This property contained a few businesses including a distributor of consumer goods and a mattress store. It’s largely gutted now and most of the contents have been scattered outside. One day I decided to satisfy my curiosity and went inside mainly to shoot some video for you – the viewer. I was inside for approximately 20 minutes when I observed a truck pull up next to my vehicle. The truck had been parked behind a gate, and I commented on the video that I expected I’d be caught. Just before I noticed the truck, I’d found a metal box filled…

This house was built in 1952. In 2016, it sold for $1.1 million. In 2018, a capital company acquired the property utilizing a mortgage taken out through Building Development and Mortgages Canada. They planned to build a new subdivision on the land along with two other adjacent properties that were purchased. The town committee would not allow primary road access from the main road to the proposed development which meant that access would have to come from the north. In January of 2021 the borrower listed the properties for sale citing that they had no funds to continue with the…

This house was built in 1952. In 2016, it sold for $4.2 million.In 2018, a capital company acquired the property utilizing a mortgage taken out through Building Development and Mortgages Canada. They planned to build a new subdivision on the land along with two other adjacent properties that were purchased.The town committee would not allow primary road access from the main road to the proposed development which meant that access would have to come from the north. In January of 2021 the borrower listed the properties for sale citing that they had no funds to continue with the subdivision development.The…

This house was built in 1951. In 2016 the property was purchased for $4,500,000. In 2018, a capital company acquired the properties utilizing a mortgage taken out through Building Development and Mortgages Canada. They planned to build a new subdivision on the land.The town committee would not allow primary road access from the main road to the proposed development which meant that access would have to come from the north. In January of 2021 the borrower listed the properties for sale citing that they had no funds to continue with the subdivision development.The house was listed for sale through a…

This house was constructed in 1966. As of 2022, applications have been filed with the city in which this house is found, to demolish this house and build a new two storey one. The present value of the property is approximately $1,600,000.

This luxury house located in the GTA was the location of a fire in 2011 which is believed to have originated in the basement heating system. The property has sat abandoned for the last thirteen years which is surprising given the prices of land in this upscape area of the GTA. I’ll update the blog posting when I have more details on the property.

The story of this house goes back to 1964 when it was first built. The original owner was a man named Kerry Hill. Kerry graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and spent his career as a patent attorney. Kerry was also a stone mason, which means that he could have certainly have built the home himself. In 1993 his wife Jennie was added to the house’s title. In 2013 the property was sold for $1,340,625. It was then resold in 2015 for $1.6 million. What the status of the house was from 2015 until 2022 is not clear. In 2022…

A four bedroom, four bathroom house located in the Greater Toronto area. Given the plywood covering the windows and doors, as well as the outdated interior, I think this will be a teardown. The bathroom is reminiscent of the 1970’s as is the basement bar. The stories that basement bar could tell.Explored in fall of 2023 Video

In fall of 2023, I returned to the Bitcoin Miner House. This was an original find of mine that I’d visited earlier in the summer. It’s evident that scrappers have found the property and that kids have been here. There are beer bottles littering the front of the property. Inside, several walls have been smashed by people searching for copper piping & wiring. Scrappers have ripped off the mirrors from the wall, to poke holes in the drywall in search of pipes. Marble tiles that lined the foundation of the hot tub have been taken as has the stain glass…