Abandoned French Mansion of an Artistic Family | Children Left Everything

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In this week's episode we take you inside of the house of the family Rousseau, the household was made up of a mother a father, and two daughters. It was a very artistic and creative family, they even had their own company that produced artworks for the local town and province. With the money they received from this, they build themselves a beautiful manor and send their children abroad to study. The children decided that they did not want to live in France anymore after they were done studying. When both parents had passed away for some weird reason the children never came back to sell the house and retrieve the items inside. Come with me on this strange and interesting adventure throughout there house!
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@polarbear5740 4 года назад

It's one thing to not want the house or even the possessions,but to not want your family photos which can never be replaced is a crying shame.

@forestnymphconfessions3596 4 года назад

I agree. I have so few family photos, they are so precious to me.

@robertahubert9155 4 года назад

I feel the same way my photos are the most precious thing to me.

@primrosedahlia9466 3 года назад

Well that might say something about the relationship those children had to their parents. They might have been abused.

@cincoy3679 3 года назад

Kids don’t care anymore. Like nothing matters.

@BrosOfDecay 3 года назад

Such a weird sight to see all those memories left behind...

@laurawrona7961 4 года назад

I believe this is a pity and a shame that so many places you visit have so many things left to ruin when there are so many people in the world that could utilize the items. It saddens my heart. I thank you for showing me so that I can see the history and the design and cultural difference. I appreciate you Leslie.

@Jessiesutherland 4 года назад

What a lovely home, so sad. In the folder you took out, the paper that looks like a map is actually a sewing pattern to cut out the fabric. Love you guys.

@FlowersHereGrow 4 года назад

Yes embroidery patterns, very old, I think early 1900's.

@XenaBe25 4 года назад

@@FlowersHereGrow Yes. Did you see that bed? That looked like it was hand embroidered. What I wouldn't give for a piece of furniture like that! Not sure if the person who owned the sewing machine and the patterns made it herself, or if they bought it, but it's exquisite. Somebody should write to those people and talk them into having an auction or smthg. *Somebody* should get to enjoy those beautiful things, even if the kids don't want them. It's tragic to see them rotting like that.

@lottatroublemaker6130 3 года назад

@@FlowersHereGrow - Not embroidery, sewing. Clothes patterns... 😊

@atinemassare 3 года назад

Exactly!

@CindyBradyTooh 4 года назад

That thing you thought was a radio, was... a radio! :D A very old radio, probably from the 1920's or before. That's how very old radios looked. I watched this house tour very very carefully. I think there were three generations of people that lived there. You can see stuff from the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and so on, all the way up to fairly modern stuff, like the kid's toothbrush (18:52) in a pink tiled bathroom - that was added on, that is not original; cassette tapes, fairly modern calculator (25:41) next to a typewriter from 1940 or 1950, next to an old dip pen (25:57), which preceded fountain pens, making it 1920's or so. 1930's maximum. Yes, I believe the stuff was from three generations of people. ~Cindy! :)

@karenmilligan5597 4 года назад

Where is Jan and Marsha?

@drpappulohot2657 4 года назад

CindyBradyTooh I am impressed by your comments, thanks

@Faffy58 4 года назад

Artifacts definitely range in age. The “dip pen” (25:57) is an artist’s ink pen used for drawing or calligraphy. My 90-yr old father, an amateur cartoonist, has a large collection of them: the metal tips vary in shape to create different effects and are removable from the pen handle. I think they’re still popular and are still used by many ppl today.

@CindyBradyTooh 4 года назад

@@Faffy58 Perhaps they are used by artists now, but before they were used by common folks. First came the quill, then the dip pen, then the fountain pen, then the ball point, and that's where we are now. :) ~Cindy! :)

@Indy__isnt_it 4 года назад

Good detective work! I got caught up reading comments, need to restart

@lollietibbetts209 4 года назад

I love the way you try to get the history of work whatever home you’re going to do. But even if you don’t know the history your stories makes it so interesting. You’re a humanitarian no doubt

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Thank you very much and I I always try to Imagine how the people live there and the story that surrounds their life

@ElisaEck 4 года назад

Lollie, I share the exact sentiments as you nicely put in words. Bros. are great to watch.

@jolefse8668 4 года назад

I found this video to be so sad. You have shown such respect for the artifacts that have been left behind. Thank you.

