Abandoned OZ: Morella Sydney's Abandoned Mosman Mansion 

+Chris Athanasiou I will :) I have been uploading a video every month or two but now im back in action. Im going out this coming weekend to film a couple of places! :) Thank you for subscribing and watching!

all good mate do a video of something in Victoria if you can like aradale or that house Monte Cristo perhaps

bronzerat012 thank you for this information, it was very interesting

bronzerat012 i also would like to thank you for the above, was wondering the story behind it all.

More like another another Rose Hancock. If she was paid for her services, which I believe she was, then it should have gone back to the family.

ah they was in defacto relationship, your comment just smacks of racism, How do you know what went on, if he loved her or not, Now of course the family come trotting back to Australia, cause they want to collect $$$ They were in defacto relationship so she absolutely deserves the house and courts agreed as per links above. @@sillyoldbastard3280

@@HugoBrown And you have nazis under the bed. Expect nothing less from a pillow biter. Ya Loser

+Warped Wheel It sure is! No problem at all. The last member of the family line passed away last year so im not sure if anything is allowed to be done to the property. Only time will tell :)

Designed by Eric Nicholls of Burley Griffin and built in 1939.

+BRIAN BURNS Yeah i haven't seen all that many Aussie exploration channels.

Me neither and I hope to see more of them. Everything I've seen is American & Canadian which are great but I want to see Aussie stuff as well.

BRIAN BURNS as a kiwi I love these Aussie channels as the content seems more relateable somehow lol

I know that the reason there isn't as much to explore in Syd is probably because property is expensive and so any abandoned place is quickly bought by the government. I do know about this one abandoned house on the Pacific Hwy in Pymble tho. Found some pretty weird shit inside, large containers of protein powder and car number plates and all this Hindi religious stuff.

@@doryjr2827 where's the place?

is the house in the vid still abandon?

@Chantal Murdoch Yes it is. Too dangerous now as per the video. I don't recommend going inside

​Stuart White isnt it near a beach and plus how do you find abandoned buildings that are not demolished

I was invited to go inside the house at the time.

Portal Zuly his wife and child died and he moved away 😕

Rebecca Johnson The family history said that the last owner never married. His parents died, a brother died, and his sister went to live overseas.

+jay lehman Thank you so much for the positive feedback :) Much appreciated! :)

+Christina Hey, no worries at all! Yes im one of very few that i can find that film Abandonments in Sydney or even Australia :) If you search things like: Sydneys abandoned mosman mansion Abandoned morella mansion sydney There is an article that should show up that has lots of history on this place and a couple of old photo's. Update as of 29/8/2016 Morella is now on the market with a price tag of $7.3m - $8m. I am really hoping that the buyer will restore her and not demolish.

Yes that would be awesome, rather than seeing it destroyed!. :)

Glad i have now shown you the interior :)

+pat goff Not a problem Pat

+XXXSHARONOXXX No problem at all! :)

+XXXSHARONOXXX No problem at all! :)

+Claire Mahony Thank you for watching i really appreciate it! :) Unfortunately i highly doubt this house will be sold.

+Abandoned OZ ..... Someone could possibly be interested in the house for the land ...... the house would have to be ripped down, but the land would have to be worth something and the Council it falls under would eventually want to claim the $ for the rates.

+Abandoned OZ I love your videos I watch them literally everyday

+Debonaire Nerd This place was sold on the 29th September for $6.6m. Lets hope the new owner restores Morella and doesn't redevelop.

Acquiring a property via this provision is not a straightforward process. You would need to be able to prove to a court that you discharged the responsibilities associated with ownership across an uninterrupted period of 12 years. That aside, the deterioration of this property is SEVERE. It would cost over $1 000 000 [AU] to bring it back to liveable condition.

+pat goff It has recently been sold. Lets hope the new owner restores and doesn't demolish :(

Tf u on hasn’t been restored at all, I went there today and the place is still the same if not worse

​@@epicoli969 Wishful thinking I guess hey on their part?

+sarah Q Shoot me and email at pheenlele@gmail.com and i can help you find places.

+Mordrina It is great! :)

Got in today through the broken fence, yes they did put fences up around it but very easy to get into

+Jan Ramey Yes 100%. No problem at all. I will have to go back and do a revisit.

The house doesn’t have any distinct architectural style. It’s a mishmash of Art Deco and Moderne here and there. And that’s stretching the meaning of those terms to describe this house. Despite its exceptional location (the stunning view is worth every one of the $6.6M price the new owners paid for it) the house itself is not remarkable. The scale and size of the rooms are too small for the house - it ought to have been grander. For example the front entrance is through a normal sized door. How unimaginative! It would have been so much more appropriate if it was wider and higher that opened onto a ante room or foyer that hinted at vistas beyond - to a gallery or a sumptuous room with decorative details that draw the eye forward. Towards the climax which would have been a terrace with the view as a backdrop. So I have to disagree with most comments here about the house. It’s nothing special. I’ve seen grander homes in Sydney. The floor plan doesn’t flow in any dramatic way, no elegance or intrigue. There’s no story! Good architecture is often a good narrative of some sort. It fires up the imagination. This ones a dullard. Its such a jumble of unexceptional spaces (and I’m not referring to their present condition). The kitchen looks like an example from a modest 1950’s home. Same for the bathroom. The choice of materials is almost arbitrary and again rather pedestrian. No this ones a bore. But the view is priceless.

Marco Stazi from what I remember I don’t think any amount of work would result in much of an improvement because the house had lousy bones, as they say. There’s nothing to form the basis of a good floor plan. Given the dilapidated state of the house it would be false economy to try to salvage anything. Better to start from scratch, paying careful attention to the sequence of spaces/experience as one proceeded through the house starting from the street as one approached the house and of course working towards the climatic center, the million dollar view. Have you gone by to visit the property? I’m in California but I used to live in Sydney so don’t think I’ll be seeing it in person in the immediate future.

+Staurt Jarvis Awesome! :) We will have to do an explore.

+Staurt Jarvis Awesome! :) We will have to do an explore.

+Abandoned OZ yer cool just let me know wen

I think it's been sold

+anfnifarr Thank you for the correction mate.

I guess once you get over the Spit Bridge it then becomes Northern Beaches right? Otherwise until then it's lower North Shore? :P

+james Carpinelli It is quite sad :( Hopefully it will be restored.

We can only hope! :(

This house is 20 min away from military road

He passed away without a will

No , it's Mosman

+dante michael In Mosman on Morella Rd. I am unable to give an exact location sorry mate.

Yeah police patrol it 2-3 times a day

+Lisa Kelly sure is

+Morgan Jackson We can't give the address out as this place has recently been sold.

Ok thanks

By the owner that passed away

+70MA55 0W3N How close to Morella do you live?

+70MA55 0W3N What are the stories that you have heard that makes Morella haunted?

+70MA55 0W3N What are the stories that you have heard that makes Morella haunted?

+Abandoned OZ well my grandmother lives in Mosman I live at cremorne point but my grandmother says that I should never go there I ask her why but she just said "don't go in "one time when we where walking past it otherwise don't know much else I have never been in it and don't plan to anytime soon.

Hey mate. Email me on pheenlele@gmail.com

northchun1 morella 5 road Sydney

+Paul AR Kennedy I can't give the address sorry buddy.