the cats. Hospital, perhaps.

[@viviennejordan215]

They could have had physical/mental difficulties, maybe had a stroke,might not have bn able to say save my cats. So sad, whatever happened. The most pristine things were the photos, they should be saved, they could have had information on them, even if only the photographers address.

[@BaronMichaelDeBlone1066]

I think seeking out a local historian would be quite a good idea. There seemed to be the start of a conversation at the point the video ended, most likely left off out of respect. I suspect a tragedy of sorts occurred. Wider family often lived close together. We were three doors down from my grandmother into the early seventies the time which this place seems to have come to a virtual standstill.

[@witchelm3734]

Great explore, my Grandad worked on a farm and I have a photo of my Dad as a wee boy with the pair of Shire horses. They lived in a tied cottage.

[@markwilloughbywood3868]

Would be fun to totally restore it into an absolute fairie tale cottage...

[@rangersasc]

Your fairytale will turn into a real nightmare unless you have a blank check book thats a shit load of work there

[@Londonfogey]

@@rangersasc To be fair the roof still looks in decent condition, which is the main problem with those sorts of cottages. There wasn't any evidence of major water ingress either. Would need a lot of work to get modern utilities put in though, unless you just wanted a very basic holiday cottage.

[@fbyi2940]

@@rangersasc better than being a homeless in a city

[@rangersasc]

@@fbyi2940 for sure

[@london-life]

I know someone who did exactly that to what he thought abandoned Hse then few months later one of the inheriting member of the family turned up and things turned into nightmares and he ended up being evicted and lost all his savings which he used to restore the old cottage. He ended up in Manchester looking for a job at the age of 59. I put him up in my spare room until the Mrs gave me an ultimatum the he had to leave for hostel and I never heard of him since. He never got over his mistake. Sad. I used to hear him talking to himself in his room and I couldn't understand how he could live on 1 tin of baked beans a day everyday. Life can be a bitch.

[@PINKLUNAMOON]

I can picture it was an old lady's house and that she died alone...the place looks mostly untouched for decades poor cat might have died of hypothermia

[@cherylreuter4008]

So beautiful,, I want to go through again and check out the tea cups and pottery and all the awesome trinkets!!

[@charles5596]

Yeh and fill your pockets

[@beckyboop3517]

This popped up as a recommendation. and im glad it did. Whatever happened to the people who lived there who knows, but just shows that no matter what possession s you may have in life, they stay behind when you go and sometimes nobody cares. sad but true fact of life. Make memories not possessions.

[@Philicia0413]

That little door that lead to the fenced in part of the stairwell looked like it could have been used as some sort of playpen for small children. That's what I would have used it for. They're able to be seen and heard but still safe and can be left on their own.

[@myrescuecats3028]

Alec this has to be the saddest abounded home up to date I’ve ever seen. It really pulled at my heart strings.😭😭

[@libertygiveme1987]

Myrescue - It's "ABANDONED"!

[@myrescuecats3028]

@@libertygiveme1987 It’s the case of the animals who died in this cottage. For two cats to have died it’s most likely the owner died alone to. .If you don’t like animals you will always think different. I happen to rescue animals so my heart thinks different to the way your heart thinks. I’ve seen many of Alec’s video and one in particular was where he left a window open for a bird trapped in a cottage.That really touch me and that’s why I respect Alec.

[@myrescuecats3028]

@@libertygiveme1987Thank you for rectifying my typing mistake. May I ask can you speak Chinese I can! 我打賭你一定會拼錯很多單詞。你這個混蛋

[@marriec09]

I love the old abandoned cottage videos as much and if not more than the mansion ones. Probably because a lot of my people came from cottages. Great video!

[@ExploringwithAlec]

Thanks

[@______638]

@@maryohare4141 it's 45 yrs abandoned to nature. nothing wrong with preserving the cottage on film.