@lauraodle5816 4 года назад

I felt the same way.

@sandypompilii6901 4 года назад

Yes. Felt sadness in watching this vdeo.

@marg233 4 года назад

He always had tremendous respect that's what keeps me coming back more so very kind 👏🏻♥️

@annettejones1300 4 года назад

He , is so very kind and respectful. I do wish there was a way to find out why the remaining family just abandon every thing !! Great job as always !!

@stephenhall6677 4 года назад

Hi this is very sad. So many memories and no one seems bothered about any of it. Stephen

@sandralangley2807 4 года назад

Them dried flowers I remember being told as a child they was called silver pennies what a lovely things left in that home I hate seeing photos and beautiful furniture to decay sooooooo sad xxxx

@sharong8511 4 года назад

Silver pennies is a lovely name for them. I think they’re called Honesty too. That house could be so beautiful couldn’t it. Sad to see it unloved.

@Faffy58 4 года назад

Can’t remember the name of the plant they come from but we call them “silver dollars.” Still very popular - and common - in the USA.

@sandymcgrew6420 4 года назад

I used to grow them and where I grew up we called them money trees. I like "silver pennies" better!

@rebahargrove8465 3 года назад

I’ve heard them called Japanese dollar trees. Nice to hear what others have called them. 😊

@Lordess59 4 года назад

I found this home Fantastic and yet left me with a terrible sense of sadness. Sometimes elderly people who get confused you'll see their homes also reflect their confusion with age. Someone's home forgotten until you rediscovered it. Great Job !

@ongscott831 4 года назад

My heart breaking for them children but would like to know what was behind the reason for the families to just up and off never to returned, the place must be so great looking when they leave there. But why did no one come back to claim it. And do the children have their own families etc etc.... so sad for the place that now no longer in use. If you know more of any history of the place, people please tell. Thank you you are doing a fab job. Xx

@shirleycrawford7119 4 года назад

@IMjustAGirlInTheWorld1983 4 года назад

My assumption is its in legal limbo with the family and siblings after the parents death's

@lottatroublemaker6130 3 года назад

@@shirleycrawford7119 - What do you mean by «L»? Please clarify...

@lisaclark6977 3 года назад

History being lost in these beautiful places. I'd like to thank you for sharing your passion for these homes. I have a great love for history and I tried to make sure my sons knew as much history as possible. Now I share it with my grandchildren. We all should cherish history, not only what is written ( mostly altered in textbooks today) in school books but our past in every way. You andyour brother have a wonderful passion and compassion for what you are doing, documenting the history no one bothers writing about but it's just as important to not let it go unknown to the world. I really like this place and the property it's on is simply beautiful. You can just imagine sitting on the balcony early of the morning before the kids get up having a cup of five in the quiet overlooking the property. The sunrise and sunsets had to be just as amazing.

@Cathy_Lee 3 года назад

Great job as always guys. Yes I'm posting a year later but I've been binge watching all your videos. As for the older child's stroller believe me when you have children you will understand. Young children get tired of walking, little legs ware out before adults. If you didn't have a stroller for them say when on long walks or visiting the zoo etc you would be carrying them half the time. Okay keep up the great work boys! ♥

@DrStrangeSpock 6 месяцев назад

The small portable record player was NOT only for playing "tiny plates" ..45 rpm records. You remove the top and place it facing the room to play and then it plays 33 rpm "long play" -LP records.

@anataliaaraujo7689 4 года назад

Aaaaaa queria traduzir..... deve ser maravilhoso saber as histórias....desses lugares, melancólicos, tristes, ....saudosos,....uau...quanta coisa no mesmo lugar,.....da vontade de arrumar tudo, limpar colocar tudo no lugar......

@barbaramcquiddy1814 3 года назад

The telephone never had a dial on it. You picked up the receiver and an operator would come on the line and ask you what number did you want? They would ring that number and connect you to them. If no one answered they would tell you there was no answer. I love what you are doing. Very respectful.

@sallya.2412 4 года назад

I do enjoy when you tell the story of the people who lived there. Seeing what they may have done or collected. It's a shame that the children did not come back for the house or company. It is awesome to see things all there and not vandalized.

