This house was vacant for some time and changed ownership in recent years. It was never a biker house as far as I know, the name stems from information obtained from a neighbour. They had been keeping an eye on the house and one night noticed people inside the house with flashlights, who appeared to be “biker types”. I figured it might be curious explorers as they said that they were moving in the following Tuesday – which didn’t happen. In any event, the house is now occupied and workers are repairing water damage in the kitchen. Maybe the curious…

I came across this house unexpectedly, drawn in by its unkempt lawn. I had to wait a day or two before I could visit, and I worried that anything left behind might be discarded if I delayed too long. The house is nestled in a fairly upscale part of the city though.The house looks to have been built around 1950 and if one assumes that the occupants were elderly and chose not to upgrade the interior, that assumption would be correct. This was the home of V. and L. V & L both have old-fashioned names, which are not as…

This automobile graveyard is located in an undisclosed part of Ontario. The cars are arranged into rows and there’s quite an assortment of vehicles. There used to be a house on the property which was burned down. The owner apparently owns a second property that also contains an automobile yard. It’s almost impossible to photograph the cars during the summer due to the overgrowth. Fall is the most opportune time to visit.

This property sits along a street filled with million dollar homes in a Toronto neighbourhood. It was first built in 1981 and owned by a Mr. Joe Clements. Mr. Clements worked as a construction worker. The family remained in the home until 1996. At that time the house sold for $420,000.The next family remained in the home until 2008, the house sold again the following year. In 2016, Joe Agg and his wife purchased the house. Mr. Agg is an environmentalist and volunteers his time to cleaning up waterways in his neighbourhood.The Agg couple remained in the home until 2022…

A southern Ontario town was selected to be the site of a new plant that will build EV car batteries. Good for the environment right? Local farmers however felt that the land could have been used for agricultural purposes. The town purchased lots of land for between $65,000 to $150,000 per acre. House #1 This house is known as the Van Patter Home, named for the family that lived in it for most of the 20th century. The house was built in 1872 by the Gilbert family. Brothers Mathew and William Gilbert hired a contractor named Auckland to build houses…

I found this property while taking an unexpected route in Southern Ontario. There are several outbuildings in addition to the house. From my brief research, I learned that it belonged to a religious farmer. The property is for sale for close to $4,000,000. The house itself has a distinct raccoon poop smell and I suspect there are a few active hornet nests outside.The name of the location comes from a notice on the rear door that was likely to indicate that the family used to sell cheese from their house.The photos were taken with an Android phone. Poltergeists tampered with…

This elegant looking house was a bit of a disappointment. Initially I was only able to see through the windows of the secured house, but I knew if I kept trying that it would one day be open. Such was the case on my last road trip when I stopped in and tried the garage door. One of the signs that there might be a way inside this time, was seeing through the windows that much of the baseboard trim had been removed and stacked, and the kitchen island was gone. As I explored the interior, I was impressed to…

This house was purchased by a development company with the intention to build townhouses. In a somewhat ironic turn of events, the past owner of this house led a petition by area residents to oppose new townhouses on the other side of her street. As the petition was made around 2021, this house has been vacant for no more than three years. In the bedroom I discovered a box filled with hundreds of photographs from Ontario vacations taken in the early 2000’s. The oldest item found was a newspaper dated 1980. Given the vibrant wallpaper, I’m thinking this was the…

Not much to say about this house other than it was purchased by a development company and will be torn down for new housing. Inside a box are some school binders from someone who was studying in the medical field. The house was demolished in summer 2024.