Abandoned- Huge federation Bungalow "Kozy Kids" lost in a 47 property demolition/Adelaide 

Looks to be a worldwide curse! You may think you’re a homeowner or business owner and own a piece of land, but if your government wants it for whatever reason you can kiss it good-bye😡. So very sad and madly infuriating !! Paul, thank you for getting these places documented.👍🏻

This is sad and maddening! Absolutely beautiful homes now gone- so sorry for the families that have gone through this experience. As always, great video Sir!

One of my memories of living in Adelaide as a child and later travelling back to the city to visit family, was driving 🚙along Magill and Portrush Road, lined with charming old homes 🏡with stone facades and beautiful gardens. My heart sinks that so many of the grand homes are being demolished, including the grand old Federation Bungalow 🏚and Victorian Villa, 🏡that you have fortunately been able to capture in this video, before being lost forever.

it's a damn shame so many nice home's were destroyed.

Love the pressed tin ceiling in the second villa!

So the city forced these families to leave their homes so it could widen the streets, and then widened the streets without utilizing any of the families’ property. Whoops! How awful for these former property owners. Nothing could be more frustrating.

I love your channel, I've been following you for a long time. Your videos are like taking a trip back in time.

How sad...."paved paradise and put up a parking lot".... Excellent documentation. The floors in the last one were stunning!! It appears that they were told they had to leave AFTER a refresh & remodel. 😢

This makes me so angry. Why was the intersection widened. There wasn't enough traffic there to warrant this destruction. The trucks that travel on Portrush road IMO should be diverted to the back of the hills and run down Grand Junction Rd. If it was done for these reasons, it's a travesty and a disgrace.

I do like it when you give the history of a place. I am glad that all the child care stuff,got a new home. Those toys are expensive to buy. I am sure, that the parents were not very happy. Having to move their kids. It's not easy, good places at least where I live. Have a good week.

Wondering who had prior knowledge of the area’s development before Kozy Kids bought the place. State/Territory Government Land Valuations Department’s have up to at least 7 years prior notice of major infrastructure changes, though you need to be connected in some way to gain knowledge of these changes. I feel sorry for both the effected families and owners.

Another great explore thank you Paul.The old homes with character,are destroyed to be replaced by cookie cutter no character houses.Such a shame.I guess anything is disposable,in the name of Progress😡👍❤️🇺🇸

The behaviour of government is reprehensible at all levels as is being exposed in the past few months,, I really feel for those shafted by them . So thanks again for your efforts mate to document and provide the history and information on these places. I’ve said it time n time before but it is greatly appreciated. Well done.

The absolute tragedy of losing the first two buildings is only tempered by the internal changes made for a business enterprise. Thanks for your earlier videos, Paul.

Urbex Indigo thanks my friend for sharing this video with me i really enjoy it about Abandoned- Huge federation Bungalow "Kozy Kids" lost in a 47 property demolition/Adelaide it was very interesting and i amm from the U.S.A and i will always show support tou your channel and God Bless and thanks.

It's very sad but the government's going to do what they want to do they want your house they'll take it then go all of the parents having to find new daycare probably new jobs I'm going to want to work in the area where the daycare is it's crazy with the government's doing to people thank you guys nice video

A very sad video of so many families losing their homes to make way for a 'Road' also a shame about the "Kozy kids" centre getting knocked down and after all the reno's it had.. Damnnnnn. Thanks for sharing Cheers MM :)

🌟Hi Paul, wow awesome place bonus you got to explore in the dark! Love it beautiful history gone forever such a shame. Thank you so much again ☺️🌟❤️:-)

Hello Paul I think it's crazy that they make those families that work hard all their lives for those beautiful homes and just take them like they did like it didn't matter and The Business of the daycare I hope all those families have Better Homes now and are very happy love from upstate New York

Thankyou for sharing.

This is so sad for the families that lost their homes. Disgustingly this is another case of the government not being for the people. How much money will they make selling the excess land to developers. They all have their hands in each others pockets. I just don't understand why people keep thinking that government even cares about the Australian people....with anything. They only care about power, money and ruining lives. Thanks for another great video

Amazing material. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

This is so sad. I'm fed up with governments and authorities dictating how we should live.

I understand progress. Still breaks my heart. Happening in my home town as well. Used to be cattle farms and orange groves. Now subdivision and retail

Sad about Kozy Kids, that is progress and growth. Thanks for an interesting video. 👍😎

If the business owners were Choked at having to retreat from roadway upgrades, who would blame them. There is a difference between urban planning and wanton destruction. A lot of history is lost to wiping out any charm or antique architecture, and forcing valid contributing business owners out of the area.Perhaps, in another 15 or 20 years, Electric vehicles will allow older streets and roadways to be left as they are. Will certainly help the noise pollution. Cheers.