[@maryohare4141]

@@______638 45 years ago means...these cottages hold personal family history, memories and belongings of people... like your folks', your grandparents' and great-grandparents' time. Just because it isnt pristine condition, doesnt mean "abandoned". Unless you get permission from whoever owns that property...and someone DOES own it...you DONT have rights to be rummagintg thru someone's inherited family home! The fact you have to bust a locked door, or look for a way to SNEEK in...and are staying alert, watching out if someone saw or heard you...TELLS me you never got permission and you KNOW you are being an unwanted intruder! Whose to say, when camera is off...that family letters, dishes, photos etc...are NOT being grabbed ...to sell or be displayed in the intruders' "collection"!

[@loraineparry4671]

This could have been a quaint cottage decades ago when it was cared for and lived in, but since abandoned for reasons unknown it has become derelict and totally rundown. What I found sad though is the fact that there are remnants that someone cared for pet cats, who have unfortunately since passed. I was also quite disturbed and upset upon seeing the personal photos, which perhaps should have been blurred out to preserve the people in the pictures. I'm sure that anyone involved or knows of that house would contact the family regarding what we've seen today

[@pauls3204]

It’s not derelict by any means of the imagination Just needs cleaned and updated

[@wewearmaskshere2577]

This "exploration" was disrespectful.

[@davidmg1925]

@@wewearmaskshere2577 Itwas a bit yes.

[@damianlopez7630]

Thank You For Loving my comment. I used to explore With My Cousin Ariel...He and I Would Go With Friends and flashlights(Portable Lights)and a camcorder and explore old abandoned buildings. And old railways. It was So Fun and exiting and spooky yet very Special because we were revisiting places long forgotten by an older generation. We felt So Happy to archive these Adventures. They are A Part of my Life Experience I Respect and Remember fondly. May Good GOD Bless You.

[@kitskivich]

I wished you'd locked the front door behind you as you found it.

[@ExploringwithAlec]

The farmer done it for us

[@stevejeffries1603]

Cant you just appreciate a good video Misery guts

[@ExploringwithAlec]

@@stevejeffries1603 😂😂

[@MMI5KS]

And a very merry christmas to you too..🤔

[@sjbock]

@@ExploringwithAlec did the farmer tell you anything about what happened to the man who lived there and why his cats were left to die?

[@darringraham2613]

Thank you from Dallas Texas, taken your time to show everything 👍

[@johnadams3730]

I wonder how many people laughed and cried in that house it looked like a hard life god bless them who lived there.

[@thomashendrix4900]

I certainly wouldn't have the grit to make it.

[@johnadams3730]

@@thomashendrix4900 Me to I would not have enough gravel in my guts to live a life in that house,tougher people then I believe.

[@jazzman1626]

I bet they were happier than a lot of people nowadays though.

[@johnadams3730]

@@jazzman1626 you got that right.

[@Bassmanbbn4]

The cooking range in the kitchen takes me back to when I was a wee laddie. I remember the kettle boiling and my mum making pancakes on a girdle suspended over the fire. The kist in the upstairs room (storage chest to you townies) is a throwback to earlier times when farm workers, who stayed in the bothy on a farm, would store all their belongings in their kist and when they moved on to anither fee they'd pack their kist and leave.

[@voxintenebris6367]

I often see a number of Scottish words that seem derived from Norwegian, 'Kist' is common to German, Norwegian and Welsh (albeit a slightly different spelling) meaning, box, coffin or chest. Must have been great to grow up in one of these old farms when they were actively working. It seems a lot of such buildings fall into a state of neglect - this is part of our heritage and should be protected. Beautiful location.

[@Bassmanbbn4]

Vox: The bothy where the farm labourers slept was also called ‘the chaumer’.

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@voxintenebris6367 You find the word kist on Dartmoor in Devon too. Theres even a 'Kist Tor'.

[@LisaJohnson1967]

It broke my heart to see the mummified kitty on the floor. 💔😭💔 That poor furbaby!! 😔😢

[@shiyeliainkorea]

This video got me thinking about our life on earth! We come and leave everything.

[@suneethastephen5459]

Yes bro

[@SaltyCuban]

Nothing is ever truly yours. We’re Just passing through.

[@juliesprik9479]

Yes,me too!

