Built 1908 with only 2 owners. History added. Sheds Everywhere!

Hey house lovers and explorers! I was able to get back to this beautiful old home and add the history as expected you may have guessed it was demolished about a year ago. An Edwardian Villa built in 1908 for John Frederick Martin who was a Jeweler by occupation. He lived here with his Wife Frances Anne and until they both passed away in the late 40`s. The home was then loved by the Curnow family where Sydney and his wife Mara maintained the beautiful gardens as Sydney was a Nurseryman by trade. The huge back yard and sheds show he had a very impressive nursery set up here over the decades. Lots to see and the history just makes it all the more enjoyable and sad at the same time knowing the whole lot is now vacant land. Hope you all enjoy the explore. Cheers for watching :-)

[@loubowen6649]

It's always sad to see a wonderful house be destroyed.

[@thegreycat2260]

Today, peoples love crap houses ...😕

[@Pocket-Watch]

What an awesome old house and some fantastic history. Shame it's all demolished now. Thanks for this video.

[@sandrahealey6385]

The ensign would have heated rose houses and other glass houses for growing plants through the winter ♥️♥️ The screens in the shed were for screening soil, for different mixes, seed raising, etc. Lots of dismantled glass house remnants! The fridges would've been used to store tubers, and bulbs as well as some seed stock. My grandmother was a nursery woman in Melbourne for more than 50yrs, a great explore 🌻 Love from Tassie ❤️

[@realist451]

Yes I totally agree with this post. There would have been at least one big glasshouse behind those concrete barriers at the back of the property because there was no room to put it anywhere else with all those old sheds.

[@slong8941]

How awesome you found all that history. A homes becomes a member of the family. We (my family) still talk about the home I grew up in like a member of our family. Thank you for what you do.

[@nancywindbigler6434]

Loved the back story!! The old pics were priceless. I wonder what took the life of daughter Murial? The interior doors are wonderful!! Thank you for another great explore!

[@juliaforsyth8332]

1918? Probably the Spanish Flu.

[@nancywindbigler6434]

You're probably right!

[@1stEarlOfSurrey]

@@juliaforsyth8332more young people than old people died of Spanish flu in 1918-19. There had been a pandemic in 1889-90, and those who had lived through this earlier pandemic, were more immune to the 1918-19 pandemic.

[@lindsaykowand5460]

I love when you are able to dig up the history and old photos of places. It puts names, faces and life within the walls. ❤ if only those walls could talk. I can almost smell the home cooked meals coming from the windows. Demolishing it almost feels like the loss of a loved one

[@LyntonSchwark]

Great original explore....the hanging wiring in front room was a porcelain tapered counterweight that used the cable and lamp to lift up and down on the rollers seen with it.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks for the info, that makes sense for sure, cheers for watching :-)

[@janacollins-maguire4942]

The house was amazing. I imagined it back when it was brand new and it must have been wonderful. I would luv to read those newspapers back from the time I was born. Very interesting! Thank you Paul for the walk. Cheers from Cali 💜☮️

[@merrilday5344]

you can see that some of the fireplaces hadn't been in use for some time as there was no hearth suround and the carpet butted up to the fireplace.

[@YtGad7000]

The names on the wooden crates you zoomed in on are from the mid north coast of NSW. Woolgoolga is just north of Coffs Harbour and Macksville is the next town south of Nambucca Heads. Maybe they were old banana crates?🦘🤗

[@sandrakoch8682]

Hello Paul, I have to say that I enjoyed this explorer seeing the kitchen, the fireplace mantles. The history of this place was great to hear, sad that this old girl is gone like so many others.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Sandra :-) glad you enjoyed this one, cheers again :-)

[@rogertemple7193]

Great to see this place again before it was torn down along with all of the sheds and hearing of the history and the two previous owners of it and seeing it all again Thanks for sharing this and take care until the next video. 🇦🇺🤠🙏🇦🇺

[@wernersadventures8330]

Dam mate that brought tears to my eyes RIP grand old lady an absolute beautiful story Paul.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hey mate cheers! Yes it sure does stir up the feelings seeing it all vanish in the end. Thanks for watching mate. Got some free time coming mate! :-)

[@wernersadventures8330]

@@urbexindigo5164 awesome mate this was an absolute beauty and looking forward to heading out.

[@DebbieBuck-v1h]

😢 hi paul, thakyou for a great family history of that beautiful home. You are a natural at everything you do. How could anyone destroy something as beautiful as that home. Cheers deb

[@stephaniemcquillan1930]

It makes these explores even more interesting when you have so much history to include in the video. So many lovely interesting and historic homes on your channel.