Love that you do your homework on the places you explore Paul! You explore these places bc you care about documenting them!

I actually cried at this explore. All those houses just knocked down like they are nothing. Just thought how I would feel if someone came to me and said,we need to knock your house down, so here's some money, get out. How can they get away with doing this,tragic 😫

Thanks for the walk thru, always wondered about this place I used to work behind the shell petrol station (formerly Kmart tyre & auto) before I moved. Cheers.

Hello Paul. What a shame so many properties are being destroyed for an ugly intersection. I realize it's necessary, but still a shame. So, thank you for sharing them with us before they are gone. Take care. 🙂

I am sick and amazed how the authorities can just throw you out of your home because they decided to build some thing else. Very sad

Progress....pfft...It's sad & disgusting what is happening to these old stately homes :-( Kudos to you for documenting them all so well. And so many of the lots never even put to use. The Australian government should be ashamed for this destruction!

Thank you so much for such a nice video.im still a collector of 70-90s tabloids and magazines and memorabilia with plans to order more a week from this coming Friday

In the second villa where the door trims were taken down you can see how thick the walls were!

Disgusting and so so sad! I'm sorry to those who lost there homes.

"Hey, that looks like a holding pen for kids"! LOL!! It really does! :-D It is absolutely saddening and maddening that these beautiful homes have been cleared away! :-( Hi Paul! It's so great to see you again this is Mary Clark the cop from Texas, if you may remember. :-) Do you still have your darling cat? :-) I remember the one place you explored a few years ago that had those wood floors that looked like glass. :-) I hope that you're doing well and am enjoying the cinematography as you present the video.😀👍

Very cool explore!

This is what documenting is all about. Showing future generations how lovely homes were and could still be today. How much of a waste our government is, Just to reduce travel time by a few minutes. The families not only lost their homes their neighborhood, childcare, businesses and vacant land still stands. Soo many wrongs!!

hey paul i enjoyed this video very much the homes of what people once owned and now no longer have so very sad to see and the Kozy Kids child minding centre of all the money spend to renovate to how they wanted it to look as their business then to be told not to long after to get out as its going to be demolitished is so very sad and heart breaking to see they were all very beautiful once homes video worth watching paul thank you so much for all you share in your explorations.

Living in Adelaide, I'm saddened by this. My in-laws refused to sell back in 90,s in area West Croydon, they were on local current affairs show's and it's our family's version of the Castle,as Dad in-law was only resident to not give in! Hence, they won and still there! This was superb 👍

beautiful video

It is so sad. I'm lost for words.😢😢

Thank you for taking me on this explore:)Love all of your videos even tho they are gone:(you shed light on them .Kudos mate and god bless you each day. Love your friend from Fl.Barbara USA:) HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!

It is a world wide curse homes being destroyed to make street roads and freeways larger. I feel bad for the home owners that don't want to leave.

Hey Paul you documented cozy kids so well mate loved it. I never got a chance to get to these awsome locations im kicking myself as Urbex was not really my thing in 2020 but now things are different im in to urbexing now and loving it mate cheers for these

And the beat goes on. 🤔 🥺 Thanks for sharing Paul! Cheers! 🤠👍 🇺🇸

Breaks my heart.

I haven't watched this yet but my nanna had a beautiful house on Magill Road in Norwood back in the 70s..Us kids stayed there from the country every school holiday...it had fireplaces in many of the rooms....It was demolished in the 80s and they put a lawn mowing shop there ....nnoooooo..........

Love your videos! I live close to here and it was so disappointing to see the child care centre and bluestone villa get knocked down. I have heard that an ambulance station will be built in this location which is great but still. The roadworks to widen the intersection were infuriating and seem to have just moved the bottle neck up further.

it's so sad that they had to leave and then they left everything behind I wonder why they didn't take it

Very sad that so many lost their beautiful homes to a street project the didne even see. To utilize the land taken from the owners. I would be extremely angry If that happened to my family. Thanks , Paul

Fabulous homes ,solid construction ,beautiful architecture from back in the day ...Criminal how families are forced out .All in the name of progress !!🤨😠..The future holds wide roadways and crappy modern structures !,....A sunday drive through the old areas won't be interesting ... nothing worth looking at ..Sad ... The Kozy Kids certainly was turned into modern industrial inside,not alot left of the old bungalow 😥..Alot of $$ spent .High end child care facility by the look The bluestone home ..was a beauty in its day also 🤩🥳

