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UER Forum > UE Photography > Living the Low Life (Viewed 1467 times)
terapr0 


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Living the Low Life
< on 8/8/2015 11:46 PM >
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I was alerted to this property by a close friend who lives right across the street and pointed it out to me while I was over this afternoon for a visit. In hindsight, I must have passed by it many times over the years, but never really clued into it's abandoned status until he mentioned that it was in fact completely derelict, as the owners had skipped town about 5 years ago amid a flurry of unpaid bills and mortgages. A bit of research uncovered them as being somewhat notorious fraudsters who quite literally fled in the middle of the night and have not been heard from since. It's presently owned by one of several creditors and has been taken off the market after being briefly listed for ~$4 million a few years back. It has since been allowed to fall into disrepair and is so full of mold and extensive water damage that it will likely be a "tear down", or at least would need to be stripped to the (steel) frame and completely re-built.

The house itself is an interesting juxtaposition of both ultra-high end and ultra-low end finishes. There's the $10,000+ infinity edge bath tub in the master bedroom contrasted with the plywood and laminate island counter-top in the kitchen. The appliances are shockingly cheap Best Buy type things you'd find in a frat house, yet the bathrooms have thousand dollar sinks. The basement has 12ft ceilings, and yet the structural glass windows were improperly installed and have begun to leak like sieves. The drywall looks to have been installed by an amateur teenager, yet they splurged on four separate furnaces and complete radiant floor heating throughout.

As my friend is quite literally the one who would be pestered by punk kids and vandals destroying this place, I promised to withhold any info pertaining to it's whereabouts, so please don't ask. It would not be impossible for a dedicated sleuth to track down, but if you do, please don't make it the village bicycle, as has happened before. The neighbors keep a close eye on this place and will most certainly call the cops if they see you traipsing about ;D

Here are a few of my favorite pics from the visit. It was completely impromptu and I only had my "mega distortion" 14-24mm lens, but you get the idea. Enjoy!

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Jac Steel 


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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 1 on 8/9/2015 1:31 AM >
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Ok first of all, great find! As an architecture student, I love design and this house is definitely an interesting mix of modern and contemporary. That open kitchen design coupled with the open floor plan are very reminiscent of the Farnsworth house. Cool stuff! Never seen an infinity edge bathtub like that either.

Secondly, I went to your website to see the full album and let me just say your site is incredible! Love the layout and navigation menu. Bravo!




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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 2 on 8/9/2015 2:38 AM >
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Wow, awesome find! I would love to live here!




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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 3 on 8/9/2015 7:31 AM >
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Ugh that modern contemporary design is beautiful. It's honestly one of the few abandoned homes that I'm sad to see in this state. Most of the time they are the typical ticky tacky shit you see every where you look bland design that could not be missed.




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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 4 on 8/9/2015 12:26 PM >
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This house is gorgeous, it's a shame that they didn't construct it properly and that it's fallen into this kind of state...

Nonetheless, great find!




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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 5 on 8/9/2015 12:46 PM >
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Great set! What a cool place. Too bad it's empty... surprised there isn't more mold!




terapr0 


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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 6 on 8/10/2015 9:04 PM >
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thanks for the comments and kind words everyone!
Unfortunately there actually IS a lot of mold, it just doesnt show very well in the photos. The basement was particularly foul and I was hesitant to stay down there for more than a few minutes (and I've spent hours underground wading through confined spaces full of waist deep human shit before).

It's been leaking rain for the last 5 years and I truly believe would need to be completely gutted before anyone lives there in the future. The land is probably worth FAR more than the salvageable bits of the home and if I had to guess I'd say whoever buys it will tear down and start over.




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Re: Living the Low Life
< Reply # 7 on 8/10/2015 9:09 PM >
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Absolutely love #20!




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