The Indulgence House
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List of abandoned places remote and away from tiny villages - Check.
Yep another abandoned house from the backlog of earlier this year and what a beautiful place it turned out to be, so while on a road trip I guess it was a road trip, ticking off remote places here and there, this place I had circled as maybe a backup, well it turned out we was ahead of schedule so no back up, lets just explore it.
Driving down a narrow lane and completely overgrown trees grabbing at each branch above our heads, this place looked good as any to stop, now it was a simple hop over the wall and navigate across the woodland, stumbling down banks and tripping over more branches than I had ever seen, let alone battling ferns. (I wish I knew we could of just walked on the path and dived into the bush outside the house) but still the battle felt more worth it.
As we began to approach the house, a real silent moment took over, no wind no sound of cars speeding down the lanes, it was as if time had just stopped as we approached, we walked towards the door and a smashed window coated in what looked like blood, I pushed it open and what seemed as blood remained on the floor, odd...
With that odd silence and this house pretty much secluded from anyone, we made our way inside looking around.
Kids had been in here before graffiting shit across certain walls, not even a pointless penis was drawn, just odd wording, but noises upstairs kept me alert. Checking out the upstairs and seeing no one around I went back downstairs and gave the nod, well time to take some photographs, an avoid the pointless graffiti.
This house is just odd to say the least, never have I seen a house turned upside down but with so much left in place, the graffiti added to the confusion? surely if this was kids they would of smashed things and wrecked things, with expensive bottles of whisky and odd wine and rum drank on the table, maybe it was just a youths crash pad for a night, either way still on edge here just something did not seem right.
Upstairs I was filled with joy, I know many explorers dont photograph much of a personal homelife and get room shots, but finding albums and albums of old photos, all showing pictures from birth to old age, had me hooked forget the rooms I thought focus on these, I do to give a backstory in photos and letters of say a personal attachment, I find houses become rather a bore without this intimate part, so I have always tried to give it a personal touch, not saying the rooms here where boring, but with so much in one house it was rather annoying to portray what I wanted to do.
After taking my time, looking through albums and reading letters, it was clear a photographer was in the family, who I wish I knew as the images they had photographed where rather beautiful!
I came across the conclusion the house was abandoned around 2003/4 as these where the last known dates I found on letters, as for anything else it seemed the house was owned by an old couple unsure what happened, but they had a rather big family so who knows why this house sits so abandoned! I then moved from room to room looking for odds an ends to photograph, while taking the odd shot here an there of each room, it doesnt just tell a story the way photos an letters do, but I wanted to highlight what this house had, from an untouched kitchen, to what seemed to be a study of drawings, maps and paintings to a few bedrooms, the windows in each room are incredible though, downstairs seemed all rather out of place, but what can be said is the attic was still filled with belongings, clothes in wardrobes and alike all remained in rather an untouched state.
What a confusing house thats for sure, one thing still stands out a wedding ring left on the side... its these details you have to pay attention to I guess.
On with the shots and yes plenty!
Thank you for looking and taking the time to view this place and my work!
More coming soon!
Inventory - Check
Maps - Check
List of abandoned places remote and away from tiny villages - Check.
Yep another abandoned house from the backlog of earlier this year and what a beautiful place it turned out to be, so while on a road trip I guess it was a road trip, ticking off remote places here and there, this place I had circled as maybe a backup, well it turned out we was ahead of schedule so no back up, lets just explore it.
Driving down a narrow lane and completely overgrown trees grabbing at each branch above our heads, this place looked good as any to stop, now it was a simple hop over the wall and navigate across the woodland, stumbling down banks and tripping over more branches than I had ever seen, let alone battling ferns. (I wish I knew we could of just walked on the path and dived into the bush outside the house) but still the battle felt more worth it.
As we began to approach the house, a real silent moment took over, no wind no sound of cars speeding down the lanes, it was as if time had just stopped as we approached, we walked towards the door and a smashed window coated in what looked like blood, I pushed it open and what seemed as blood remained on the floor, odd...
With that odd silence and this house pretty much secluded from anyone, we made our way inside looking around.
Kids had been in here before graffiting shit across certain walls, not even a pointless penis was drawn, just odd wording, but noises upstairs kept me alert. Checking out the upstairs and seeing no one around I went back downstairs and gave the nod, well time to take some photographs, an avoid the pointless graffiti.
This house is just odd to say the least, never have I seen a house turned upside down but with so much left in place, the graffiti added to the confusion? surely if this was kids they would of smashed things and wrecked things, with expensive bottles of whisky and odd wine and rum drank on the table, maybe it was just a youths crash pad for a night, either way still on edge here just something did not seem right.
Upstairs I was filled with joy, I know many explorers dont photograph much of a personal homelife and get room shots, but finding albums and albums of old photos, all showing pictures from birth to old age, had me hooked forget the rooms I thought focus on these, I do to give a backstory in photos and letters of say a personal attachment, I find houses become rather a bore without this intimate part, so I have always tried to give it a personal touch, not saying the rooms here where boring, but with so much in one house it was rather annoying to portray what I wanted to do.
After taking my time, looking through albums and reading letters, it was clear a photographer was in the family, who I wish I knew as the images they had photographed where rather beautiful!
I came across the conclusion the house was abandoned around 2003/4 as these where the last known dates I found on letters, as for anything else it seemed the house was owned by an old couple unsure what happened, but they had a rather big family so who knows why this house sits so abandoned! I then moved from room to room looking for odds an ends to photograph, while taking the odd shot here an there of each room, it doesnt just tell a story the way photos an letters do, but I wanted to highlight what this house had, from an untouched kitchen, to what seemed to be a study of drawings, maps and paintings to a few bedrooms, the windows in each room are incredible though, downstairs seemed all rather out of place, but what can be said is the attic was still filled with belongings, clothes in wardrobes and alike all remained in rather an untouched state.
What a confusing house thats for sure, one thing still stands out a wedding ring left on the side... its these details you have to pay attention to I guess.
On with the shots and yes plenty!
Thank you for looking and taking the time to view this place and my work!
More coming soon!
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