Exploring an Abandoned Dream Mansion - Ontario Canada

I have been to this location 3 times, once in May of 2013 and not a access point could be found, again in April of 2014 and I was very lucky to find an open door. I made a choice to return in June of 2014 just to see how things changed. This video is a combination of 2 visits. You can see the changes that happened in the short time between visits.
Such a huge house, with features I have not seen in any regular house. A dance studio, grand staircase and my favorite was the elevator. It appears the house either had some salvaging done or looters took advantage of the imminent demise of this house. And I guess as long as it doesn't end in the trash, I don’t care either way. The property and landscape were clearly cared for and judging by the size of the garage on the back part of the property, I am going to guess they had an bad ass RV. Sadly not a lot of artifacts around for insight into who they people were who owner this places, but judging by all the affluence of this house..they had lots of $$$
Oddly I could not find a lot of info on the owners of this house, but what is very obvious is that it was in the way of “progress”. This house, at some point was someones dream home, and it wasn't that long ago. During the explores you can hear the tractors all around while I walk the outside of the house As of last week, it has been demolished.
Jan 2 2016 Update - / 683376421767671808
So I have learned that there are MANY conspiracy theorists who like to come up with many reasons why this house is being reno'd and not being demolished. HEre are links to several sites confirming the demo and government ownership. The house is gone, will never stand again. It is now a section of the 407 ETR Toll Highway that crosses the top of Durham Region.
BID FOR TENDER - (Who will demo the house all legal like)
ontariotenders...
Viewer donbeckham posted this added info for your pleasure...
The property is at 6225 Coronation Rd and was owned by Salah Abdelati. It was approximately 4.8 hectares. The Ministry of Transportation initially expropriated approximately 1 hectare of the 4.8 for works associated with the eastern expansion of Highway 407. The parties agreed subsequently that a full buyout was appropriate and they entered into a property purchase agreement pursuant to s. 30 of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 26 Abdelati subsequently commenced a claim seeking compensation for market value of the subject lands, among other matters, and equivalent reinstatement. Equivalent reinstatement means equivalent accommodation. Section 15 of the Act, which deals with equivalent accommodation states:
Upon application therefor, the Board shall, by order, after fixing the market value of lands used for residential purposes of the owner under subsection 14(1), award such additional amount of compensation as, in the opinion of the Board, is necessary to enable the owner to relocate his or her residence in accommodation that is at least equivalent to the accommodation expropriated. R.S.O. 1990, c.E.26, s.15.
That's going to be one hell of a house they have to put him in until he can find another "Dream Home".
Please end this argument.
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[@shecat1964]

Bless your heart for putting something in the pool for the poor animals. That was upsetting to see.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+Cat G I have a soft spot for the animals 😀

[@shecat1964]

Your a good human.Wow wish i could find places to explore like this.when i was younger and spent time on my grandparents farm in AB, we would some times find old farm houses. we went to explore the one my Grandma was raised in and found old papers and such that had their names. it was so cool. hey if ever in Burlington area and want some company for a place close by let me know.Can i offer a bit of advice. Some times comments would be good as we dont always understand what you might be showing.

[@jenp8248]

He doesn't have to talk... just showing you what the mansion looks like on the inside! Love it!

[@catherinegray6221]

Makes me sad to think about how many people are living in poverty, some even homeless, and there are places like this sitting there that are more than likely never going to be touched 😔

[@Chat2much]

I know! upsetting right? what a world we live in

[@user-ny4ig9qh2e]

When you live in a house like that one you have to earn it not just put in there because you are homeless. Someone had to work hard to pay for this then they lost it somehow due to death, divorce, couldn't pay for it anymore, prison, who knows a number of things. It is very sad to see how low lives just go in there and strip the wiring and cabinets and stairs etc. A bank should pick it up and fix it up and resell it on the market so another well-doing family can enjoy it. I loved the elevator it had. Most cool houses that cost a bundle have them.

[@catherinegray6221]

Rick Dawson Yeah it's sad watching all of these abandoned house videos and seeing how people have destroyed them, I wish the banks would have fixed them up when they could because a lot of these abandoned houses are too far gone at this point. And I definitely see what you're saying with the homeless, certainly they can't just give these houses to them when others work hard their whole lives to be able to afford houses like this, I was just picturing something like a shelter being made out of these types of places so no one has to live on the streets.

[@user-ny4ig9qh2e]

Maybe if the state was to buy them up and fix them up for drug rehab houses or places like that to help people get off the nasty drugs that are killing this country. The state has a lot of our money and power to do something like this. But they would rather give it to illegal aliens to support them when they come over here like food stamps, welfare, cash aid, section 8 housing, free medical, free drivers license , free education and college, Free Free Free Free. Spend some of that on people who are born here and are American citizens like the Vets.

[@robinpotter8642]

Most of what you spew is utter bullshit. No use in showing you any facts, as your mind is made up. I'm sure you feel you speak the truth. One question: what should be done with the $13B paid in taxes by illegal immigrants that they will never see a dime of?

[@FireCracker3240]

What an insanely beautiful home. You can tell whoever was building it was really putting a lot of attention to the details. The bay windows in the great room by the kitchen, the lift, the rich wood in the den (?), the tray ceilings, the amazing built-ins, the turreted roof on the pool house, etc, etc. It's just stunning. What a shame.

[@spunkybackpack]

I find it pretty astonishing that someone would leave a house like this and not presume there'd be people out there desperate to know why? It's obviously a dream home for whoever lived there, and they evidently spent huge amounts of time, money & planning to build it. Plus, it hardly looks lived in either, so why would they just get up and go? Baffling.

[@spunkybackpack]

Also - that chair at 20:32 Creepy as FUCK

[@compuven]

Alex Greenhill I thought the same... spoooky!!!