[@denisewatson5295]

What a lovely old home 🏡. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊. I love the old stove. ❤❤

[@ivyseal5161]

what a grand old home no more if those walls can talk they would tell some stories and what a story you told about the people that lived there it was good to see the old kitchen not touched the bathroom but the huge back yard he had for the green houses but its a shame it had been knocked down but thanks Paul for a look a grand lady of a home

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers Ivy :-) Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :-)

[@realist451]

Love the provenance of the property at the start of the vid. Very interesting and enjoyable to watch. The end of the video with the shots of the house to the vacant lot as it now stands now was also excellent to watch. The huntsman spider and the ENSION machine was very interesting. I think that thing in the garage was not used for gold like you said but for the nursery. My uncle had something similar on his flower farm he used for sorting bulbs.

[@minimad8432]

What a great explore is this. I did enjoy the history of it at the start, so sad seeing it all come to an end after all those years of the families that lived there. Thanks for documenting this. Cheers, MM :)

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed it MM , thought you would enjoy this one too! :-)

[@minimad8432]

@urbexindigo5164 Yeah, for sure, love me a bit of local history. 😁

[@ghostrider9978]

Great work mate ,, well done. Thanks for the newspaper shots .

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed it mate, cheers again! :-)

[@mnj640]

Losing a lot of those old homes in the eastern suburbs

[@pennysartindukeduke4778]

WOW 😮 that's amazing 😮

[@chrishayes2329]

Loved the old lino in the kitchen and the huge yard.So sad to see the demise of such a grand old dame. The loss of the gums and other wildlife habitat very upsetting.

[@Gregm-l9r]

Murtlebank was such a lovely suburb of Adelaide . Thank you for this .

[@williammullikin2076]

great explore, love the videos with a history of the house

[@kenem1946]

Thanks, Paul that was fantastic. I was glued to the screen from minute one! The timber boxes/crates were history in themselves. As an aside, my family, including me, were in the jewellery trades and at birth I was named Kenneth. Perhaps I am reincarnated 😄

[@urbexindigo5164]

Knew you would enjoy this one Ken and yes a definite common ground for you and this story too! Cheers again mate! :-)

[@ShettikkaWoods-jl8iq]

Awesome 👍🏾 thank you 👍🏾

[@meganpaull6140]

Hi Paul, I’m in love with the house loved all the history behind the home beautiful memories such a sad shame it got demolished when it could have been restored and enjoyed by others especially with all the history. I appreciate your passion you put into your videos. Thank you for the tour. 😊

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks so much Megan, glad you really enjoyed and appreciate the oldies too! :-) Yep I have more with history on way, just been time poor lately. Cheers :-)

[@meganpaull6140]

Yay can’t wait to see more, it’s okay I know the feeling

[@catb-w5212]

What a beautiful old home if though walls could talk

[@yeahitsprivate4697]

I love the history and the pictures you added. It really brings the home to life. ❤

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

Awesome backstory, and comparisons. Cheers mate 😎👍

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers mate! :-) Glad you enjoyed this one

[@craigdavid6519]

Im in Kingwood SA with pink terrazzo bathroom..lol its a cracking area around unley Mitcham with great houses. love the vid

[@urbexindigo5164]

Beautiful suburb Kingswood mate. Filmed a few there over the years! One was fully restored in the end. Cheers for watching :-)

[@Nancy-kw8xz]

Hello Paul another beautiful home🏡 I really like the old stove in there you did a great job filming once again like always all the details you talked about and show thank you so much Paul for taking us along take care love from upstate New York❤😊

[@royrodgers5359]

thanks for the backstory as always very interesting video look forward to the next one. cheers from chris and maree

[@mavahuth5044]

Like I said in another comment section, for a different explorer. I'm sure there are people who would like to buy some of the things from this house. So they could use it when they restore their house. I also liked how you gave the history of the house. And showed pictures when it was in better shape.

[@chellerowe9390]

Great to see the old Ensign oil burner. Used for heating the hot houses to grow plants.

[@wallywhitlock99]

Loved this one. Enjoyed knowing the history etc. I wondered if the old nursery man actually had a nursery in his back yard, and those concrete bits were part of glass houses that might of once stood there (hence all the glass bits in the boxes etc) such a interesting place. Thank you for all your hard work on this one.

