I Bought an Abandoned Victorian Mansion! House Tour Time. 

no, those cost extra.

Nope. There’s no such thing as ghosts.

@@Carman-bx2lo Uh yeah, yeah there are.

Ohhh 🍯 ghost are sitting right next to you they mean no harm they're probably your relatives. They will give you signs if you simply ask

Yeah! Chippie the squirrel! 🐿🐿🐿

Mm

Stop XD

@WGTOW not sure what your implying lmao

Hehe

LOL

Absolutely right.

You mean the junkies hit the lottery after they strip the place out again.

@@eroesslr98 Ultimately this is what is known as gentrification - the junkies win only if the neighborhood decides the junkies are more worthy of protection than the housing stock. As soon as policing steps up for theft the junkies will flee to easier pastures

I just love it when someone appreciates the old beauty of a historic house & wants it restored. It’s truly a labor of 💗

Cindy Bogart I agree with you, you can see the beauty of this house, the right people have bought it, and when they finch this labor off love they will love it even more, I hope other people will follow suit and do the same thing with other house’s in that area. Good luck to these young people.

😂😂

@@nataliemesbah1639 it’s inevitable 😂

@@nataliemesbah1639 that’s how it starts...

What’s with you Americans and ghosts?? Anything older than like 100 years and all I ever see you guys saying is “ghosts”

@@tiko4621 look up the cure homes in new york those are cess pools of ghosts some places over 200+ ppl died in those homes

Hey guys. Love this restoration program!

There's a difference between restoring an architecturally designed antique home and restoring a home to appear as restored. I'm pretty sure that this guy appreciates the way things were built correlating to how they look, work, and feel as a home for a lifetime.

@@faetura1 restoring a home to make it appear…..as restored. 🤔

interesting details on use of space - thank you.

That’s so lovely. Really nice your family were not slaves so you can have memories like this.

@@shellyt4095 really gotta go there. play nice.

@@shellyt4095 My father's family were Ojibwa (Native American). Also the house I was speaking of belongs to my ex and not mine. I have not lived there since the divorce.

@@shellyt4095 What in the name of God does this video have to do with that? This man found an old dilapidated house that nobody wanted and probably got it cheap because it was in a sad state of repairs. He is going to make it his forever home. What's stopping you?

Yesssssss I feel this all the time like WHY ARE YOU RIPPING VINTAGE SINKS AND DOORS OUT WHAT THE HELLLLL

If you haven’t heard of her, Farmhouse Vernacular is a really cool channel. She’s a stickler for original restoration and does an amazing job with it.

Same, honestly I feel like there should be a law or something in place

I prefer to buy them and then tear them down to the ground and build something nice instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@jeff-ramos lol and to set those ghosts free. (Shame on you though)

Same. I have those flashbacks too!!

Same. I get so nostalgic thinking about how they lived in these houses...🥰

@@tasnimtrisha2 yaaa imagine those happy memories they had in this house!

I'll try slip you a penny thru the door

I know right? It's just so fascinating!

I agree..

Epic really? No it’s a old house that wood be a nightmare to cool in the summer and extremely expensive to heat in the winter. The foundation and basement were always a problem. Water,damp,musty. Think about all the asbestos in this house and lead base paint. Extremely expensive to remove and fix.

In my city they keep gentrifying everythingggg. All the unique houses with history, culture and detail are being demolished to build “plastic town” (what i like to call it) and those ugly, boxy, plastic things won’t last 20 years, let alone 20 decades. Its really really sad! So yes, happy to see people buy and appreciate the real, sturdy, historical homes with a passion to fix em up, rather than sell them to a shady developer.

@@maxssister1985 which architecture is that?

@@codyflowers8758 Depends on the insulation of the house - those radiators are probably pretty strong as are old fireplaces (they put out a lot of heat!). The transoms above the doors is to allow for cross-ventilation of air. I grew up in an old house that didn't have AC until the 1990s. People just closed shades in the day and opened the windows at night plus a monster attic fan that pulls hot air up and out of the house, which would work really well with the open staircase.

Hear!Hear!

I agree with the sentiment, but still the video’s clickbait title makes me wary. It’s neither Victorian nor a mansion.

@@hopegold883 I agree it is not a mansion in today’s standards, but in the time it was built it would have been a mansion.

@@hopegold883 Not Victorian??? On what do you bas your assessment?? The Victorian era was 1840 to 1900 or so, and this house definitely fits into that time frame. Mansard roofs were also very typical of that time. That house looks to me to date from the 1870s decade. To modern eyes, it is a mansion. We don't see this kind of opulence any more. I will grant, however, that it doesn't seem to have any land to speak of, and definitely grander houses were built. Be it as it may, it's mansion-y enough to my taste.

