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A stone brick house in the area of Guelph-Eramosa. It’s also known as The Safe House, for a vault that used to be on the property.

I first came across this house back in 2019. At the time I just happened to be passing by and observed  signage outside which indicated new property development. I thought to myself, “Surely everyone must know about this house.” but as it turns out, I’d found a new location.

The owner of this property is seeking to demolish it and build a new home. In October of 2022, the City of Toronto refused to allow the new construction proposal arguing that the planned changes weren’t a minor variance. We spoke to a neighbour during our exploration here. They told us that the neighbourhood had been fighting the plans for this new house, and that they’d just recently won.

Since my initial visit in 2019, there’s been surprisingly little vandalism in that time. The fireplace mantle, light fixtures and some other glass have been broken. There are holes in the wall where someone might have been scrapping. For the most part however, people have been kind to this property. The dolls that were once found on the children’s beds, I’m told, are now in the swimming pool.

We hadn’t planned on visiting this location, but hadn’t been able to get into the last location of our day and so decided to visit this one just as the sun was setting.

The house has four fireplaces, an outdoor pool and four bedrooms. It’s priced at approximately $4,500,000. For photos from my 2019 visit, click here.

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The Classic Stone House has been part of the urban exploring scene since approximately 2012. At the time of my first visit, the house had plenty of contents inside of it. The kitchen contained an electric stove and a wood stove. The living room had a piano and a wooden stove. There were several old school notebooks that a student would write in, dated from around the 1950’s.

In the upstairs bedroom was a pair of cast iron bed frames, an antique dresser with mirror and a gramophone.

Over the following years, the gramophone disappeared as did the vintage hair brushes. I returned to this house in October of 2022. The front of the house has a large crack in the stonework. Just outside of the front door is an open water well which someone could fall into if they weren’t careful.

The entire living room floor has collapsed into the basement with the exception of a small portion near the walls. The wood stove is halfway through the floor while the piano has yet to begin its descent into the basement.

The bed frames and dresser are still upstairs. Where there was once a working telephone and electricity back in 2013, the phone has been destroyed and the power appears to be disconnected.

We did find a black cat which scurried off upon our entry, I don’t imagine it will survive the winter.

This property sits along prime land in Aurora, Ontario. It was earmarked for 28 new condos around 2018 when a developer sought to make rezoning changes to allow construction of two buildings.

The property developer is already advertising the new homes which have set to be constructed. What will happen with the property seems to be unclear. The property is listed on the MLS system as being for rent at $1 per month.

The design of the main floor is bizarre. Off of the living room is a set of double doors leading to the bedroom where there’s full view of a hot tub. Should the doors be open, your guests could see you in the tub. The bedroom bathroom has no walls or door.

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This was the home of Wayne and Wendy. The couple were married in 1965 and purchased this house after construction was completed in 1967. The five bedroom home appears to be largely unaltered since it’s construction, retaining much of the original charm, bright colours and retro design.

I could find no information as to their occupations. The couple had two sons and two daughters.

Wendy passed away suddenly in November of 2016 at the age of 72. Wayne passed away in March of 2021. After his death, the house sat for 8 months and sold for $3,610,000. The buyer may have been an investor as the house was put back onto the market in early 2022 where it sold in April for $3,850,000.

Plans for a new house have already been drawn up and applications have been submitted to the city for variances to the construction by-laws.

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This was the home of Rafael and his wife Melecia. The couple emigrated to Canada from the Philippines and resided in Toronto. The couple purchased their new house in 1995 for $725,000.

Rafael and Melecia were part of the Catholic church and attended services regularly. The couple owned an optician business and they had a son, who now also works as an optician.

Rafael’s wife passed away around 2010-2011. Their house was put up for sale in 2015 for $2,300,000. It’s only speculation but I’m thinking Rafael moved into a long term care facility. The last listing for the address shows an Asian couple who own a numbered company under the house address.

Rafael passed away on April 18, 2022. The house was sold earlier in 2022 to an investor for $3,500,000.

This house isn’t a bankrupt lawyer’s house as claimed on YouTube.  When did you last hear of a lawyer going bankrupt? 🙂

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The original family

This house is located in Vaughan, Ontario. I found it online while searching for town council minutes pertaining to new property developments. This house is destined to be demolished so the property can become part of a 73 townhouse development.

The hydro has been cut and there are some furnishings left behind.

This is a four bedroom, three bathroom house located in the Toronto area. It’s not abandoned, but presently vacant. The owners are requesting permission to make alterstions to the property.

The house looks to have been built around the 1960’s. It still has the original hardwood front doors.

This house is located in Vaughan, Ontario. The property is quite overgrown and it’s evident that the house has been vacant for some time. Peering through the windows, you can see there’s no roof and the floors are soggy.

In front of the house, is a Jeep Rubicon with deflated tires. The licence plate sticker shows an expiration date of 2019.

I wasn’t expecting much from this house, but the contents didn’t disappoint. There are a few electronics left behind including a stereo system, a moldy Canon camera and flash strobe and on the floor, several coins. There was a bookcase with books related to Windows and Linux computing.

This would have been a nice house to explore before the water damage began. With the roof missing, the floors were soggy and most of the contents covered in mold or moss.

Based on my research, there were an eclectic mix of people living in this house. One of the more recent occupants was a man who is an actor. He’s appeared in 11 episodes of the TV series, Clutch. In total he’s appeared in 58 movies or television shows. Another former resident is part of a Bonsai club, where he grows miniature trees in his greenhouse.

I spent some time going through the content of the drawers and shelves. There’s a very old laptop which is moldy. I discovered some trays of bullet casings (the portion containing the gunpowder). In a bedroom I found even more gun related items. There was a gun case (but no gun), more shell casings, bullets projectiles and some particularly nasty looking spitzers. I remarked to my companions that I wouldn’t want to have explored this house while there were people living here.

The actor registered several websites, all of which are defunct today. I believe that he worked on, or sold, television pilots and was part of a film production company.

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