This house has been picked through, but there are still several items reminiscent of a bygone era to be found inside. A kitchen calendar reveals the house may have been vacated in November of 1989, which would makes this house 31 years old. I believe that it was owned by the parents of a woman who lives nearby. The house holds sentimental value to her and so it hasn’t been demolished.

We were caught inside this house by the daughter, and it didn’t go over well. In fact, we saw her pull up and walk down the driveway and then around the house. We heard her approach the front door and open it.

Some of the items inside include various heart shaped chocolate gift boxes, a wood burning stove, old bed frame and boxes of old 35 mm slides. In an upstairs bedroom is a bride’s dress.

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This property is located not far from the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario. It’s along a highway but nobody disturbed me during my visit here. The name of the location stems from the pool table found upstairs. The highlight for me was the built in-wall cabinet which would be a waste not to recycle.

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This property is located west of Lucan at the end of a dead end road. There are old farming magazines that date back to the early 1900s.

When the occupants of this house left, they left behind many memories in the form of photo albums.
There is no further information on the family.

This property was first settled in 1862 by Scottish farmer James McCallum in Huron County. The Scottish were experts in stone masonry as seen by the construction of the exterior of the house.

The best feature of course was the winding staircase. It began to break away from the wall after many years of elements entering from a gap in the roof. The upstairs ceiling has now fallen down and covers the top of the staircase.

A large house in Woodstock with a three car garage and a loft above. There’s a yucky inground pool out back.

Apparently the house was owned by a man named Dan Murray, an auctioneer who lived in the house with his wife Shirley and their two children. In 2011, Dan passed away. The house was vacated around 2016 and has sat dormant ever since. The outcome will most likely be demolition by developer.

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This house is located along a busy highway in Southern Ontario. It has a few interesting features such as the skeleton key locks, stairway railing and old Singer sewer. The most obvious feature, or hazard, is the obscene amount of black mold growing inside.

Circus clowns have existed in culture since the 18th century. Despite their lengthy history, people today find them to be scary. Perhaps this can be attributed to movies like Stephen King’s “IT”.

This house had a beautiful backyard at one point in time. There was plenty of outdoor space, an in ground pool, and pool house. The house had a deck that overlooked into the backyard. There’s nothing spectacular about the house itself. The basement suffered a fire which I presume led to the occupant’s leaving. The roof has a large hole in it.

Several boxes of belongings, mainly hand soap are left behind. Everything is strewn across the floor, making it difficult to navigate the upstairs.

The occupants were of German descent judging by the record albums and postcards left behind.

In one of the bedrooms, a safe has been pried open with a pickaxe. Whether the safe belongs with the house, or it was stolen, remain unknown.

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If you think about it, urban exploring is much like Halloween. You go from house to house, knock on the door and see if there’s a treat or a trick. I’ve never heard of anyone being tricked though.

Will you hit the jackpot and get a can of pop? Will it be the coveted single Reese piece cup? Or how about the Double Bubble individually wrapped gum? Those always made your candy bag smell nice. My brother used to try hiding his candy bag and I’d always find it. After all, how many hiding places can there be? I remember one year I wasn’t able to find the loot after days of searching. I learned later that he had taken it next door to his friend’s house for safe keeping.

And then there’s the candy that causes you to frown and toss the goods under the couch: The candy canes that someone has saved for ten months, the black licorice. You know what I’m talking about.

The urbex hobby is similar in that you don’t know what you’ll get. On a good day it might be a rural farm with great wooden doors and trimming. On a not-so-good day it might be something like … this.

This location is being called Way Too Modern 2.0 (1.0 was last year’s post). It’s a modern house with an overgrown yard. The future of this house is not clear to me. There was a fan running in the basement due to the moisture, yet on the kitchen counter was a promotional package for new housing.

There was slight water damage in the living room. This wasn’t a great explore, but remember the Halloween candy canes – it’s not always what you wanted. As a photographer and explorer, I can appreciate the beauty of any property including this one. For all intents and purposes though, it could very well be MLS photography.

The contents of this house, located on Lord Seaton Road, were sold off in February of 2020 as part of an estate sale. The owners either sold the house or are deceased. An application has been filed to demolish the house.

There’s nothing remarkable about my photos, the space was a little too confined for the wide angle photos and the composition is rather boring. Still, there were some cool aspects of this house including the staircase, wallpapered ceilings and the basement bar.

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