@@christinelavoie2644 Mansion🤗 Then and Now! Year built, style, etc. Opulence, yes, then and if it were in ,"just built" condition today who could afford all that craftsmanship (woodwork, tiles etc) today. Northeast they were built so close "you could fill your neighbors coffee cup, while he reads your morning paper." Or when plumbing arrived "pass you TP" many made their $ in fishing industry or import/export and the wives and families didnt want vast acreage during cold New England winters while husband's were away. Much easier to build mansions up to show off your finery then deal with feet of snow, servants just to cut trees, haul it back, keep fireplaces lit 24/7 in multi large halls & rooms. Let alone "sleigh it" miles to town thru 5ft of snow for "afternoon tea." New England has gotten 👌 on the ball to preserve these beauties at opulent prices and within historical guidelines (yea!) I just won't be buying one in this life. An 1800's farm house with wild life & work OR a needy Queen Anne/Victorian one day maybe, but not in New England. Makes me so happy everytime I see one of these restored 💗 to its former beauty without the outhouse. Can only imagine these shingle to shingle homes on a hazy hot and no wind humid day with one to three out houses outback. TGFP-lumbing.! The virtorian I loved living in as I child had those cushioned bench glorious bay windows. Best part was the drawings I could make in the inside frosted windows with my fingernails with a roaring 🔥 in several rooms with fireplaces and oil heat. If mom was at work guaranteed we'd be collecting wood from new builds or at the owners horse/dairy farm cutting down trees to clear his land wood for him. wood for us. As a kid life couldn't get any better.

Thanks God! Other wise you couldn't by a house today

@@laz5590 only boring boxes nowadays! Yayyy

They also don't make them to last anywhere near as long as most of this house has too, sadly.

They fortunately do make them to last in my country:) and preserve the ones already here.

Weird dome in the basement Is part of a bird bath I have a few of them myself.

Lol ghosts are not only from the Victorian period 😉

You've watched too many movies :)

Haunted that’s nothing... but the money to fix it! That is haunting!

Great then your never alone.

It’s haunted by the mummy squirrel

😆

Haha 😂

Attack on titan?

The house is hunted and now will Hunt you for the rest of your life

That is scary to imagine haha

He's working on getting historic tax credits from the state of Missouri and the US government.

It might be a good idea to understand all of the ramifications of becoming a "landmark" if that is what you mean by a grant from thee historical society. I worked for a guy whose old lady was into that kind of stuff. He had his business building (a historical brick firehouse in East Oakland, CA) declared a landmark. By the time all the paperwork and crap went through, there was no money left to grant him for work on the building. No big deal, building was serviceable enough for the job nothing new for years. Then, the Loma Prieta earthquake hit and seriously damaged the building. It was declared unfit to work in and would have taken loads of money to repair and retrofit to earthquake standards. I think they braced it up on the inside with structural steel beams in the interim and secretly continued to work there for awhile. Finally, he gets another building and the "landmark" has to be demolished. Guess what? The city didn't want to let him demolish it because it was a landmark. He had to tear it down per their specifications, clean all the old bricks and offer them for sale and agree to put a plaque on the site explaining what once stood on the site.

@@reginaldsmithers3468 thats good. It's about preserving the past not destroying it. If he couldn't afford to do it he should sell it. Even preserving the bricks is huge.

@@reginaldsmithers3468 yeah, I don't see a problem with that. The bricks should be reused and what's wrong with a plaque honoring what once was? We are too quick to destroy the past.

@@bellona6356 You are right. I am wrong. It should be the financial responsibility of a person who foolishly applied to a historical society for financial aid (which they never got) to pay for the disassembly of a building including the labor expense of cleaning the bricks and the marketing expense of making them available to people such as yourself. In addition to that, it makes a whole lot of sense to put a plaque of non-ferrous metal in the middle of a vacant lot in East Oakland, California, USA since the governing board of the historical society didn't know what "ferrous" means and generously adjusted their requirements of a bronze plaque to an aluminum plaque because somehow, that would be a ferrous metal. It is interesting that what is a problem for the person getting stuck with the bill is the correct course of action for the person performing fellatio on a politician. Mmmmm chug that ejaculate cupcake, chug that ejaculate. I don't want to be too quick to destroy your comment. Let us all enjoy this exchange.

I so agree with your comments. Others have commented it’s so wonderful that you are reviving and putting back the soul into the house and not dear I say that dirty word - making it into flats. I applaud you 👏👏👏🇬🇧

Yes. I agree. So many old homes have been broken into flats merely for their owners to become landlords and make money. Unfortunately, it takes money in order to make money. Many old homes are abandoned and Old Man Time declares a long withering war inside and out. It amazes me every time I see fireplaces, newell posts and woodwork literally ripped from walls and staircases, but it is what it is. I pray we are kept up to date on this old Missouri relic. I will be watching. Take care.☯️

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Yes its perfect

white looks great on these homes

We sold the house we had built in 1997 in the rural MO Ozarks. I spent many weeks sanding, varnishing, cutting & nailing up beautiful native black cherry wood trim around the doors & windows. When I went back for a visit 6 months later, they had painted all the cherry trim white along with all the walls. They said it was too dark in the house.

