Creepy old house Gorleston Oct 2010

[maximus]

Creepy old house near great yarmouth Oct 10

Went and had a looksy,couldn't get inside but most of the windows were broken so popped camera through and took some pics.

Background: An old lady lived in this house for years,just recently she was taken into care and this house is up for auction, probably by the care home who have took the old dear in,they want £90,000!! the plot isn't very big and the house has subsidance,as you can see by the massive cracks,so it is not salvagable.

She must have been sleeping in the 'kitchen' as theres a bed in there.

Roof has holes in it and all the windows are either broken or boarded up,no heating at all and it looks like its a prefab of some sort and only single skinned so she must have been bloody froze in winter

Anyway this is my first post so be gentle....not brilliant pics...sorry

As you can see everything has just been left.

Couldn't get round the back as it was sooooo overgrown!

The last few are the 'kitchen' you can see the bed at the back.

This was a real creepy place




Thats all I could get as someone had called the plods and I had to exit swiftly!!


Thanx for looking

 

[UrbanX]

Wow, yes that IS really creepy! I also find it really sad when you see glimpses of people homes like this, and they're no longer there - the way all of the ornaments are carefully arranged. If it were deep in the woods it's have a real 'Blair Witch' quality about it!

 

[maximus]

Wow, yes that IS really creepy! I also find it really sad when you see glimpses of people homes like this, and they're no longer there - the way all of the ornaments are carefully arranged. If it were deep in the woods it's have a real 'Blair Witch' quality about it!

lol yep!! Especially the cuddly toys all covered in years of dust....veeeery creepy.

Very sad,she obviously had no relatives and lived a sad,lonely life

Just glad the chavs etc didn't get in there....its now been sold for £82,000 so wont be there much longer.

 

[RichardH]

Small plot and subsidence? Can't see them getting £90k for it, particularly in the current climate.

Indescribably sad how the poor woman was left in a house in that condition. Who was it who said "a civilisation can be judged by how it treats its elderly"? Apart from me, that is.

 

[Em_Ux]

Aww this is really sad

 

[Black Shuck]

Hello Maximus. I'm in Yarmouth, fancy another crack at that!! Welcome t o DP from me, almost forgot my manners there.

 

[evilnoodle]

This looks really interesting. I work in the community with older people and see people moving into care homes and leaving their homes and property behind. Very sad to see, but from an exploring point of view, this sort of place is fascinating because it holds the essence of the person in their belongings!

 

[Zotez]

Amazing, very poginant - I found it creepy enough in the local abandoned houses, it really is sad seeing things like this.

 

[wagg20]

Welcome to DP - Great find by the way!
www.norfolkinruins.co.uk

 

[Krypton]

Yes it is a shame how we allow people to live like that, although inside it looked like a very cosy house and looks full of little treasures.

 

[echo.]

How creepy!

Real good post, shame you had to leave so early!

 

[wagg20]

Found the house today - workman were busy clearing the garden; would like to have a bash but could be a tricky one as there are houses either side - night time/crack of dawn assignment!
As mentioned in the report it appears that this is going to be demolished very soon I would imagine.
Anyone care to join me on this one please pm me

www.norfolkinruins.co.uk

 

[Acebikerchick]

Wow amazing photos. Bless her heart. Looks like some nice old decent furniture in there and lovely old paintings/pictures on the wall. Bet she was really house proud when she was able bodied. Glad its sold now and it gets loved and looked after.

 

[gavnorfolk]

hi,
nice first explore mate,im just up the road if you fancy an explore sometime just drop me a line.
cheers
gav

 

[wagg20]

WOW!!

I mentioned this house to my dad and he is convinced that he knows the property; the lady living there was the niece of another lady by the name of Miss Hacon who both lived at the house together.
My dad used to own a chemist in town and Miss Hacon was one of his employees back in 70's, 80's.
I can just about remember her - she was very elderly then - a real character!
My dad recalls the time when the niece used to call to see Miss Hacon and often wind her up.
It is believed that Miss Hacon died in the 1990's (in her 90's) and left the house to her niece who carried on living there!!

 

[wagg20]

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT I POSTED MY VERY 1ST PICTURE ON HERE!!
Paid a little visit to this house today; managed to get a few exterior shots on film and 1 on the wifes digital camera:

Tried to talk the workmen into letting me take some interior shots but to no avail - time to get hold of the new owner I guess.

 

[Black Shuck]

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT I POSTED MY VERY 1ST PICTURE ON HERE!!
Paid a little visit to this house today; managed to get a few exterior shots on film and 1 on the wifes digital camera:

Tried to talk the workmen into letting me take some interior shots but to no avail - time to get hold of the new owner I guess. Welcome to the 21st Century Wagg.

 

[wagg20]

Welcome to the 21st Century Wagg.[/QUOTE]
Think I'll stick to the 20th Black Shuck

 

[bonniemcprice]

i agree - its very sad and she obviously surrounded her self with 'stuff' for comfort
i hope she is being taken care of now

 

[wagg20]

Annie passed on about 3 weeks ago. After speaking to one of her neighbours one chap recalled how she used to venture out every day and just walk around the town. She would not accept help from anyone, even the social services tried but to no avail. I have been exploring these places for 10 years but this house was something else - everything pre war! What makes it even more tragic is an awful lot of their belongings were thrown out; I did manage to salvage a few bits including a very old and unusual chair which looks like it once belonged to a child.