[@WachdByBigBrother]

Maybe they couldn't afford the payments and overstepped their means and just walked away. Some people have done that. Who knows? They could have been offered a substantial sum to leave. Many possibilities. I worked for some people that paid 15,000 for a private jet to fly back east. Some people are in a totally different financial league and their decisions might be completely different from others. On a whim they might buy or sell a house, tear down something like this, and build another one. I've seen it. Could be many reasons a house like this is torn down.

[@RyanParrott27]

murdered or died perhaps, on the run?

[@dieselscience]

Could be foreclosed or a government seizure.

[@KestrelJo]

I like the silence, just as though I were walking through with you, exploring and wondering about the people who had this house built. It looks like it would have been a nice, peaceful place for a home, where you could watch the seasons and the changes they made on the landscape.

[@wanderdworld]

only a true animal lover would have put that board in the pool. well played my man. be blessed

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+wanderdworld you made me smile tonight ) thanks my friend )

[@wanderdworld]

you are quite welcome. good men sometimes give them selves away. i believe you to be one. great channel, never stop wondering:D

[@londonsfinest2631]

what does putting the board in the pool do?

[@wanderdworld]

If you go back to the swimming pool footage you will see dead mice in the pool. They reach over to get a drink and fall in. the water level is too low for them to reach back up on the step and they swim until they drown. This Gentleman recognized this and put the board in for them to swim to and make an exit.

[@londonsfinest2631]

wanderdworld ah okay thanks

[@rkr894able]

Thanks for your time to write all that info in description...yes Ive read all of that.

[@dianewatson2009]

2 different owners lived there over 25 years. We worked there and it was stunning when it was lived in, the back bay window in the kitchen had a baby grand piano sitting there (1st owner) The goverment expropriate the house and property (10 acres) as you are aware. The first owners keep it beautiful nothing out of place when you walked in your jaw would hit the floor. The iron gates at the front all custom made were something to see. The 1st owners were very proud of it and you could tell, the second owner's let it run down which was such a shame. Hope this helped

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Diane w Great back story..thank you!!!

[@dianewatson2009]

***** No problem, I came across your video the other day from FB. I have watched some of your videos and it's nice to see someone appreciate what the houses were. I have worked in over a hundred of the houses you have posted (the company I worked for had the contract on these houses) and I also use to live in Claremont and now in Brooklin. Like you I love learning the history of the houses so many times when I was at a property I would try to find out anything about the history. We always had the blue prints of the property so it was a little easier to find info out or people or neighbour were still living there. Just in case you having been to this area there are some really beautiful house in the area of hwy 57 east and conc 6-7. I was in one that had actual hiding doorways in the wall you couldn't see.

[@jeesssy93]

It looked to me as though the home had never been finished being built. No kitchen cabinets, No doors on the closets. Hot tub looked very clean, unused. Just seems very un-finished to have ever been lived in.

[@dianewatson2009]

Leeann Cottrill people went into the house and took everything of value

[@carlys1000]

Diane w I used to live in Locust Hill and had friends in Claremont. So, this house is from the Pickering Airport Project? With so many homeless people it is a sin to see such beautiful homes go to ruin,empty and lifeless.

[@GregThatDudeTv]

I saw this video months back and somehow found my way back to it. This was a beautiful house. From the finishes looks like it's from the late 80's of 90's, yet it's still has a timeless design. The images are still available on good earth.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

GregThatDudeTv I could not agree more my friend...and well said!

[@Lincolntowncoupe]

GregThatDudeTv I would tend to think this house was built in between 1994 to 1996

[@OhDaiisy]

'Why won't they go in that room?' Person - throws book into a pit of water - '....oh lol'

[@calliecook7045]

Same👌

[@jessicascacco6840]

such a beautiful home to just be left to waste

[@thehappyhoof]

Dude YOU ARE AWESOME! Putting that beam in there for little animals that get stuck in there to get out. That was wonderful!

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

thehappyhoof lol...ya, I am a sucker for wildlife..RUN FREE little frogs!

[@sueishere25]

***** I thought that was the reason you did that. Thank you!!!!

[@ohSHATTitsKATT]

This house was demolished in order to build a highway. I'm sure the owners were paid a lot of money to abandon this house and find a new location. What I wonder is if they built this exact same home on another lot, or if they changed the construction plan. Pretty strange to think there could be an exact, finished replica of this ruin somewhere else. Awesome video, thanks for posting.

[@boovaher]

Thank you for putting the wooden plank into the pool.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+Boo Vaher Your welcome )) I think i could save a few critters!

[@ryanlambert7952]

+DaaDeeOh's Urban Exploration im confused, what does the plank do to help?

[@theresa-annsymes4149]

I love this man the fact that he did that for animal warms my heart

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Lol I'm a sucker for wildlife

[@SerenaB97]

I like the fact that nothing was said during this video :)

[@StephyGrowsWeed]

i dont 😁🤔

[@lilylogan1250]

Serena Livingston me too! All the talking is so obnoxious at times. This is so soothing and peaceful

[@antonioscott6197]

Serena Livingston didn't say not 1 peep..... very peaceful.

[@LWall-fv5ep]

Serena Livingston ❤️ Well, I for one, would have liked some Research done, so we could have known alittle about what happened. The info is public knowledge, some of it. They don't do any research on any of these places before they walk through them, & they could...

[@trishp9173]

L. Wall The description is full of info about this house

[@carolehayden8566]

Gotta love it. A nice, big highway plowing through. That is obscene. Beautiful home. Represents a lot of work. Great vid as usual.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

carole Hayden Thank you so much for watching!!! And of course...the hwy fn sucks!

[@rouser301]

Several amazing things about this video. No stupid music. No self-congratulatory selfies. No gang tags all over the walls. Not too much senseless destruction. You let the viewer explore and draw their own conclusions. KUDOS THUMBS UP! PLEASE tell me you left it the way you found it...