[@lightworker2437]

Your born with nothing and die with nothing...

[@user-ue4kw7pw7o]

3 günlük dünya

[@MegaDknox]

Awesome place. It would be great to see it cleaned up and life brought back into it.

[@Carol......]

Just found your channel, I'm in Scotland and recognised many things in there from my childhood. The orange wrapping over lucozade takes me back to pretending to be ill so I could stay off school and drink lucozade lol ..... I still drink it today. This gentleman left this earth in 1974 by the looks of things and I guess had no family. I wonder who he was, what sort of life he had, was it a happy home. Thank you for filming this, I absolute loved it and can't wait to watch more of your videos if they are like this. I bet there's some massive spiders living in there 😄

[@TheAnonyy]

There was a picture of a woman and I think a child so I'm assuming he was married

[@craigpelley683]

@carol, would you know where this cottage is ???? very interested in purchasing it, t.y

[@Carol......]

@@craigpelley683 Sorry Craig, I'm afraid I don't know.

[@TaunusTV]

That´s sure one of the nicest abandoned time-captules I have ever seen ! Thanx for the upload 👍

[@pauldurkee4764]

It's amazing in itself to find an old property like this that hasn't been renovated or developed into a holiday cottage. Looking at the way the last person left their possessions, and the old bottle of Lucozade, back in the day people only drank Lucozade when ill, not like today. I would guess someone who was ill went into hospital and expected to go back but never made it home.

[@chengdogu6352]

My thoughts exactly

[@fancysfolly554]

Yes and maybe they didn’t have family who could afford to take the house and restore it...it takes $$$ to restore these abandoned houses...our house flooded in Hurricane Harvey several years back...it’s extremely expensive in US to repair and restoreahouse

[@margaretmacdonald1544]

Sad in a way but could be a museum of rural life and how people lived so simply through hard times, no gadgets to help. The resident must have been lonely and in bad health, unable to keep up with the place. Wouldn’t like to sweep it out as there must be some big old spiders in there, especially with the flies in the under stairs cupboard!

[@mariehillard1742]

You can still get Lucozade today.

[@pauldurkee4764]

@@mariehillard1742 I understand that Marie, Lucozade today is sold in plastic bottles, in the past it came in a glass bottle which was covered in a cellophane type material, wrapped around the bottle and closed at the top.

[@irisheyes2893]

Beautiful cottage. I love how thick the walls are and that it was made to last.

[@lilliambloomfield2501]

King Solomon stated once” do not leave your treasures up, gathering dust. Love thy neighbor and share the love of God”. It’s all temporary.

[@barbryll8596]

Sometimes people don't have a chance to give their things away, due to sudden illness or whatever. But I like the concept!

[@triciabarrett9402]

I was told we die and we cant take any of it with us

[@seagoatlotus3672]

Yeah, and who got his gold when he died?

[@arthuranderson7642]

@@barbryll8596 w

[@alberteinstein9045]

Just because that home is not being lived in.. It is still someone's property you entered illegally.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

As someone else mentioned, someone probably died intestate so the government owns it. Even if someone owned it, obviously no one's been there in years and care nothing about it. They didn't take anything so they did no harm

[@michaelgordon8389]

Technically it is illegal entry ,

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

@@michaelgordon8389 Yes, but 'breaking and entering', and just 'entering' are different. As long as you take only photographs, and leave only footprints. For sure it WAS someone's space, as long as you are respectful, and leave it as you found it. Who's to know. Putting it on You tube is another matter. But you watched it didn't you?

[@saymyname218]

I bet you still watched it though. lol

[@ritaarmitage9287]

Not to do badness

[@SurferKenTV3]

Many of these abandoned houses have the same outcomes and finality. The appearance of elderly inhabitants, hoarding items, disarray, and overall disheveled appearance. They stopped up keeping their property till their end of days. Whether their families buried them or placed them in nursing homes may never be determined. Very sad as we watch these walkthroughs many decades later.

[@mickby1]

I am never affected by abandoned places, but this one seemed desperately sad. Great find though Alec, thanks for taking time so we can see everything. You're doing a great job documenting all this history before it disappears.

