I Bought an Abandoned House for $12,500 WHATS INSIDE? (Motorcycle Find!) 

He had two daughters, two sons, seven grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

@@vintagethrifter2114 and they just Decided to get rid of the house?

@@texra1318 Every "abandoned" property has a story. It could have been in his will. They could have fought over it so no one gets it. The man's name is on the property records. He died in 2011.

a raccoon USUALLY won't attack you...I trapped a family of 4 living under the house, first the juveniles, then mama, then big daddy. Big Daddy was MAD and when I drove him out to reunite him w/ his family, he was so angry I knew that if I opened the trap he would attack me, so I wrapped the sunscreen with the aluminum side out around my legs and stood in the headlights to open the trap. Sure enough he came barrelling out of there and headed towards me, but the headlights reflecting off the sunscreen confused him and he finally ran off. I have NO DOUBT that 'coon would have attacked me....

@@vintagethrifter2114 Well then shame.on them for not being respectful of his personal items that were left in the house. They could have done that for.him, even if they couldn't get it together to act like adults towards each othe.

No, what you said is true. My cousin buys storage/locker defaults for people who don't pay. He has to tread lightly bec. these are other people's properties regardless. He's not obnoxious like What the Hales youtube channel. Show some respect as one never truly knows why they abandoned the storage unit.

@@luigivincenz3843 Exactly!

Well I have the same problem. My life was for my kids but you think they would help me now that im sick. No their mean to me. IV saved my whole life for them now im going to sale everything and move on. Im out of here in July. Not looking back. Maybe he did the same.

People don't give a damn no more, it's the most anti Christian way of things being done, it's the revelation of time. Maybe I'm being preachy.

@@piercehawke8021 my ex-fiancee would go and gather one's pictures and a few other momentos like photo albums, identity documents and what other items of importance she could and find the unfortunate party and give it to them, I really admired her for that. It was a much needed and a most friendly jester as she saved many baby pictures, etc,...

Most those jars are antiques and there is other antiques in there to including the paintings

Yes might want to get a collector to go through and put things on consignment for you

Even if you sold the jars for a couple of bucks a piece you'd be looking at over $100 just in jars.

@@momtrips6783 oh I promise you,there WAS far more than a $100 in jars....that I bet they just chucked in the trash

Tons of jems in there.

wood was better back then

an both of u shut up... that house was built w no standards or codes

Yeah not really. Lol. That place is a disaster

The fridge full of mountain dew was the w

So they've found an old Porsche, a truck and an old Honda? Weird that they keep finding cool abandoned motorsports stuff. Weird.

Yeah the plan right now is to take it down

@@RKMotorsports thats really all you can do with that mess😔

@@RKMotorsports you can can fill the basement up with dirt, support and rebrace it, a little underpinning support, upgrade wiring and insulation and waalaa, you'd be surprised.

​@@aarondigby5054voila* it's French 😉 My in-laws built their house in 1980 and their basement has support beams just like those. Strangely enough, it's not uncommon. The fact that it's from the 1880s, I'm not surprised that's how they did it, or shored it up later.

Planning on tearing it down for a new shop build

@@RKMotorsports Shame very restorable 1850's house, prbably qualify for historic tax credits. Would make a great office or aplace to crash when you work too late.

@@victorianantiquities he could keep the stone base, perhaps the wood construction...?

@@victorianantiquities its too close to the Road. That may have been a great place back in the day but I bet it gets pelted with snow by plows in the winter. That area gets a ton of snow.

But save and use the basement. That stainless freezer is a treasure. Dandahermit

Thanks! I don't think there's any saving this house right now. Especially with my current budget lol

You might check for State and local grants for restoring historic aged homes. As well as tax incentives. If the home has character and is structurally sound, restore it and make it your home or a rental income. Demolishing a home if that age should be the very last option. Stripping the paint off the woodwork would likely show beautiful wood under that paint. Collings and roofs can be rebuilt. The foundation not so much.

@@The.Real.Reaper if this where Germany i would check if the house has Denkmalschutz/monument protection, then the city pays part of the repair bills. Only problem with that status is that you are forced to repair such a house. Not in one take, mind you, but you have to if you own it. Is there something similar in the US?

​@@RKMotorsports what did you do with the uniform shirts?