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+Jet Gardner thanks so much for your insight into my vids. I appreciate the positive feedback 👍

[@falconfeathers9454]

@@DaaDeeOhAdventures I love what you do. I am a mystery author who writes about Last Will and Testament with abandoned homes either as the inheritance or beside the inheritance. Synchronistically I found you. Fabulous thorough...and sad work. But even though it is gone, your video lives on. I subscribed. love you.

[@freebird5548]

I agree. We can actually watch a video of an abandoned mansion and not the face of the commentator talking through 90% of the video. Or watching a video of the videographer walking around looking up at the ceiling or out a window. I find that very annoying. I want to see the content, not the person providing the content. It is so irritating!!!!

[@ryanmartie1244]

It's amazing to see a place like this untouched without a bunch of broken glass, destruction and graffiti everywhere. Although you are in Canada and not the U.S. so it makes more sense. Great vid!

[@sarahstauffer2138]

It hurts to see this place abandoned!! Let me have it!!I will Love it 4ever n ever n ever until the end!! Man what a gorgeous home!!

[@wh8085]

+Sarah Stauffer Could you pay the electric bill ? Not me. Awesome place though.

[@Zyric83]

+WH Not just the electric bill but the property taxes alone would be killer.

[@supadoopa926]

+Fish n Dogs It's was also torn down over a year ago.

[@rdavid6981]

+Dustin Bradford The electric would be more than most people's rent or even a mortgage payment on a normal house.

[@Nill89]

I'm wondering how would feel like to live in this house, have kids in this house, going through winter, living the real wasp lifestyle. The secrets it keeps, the stories this house holds, must be awesome. Also heart-breaking thinking about the original owners, going back there and seeing how trashed the house became. The craftsmanship is stunning, you americans have a beautifuly way to create details, not even paying millions of dollars you would have a house like that here in Brazil, because we absolutely dont have in our blood that kneen eye for details. Congrats amazing video. Sorry for my english.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Nill Teixeira What a great and detailed comment , thank you! I agree with all your points and you explained it perfect. Thank you for enjoying and please check out what else I have to offer!!!

[@simone-by7dn]

Is this in canada ?? or the USA...

[@christinaroland7682]

Aperture Shots The title says Ontario Canada

[@simone-by7dn]

thought so...but as someone mentiones American ....I was wondering if I was reading wrong

[@Nill89]

Aperture Shots I mentioned wrong, sorry.

[@TheAmy3338]

Awwww, I was waiting for him to drop the camera, stand in the corner facing the wall and give us a look at the blair witch in the jacuzzi......

[@adnanhajdarpasic5019]

Haha I shit my pants when I saw that guy standing in the corner hahaha

[@cjodigo]

I like the fact that vandals haven't been in there to mark their territory!

[@MrConner008]

Thanks for sharing. It sure is a shame to see a mansion like this just abandoned and wrecked. Someone definitely could have bought it from the bank for cheap, but not now. Someone's dream was built, and changes in life made it fade away to be left as nothing more then a memory.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Propinionation The problem wasn't money..it was urban sprawl...it was in the way of a highway expansion.

[@joey1092]

407 i believe... i have passed by a house that looks just like it...

[@eye8owne8u]

Joseph Barrett they're also expanding 400 all the way to surbury.

[@sailorsenshi4504]

such a beautiful house with a beautiful view, it makes me sad to see places like this be abandoned. :(

[@nancyweliczko9334]

Thank You for putting that board in the pool for the animals, so sad to see a beautiful home wasted.

[@adele2382]

I agree.....a really great human being for looking out for the animals with the plank....you brought me to tears with that gesture...good people are blessed my friend....keep being you😇

[@Mazxlol]

its amazing how some people make 50K a year and others 500K and then some 5000K+. you know how they say money cannot buy happiness? I think to some degree it can. I wish i could live and not worry about rent. even one bedroom apartment would do.

[@Wormweed]

+Mazxlol money can indeed buy happiness.

[@jodiekalbfleisch1830]

+Mazxlol It's true. A study was done where they figured out that the minimum salary to actually be happy is about 75K. So yes, to some degree, money does buy happiness. Here's a link to an article about it. content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2019628,00.html

[@FuckPedophileBiden]

+Mazxlol If you get a Union job with a good pension then you will live with the security knowing that you will be able to quit working, get all the quality couch time in you want and spend the checks as they roll in.

[@Mazxlol]

+Jodie Kalbfleisch Makes sense, i am still not happy, i need a small raise! :D

[@20load1]

+Mazxlol i make 10k a year

[@moto1p1]

My favorite part, the fantastic narration.

[@shazzabelle123]

Amazing workmanship and so much money in there. Very nice that you put that board in the pool for the little critters to get out.

[@biggestbrowneyes]

GIVE ME GIVE ME....I love this house a Dream House it is for sure ! Thanks for the look .

[@chaise91]

For such a large house, the amenities felt very cheap. From the wood that makes up the staircase, to the moulding and faucets - a lot of money was spent to build that house from the ground up, but not much spent on the stuff that would actually make it feel expensive.

[@ShizukaRose]

+Chaise not Chase Yes it looks very cheap and dated.

[@rickross7402]

Well it is Canada ...

[@alanmaier]

+Chaise not Chase That seems to be the trend these days with a lot of higher-end houses. Make it look impressive but cheap out on the items that you don't seem. High-end house with a downdraft stove.. then laminate countertops? Even modest homes in the US market have granite or quartz. Kind of like a luxury car with genuine plastic woodgrain trim all over the place.

[@ShizukaRose]

Alan Maier a shame

[@buckolsen6470]

That means it was a spec house, done large & on the cheap by a half-assed first time developer with no knowledge of what will appeal to an actual millionaire buyer.