[@ExploringwithAlec]

Thanks its appreciated 😊

[@DoubleDogDare54]

A trespasser by any other name is still a trespasser. This is trespassing. The fact there were boards blockading the front doors tells you the owner of the property wanted to keep people OUT.

[@harmonymomentofbeing5753]

Without permission it is trespassing but in this case the farmer knew they were their .

[@juwylds7453]

DoubleDogDare54..your comment suggests that you weren't here to watch this kind of video, but you watched anyway..! then you actually felt it your place to judge..!now.. im not about to judge you for your judgy attitude but, if a grown up starts watching something that they don't really like, they don't have to carry on watching it you know..they can just watch something else, it's not a big deal, it's great being an adult 😆

[@Scott-wz4sc]

@@harmonymomentofbeing5753 there 😁

[@Scott-wz4sc]

@@juwylds7453 how can he judge it unless he watches it!

[@lindaforrester464]

Hi I think it's sad that house holds alot of memories but gut it and make it modern such a shame its quiet sad but I hope they dont take anything as its apart of the home and it would miss the items

[@elevans5758]

Something tragic must have happened here, beside the sad death of a poor cat. They should not disturb this house.

[@sarahsmith-iq6fn]

I would love to have brought that cottage back to life, and tidy it up

[@cranna31]

Me too. It's such a shame that it's left to decay.

[@bigmacsnoobselectronicsrep8032]

I’d absolutely love to own something like this

[@danielleterry180]

Oh girl me to 😁

[@ritaarmitage9287]

Me too

[@elayneyoung1837]

Same.... Bet it would be amazing

[@maryalcock9451]

Great explore Alec so much history, loved the cupboard under the stairs. Glad to see people do keep an eye on the place xx thanks Alec

[@sharminaparvez2144]

In which way you called this cottage abandoned have you feeled any sceary? Plz this is my request do show what you are saying so

[@sharonnicholson8547]

Wow amazing.I thought you had gotten stuck in the window opening for a minute.The opening was tiny.Beautiful cottage with amazing views.Your brave to go looking.xx

[@jhoncho4x4]

House has never been wired for electric. Neat stove, the way it was inserted into fireplace chimney. Must have burned coal for heat and cooking during cold weather.

[@Stevenkjy]

calor gas too for cooking, there was an old 2 ring burner

[@jswplant9086]

i know EXACTLY where this cottage is, and know you didn't have any legal right to enter that property

[@myrescuecats3028]

Poor cat.That broke my heart.😢😭

[@janeyd5280]

my rescue cats. so sad about the cat. was it locked in the house. very upsetting.xx

[@lisafairclough8122]

Oh me too xx

[@GrahamByrne63]

So sad seeing those cat remains

[@raggletaggle8827]

Thanks for the warning - videos should really have a trigger warning whenever they have dead animals in them.

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

@@janeyd5280 it's so sad right? But I don't think the cat was locked in. It could have gotten out via the window. Some sick cats like to go somewhere discreet to pass away. Perhaps this cat... knew the last owner.. and lay down there next to the bed in its final moments. :( :( :( how sad.

[@OpenAirOutdoors]

That was a cool exploration! That house looked like it was built 500 years ago and going to be there for another 500 years. Thanks for getting into trouble for showing 😆

[@frankwurth5375]

So sad to see places like this fall into ruin. Reminds me of my own home place where I grew up. Mother left older brother in control of the place. He let everything rot down to a ruin, now lives in with brother inlaw and mooches off him. Wouldn't let any of us have anything, just let it rot so as to rub our noses in his authority over us. As to the poor cats, often times, after the owner passes, the cats are left to fend for themselves. If there is access to the outdoors and wild game (mice rabbits, etc) they can live for generations and still live on site. Seen it many times with old abandoned farmsteads. AS for me, I personally care for all the small cats that come by looking for a safe home, best friends that I can ever have! If cared for and kept safe from predators, I've had some live for 20 years.