@clairebillette6051 2 года назад

Here in Canada, when someone dies, if the debts are over the values of the belongings, the family can refuses the succession. Maybe that is why there are so much abandoned manors in Europa if it is the same system. Thanks for your beautiful and interesting videos.

@paulsmith8212 4 года назад

First room is the living room off to the left of the entrance. Some kind of blueprints in the attaché case. As the camera pans around the doorway I see a security sensor above the door . That’s an upstairs hallway..nice

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Hey Paul these security sensors where from before the place was abandoned, thank you for watching ☺️❤️

@paulsmith8212 4 года назад

Bros Of Decay Thanks Leslie, I just thought that it was interesting, the old mixed with the new.

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

My pleasure Paul ☺️❤️

@kathyhofkamp3117 2 года назад

You are such a respectful narrative I love watching your videos!

@angelafitzgerald7407 4 года назад

Love you also Thank you for sharing Beautiful Artwork Beautiful place.

@jjsmith8956 4 года назад

So very sad. There are so many homeless people and people who live in shacks. A place like this could be made into 4 roomy apartments and the yard into a small park. Save the house and provide homes at the same time.

@thecook8964 4 года назад

Takes $$$$$

@LL-sq8se 4 года назад

The crinkling paper you found in the black case,was a survey.of the property 🤔😃A great place great video!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🙋🧚🕊️

@vondamorphew3505 4 года назад

Beautiful home! I would love to live there. Thank you.

@kiamichiozarks7056 4 года назад

The radio looked like a short wave radio that could be used to tune into other radio stations internationally and could possibly be used to contact ships at sea... at least that was what my dad told me. He had one when I was a child and that was a very long time ago. I noticed there was an alligator purse on the floor. You really should take an old lady like me 👵🏻 with you when you go adventure exploring to help point out and explain some of the more ancient artifacts. 😁 I’m free on weekends 😄 👋

@hopehollingsworth-venezian2080 4 года назад

Oh such a wonderful video. But it still saddens me deeply that the children did not think enough of their family to not take personal items. I loved the bed in the master bedroom. Also the other furniture. Thank you for bringing us another awesome video. We love watching.

@sandracrosbyguerrero1284 4 года назад

The adult kids may not of had a Happy childhood?? You just never know...Beautiful home & all belongings..💘❤💘❤💘

@lottatroublemaker6130 3 года назад

You know that you can use the Google Translate app, click the camera icon in it and point the lens to a french text and have it translate it to e.g. English for you then and there, so you could read out loud for us what so ething says or even film what it says on your phone. I have even used it to point to video subtitles and it has provided me with the subtitles I needed as I watched the video - very neat, it’s that fast! Great app!

@2.7petabytes 4 года назад

You guys find the most amazing places! Thank you for showing us what you get to explore!!

@flake452 4 года назад

Maybe they had to share a room because they couldn't afford to heat the whole house.

@ladylaois8184 4 года назад

I wondered that to

@kathiechristian3044 4 года назад

So beautiful but so sad so many memories and family artifacts just left behind to decay I love your video's and how you respect the memories of the family much love from Tennessee

@carmenneumann6162 3 года назад

Some of that furniture would just look splendid in my apartment

@marciaatner3277 4 года назад

Incrível essas casas abandonadas com tantas coisas que são aproveitáveis! Gosto que vc mostra tudo amo seus vídeos é show 😉😙😘

@lea1212 4 года назад

Beautifully narrated Lesley. ❤️

@marthaestrada3455 4 года назад

Absolutely amazing

@FreePalestinian-z9y 4 года назад

Why I was scared 😅 and wooow one day we will leave this life and left everything behind us 😕💔

@danaholt1720 4 года назад

So what happens to these abandoned places ? Does the state step in and take over or does it all just keep being passed down until some family member takes interest?

@brendabrummer6813 3 года назад

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. [In not sure that they are used very frequently anymore.]

@kuchhdilnekaha4723 4 года назад

So costly things of their parents Left behind......by the children...too cruel

@natalea1967 4 года назад

What a beautiful home it was once was. Just ungrateful children.

@Survivor-mf1nm 3 года назад

What I have of my mom's, are some of my most cherished possessions.