[@ParadoxdesignsOrg]

What a waste just for a highway. everything in there is practically new!

[@SpaceGhost999]

Practically new? That house was easily over 30 years old.

[@masquedblonde7853]

Thank you so much for not using "eerie" music or making silly comments. You are letting your surroundings tell the story. I'm loving your videos. :) That was cool what you did for the mice, btw.

[@jaxyab]

Amazing living space on top floor. I love all the stairs. Glad to see the vandals have not visited. Lots of room for homeless folks. Thanks for sharing and be safe.

[@WearySteerer]

Governments reclaim land all the time. I am wondering if the owner had prior knowledge of the future toll road. Local government should have never let him buy the land, let alone start building on it. WTF.

[@downhomesunset]

+Joe Whyte yep......can't do much but pay taxes in Canada

[@stephen6308]

Yes agreed this is totally insane

[@downhomesunset]

+Stephen Prokopich yeah! Mr. Selfie was in Calgary this weekend having his picture taken with self-important CEOs while flipping pancakes at the Stampede. He was wearing a western shirt that I have (a girls' western shirt-LOL). Our stupid mayor and premier were in the parade- showing off their awful riding skills. What a week- when the politicians swoop in to be seen and try to be heard.

[@NoseyNana]

+Downhomesunset Isn't it a shame we can't just live life without politicians & religious zealots and just get along as people? Sigh!

[@downhomesunset]

+Nana Ann is really is a shame. Think about how much better off we would be without these greedy slobs at the trough sucking our money away.

[@donbeckham]

The property is at 6225 Coronation Rd and was owned by Salah Abdelati. It was approximately 4.8 hectares. The Ministry of Transportation initially expropriated approximately 1 hectare of the 4.8 for works associated with the eastern expansion of Highway 407. The parties agreed subsequently that a full buyout was appropriate and they entered into a property purchase agreement pursuant to s. 30 of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 26 Abdelati subsequently commenced a claim seeking compensation for market value of the subject lands, among other matters, and equivalent reinstatement. Equivalent reinstatement means equivalent accommodation. Section 15 of the Act, which deals with equivalent accommodation states: Upon application therefor, the Board shall, by order, after fixing the market value of lands used for residential purposes of the owner under subsection 14(1), award such additional amount of compensation as, in the opinion of the Board, is necessary to enable the owner to relocate his or her residence in accommodation that is at least equivalent to the accommodation expropriated. R.S.O. 1990, c.E.26, s.15. That's going to be one hell of a house they have to put him in until he can find another "Dream Home". Here is what the property looked like in Sept. 2009 s18.postimg.org/wrb13f821/6225_Coronation_Rd.jpg And, Google street view shows the gate with all the trees and landscape. Very beautiful. What a shame. :(

[@utubewatcher60]

***** That doesn't make any sense to me. That house if its the one in Whitby. On 6225 Coronation Rd still looked like that in 2011 there is even garbage at the road in the google maps. I know they don't update those often but if they initial bought him out to initially go through his property. It was my understanding that the 407 was going to meet or run parallel to highway 7 which runs south of that property the main artery and hook up with the 115 highway. If you look on google maps now that road after it hits around 6142 Coronation Rd as of 2014 that road switches back to 2011 nice beautiful road LOL It just seems weird that money is no object when these roadways go through. Or, god forbid impede anything? Is it going through that particular property line? Its seems odd he was killed? I also read about a hockey player so many stories. Well it was enough to get this guy who posted it well over a million hits. Those Arabs have more money they you can shake a stick at this is probably is the equivalent of a little bungalow in the middle east. LOL

[@SuperTamig]

It's acers btw...what's the words you used? lol

[@SuperTamig]

+Kim Johnston what doesn't make sense? click his links makes perfect sense...you dont

[@utubewatcher60]

Tami Gorman, Are you seriously for real? did your mom not teach you, If you haven't got anything nice to say then say NOTHING at all? There always has to be someone with a rude comment who thinks they are smarter than everyone else. It was just a comment GET OVER IT!! The comment saying "that this is not making sense to me" was pertaining to the property that was forced to be sold because the highway was going through. The road going through was, or seemed to be quite a ways south of the property. I don't know what your comment is referring to with "acres" not that I give a rats ass what you think about my or others peoples comments on here. If you cant find your way to be kind how about you just read the comments and move along. how about that?? You're life can't be that bad at home that you feel a need to come online and bully or harass people you don't even know can it?

[@SuperTamig]

Kim Johnston oh really. .looks like that's what your doing..I stated facts an opinions I never said anything wrong yet you attacked me in your first comment to me and I responded hypocrit

[@Kiriafycso]

i remember watching this video during a middle school summer, is forgotten the video name but the pictures still rested in my mind. Years later, I finally found it again.

[@moondanceshuffle6539]

Very nice of you to put the board in the pool so if any animal falls in they can get out, very kind

[@LethaWolfStudios]

for such a large house I'm surprised how cheap it was from the laminate counters to the drop-down ceiling in the basement to the pool out back

[@craiggillett5985]

H.H. foxaddict agree, totally tacky. Even if it hadn’t been scheduled for demo due to the airport, it wouldn’t have lasted. Inferior design and construction, nasty finishing.

[@freebird5548]

And the plastic kitchen sink faucet. What were those silver looking tools/instruments he picked up from the fireplace? I've never seen an explorer pick up anything and not put them back in place. Just curious what they were that was picked up?

[@younggrandma]

Wow, they even build a "swimming pool" in the basement !

[@alexasmachine]

INCREDIBLE!. I CANT IMAGINE THE COST TO HEAT. WOW! I'M FLABBERGASTED AT THE SIZE AND HAPPY IT'S NOT TAGGED UP AND TRASHED.