[@lyndaoneill6483]

What a wonderful find but sad as well.Everything left behind,the old photos as well.Love looking at these old derelict places,makes you wonder about the people who lived there over the years and years.How lovely it would be to have the money to buy this place and restore it to its original glory. Lovely peaceful place to live.Just sad to see all the abandoned things.Thank you for sharing.👍👍

[@houseofbae2405]

Why is it close from the inside? Where did the previous owner came out? Seems like nobody came out, if the inside is lock....

[@aobembracelife]

My thoughts exactly

[@renataostertag6051]

Through a window?

[@Trutsetyoufree755]

Locked with a key?

[@hafna7785]

maybe a secret passage way

[@dianeturner8907]

I was taught, If it's NOT YOURS DON'T TAKE IT OR STEAL IT! You can look at it and examine it for knowledge of it but you have No Right to take or steal someone's property.

[@sr.chinta-louisetorpey5566]

Wow, precious old cottage, love those old pictures, the lady was beautiful.

[@ExploringwithAlec]

Thanks 😊

[@josielovehart831]

My heart cant take those pictures. Beautiful. What an amazing opportunity to see a piece of history like this. Thank you.

[@davethorstry6700]

@@ExploringwithAlec Thanks for preserving a bit of history for us, also much compassion for the departed occupants which they others wise would not have.

[@localman12]

That was fun....thank you. Sad to think that was once someone's home they loved and worked on.

[@funkydozer]

This paints a sad picture of an elderly man now too infirm to use the stairs, a bucket privy next to his sick bed downstairs where a bottle of lucozade still stands to give him his last ounce of energy, photographs of him as a baby with his mother and sibling on the mantelpiece but no pictures of his own children or wife, dying alone in a house he was probably born in and lived all his life. His brother perishing in Dunkirk and his mother passing in the early 60s surrounded by the camphor like smell of liniment in the top bedroom left him without family, alone to tick away his life on calendars still left on the walls as if to quantify his existence as nothing more than days, weeks, months and years, until the local undertakers stretchered him into the ambulance and then on to the nearest town with a mortuary in 1974, remembered and missed by none but his two cats.

[@georginahoyle15]

Where is the line between breaking and entering and exploring????

[@ianinnes8063]

Its a very thin one and mostly entering without permission . Farmers and landowners dont take kindly to folk goin into buildings without consent .

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@ianinnes8063 Most Urbexers break and enter. A lot of them steal stuff and bust up crap inside too. Even if it's a more responsible group like the New wave Urbex smash genre explorers.

[@chelin7023]

I’m going to stop watching; it is break in.

[@johnowen1677]

Read the theft Act 1968. No theft & no damage - no crime. Perhaps trespass.

[@karl9411]

@@chelin7023 Ireland is full of houses like this .My family left a huge House before going to the Americas . The laws in England can be very different from those of the Celtic lands especially the rural one .

[@spaceytracy2380]

Aww I'd love a home like that. My grandad Scottish 89 his parents up and left one day never returned. Lovely little house that

[@norascott5803]

The cottage is begging to be brought back to life!

[@katedave2019]

The old key in the door dates that cottage to around the 1700s.

[@marknestbox]

Thank you for unlocking that mystery!

[@katedave2019]

@@marknestbox The key is always the mystery. 😊

[@katedave2019]

Watching Alec is the closest ill ever get to Scotland. I'm a 2nd generation Scot-irish female. The topography of the British isles is beyond stunning. K

[@liberte1334]

Also the stair bannisters

[@cherryrotella3714]

A beautiful place beautiful cooking range wonderful

[@josron6088]

Look like it's been abandoned for decades but the roof for the most part looks intact. No water seeping in. Amazing.

[@michaelkearney8243]

Thats the key to abandoned places... a good roof preserves it. You are right. Once water gets in the structure is doomed.

[@Johndonvan861]

I was just thinking myself the roof must be good everything dry inside, and the roofs usually the first thing too go in an old disused house

[@malikraj909]

This is what life is all about. We love things. Then we Work hard whole life to Accumulate them & one day leave everything behind to languish in silence. Great video , nice camera work with minute details. Thumbs up 👍👍 for ur hard work. Wish to see more like this in future.