It will probably cost that to demo and haul away the house.

I have a old family member that since his wife passed he has lost his purpose In life, I help where I can, cleaning his home doing his shopping he appreciates the help. hey you are family I say to him.

He mentioned the house is almost 200 yrs. Old. That condition is the accumulation of age and neglect. Water leaks will do alot of damage very quickly. Add vandalism and the place was trashed.

No it's not.

soemtimes it has to do you fukin demons, you grap stuff from that house and you turn your life in hell.

I agree. This looks to be an original log cabin underneath

I posted the same thing before reading your post. If you go to 19:43 you can see the logs and chinking. The shape of the front half of the house caught my eye as the first clue to being a log structure.

Yeah, it's funny to see them get all excited about finding a vintage Honda 125 when they own a house that would be worth a fortune when properly restored.

That house seems to be looted all things scattered so nothing more valuable there everything's a trash, of

Tons of antiques!

Metal roofs are definitely the way to go!

Binder should be sent back to the police dept.

Thanks for the tip! I did plan on doing something like this prior to demolition. There are a couple reclamation places I can call locally. Maybe i'll do a follow up video with that!

​​@@RKMotorsportsDid you ever do a follow up video? I would love to live in this house! Why, it's got a history and style. 😁 Congrats on One Million views!

Deconstruct the house to salvage the old timber and lumber. Save the engineering money, its functionally obsolete and the cost to save it far outweighs any benefit.

@@edmessina8392 The house that old actually can be renovated if in better shape to be useful, but in its state as is, likely not due to massive structural rot in places and the house has not been touched in a very long time, let alone renovated, but it was electrified, likely in the 30's or 40's as it has BX wiring in it, of what little we saw as they came up from the basement. I doubt the house has had good care in very long time as well as not renovated. The extent of the damage is more than 2 years worth, so likely had been left to rot long before the gent went to the hospital 3 years ago anyway. The layout of the place is odd, unless what was the bedroom was originally a dining room as it's off the kitchen, as is the bathroom. Who knows though with the addition off the back. The house looks to be what my Dad used to call, "carpenter gothic", meaning, it was built by a homeowner in the 1840's and may sport undersized beams, joists in many areas. The house is not worth much now.

@@johnhpalmer6098 agree, if someone tried to save the house ,thay could put in hrs,weeks,tons a labor to be working in unsafe filth only to find out the hard way later, the massive racoon piles seal the deal

@@johnhpalmer6098 Yes John. Anything, literally, can be renovated. I'm in my 45th year as builder and renovator and we've saved worse than that but the homes were either architecturally or historically significant. Cute as it may be upon completion....after all that money and labor he would still have a renovated shack. The framing components, depending on locale, are likely old growth fir or white pine. Straight, relatively knot and wane free sturdy old timber. Not necessarily worth it from a builders' perspective to save after all of the deconstruction, denailing, jointing and surface planing costs but a salvage firm might be interested. Again, though, theres not much there. My pseudo-retirement home in far NW IL was built as a miners' cabin in 1839 and subsequently added to providing wet areas for a kitchen and bath. The original smokehouse is now the garage. Ceiling height is 6'6", very similar to the subject house. I decided to save this one as its' location across the street from the renovated Carnegie library and dead straight structure on a 2' thick 9 foot deep limestone foundation made it viable along with it being one of only a half dozen examples remaining. Fun fact....the floor joists are hand adzed (you can see the axe marks), some still have bark, and the corner posts are 1 1/2 story dead straight fir logs.

If the city of Venice Italy can be supported on wood piling, I’m sure a wood house can too!

You see all those support beams in the basement??? The floor joists are gone, the thing would be condemned in a heartbeat.

They’d have to take it down to the skeleton and replace the dry rotted joists & rafters, the wet rot in the walls and kill of what I am sure is an entire cities worth of BTM. Yes, it could be done, but unless it’s under a protective order, or there is a huge ROI, it’s just not worth it.

The wooden ducks are not the valuable ones by renown duck carvers/painters. Just cheap knock-offs.

Universal free health care is an oximoron. You pay heavily for that investment.

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That's the plan right now

What he paid for the house I just paid for a handicapped shower!

@@debrahherron1827 honestly, he paid for the land... the house is long gone!

Thank you!

Glad you liked it!

The house will probably be taken down