[@junekwan8171]

A very wonderful work, DaaDeeOh. I could understand how sad and how frustrated you are when you threw something in the water and also put a wood into the pool because these guys could leave their place in decay while many others are homeless Thank you for sharing

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Thank you June, I appreciate your comment!

[@aaryjan]

House was built to amazingly high standards it is absurdity to put down something this well made imo

[@MichaelBatmanKeaton]

mark my words im gonna build this exact same house god willing

[@nahnahnahnah9945]

Jacob Smith right right..

[@chanelgez2146]

Jacob Smith go for it

[@trishbaum6364]

Why not take this one. So sad it's being wasted

[@peachbellini2615]

You can do it !!

[@Kiriafycso]

Trish Baum it was demolished 4 years ago :-(

[@carolchristie8514]

I love to come back and look at this beautiful house. I am thinking the owner was lucky the highway people bought the house for the highway as I do not think the soil inspection was done to see how low the water level was. It seems several rooms were flooded because of a water problem which also causes mildew. The house would have been worthless with mildew problems unless they had a big pump, lol. I hope they saved a lot of expensive things in this house to use in another beautiful house!

[@nechellelontine9755]

Oh No! It was demolished? How terribly sad. So much work and love. And all it needed was someone to care enough to help it out. Thanks for the video.

[@Physco219]

+Nechelle Donnelley No matter how much they had the gov't wanted it and got it.

[@mukwah1111]

Wow ! What a place. I am surprised that it hasn't been looted and torn apart. Just basic neglect that I can see. Upstairs is monstrous ... yet no real windows for cross-breezes and air flow? I would be creeped out in a house that big. Boogie man around every corner. Give me a little cottage in the country any day. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@YoakYum07]

Double ditto on the little cottage out in the country!

[@mukwah1111]

Sunny C I am fairly certain that I just drove in the vicinity of that house on my way to get dog food (just south of Ashburn). So many road closures right now with construction. It's so sad to see Windfield Farms demolished with a mega highway being put in it's place. Noted the extension of the 'transformer hwy' that is already in place now into Durham along Winchester. I think that is what I noticed first when I travelled on the 407 - endless transformers as far as the eye can see on the south side of the mega hwy with monstrous condo buildings on the north. Progess? Not in my humble opinion. Scarey and disgusting I say.

[@jwhite8316]

Maaaaan this was AWESOME!!!! Great vid, incredible lay out , thanks!

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

J White No prOB J, glad you enjoyed!

[@onda202]

***** I enjoyed watching it

[@DLR310]

Brenda Gutierrez very sad though it was demolished = city/county plans should have been known long before permits were issued to build this lovely home ... I think no one ever lived there & the city/county messed up big time issuing permits to build there ~~

[@aswtx75]

I saw that pool with those poor dead guys floating and thought 'he should get one of those boards and slide it into the pool' and then you did. You're a good dude.

[@d_123stl7]

I like how this house explorer shows the outside of the house too and not just the inside.

[@MisterStifler]

Wow... Why would anybody leave such a beautiful house?

[@imsodonewiththiswhatsaname1860]

I wonder that too

[@TheFrozenxd1]

Friedrich von Krauss youre human too?

[@hanzohasashi5603]

Friedrich von Krauss human in body only right

[@TheFrozenxd1]

Friedrich von Krauss ur 2 edgy

[@lennyf1957]

Bert-Jan Weening The house next-door to me was abandoned for almost 2 years. The former NFL player was in the slam

[@DetroitEXP]

THis is insane! I wish I could find stuff like this over in our area. This place looks beautiful. What a shame it's gone to waste. Great content though :) Cheers from Detroit!

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Ahh Detroit, home of some of the best urbex locations on the continent ) Thanks for the kind words )

[@DetroitEXP]

DaaDeeOh's Urban Exploration Hey you're not wrong! the buildings here are everywhere! take it easy:)

[@zzzppp1770]

DaaDeeOh's Urban Exploration 30k and you pimp that baby up

[@DetroitEXP]

Yeah, that's dirt cheap.

[@jennifertaylor1516]

that was so sweet to put the board there for the animals. ty u r a great guy!!

[@adrianafranhel2932]

Thank You for sharing all the details,

[@jamie1974]

The more I see beautiful houses like this torn down, the less I appreciate the value of any house. It seems to make you feel like everything is just dispensable like we live in a styrofoam cup world.

[@MusicPlayIt96]

I would feel so so weird if I had to leave my house behind and later on finding a video of it on the internet with someone exploring it..But videos like this are so cool

[@lisaess]

Marieke Wouterse I often wonder if anyone sees their old home on you tube being explored and how weird that would be and emotional I would say

[@laurascott49]

I'm from the UK and this is the most beautiful house I've seen. you don't find that many houses in the United Kingdom that big with amazing qualities like that. You can buy a crappy 3 bedroomed house here for £400,000 and there's beautiful houses over there for less. I'm so jealous, I wish I could move to Canada!

[@DanBeronews]

If you think prices in Canada are good, you should see prices in parts of the US. They're even cheaper here in Michigan. A house like the one in this video would be considered "cheap" because of the builder grade fixtures in it, here. (Oak cabinets, laminate counters, cheap flooring, etc.).

[@quennistar1203]

Laura Scott

[@laurajaynescott668]

DanBeronews i want to leave the UK and come over to Canada i feel like im missing out on so much, money does not go far over here. There's no such thing as houses as big as that or old victorian buildings. it's bullshit there's nothing to explore here. and i live in like the worst place literally full of council houses all cramped together. it's so beautiful over there 😣

[@maryharris246]

Good job, & excellent info. Most of all thanks for the support beam in the pool so precious little & big,if necessary animals could get out back onto dry land.