[@sarahcox9284]

The cooking range was called "Economist" but I'm having trouble googling its origins or getting a date. Lots of lovely wooden chests of drawers like my grandparents had,and old mixing bowls, vitreous enamel pots,bread and flour bins,all very interesting things in this cottage. Very sad about the little cats though.

[@JNMAC666]

Always makes me wonder. Who were they? What were the circumstances?

[@dibrentley7915]

same I wish there was a backstory given.

[@cosb9479]

Surely a family and a child grew up there at sometime, if presuming the pic was the owners with a child that is.

[@MrMeadfoot]

@@cosb9479 I'm pretty sure its the Queen with Prince Charles, the cottage might be near Royal Balmoral.

[@yakkityyak9336]

@@MrMeadfoot Prince Phillip I think

[@MrMeadfoot]

@@yakkityyak9336 Prince Phillip ? I'm talking about the baby.

[@jesar6058]

Is this not breaking and entering in Scotland? Even though it's abandoned someone's bound to own it. Right?

[@SaltyCuban]

After 50 years, whoever owned it is likely dead.

[@nandlabh6349]

Exactly what I wrote...

[@fumanversion]

Get over it

[@Londonfogey]

Nobody broke in, so it's not breaking and entering.

[@peterbalac1915]

Thanks for the heads up fingers.

[@saymyname218]

I love the way that you film things slowly so viewers can focus on interesting things. Very few explorers do this. "Great video!"

[@sjbock]

And you don't talk constantly like some explorers do. Very nice video. First one of yours I've seen. I'll check out more.

[@LQOTW]

For an abandoned cottage it sure has a nice new green garden hose attached to it.

[@ingrid-xr3ql]

I darn near thought you were gonna find a human skeleton with all those cats lying all over

[@pimpinellasaxifraga1610]

It´s my plan for retirement to buy abandoned house and renovate it.

[@PurityVendetta]

We did, be warned it's really expensive even if you do lots of the hard donkey work yourself. If you live in England and the building is listed like ours you have to deal with Historic England, the most useless people this side of the government.

[@poppykane7230]

Save your money

[@robert3302]

Yes. I was watching this and thinking what a sweet little cottage, and what would it take to make a nice little home from it. That old cooker looks restorable, and the roof is in good shape. There is no water damage inside. 99% is just clean up.

[@loribernardisunwell9663]

I would love to see this little place restored.

[@jackieboxer268]

I think it's beyond repair.

[@Canadalife29]

While watching the entire video makes me realized how precious are those stuffs and hoping that this house will be preserve for the generations to come. And my childhood dreams was this I love doing this kind of adventure discovering the past life as a result of watching magical and mysterious movies.

[@aphilippinesadventure9184]

How many years since that door was last opened...has the look of where an elderly person passed...they locked the door and never looked back....a melancholy scene...traveling around Europe and digging a bit, you can often see reminders of why your ancestors packed up and left...

[@marypasco2213]

To Alec & Mark Taylor-Was reading through all the comments, not paying any attention to when they were posted. Many of them were staying with the subject of the video/post(I haven’t seen the video, yet. But, I will!) The rest were a broken record about you ‘breaking & entering’, ‘looting’, ‘ransacking’, ‘being disrespectful to someone else’s property’, ‘not locking up..’),etc.. Did none of these commenters read the other comments, and your subsequent multiple replies, to these accusations? And, I must say, your patience in replying over and over ‘the farmer locked the door after us(< >)’, was stellar! As you also have stated, over and over, “Take nothing but photographs/videos, leave nothing but footprints.”. You NEVER disturbed anything. And, to ‘broadcast’ who and where would be/have been the worst betrayal of all! To commenters, ‘THINK, PEOPLE!’ Alec, keep up the great, RESPECTFUL ’work’ you and your wife do. Thank you for your patience with people who get all their exercise jumping to conclusions without first looking for any evidence. And, also, thank you for allowing the rest of us a wee keek into the recent past.