I drive through this intersection often and I totally understand the upgrade and widening of Portrush Rd. It's the major arterial road from Melbourne to the North of Adelaide for our transport vehicles. But, since the completion of the majority of the widening I'm struggling to understand what will fill the 5 or so metres currently not used for anything but a strip of dirt. So considering they went to all that effort to demolish such beautiful irreplaceable homes, especially the Kozy Kid's Bungalow. I really hope that space will be used to plant a ton of tree's and shrubs, a bike path and pedestrian footpath. Time will tell... Thanks for the memories, as I lived near that intersection and remember the original bungalow way before it became a childcare centre.

Very heartbreaking.😪

It's a shame they can't save these old homes. It saddens me. So many u have videotaped I would have loved to own. But sadly progress takes over and these magnificent old homes get torn down. I hope someday your government steps in to sa e these old beautiful homes 🏡 💕.

Hello you Mickaël and Adlurbex there is no youtube Channel? It's sad for these people who had to leave their house all these toys could be used for children there are so many unhappy people 😞😺😺😺

This is happening far too much in all states and the land where these properties once stood is still vacant after reconstruction of the highway is nothing but shameful. I feel sorry for Kozy Kids a dream which could have been . Ihope these people were re-inbursed to continue on.

Thanks Paul , please if possible , do some homes in Melbourne . Xxxx

So sad all these houses are gone.hope the gov wake up one day

Glad no one was in the holding pen 😁

Y'all stay safe

Thanks for the very sad video. Cars and roads are so much more important than your history. 😢 If I was the owner of Kozy Kids and didn’t get every dime back that I put into the property, I would kozy up with a very good lawyer. Again, thanks for all your work. ❤

I hope someone does take those toys to a children's charity if Kozy Kids is not going to use them.

So sad. I couldnt hear half of what your mate was saying but great video guys. I wonder why Kozy Kids didnt take their trappings with them or donated them elsewhere, they probably just ended up at the tip!! I feel so sorry for the locals who lost their homes, probably many of them which had been in their families for generations. I bet there wasnt one politician living in any of those houses. And during Covid too. How were these families supposed to find new forever homes??? I bet they didnt get half the $$ value they would have gotten if they had sold them privately. BTW I wonder who didnt do their homework in the case of Kozy Kids? Surely they must have known before they bought the place that there road works were going to happen? The Estate Agent must have known!! The tradies doing the renos must have been laughing all the way to the bank too...just goes to show you need to check everything out before buying a property. **** ??Paul? maybe you could track down the owners of Kozy Kids and some of the houses and do a video on them, their thoughts and where they are now...maybe??

Money talks all languages these days history means nothing, it's so sad to see history wipe out 😥

I feel sorry for the Day Care owners that spent over a million and then they had to desert it! They probably couldn't stay bc they have to have a certain ratio:square footage inside & outside for children.

they know how to demolish nice old shit these days dont they should be illegal to demolish historic buildings

It suck at hole side of at block is gone now it look like really places there glad bear kids stuff is still being used any sways

I can see. Kids play And take a Nap

They probably wanted to demolish all the homes and buildings, widen the road as planned and then sell the leftover land to developers

I love you I am a real estate agent in Victoria No one cares anymore about our heritage Can you recommend anyone in Victoria that does what you do

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How come all these beautiful old homes weren't heritage listed?

Upscale Adelaide residential history makes way for a 'right turn' lane. Nice to see city planners have their priorities straight! But I get it. In the not-too-distant future, it will take a six-figure income just to be able to afford a 450 sq foot cubicle in the LATEST AND GREATEST most LUXURIOUS 20 story condo complex for the 21st century cosmopolitan...man, this new century SUCKS A$$...just sayin'!😑🙄😤

Mike Rann sold Glenside hospital grounds and what a crook he turned out to be, he kicked the mentally ill out into the suburbs saying ‘they will cope’, what replaced the health care there was the crappie SA film industry, now they are building all sorts of commercial business ventures, the new buildings there look so out of place and unattractive, it is an eye sore driving down Fullerton road and seeing grey and white of all colours buildings which look like concentration camps, well done Mike Rann.

such a terrible waste of beautiful homes

☹️ sadness I did not watch just to sadness

Poor show... 47 lost homes and businesses just to widen a road.... stop driving your cars people... what are we doing?? 🤷

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Thankyou for sharing.