[@hellokittygirl1978]

for such a huge house they had a small pool

[@BROWSKIMUSIC]

+papahmatt Rather a small pool then a huge one where you can drown in.. good sexual comment if you get me haha

[@hellokittygirl1978]

LoL

[@BROWSKIMUSIC]

papahmatt lool

[@janfilbeck6376]

+Krissy Ciammitti But they had a hot tub and huge bath tubs!

[@sooofunny37]

+Krissy Ciammitti it was a "reflection" pool

[@leannvlewis]

What a shameful waste

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

leann lewis I could not agree more!

[@lildumplin9905]

I think I have watched this video a hundred times I really love this house, I wonder how the property looks now after it was torn down 😒

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

The garage was still there, but now it is green space next to the hwy 407 in Ontario . So happy you enjoy so much ))))

[@bootszarawalken9987]

Your urbex vids are my favourite because you don't yammer on throughout the video and you are systematic in how you go through the house, but you get my thumbs up for putting the plank in the pool.

[@TomRundle]

I live in the area and was shocked at the cost to buy out the new homes,sady paid for buy our taxes. A friend of mine had a house in the area and got $35 million.

[@BeemerTwelve]

Even if it wasn't finished there were millions of dollars already buried in there, just look at the electrical switchboard, if it was "an emergency" I thought that being rich meant that even if emergencies arose you could go on with whatever you were doing. Abandoned even before someone got to spend the night in there, what is wrong with people?

[@TheJer1963]

John Wilkinson The house was built in 1994 and it was lived in.

[@kalinbigler5831]

Uifk

[@grantjones6952]

The owners had to move out of it for some highway expansion shit.

[@kalinbigler5831]

I know that

[@Jordan-vf6sn]

Lol man lol lmao haha lol XD

[@denisestovin3522]

Your videos are the best. I loved the skate. The old houses in Canada are so nice to watch. Here in the USA there is always tons of graffiti. I hate that. You are respectful to those old places when you film. I like that.

[@lifeofamomadventures6978]

Thank you for posting all the info on this property. So sad the man & his family never got to live in and enjoy it. imminent domain sucks.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+Cindy McGuire your very welcome Cindy )

[@1431trish]

the chair sitting in the top floor of the garage, I could almost see the poor guy, who owned the house, sitting there thinking about all the hours and money waisted having it built only to have someone else come and knock it down.

[@DaddyMim]

What a beautiful home

[@PresidentialOGkush]

Yes it was. But three people agreed to the same conclusion with three separate opinions to the matter in a previous conversation I just got through reading. My brain was blown away. I was astonished because their conclusion consisted of three separate opinions that had no correlation to each other what so ever. Please if you could read that convo and let me know if it makes sense to you as I'm currently feeling that my brain may just be fucked up (from inhaling too much paint), thanks.

[@conniejelinek4168]

This house is gorgeous. I can't believe someone isn't living there. I would love to own that place.

[@gr8o2h2o]

I'm glad to see that it was not vandalized! If those homes could tell their story, I'm sure it would be a good one for us to all learn about. It looks as all they needed to do was the final finish and they could have resold it perhaps to another family.

[@JILL_BlDEN]

awe! Did you put that piece of wood on pool so animals could climb out?

[@JILL_BlDEN]

if so...FUCKING AWSOMED

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

Yes )

[@luisek.284]

Fruity Pebbles with

[@karenseymour7860]

This place is so sad. ....

[@gillamon]

that house is too good to be abandoned, if I owned it, i would fix it up real well. I would put a big screen tv, a bed and a killer sound system in the room at 2:34, then i'd turn that room in 3:46 into a bar/party room, for the bathroom in 4:20, I'd repaint it sky blue, and that rm in 4:50, I'll turn that into a guest house, and that room in 5:27, I'll turn it into a gym. and that room in 7:32 will be my dance studio, and since i don't have any need for a sauna, i'll turn it into a tool shed. and that bathroom in 15:19 is already perfect, s i won't change it, and that room in 7:05 would make the perfect home theater.

[@AussieOutlaw]

NO you wouldn't you're a DREAMER

[@putridvomit]

And ur a party pooper

[@AussieOutlaw]

Josh Goddard NO a Realist, Big difference

[@Exx0nGaming]

But its good to have dreams :)

[@ashlycruz1694]

Maybe Its Hunted yahoo answers

[@breezygirl362]

It was very kind of you to put that slab of wood in the pool. You get a thumbs up from me :)

[@rubenherrera3852]

Thank you for putting that board so anything else won't be trapped! It's incredible what stupid things people will say thank you for that too!

[@carolehayden8566]

Big, too expansive for my taste but an incredible mansion. Can't call it cozy, eh? I truly enjoyed your vid. What a waste to have had it demolished.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

carole Hayden I could not agree more!

[@Polemodrome]

24:02 The perfect picture of a tacky McMansion which will miss to none: plain beige for the frontage, no sense of how to crown windows in relation to the rooftop, outcentered extension making the dormers outcentered at their turn, Oversized and out of place palladian window... Besides, why the hell is that little window at the far left? it's dead close to the roof! Rich people have no taste, nowadays, all they do is flaunt their money. I see no point in living in one of these humongous abodes. I'd rather get something tinier with fancy and academic architecture.

[@rabbitraisin]

lmao I agree. this place looks like something I'd build on the Sims when it all goes wrong.

[@SBCBears]

@WinterGirl So, how do you feel about the oval lights in the doors?

[@craiggillett5985]

Well said, beige upon beige upon beige. another great example of a modern monstrosity found all over the world. Tacky, jumble of architectural styles,title or no awareness of basic principles. Suburban architecture supersizes. Thanks for posting!

[@alexislachance7384]

So 2000s

[@lindadiaz3268]

This was more than likely a very beautiful home, I can't believe how massive it is, I see their getting it ready for demolition

[@pieboy9993]

this was actually on of the first abandoned houses videos I've ever seen and I actually got into urban exploring becuase of this video thanks for making it

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+halloween all year long to be an inspiration makes me smile huge!

