I always find houses kind of weird, especially the mostly intact ones with a lot of stuff left behind. I didn't tend to do many and I'd usually stick to the larger ones, now I do even fewer after an unfortunate and very scary incident put me off small isolated houses for life (I didn't realise quite how much it affected me until a couple of weekends ago I was stood outside a deserted farmhouse in rural Luxembourg and I couldn't bring myself to even think about going inside).

Anyway rewind the clock a year or so before the 'incident' and on a random jaunt westwards, after doing a nearby hospital I received a tip-off that a house next door to someone I vaguely knew nearby was empty and had been for some time...so we headed straight there and got him out of bed!

This was unlike any house I'd ever explored before or since though, because it was slap bang right in the middle of a residential street in a leafy suburb outside a city, and was semi-detached so it had an occupied house attached to one side...and if anyone saw us entering through the only POE undoubtedly you'd get arrested for attempted burglary. It was worth it though because it was the most amazing time capsule I've ever photographed house-wise, it was vacated in 1995 and a large amount of the belongings were just left behind mid-removal, some rooms were bare others were full of boxes and some were stuffed full of items from a previous life. The house was in a very well-off area and worth a lot of money so for it to have been sat empty for 17 years is incredible.

To all intents and purposes it just looked like an ordinary house in an ordinary street in an ordinary city to people who walked by, but inside...well. Photos not the best as I only had my 10-20 on me though ha.

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Loads more here https://www.flickr...72157630701612596/

That is so sick!! Great find!

That's incredible! I once found a similarly intact house, but it had only been abandoned for a month or so after the owner passed away, so it didn't have a chance to be messed up. But 17 years? That's just unbelievable.

awesome find. Love the handwritten letter to the parents, very cool.

Wow. I hope you drank some of that booze.

This must have been genuinely spooky. Great find!

My OH My! What a Place! The personal effects are so very cool. The handwritten letter and the Front Living Area with couch, lamp and books is really an eye catcher. Im still looking for my time capsule. Congrats on this find.

Hot.
Damn.

Mookster you always find the best places, but this one really snobs the bobs. The stocked kitchen area and library are some terrific finds.

Wow....simply "wow"!!!

Thanks people, it really took my breath away when I got into the place. Plus the rush of not knowing if anyone saw us enter off the street and the uncertainty as to whether we'd suddenly be yanked out of there by the police!

In the couple of years since I was there I have no idea what has happened to it sadly, as far as I know I was the last person to visit it as I haven't seen it since, mind you to my knowledge only a small handful of people ever knew where it was. Might have to do some digging if I can remember where it was!

This is definitely some nice stuff! Kinda sad thinking about it having been left this way. I have to assume the owner has probably passed away.

On a side note, loving the design on that bag in 22. Just looks great on leather.

This place is incredible! What a perfect find.

Love the living room!