@carolmaxwell1047 4 года назад

Hi Bro great video. So sad to see everything left behind 😢 You take care an be safe. Love you much 😘 Bye 4 now

@myriamsaffores2499 4 года назад

Lo que me sorprende que no haya saqueo ni vandalismo está todo intacto lo he visto en varias manciones de Europa les escribo desde Uruguay

@carmenneumann6162 3 года назад

Absolutely beautiful it’s just artwork I sometimes dream that I end up in a place like this

@marie-evebelanger5914 4 года назад

You're si respectful of all thé artefact and the housse, thank you for that. Well, you said that the kitchen and the other dinning room doesnt seems like to be part of the same house. In a Manor like this, often, you have 3 kitchen and more: thé dinning room (salle a manger principale), the kitchen (la cuisine) who's having also a table for usual purpose and another kitchen called le cellier. This last one was used when they have too much meal to cook in a same time like partys, réception, christmas, etc. Some Big house have 2 celliers (i've Seen with even 3). The master bedroom have a bed in a room just accross. It's called une antichambre. It's also common but not with a bed on it. The bed was probably had for the young children, you were right. The garden on the middle of the house is called jardin d'hiver ou jardin d'intérieur ... Not that common but they were artist so i'm not surprise. It's a beautiful home. A gold bucket!

@cowboy6591 4 года назад

Us older Ham radio types like me could have helped you identify the radio at 28:30 but you have to zoom and hold still on the dials long enough for us to read the numbers, For instance 500 to 1500 KHZ would be an AM radio used most commonly for across the globe. , 160M [meters] would be a short wave radio for long distance global wide broadcasts and Morse code.

@ankrator 4 года назад

There must be a deep reason to abandon such belongings. It is to be respected as it is. So the house and it contents and the persons who vanished.

@Hellen_g_johnson 4 года назад

Hahaha that is not a map, it's a sewing pattern 😂 Great video!!!!

@kentuckylady2990 4 года назад

I am surprised that it is not extremely dusty. If I go a week without dusting, it seems like more than what I see in this video

@WandaStancil 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful ❤

@joycewilliams5231 4 года назад

OH my how can these children leave such stunning things shame on them x

@nanzins9439 4 года назад

Beautiful, but sad...seeing the pictures.

@terezalopes9307 3 года назад

Ainda bem que o proprietário retornou. Seria muito triste um castelo desse maravilhoso abandonado.

@dorisrosa62 4 года назад

Kids today grow up not caring what parents do for them, they don’t care about items that their Parents safe for them to pass the story to their own kids. They’re careless :( the kids could of come and sale at least the house with everything inside if they didn’t want it. Sad to see all in the house go to ruins .

@doloresgutierrez8050 4 года назад

its a heart breaking story of the family,the children just abandoned their home i have a feeling of regrets..

@dkchosen 4 года назад

Nice. Thank you.

@craighoward4446 4 года назад

My heart hurts looking at this beautiful home. Where have they gone to?

@korriwood 4 года назад

So lucky!!!! I want to go!!!!

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Country Road take you there

@korriwood 4 года назад

Bros Of Decay 💕

@korriwood 4 года назад

Bros Of Decay On my way!!! Lol

@ashleefryman1987 4 года назад

Why would a children leave their paints. The paints could be the only thing people remember the family by. The parents worked so hard on the paints and the kids just leave them. By the way you guy's show so much respect to anything and makes people want to go out and look at the history of the past and learn about how someone used to live

@SanIgnacioBCS 3 года назад

I feel we need not rush to criticize the last owners of this home. They may well have saved the treasures of the home, the best pictures, the most emotional memories, and what furnishings they had space for in their modern homes. The remnants we see in these 'abandoned' homes look like leftovers to me, impressive in their volume, but not in their quality, except the furniture and rugs. I'm realizing that in all those generations, a trip to the dump was not the custom and, with a large home, possessions just accumulated indefinitely, so there is still a lot left. Wouldn't you love to organize a clean out and rummage sale?

@suzannebirkholz8757 4 года назад

First off the door knocker was awesome. With all the paintings left, makes me think the children could be dead or incarcerated? I know that is a sad thought, but, why would you leave personal paintings that were painted by a parent? Maybe the estate was worth so much they didn't give a care about the items from home. Makes me sad, I wish I had half of those kinds of items from my parents or grandparents. I enjoyed this find of yours thank you so much. Do you ever look at the back of pictures? Sometimes people write who is in the picture and the date. Just a thought.