[@Airbagdeployment]

This house design looks like its been build in early 2000

[@UpYoursDj]

Lmao I literally live a minute away from here!! Been in this one and there are also others in the area like this. They are abandoned because of hwy 407 construction, given money for the property to move out. They use to literally have like 20 cars in the drivewy

[@nervousheadache]

Oh, when did they leave?

[@UpYoursDj]

About 2 years ago

[@nervousheadache]

Oh

[@APARAT79]

Video description says that he was in this house first time in may of 2013... that was almost three and half years ago, so yeah, you are lying...

[@UpYoursDj]

That would be stupid to lie about , perhaps it was 2013 when it first abandoned and time just flies , doesn't feel like that long ago though

[@laksitamochtar]

wow, that house is huge and looks beautiful. Too bad they can't live there. Thanks for the video, i really enjoy it.

[@IRONMAN000]

Really cool walk through!! It was something else being able to take a tour in it with you. Thanx so much for sharing it with us, although now my house feels really really small!!

[@animegod822]

if I had the money to I would today renovate/ finish building this house and live in it

[@JILL_BlDEN]

it was demolished.

[@-RizonGaming-]

+Alexander Craw (aucard822) that's what you say now, but if you had that kind of money you would realize how hard you had to work for it and probably not be willing to spend it on this ugly ugly uuuuuuugly house. i can see why they stopped. it's gross.

[@animegod822]

+ModernSims still would've been worth it compared to a small rancher house in south Jersey

[@chanelgez2146]

Alexander Craw isrite its beautiful wot a house I'd luv to live in it

[@JILL_BlDEN]

ModernSims Yea! My neighbor had a house like this and it took everything he had to keep it standing. Now its a rental w real estates keeping it up. These houses will consume your life. And for what?

[@Tain950]

I think that house is just being renovated.

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

+Nafir Alvarez nope

[@MrYoungJayy]

+Nafir Alvarez don't think it was even finished. and now it's gone :(

[@LethaWolfStudios]

+Drew Jackman nope it got demo two years ago

[@Tain950]

Spike18ism What! Damn that's a shame

[@faizahnisrina3546]

Rez and out of money

[@michaelwagner1279]

Sad that someone's dream home , dream life ended up like this. Hope they somehow recovered somewhere else.

[@jrsinger78]

What an incredible house....just breathtaking to watch this. Thanks for sharing it with us, love your channel!

[@undeadkitty4159]

I swear Canada has some of the best places to urbex! It seems like these abandoned buildings don't get messed with as much as the ones here in the states. Check out my urbex adventures in the desert of California to see what I mean.

[@abandonedsc4261]

Amazing Place. terrific find for sure! I'm just trying to figure if the place was lived in before it was taken for the highway? it kinda looked unfinished in some sense like the cabinets looked unfinished. and there was some obvious vandalism. almost looked like someone finished it about 95% but can't be sure either way great explore. Thanks for sharing!

[@samanthabarkclay1346]

I am a "gentrification litigator" and my first question is how could the house have passed permits? Every city on this planet has a 20-30 year development plan. Why didn't the city permits department personnel inform the contractor and the property owners of potential zoning variances? Like their desire to build a highway. In America, we referred that to professional negligence, aggravated negligence, chain-link conspiracy, constructive fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, fraudulent non-disclosure and the legal list may go on. I haven't slept because I can't decide were I want to live on this planet after I settle my 53 law cases that stem from a gentrification war in my town for the last 15 of 94 years. I do know that I am going to purchase a BIG home for the rest of my family to live in. From viewing a few destroyed mansions, I know one thing. I will make sure my will states that the home is preserved for the family because I have a fiduciary duty to my mother and the other family members and if they cannot take care of it, I will make sure that a non-profit organization creates a global law library and practitioners to assist global citizens with their disputes that nobody else has the desire to defend. My family's first mini-mansion (3,000 mere square feet) that resembled the White House or the Blair House as my mama proclaims has been fortune to survive in San Francisco unless the BIG one hits. I can't wait to paint my next living room maroon walls with white trim. It has the smell of law and justice and God knows this planet needs it! When I watch abandoned mansions, the first question I ask myself is "What karma" bestowed the property owners? My white collar criminal step-father forged my mother's name on her mansion and then axed his mother to death for his third inheritance. As a proximate causation to his gruesome deed, I became an advocate against WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS. My fate is clearly opening up a path to prosecute such menacing creatures. Excuse me, but I am exhausted and have not slept the whole night. My two white puppies are going to give me hell soon if I don't get sleep. Keep up the good work. When I am stress out from battling in the legal war circle, I will pop in to watch abandoned mansions. I just realized that I abandoned the most important structure on this planet other than the structures that Jesus touched. My mere historical 1917-18 red brick home should not be torn down after the city contractor destroyed it in 30 days during a botched rehab because I went into the back yard and drew a circle with my bare foot and commanded the Heavens to the Earth (my boyfriend laughs hysterically over my act), I commanded God and Jesus Christ because the city declared a "gentrification" war and I wasn't about to let anybody on this planet take away my dignity. Then I commanded the entire past, present, and future global citizenry into the circle to do battle upon my behalf and they have. Finally, I sealed the circle for an entirety and let God and Jesus Christ fight my battles and this war and believe me when I say they did, THEY REALLY DID! It is a real miracle, I am still alive. But I was thinking about having the city declare my family's property the most historical property, globally, and make the building a public center telling this historical tale. The global citizenry would never believe the events in this war because there are days I don't believe the events that have occurred. One day I will tell this story. I owe my publisher four manuscripts. I suck at writing and attempting to produce four novels and they were works of legal memorandum and points and authorities, but one day I will. In 1982, in NYC I wrote that one day I wanted a bestselling book and movie made of my life. I sure as hell won't disappoint any movie director. Every night for ten years I was left on concrete to die. Even President Bush had knowledge that I was being tortured under crimes against humanity. Every night I walked that circle had prayed to God and petitioned him to bring his wrath, revenge, and justice and he did and still does. I was in emotional shock when I commanded the Heavens to the Earth. I didn't realize that I was commanded ALL global leaders, Kings, Queens, Presidents, Dictators, Armies, Generals (I met a three star general), etc. What I am afraid of, is that when I was praying to God (he ALWAYS GRANTS 99.9% of my wishes except my wish for a castle that I no longer want but do need a big house because I will invite global citizens), I only hope the term that I dubbed The Armageddon Legal War of 1999! life events doesn't eventually connect to The Armageddon War in the future. The reason why I say this is when I was praying I was SO MAD, I demanded that God cure all land wars. That was such a brilliant idea! NOT. I have been watching documentaries and uncovered God allowed a human balance against Saddam and his life for destroying the wet lands in a region of his enemies. He drained the wet lands so that his enemy could not build bamboo home. God were those homes beautiful. Well, Mother Nature wasn't happy and we all know what happened to Saddam. If there really is going to be an Armageddon War in the future and all countries are apart of it, as I commanded international assistance in this American land civil war, there is a connect to Saddam and his life. He is one of the clues. My city may not want to make my home the most historical home on this planet. I would like a bronze statue of a shero (female warrior) with bare coverings over her private parts and her driving a sword into a small mass of land signifying the night I plunged my sword (brother gave me it for x-mas) all hell broke lose. I didn't start the legal war, but I was sure as hell not going to lose it even if it meant losing my life. The devil came out to do mischievous deeds, and I came out to settle a score. I have to go to sleep..

