This was the home of Donald D. Dunning and his wife Elizabeth. The couple were married in 1951 and resided in Niles, Michigan. Donald was later transferred to Toronto where he was the president of the Kawneer Company. They lived in Toronto for 10 years. The couple had two daughters and one son. A daughter named Ann who attended the Wayland Academy in Wisconsin (1961). They were residing in the Toronto home in 1961 according to my research. In 1972 they moved to California.

Records show that in 1965 a man named Jack C. moved into the home. Jack passed away in 2019. He may have been the owner at that time, the same year when the house was sold. The house was then leased out until June of 2020. It was listed on the market and sold in 2022.

The property is valued at approximately $5 million.

Based on the interior design, I’m thinking that the house hasn’t been updated since it’s construction in the early 1960’s.

The rear of the house features a ceiling to floor window sun room. Perhaps this is where Jack grew his tomatoes. Jack was a serious tomato grower and gave seminars on growing. The front of the house also features ceiling to floor windows. The ceiling contains an unusual design by today’s standards with full length wooden slots.

In November of 2022, I explored three consecutive houses located in Woodbridge, Ontario that are soon to be demolished. The first and last houses each had a claw tub in the bathroom. The middle house was locked.

These type of properties are left messy, for no new owner will be moving into them. I find little of interest in photographing this type of location but I managed to get a few decent photos. Unfortunately the new vidoe camera I purchased is of terrible quality – the YouTube video audio and video is somewhat poor.

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.