@marisawu3646 4 года назад

Perhaps also inheritance tax or other laws regarding properties...I’ve heard that the tax percentage is crazy high, even more so if the inheritor lives abroad like in this case.

@josettepernet4354 3 года назад

Faudrait refermer les portes des armoires et les fenêtres comme vous les avez trouvé et être un peu plus délicat quand vous touchez les affaires ...par respect ! Merci 😉 Sinon,j’aime bien vos spots 👍

@jinnefervickers9535 4 года назад

Is this the famous Henri Rousseau home?

@sharonfauber2118 4 года назад

The furniture hold memories.

@atinemassare 3 года назад

22:10 doesn't look like a childrens bedroom at all... Glasses...a sewing machine...looks more like the room of two old spinsters. Maybe some aunts? That two old ladies with glasses from the picture?

@richardwells6945 3 года назад

You have to wonder why no one left in the family would step up and claim the property and it's possessions. Maybe they don't care about their family's things or money. Must be rich!

@virginiamoss7045 4 года назад

In France do owners of houses and land have to pay property tax? If so, who has been paying and, if not, why haven't the local authorities sold the house? Does a bank own it? How do these houses in Europe just sit and decay away, never to have an owner again? Somebody owns all that is inside and outside. In America I can't conceive of stuff not being owned. I really would like to know how it works in Europe.

@arejnyl 4 года назад

Virginia Moss it happens in the USA, too.

@blaaaaaaarrrrr 4 года назад

It's different in every country of Europe. In Germany, owners do have to pay taxes. But if the heirs don't pay for whatever reason the municipality can't do very much for a long time. If there is a mortgage in it the bank will eventually sell it. If not they can only do something if the decaying house is a thread to society if for example tiles fall off the roof onto the street.

@vhondashadrick3547 4 года назад

I don’t think your rambling, I enjoy your ideas on how their family story went. Beautiful that’s untouched and now I see why you won’t come to U.S. and can’t say I blame you. Also, I have a question? I know you said it’s very expensive to buy a house that’s been left behind so since the children didn’t come back for their paintings and such, couldn’t they sell the estate and then redo it for someone else to purchase? Thank you for this video!!

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Just sometimes think to myself what am just talking to match with its lovely to hear that you like it

@vhondashadrick3547 4 года назад

Bros Of Decay yes I really do I think you have very good knowledge on how these people would live and no were always listening :)

@veradiestricklieset.8645 4 года назад

Schönes Video 😆 👍

@lucywynn4048 4 года назад

How do they keep people from taking their art out of the house is there security..I'm curious and new to this channel 🤔

@FernandoDomingos.Explora 4 года назад

Things seems were cleaned up

@dannellvalenzuela3218 4 года назад

I understand respect, you know, no one knows what kinda people these people were, no one knows what kinda parents these people were, think about it, why didn't the kids have anything to do with that house or the belongings inside ,as far as we know they may not want to remember their childhood,maybe it wasn't so good, just saying if I had bad parents and a bad childhood I wouldn't want to even go back there.

@f4zinnff48 4 года назад

Tenho muita curiosidade de saber a causas deste abandono como pode auguem abandonar sua casa com tudo seu pertence qual a ração pra isso fico na coriosidade ok

@miriamvelchoff9597 4 года назад

Si los herederos de estas propiedades están con vida a la hora de la muerte del último integrante de la casa, y no van a desmantelar la casa, recuperar algún recuerdo, y vender o donar el resto, es porque más que la oportunidad, lo que les falta es amor, amor hacia la familia que integraron, y amor hacia el prójimo para hacer un acto caritativo. Cuántas de estas propiedades, recuperado lo personal, se pudieran donar al que necesita, si no pueden o quieren venderla

@angelalsp3430 3 года назад

Maybe government tax for that mansion is very very expensive.it’s been many years, imagine how much they have to pay..

@violetacastro7274 4 года назад

A lo mejor sus dueños abandonaron esa casa para no pagar mucho el predio muy caro o sea q esa familia murió en algún accidente. Que lástima! Su casa es muy bonita.

@crystalfabulous 4 года назад

Amazing

@jeannezimmerman7034 3 года назад

Perhaps the kids couldn't financially get back to the home once they walked away. Doesn't sound like a positive relationship between them. Beautiful home. Kids made bad decisions.