[@B-O-D-A-R]

Samantha Barkclay your fucking crazy...

[@TheCiaMKultra]

Chris Cox I think your right! Either that or she was really really high on Meth or some laced Coca for days on end....I was like wtf after "aggravated negligence". I thought I was a little wacked out but she takes the cake, eats it and then tried to smoke the frosting off the plate.....lol

[@pudgypie1]

Notsee Yeti This person is exhibiting signs of bipolar in a manic state or schizophrenia. On a positive note, she liked the tour... lol

[@indizoetv2579]

Samantha Barkclay You are a lunatic. Seek help.

[@bonniebrown6960]

Omg !! That's so beautiful !! It's such a shame it's just sitting there empty like that and not finished. Don't know what happened , but that is so sad . Dang , I'm might have to move to Canada and become a squatter . LOL !! IJK.....!! But it is so beautiful and I will just have to dream of have a beautiful home like this one day . Thanks for sharing !!

[@davidm3maniac201]

Got demolished so they could ectend highway

[@falconfeathers9454]

Greatest respect for such EXTENSIVE RESEARCH. EXPROPRIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR HIGHWAY 407 TOLL. I LIKE THE SILENCE ALLOWING MY EYES TO DO A RESPECTFUL FAREWELL TO THIS MAJESTIC HOME. I noticed many complained that you did not speak throughout the entire video and gave no information. They hadn't noticed the SHOW MORE a huge archive explaining everything. What a tragedy for such an incredibly beautiful mansion Last winter Toronto headlines complained about people living under the Gardiner Expressway in tents, yet this same province destroyed such a unique extensive home that would be the pride of the billionaire. Government lunacy.

[@aydon1276]

Falcon Feathers Tent City happens every year and every year our government takes it down like assholes :(

[@frankroden8233]

Wow what a waste, nice big place !! It's a wonder the place has not been stripped of copper & fixtures. The place would have been a fortune to build, with all high end materials ! It looks like a newer home too !!

[@DaaDeeOhAdventures]

frank roden Ya, not to old for sure, and all kinds of expensive features..odd how things turn out...

[@SuperTamig]

OMG I'M READING ALL THESE COMMENTS. ..PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE CAN'T FIX THE FRIGGIN THING UP ITS GONE TORN DOWN...WTF. LOL...PAY ATTENTION. ..

[@collinholdfield3894]

+Tami Gorman but maybe someone can fix it up?

[@SuperTamig]

Collin Holdfield no its been torn down...it's a shame because it's beautiful

[@collinholdfield3894]

I was kidding ;)

[@SuperTamig]

Collin Holdfield​ oh ok lol sorry I thought you were serious usually when people are joking around they always put the lol's on the end:)

[@ethanminnie]

And it's gone for something as stupid as a highway extension

[@jizzellreyna]

Watching stuff like this makes me so so sad and depressed for some reason. It makes me think of what it use to be like and how beautiful it was and now it's an empty shell

[@joannebailey6552]

I live in Ontario, Canada so this abandoned mansion was rather interesting!

[@chrislorenzo7883]

Yes it’s absolutely interesting. How are you doing over there in Canada I hope you’re safe from the virus?

[@peggyt1243]

I am stunned by the number of commenters who assume the issues in the USA happen here. Foreclosures are very rare here. Our banking system is different and only people who can afford homes can buy them. We had no real estate meltdown. No one here steals copper wire or fixtures regardless of whether a home is occupied or not. It is unheard of. The house was obviously constructed in the late 1990s. As daadeeoh said, a new highway was announced and construction on this house was stopped. That is why the house was not finished or ever occupied. I have no doubts the property owners were well compensated and started a new build elsewhere.

[@bonnies9826]

Constructed 1994

[@bonnies9826]

And was lived in until 2012

[@veraarthur5098]

This makes me sad and I don't know why

[@Tracy534]

Great video. Glad I read the description. I kept thinking the house looked so familiar (from the outside) ..... I don't live in the area but I drive through there to visit family.

[@billbowers268]

Beautiful house . Who would need something so big ? I'd be afraid to live in something so big .