[@juliaforsyth8332]

Judging by the soil sieves and open drawers with flower names on them, probably.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Wally :-) Thanks for the support and I am glad you enjoyed this one. I agree the concrete was part of his old greenhouses and the oil burner would have heated them in the winter months I reckon :-) Cheers for watching

[@jerroldmcley4347]

The newspaper photo shoot was a nice touch

[@Kasual_kampers]

Another great explore. The old newspapers were gold. Just on that "Hay bale" out in the shed, it is actually a garbage bag that were popular in the 80's and 90's. We still have one we use for our bottles and cans recycling.

[@ClarkOVision]

Amazing story. Sad that it's all been erased.... thanks for another super video Paul.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed it Clark0Vision :-)

[@epsilonvonvehron5820]

Your historical research here is awesome Paul, it adds a lot of depth and interest to your video. Well done.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers mate! :-) Really glad you enjoyed this one

[@mdelannoy3495]

l love long vidéos well done hello to Michaël 👍👍❤️❤️😺😺👋👋

[@silverbullet2286]

Thanks for all the details on the families that lived in this beautiful home. It really brings the place to life. Such a shame this one was lost x

[@stevenjohannesen88]

Another great Vlog, and excellent background story, ❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

love your research on who lived in these homes you explore.It was a beautiful home.👍❤️🇺🇸

[@donnamata614]

wonderful narration and story, just a sad ending ...

[@pattigolden1]

What an interesting place!! It's sad to see it's gone.... Not to mention all the gorgeous trees ripped out. 😢

[@elizabethfrederick2434]

the home I grew up in was built in 1859 in Washington state USA, we refered to her by her number address as it was her name. She was so intensly a part of our life and influenced everyone who slept under her roof She is gone now like all the ones you showbut still so remembered and loved. Mom who ownwd her is also gone.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Elizabeth :-) Beautifully said. I think these homes are exactly as you describe. So much more than walls and a roof. Cheers for watching :-)

[@kimfitzgeraldrockfam8973]

very cool old place and plenty of land

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thanks again Kim 😊👍

[@AussieUrbanExploring]

Great video with history looks like the veranda is about to fall down beautiful old kitchen beautiful fireplace a beautiful house what a shame that it got knocked down thanks for sharing another great video paul

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers guys! 😊👍

[@customscreenprinting]

Urbex Indigo thanks for sharing this wonderful video about this home that was full history and memories of long ago it was to bad it was demolish but i guess times do change and developers only care about making money and demolishing old places and the hell with the history and the memories it had shared my friend i am from the U.S.A and i really enjoyed your video and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again.

[@FreyjaHighUpNorse]

That 'light fixture' looks like it had supported a pulley-assisted, height-adjustable lamp at one point. Raise to the tallest person sitting at the table and everyone could see one another at a meal. Good old times! ❤❤✌🏻

[@ellenjohnson3723]

Those low cement walls were probably for compost. The incinerator for paper the the ash was used for planting.

[@shez5964]

Love hearing about the previous owners. I know you need to respect family's privacy but whenever you do have information that can be shared.about people who lived in the homes you investigate then imo the video is even better.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Glad you enjoyed Shez :-) Thanks for the support and for watching :-)

[@asilversurfer4372]

Shame the home has gone but enjoyed the history of the owners.

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers silversurfer! :-)

[@sashas8168]

So sad to see the old girl go.

[@bronwyn6415]

Did I see an Amscol ice cream lid, that was the best ice cream ever.

[@richardwolski5899]

😊 Great effort and research,put in to this video...Well done...Nice old house...TopVid.....UI...

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers Richard 😊👍

[@TheDancingunicorn]

Those big strainer boxes aren’t for prospecting they are for making soil fine to grow fruit, vegetables or flowers in. You sieved soil through them if that makes sense

[@urbexindigo5164]

Thankyou for that, it makes sense 👍😊

[@AnnasBurningCuriosity]

Thanks for this

[@urbexindigo5164]

My pleasure ABC :-) Thanks for watching again :-)

[@PatriciaOmeara-sn7nb]

A.lot.of.histoty.so.good.great.video.thank.you❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@squeaker2000]

This one made me sad 😢

[@JudithGolding]

That was quite a collection of sketchy sheds, you intrepid explorer. When I saw the Ensign I thought of a steam generator. But why would some one want to be generating a lot of steam ... as sauna, a hothouse? I loved seeing the ad for the Hillman Minx. My dad restored one in the '60, put a trailer hitch on the back to pull the little trailer he built. It carried a little boat with an inboard 2 stroke engine to take out into the Gulf of Mexico off northwest Florida.