@emiazka4795 3 года назад

Luar biasa I from Indonesia

@gaylemc2692 4 года назад

Maybe they are escaping bad memories?? It's a shame that all this beauty and history of the family just left behind.

@LiviCG91 4 года назад

I’m so jealous of these places I would love to go through every book and piece of paper in there just to find out more of the history. History lover 💕

@lisaclark6977 3 года назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves history.

@maryclarke5242 4 года назад

HI,, I LIVE IN IRELAND AND WATCH A LOT OF THESE TYPE OF VIDEOS,,YOURS .......IS BY FAR AND A WAY THE BEST. YOU HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL MANNERS AND A GENTLE WAY ABOUT YOU,, I AM OLD AND FEEL SAD THAT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DONT HAVE MANNERS,,BUT YOU HAVE RESTORED MY FAITH IN THE YOUTH, YOU ARE A CREDIT TO YOUR FOLKS/////

@lottatroublemaker6130 3 года назад

Hi Mary, Just a little tip. Please do not write in all caps, as it on the Internet is considered shouting and actually is seen as rude. Many with dyslexia also have a lot of problems reading it, as the letters are much more difficult to distinguish. Anyways, I just thought you’d like to know... All the best from a bit further north, from Norway... Have a great week! 😊

@blackimartinez8567 3 года назад

Gosh, i learned something today about caps,🤓

@ms.krueger2660 4 года назад

The children should be ashamed. Leaving such beautiful paintings and antiques to rot. I could never leave my parents precious objects behind. This is so sad. 😢💔 So heartbreaking.

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Angry completely witcher man SO devastating

@ricknelsonm 4 года назад

@@BrosOfDecay Beautiful video as usual, it is sad to see it like this, who knows why they left it like this. You tell a story about it and with no judgement, but maybe in your heart this is very sad for you too, I understand, it would be for me also. Thank you for your great work.

@IrishAnnie 4 года назад

My son doesn’t want ANY of the heirlooms I have from the family. They just want “modern” decor. So, I will enjoy them and after I die, maybe someone else will. But, for now, they’re my treasures,

@lorraine9242 4 года назад

Ann, my sisters had the same attitude when my grandparents passed away. They just collected the coins and jewelry. I collected the custom made bookcase/cabinet circa 1890, mahogany, perfect original finish. The glass to the door was broken. They saw no value in it. I replaced the glass. And a solid brass vase stand missing the marble inserts. I restored it. A painting of my great grandfather that I found with the frame broken into pieces by age. I took it to a restorer. I keep these and many other things.

@marg233 4 года назад

All i can guess frm this, their children never returning is they w their parents money became rich, part of the well off snob, high society people, just can't b bothered, never forget your roots, you're history it's so important

@nyx4081 4 года назад

By everything I can tell that the couple who lived there were about my grandparents age. That would mean their children are about 60 to 70 now. Some of the pictures were their grandchildren who would be about 30 to 40 now.

@FlowersHereGrow 4 года назад

Agreed!

@Siriana65 4 года назад

9:05, oh boy, this is a sewing pattern! For sewing yourself. Burda magazines have such, for clothes. *lol*

@kay-jayobryan7955 4 года назад

11 years and not a bit of dust? I only have to leave my house for a day and I can write my name on the dust that's collected Lol

@brendajoycewhite5747 3 года назад

Yes I was gone a m I mouth and plenty of dust.

@l.a.picasa 3 года назад

There was definitely dust, if you were there in person you would for sure see it.

@tamarrajames3590 4 года назад

French inheritance fees are often too high for the children to pay, which is why so many large properties are left abandoned. I think the downstairs bedroom was for the maid or nanny, and the children were upstairs. In older homes there was often an informal dining room as well as a formal one. Children also often did not eat with the adults until they were in their teens, so this may explain the second, less formal dining room. The newer portions of the house were likely built on later, and had modern appliances and utilitarian surfaces...guests would never see that part of the manor. It was, and still is a beautiful home for the most part. It is sad to see it come to this. Thank you, and stay safe.🖤🇨🇦

@jethrojackson2524 3 года назад

Inheritance Fees? Good heavens! To the state? That is rather nasty. So they tax the dead right into their graves...

