This is my first location post, please be critical and let me know where I'm being too specific or too vague so I can adjust my future posts accordingly. I have a feeling this location may have been a bit overboard for a first post. Since it's a 6.5 acre area containing multiple structures there are a LOT of pictures, I have tried my best to curate them to only include valuable shots of points of interest. Please let me know if in the future I should split a location like this over multiple threads, in this case I did not because each building is a neighbor to the next. This was an unexpected find that I came across while trying a different commute to work last week. 3 large homes and 6 farming structures spread across ~6.5 acres of land, this is nearly an entire city block of residential ruins. A quick Street View rewind shows that all of these homes were occupied in 2009 and were slowly abandoned one by one until the block became completely vacant in 2012. Each home has since been exposed to 4 years of vandalism and decay while waiting for a developer to scoop up the land. The vacant block has since been purchased by a local development group that will likely transform the property into a commercial area over the next few years.
That being said, this is private property and does require some basic infiltration to access. There is a small construction crew that infrequently occupies the block, they are likely in the process of stripping the homes of materials for resale (plumbing, drywall, carpet, etc) and prepping the structures for demolition. Seeing as these properties have been abandoned for over 4 years now and they still contain most of the original drywall and carpet, it seems the demolition crews are in no rush to tear them down. After some casual scouting for a couple of days I was able to find a window of time to explore and take some pictures of every structure on the block.
House 1 of 3: While all three homes were a joy to explore, this one stuck out to me. The upstairs ceiling is entirely burnt out and as a result the upper floor has been exposed to a year of rainfall, allowing thick moss and weeds to begin consuming the carpet and counters. The floor is soft and unsafe in many sections, sometimes to the point where it has literally separated from the wall, leaving one of the doors floating on its hinges. Most walls are heavily coated in graffiti and all windows have been smashed out. There is no furniture left in this home. Outside there is a large two-bay detached garage, also empty.
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House 2 of 3: The largest of the three homes. This property was occupied by livestock farmers until 2012, there are 6 farming structures spread across the ~5 acre lot, ranging from storage sheds to chicken coops and stables. The main house is 3 levels and contains 5 bedrooms. One wall of the living room has been redone in brick, which must have truly made the day of the vandal that found it first. One of the bedrooms upstairs appears to have been occupied by squatters, containing grocery trash, newspapers dated 2016, a mattress, and some clothing. There is a trail bordering the edge of the property that leads south into the woods where an old storage trailer is being quickly consumed by the surrounding vegetation.
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House 3 of 3: The smallest and most derelict house on the block. The foundations have begun collapsing and the entire structure is now twisting itself into the earth. The surrounding vegetation appears to be swallowing the home faster than the construction crew can demolish it. Directly across from the house are the remains of what may have been a garden/tool shack. There is nothing of interest inside the home.
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