[@beachbum433]

Goodness, Paul, when I thought your presentations couldn't get any more interesting...@ 25:23 scandal plagued TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart videos scattered round & about. And @ 1:00:45 interesting reading the social notes in that newspaper about "boating on the Hindmarsh River at Victor Harbour"...one used to be able to hire rowboats & go upstream for a fair way in the 50s. As for the comic strips: Bluey & Curley; Blondie & Dagwood; Ginger Meggs..crikey! My cup of memories runneth over. Thanks mate!!!

[@chellerowe9390]

Such a sad thing to demolish these old homes 😢

[@g2358]

Muito legal seus vídeos,essa casa e bonita e a família que mirava também eram lindos,uma pena que está assim 😢,mas tudo passa ,o tempo desgasta tudo 😢. Parabéns pelo vídeo 👏👏🥰😘🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@amandawilliamson4486]

He was mixing seeds to make other FLOWER TYPES????? Fridges to keep seeds fresh. Some call for full sun light others need shaded time. Just a thought???

[@pamelatripp8865]

Paul y demonstrating these grand old homes as u know they r a big part of our history and replace them I can only say what they r replacing them with eye saws it's not fair y don't the preserve our history rather them taking it away from us the design of them r really unique and beautiful 25:46 25:46 ❤❤❤

[@barryhansen6854]

Going by the amount of growing trays in that shed, the labels for Begonia bulbs. That nursery guy was growing bulb to on sell for a living. The water heater could have been for keeping the growing sheds warm.

[@servicedogkyzanna1761]

That lot is an Oasis- and it will be leveled- it, quite literally, makes me ill. Those birds, the wildlife, all gone- for greed. It makes me ill, they could build so many other things which would have left that intact. Thank you for the wonderful explore- I know it was very hot, and you, quite literally, take your health into your hands. Mr Woodsman may be small, but he can make you quite ill if you get on his bad side. I would kill to have that lot to live on, as would many others. I hope the cats are well, and you are being careful. STill waiting on that book- I would even pay shipping to the States, and I never order things. Have a great week, Paul 🙂- SDK

[@urbexindigo5164]

Cheers SDK 😊 yes what a waste of a beautiful property that should be loved and imagine someone turning it back in to a nursery or bird sanctuary. Cats are well, and fostering two more little girls atm also. 😊 Yep book def on the way soonish 😁👍

[@MimiBeeswing]

So sad 😢

[@urbexindigo5164]

Yes it sad seeing it all vanish MimiBeeswing. Cheers for watching :-)

[@toyh4693]

Don’t know if any1 else has commented but the wool bail thing was used as a bin back in 80’s 90’s, they were gross

[@PatriciaOmeara-sn7nb]

The spider was Cute.ha.ha❤

[@lancemumford3106]

At 4:59 that is a furnace. For heating something.

[@jerroldmcley4347]

What is a huntsman?

[@markkilley2683]

Spider.

[@juliegraham7109]

All the light brown shelves with names on them were old post office mail sorting boxes. Put that into google it will come up for you. Back in the 1970s i would go to the small postoffice and pickup our mail..

[@1stEarlOfSurrey]

every time you say “fanny”, with such dignity, the schoolboy in me

[@aussielamb8760]

❤❤❤❤

[@sharonvitori4101]

Greenhouses all that glass was from them

[@markkilley2683]

Vacant land? What a waste.

[@Aprilsraven629]

I'm all for scrounging around in old houses and sheds, please do yourself a favour get a pair of high top, steel capped boots because nails & glass in feet are deadly...and consider bringing a mate cause if that shed fell down or a snake bite you , no one would hear or see you...sad day another piece of Australian architectural heritage gone to the scrap heap....Councils are suppose to protect these homes but they make it so hard for people who want to, modern homes have no soul, no life, no character there cold, lifeless, mass produced boxes...bye bye nice home

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

Wasnt jommy swaggart a t.v. evangalist? Ther was a man by that name in U.S. years ago 70s i think.❤️🇺🇸👍

[@steviebboy69]

I remember seeing that on the tv and as well the name Rex Humbard also rings a bell to me.

[@lancemumford3106]

Plant pots, not pot plants. pot plants implies marijuana plants in pots. To me anyway.

[@bethanyblack8545]

What an amazing beauty she was. So sad that the cracks get too severe to save them. I adore that kitchen and the fireplaces. just beautiful. Have you seen the Bunyip at Murry River?

[@urbexindigo5164]

Hi Bethany :-) I have hears about the Murry River Bunyip :-)