[@ExploringwithAlec]

Thanks its appreciated and I just ignore all the idiot comments now a days as I've heard it all before it gets boring listening to all these keyboard gangsters lol

[@rayannehorne3468]

The cottage and natural surroundings are simply lovely. Would love a print. Thanks. Lucia ❤

[@susiegnall3971]

I bet it was a cozy little home in it’s day!

[@claireanderson4642]

Whoever lived there was obviously a hoarder you can tell that by the calendars

[@janeyd5280]

sad about the poor cat.

[@marieguterman515]

Did you guys get a permit to enter, although abandoned still a privately owned property?

[@nevillemason6791]

I knew of an isolated cottage left abandoned for many years in northern England. It was owned by a farmer who's relative living in it. When the relative died he just left it abandoned for years as he didn't have the money to renovate it or just couldn't be bothered. Eventually it was sold. Also know of a house left abandoned because the son was so grief-stricken when his mother died that he could never bring himself to go near her house. The local council eventually compulsory purchased it as it had deteriorated badly adjacent to well kept properties.

[@alicecochran9140]

Thank you for showing me in Scotland My ancestors came from there I live in Phx. Arizona U S A Thanks again !! Show us more like this 🐦

[@janeyd5280]

Alice Cochran. my granny maiden name was Cochran and she lived in greenock Scotland. she had sisters who went to America.x

Use Google earth you can see every part of the country Any country.

[@rapunzel39]

Alice Cochran I’m in Oregon and a descendent of the Scottish clan Menzies. There is a castle there, now restored for tourism. Hope I get to visit Scotland someday. 💛

[@debbralehrman5957]

Another one of Scottish heritage living here in the desert.

[@hammerhorrible]

9/10 Scottish houses are the same as this.

[@livbirka403]

This place is very old, many generations lived in this house. Despite the way it looks now, I can see it when it was clean and cared for, modest but loved. I can feel how warm that kitchen once was. What an amazing place ❤️

[@gtaveditorvids6776]

Mans eternal battle with mother nature . when man leaves mother nature always claims back her stones .

[@nananightshade8695]

Beautiful view from the top floor windows. 😊

[@chrislorenzo7883]

Yes it’s absolutely beautiful from the top ..how are you doing Deanna I hope you’re safe from the virus?

[@ilovesnature6371]

I can imagine that whoever left it that way, got sick and had to leave for help and never came back . Very Sad :(

[@ianmcmillan7931]

Cracking explore Alec... total time warp that wee place.. I didn't like the sound of that dougal at the end.. then realised it was a farmers collie 🤣

[@JustMe-dd5ou]

It’s like someone got old and died and no one ever went back. The pictures and everything left behind break my heart I’ve got e wry photo of my family going back a 100 years. They must not of had family to collect it all. 😔

[@meichong8278]

The owner suicided in the house

[@OndaBoosters]

@@meichong8278 Nope. Its clearly a house the family have lived in for generations. My guess is the last occupants son built a new place for himself because his wife wanted mod cons like an indoor toilet and when the parents died in the original house, they just closed the doors like it was a tomb. This is and was a common sight in Ireland from the late 60s on. Similarly in Ireland there's a lack of respect by trespassers who go for a pouch around for valuables without asking for permission. People who do that are no better than grave robbers regardless of whether they pocket something or not.

[@ritaarmitage9287]

I hermit cottage

[@JustMe-dd5ou]

Rita Armitage I’m a hermit but it doesn’t mean I don’t have family. 🤷🏼‍♀️ i never leave my house unless it’s medical. No one comes in but my daughter and my grandkids.

[@heyyouguys6723]

@@JustMe-dd5ou Have you a Man?

[@jencameron8124]

Lol, Alec, you move like a cat...agile as anything - that's quite the tiny window frame you squeezed through! Fantastic and really interesting explore, thanks for taking us along! Cheers🙂

[@hottubmobilenils2133]

Glad to see a place survived the clearances , I bet there are people world wide wondering if there ancestors lived in such a place . I hope it never gets torn down as it looks like a rare find ?I would love to see it cleaned up and fixed .thanks for sharing .