@tamarrajames3590 3 года назад

@@jethrojackson2524 Yes, they really do. They would rather see a beautiful manse rot and fall down than forgo inheritance fees. It is dreadful to say the least.🖤🇨🇦

@_Sublime_ 4 года назад

WHY DO PEOPLE LEAVE THIS STUFF: Inheritance tax is the reason why many people are forced to abandon their parents (family) homes. The rules are very strict, especially if you no longer live in the country: Brothers and sisters are taxed at the rate of 35% for sums up to €24,430, and thereafter at the rate of 45%, after allowance of €15,932. Others inheritors are taxed at the rate of either 55% or 60% (after any allowances) depending on their relationship (if any) to deceased. Thus, many many homes are not claimed nor are the contents collected because they are held hostage behind a wall of taxes that must be levied before the house (and contents) can be claimed.

@lorraine9242 4 года назад

Thanks for the info. It sounds like a bad law that results in a lot of abandoned properties!

@sabrinafair35 4 года назад

Heart breaking!

@branbran903 4 года назад

This explains a lot of these videos I watch.

@bejoyful 4 года назад

Tax laws kick people out of their homes to leave them to rot; how does this benefit any country and who votes for these politicians?

@ashleycampbell5269 4 года назад

then just sits abandoned its sad how laws do that to ppl but its true

@lebkha 4 года назад

Sometimes when u live for long time abroad you lose interest in what you have left back in home country; it's sad that even personal momentous were never collected by their children, I wonder if the children had bad childhood or experiences whilst living with their parents.

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Maybe they didnt want to have anything of their parents anymore...

@jacekskarzynski1309 4 года назад

@@BrosOfDecay Nie to nie jest tak, ja po rodzicach też nic nie brałam bo mam dwa pokoje .. mam tylko jeden obrus którego nie używam bo nie mam takiego już stołu .. nawet nie wiem co się stało z zdjęciami ..może siostra wzięła i wyrzuciła albo spaliła czy coś ,bo nigdzie ich potem nie widziałam .. Przyszedł kto chciał to brał żeby się nie zmarnowało .. szczerze? Nawet nie wiem co w połowie tam było ...Cały rok mamę potem miałam u siebie i nie śmiałam tam iść i zabierać cokolwiek bo mi by się nic nie zmieściło ...Może i z tymi rodzinami jest podobnie? Może nie ma nawet miejsca na maszynę do szycia jak u Mnie ..?Pozdrawiam z Polski Babcia Jacka ...

@whatadollslife 4 года назад

when you showed the photo of the Grandmother holding the baby 15:11 ,the painting of the red poppies from the dining room was in the background 10:21

@blaaaaaaarrrrr 4 года назад

Good eye!

@taisep.olanda8845 4 года назад

Well, I don't have my grandparents anymore and their stuff is with me and I take Care of them. I'm an only child and only have my parents who are already old. I'm not married, not even in a relationship and if there's something I really worry about is to pass away and have other people Destroy their stuff, the things we ALL took years to collect and construct, things that are their Memories. Can't understand How children do not Care about their most precious stuff that money isn't able to buy.

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

Sorry for your loss 😔

@lisaclark6977 3 года назад

My parents and grandparents have been gone for years now. Grandma passed in 1970, there's absolutely no way I'd part with the things I have of hers, I have one of my Uncle's medic kits used in the battle fields during WWII, everything I have of family I will pass on to my children and grandchildren. Sadly the grandchildren care more than my children do. I've taught them there's things in life no amount of money can buy. I remember watching her sit hand sewing quilts using the Martha White cloth flour bag's, lol. She could make such amazing things.

@victoriajones7651 3 года назад

I'm an only child, parents already long passed. No kids. My things and my parents were collectors, I dont know what?

@nygrl6102 4 года назад

Not every family is a happy family. You don't know what went on there. We can only speculate.

@karennilsen1359 4 года назад

The children were raised in obvious wealth & selling the art business made them rich no doubt. Therefore not realizing the material items of any value or personal interest. To those who were raised without wealth realize the value & importance of personal effects.

@anssa6163 3 года назад

we’ll never know

@nanzins9439 4 года назад

My imagination goes wild, imagining the woman of the home moving about in the dining room, preparing for dinner....

@laraegodwin6008 4 года назад

It could be the man preparing the dinner.

@cescille3699 4 года назад

This is an amazing find! This manor is indeed beautiful, however, I could feel such a profound loneliness in this house but I could also sense that the family who lived here were once a happy family before the "sad chapter" of their lives happened. Perhaps, the grandchildren left the house the way it is because their ancestors wanted their things untouched. Most artists never liked their stuff to be touched by anyone and they are almost always melancholic. Maybe the descendants of the grandparents find it hard to go back to this place and relive bitter and sad memories. I don't know, but that's how I feel about this manor.

@BrosOfDecay 4 года назад

I felt it aswell when I went through this place 😔😔

@lottatroublemaker6130 3 года назад

I also felt very sad vibes from this house. Very sad vibes... I even felt like leaving the video to get away from the painful feeling, I even uttered it out loud, even if I’m alone. Does not surprise me even one bit when I now noticed Lesley’s reply to you, saying he felt it too... I bet he could feel it, when it can be felt so profoundly by watching the video (if you’re sensitive to that kind of thing, I guess)..,

@maggielarkin8143 4 года назад

I find this behaviour so depressing...my parents died when I was a child...I inherited nothing..but I never expected to inherit anything...we weren't well off...when I see something like this, the indifference of the children astounds me...it could be a beautiful house....I would have given anything to have inherited such a place..

@PtolemyXVII 4 года назад

Maggie Larkin it's better if you don't inherit anything. Inheriting things become a burden and you live in your parents' shadow. Also, the children might not have come back due to bad memories, or maybe they were old and ill and the parents didn't leave a will. Or the children passed away before the parents. I doubt that the children were merely indifferent

@maggielarkin8143 4 года назад

angeliqueinhollywood ...gosh !... Thanks for telling me how I should've felt after been left homeless, penniless and parentless as a child!... For a second I thought I might get to comment without someone bitchin' on me ....should've known better...and I will add entitled to indifference regarding the children...they could have sorted everything out from afar if they were old or hated their parents...this is a shocking waste in an era when so many people are struggling ....STOP making excuses for ignorance, this is only mildly forgivable if they had died without making a will...

@lorraine9242 4 года назад

You are right, Maggie. Some children are ingrates and they don't realize how lucky they are.

@PtolemyXVII 4 года назад

Lori Lenny absolutely. It’s much more preferable that children learn to become entitled adults, expecting their family to provide everything for them and become angry and bitter and jealous of others

@marisawu3646 4 года назад

Well we do not know for sure why all of this happened. Every family has stories that no one else knows of or can understand, so let’s not judge the children so quickly. Sometimes, it also has to do with debt/government laws about properties/inheritance tax which can add up to thousands and thousands of dollars/ repairment fees, not just feelings/family problems~~

@TheWatercolourNymph 4 года назад

This is so bittersweet. My heart hurts. I cannot imagine abandoning such a treasure.

@elizabethtorres6069 4 года назад

🍃Such a beautiful home, and again the sadness of it's decaying family memories.🍃I still can't understand why are the older photographs not kept? I wish I had photographs of my grandparents and great. The owners was an attractive couple, hope they enjoyed their life to the fullest. Looks like someone went through their belongings, I hope it's family or friends and not vandals. Loved their art study, the floral bed and French style furnishings.

@missparshin 4 года назад

You guys are so young yet you show true respect for the objects, the people and the memories. I'm so glad to have come across your channel. I hope you make it very far in life and have every opportunity that you want presented to you. All the best from Canada.

@keepingitreal215 4 года назад

In all these old homes, they had the most beautiful wood furniture. Always amazed how fast a house can deteriorate. Very thorough exploration, thank you.

@chrisbeckstrom6182 4 года назад

Such a mystery this is. Even if the children didn't want anything to keep, the property could at least have been sold and cared for. When you encounter a property such as this, do you research if it is for sale or available through the local municipality? You would think that the town would prefer it to not be abandoned

@steph999 4 года назад

Hi Lesley, many thanks! These 'windows' we have into people's past lives are most interesting. I just adore the French Manoirs. Each manoir, each room, each family with their stories. It's just very sad that the children didn't return to take the family belongings. Maybe there are French laws about inheritance that we are unaware of - taxes etc., but these people had a lot of money! Thanks a million for your generosity in sharing this story with me. Greetings from Spain.😊🙋‍♀️