@@BC-wz7rq But not on the trim.

Not on the heating radiator like in the bathroom!😂😂😂

@@brushcreek42 I think I would have insisted on having them sell it back. Otherwise I'd fallen to my knees and started crying!!!

John Eastbourne ...Why wouldn't he keep the servant's stairs ??? Just higher some servants ...... I don't get it....

@@jamiemorgan4146 * hire

@@jamiemorgan4146 😂😂😂😂😂

No insulation?.

Ur dad has to stay on it. For his family if nothing else.

Great story x

Hope you do it - so special 💛

Why do you have to wait for the inheritance in order to work on it? Can't you work on it now instead of waiting for parents to die. I bet your mom would appreciate the help while she's alive.

The homes really are wonderful aren't they ma'am

Yeah usually all the good woodwork, tile, stonework, glass work, is stripped and sold off.

I agree completely. What a forest of UNPAINTED original woodwork!!

@@irishhiker54 Yeah, lots of those types of homes in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Sadly they have been stripped of that stuff long ago. I lived in both cities and would have loved to have had one of those places. After those fell out of fashion many were converted to duplexes or apartments.

Agreed. I absolutely hate the "modern" style. While some people like that kind of thing I get angered with open designs. Give me my little nooks and cozy rooms and I'm good.

I've lived in a house with doorframes like that before.

Modern movement destroyed architecture. You should look mexican modern buildings, although durable, they're so square, simple and small. Horrible.

@@soaringsky4416 YES! The "open concept" that is all the rage at present can be cheaper to build and brings an easier sale. Personally, I prefer the orderly compartmentalization of old homes! Also allows areas/rooms to be shut off to make for lower heat and AC costs.

We bought an old house (1920) and are looking at older style things as we renovate. Wanting modern convenience while keeping old character. There's actually a lot out there that looks older style. Modern houses could be built to look older if you hire someone instead of buying cookie cutter houses and look for older style molding etc. Its not a completely lost art.

Its appalling that they tear down something so beautiful to replace it with something boxey and modern. Its like they are jealous that the previous era had craftsmanship and skills and are jealous cause they lack such skills. Just like New York, its truly disgusting the shit they tear down like Penn Station.

@@shorty332 couldn't agree more. It's just sickening

SICK HUH?

@@Stolzilla I hear you. Yes, it's better to save the home. However, you can still keep in the period without making it too modern. For example, my home was built under 1929. There was some remodeling done to make it more modern and it doesn't fit the house. They used slate on the fireplace and other tiles in the bathroom and kitchen that didn't fit in. I redid the bathroom, kitchen and fireplace and made it look more period. For example, I bought an old mantel and used marble on then fireplace and then used marble and subway tile in the kitchen and bathroom.

@@RosettaStoned462 The lack of modern comfort is why people bought new homes in the suburbs and left these communities behind in the first place. What's more likely to be kept over many more decades? A house that serves our lives today, or a cold & dank hot & humid museum piece? I'm not saying strip it out and furnish it from IKEA, but people willing to commit to something like this generally care in the firs place.

I enjoyed the video, how are you I do hope you’re safe from the virus?

came here to say just this!

I was going to add that fact about Victorian lovely homes.... The nursery room off the lady of the homes bedroom- would have been shared with the infant nurse until no longer needed. Front bedroom was the Gentleman of the home. I would be willing to bet that there was once a carriage house that would have housed any staff. The house isn’t really set up for live in help. It’s too small. This is a lovely family home on 3 floors. Could the more decorative parlor floor be the formal? The service staircase (not maids) staircase from the kitchen was also used to for general household traffic(kids) to keep the formal front staircase free especially when entertaining. I would make that fabulous tiled basement area a proper kitchen (summer/prep) and please keep the root cellar. It will serve you for years to come. I grew up in a home built in 1880, with additions in 1900 and 1925. Enjoy the journey.

I too thought the two rooms at the back on 2nd floor it would probably used as childrens bedroom and smaller one for the nanny

Maids or staff would be relegated to the 3rd floor...

@@BrightHardDay I doubt small house like this would actually need a maid to clean it, even it does maid would probably placed in one of the room down in the basement, her work would be requiring cooking as well and that would be called "maid of all work"

The Family bought the house in 1915. his 2 daughters never had children and sold the house in 1965. makes it harder to find interior/ family photos because there are so many dead ends from the first 2 families. Charles S. Brown's Daughter Lillian is my only hope as she had children who survived and procreated. waiting for the 1950 census to be released next year to explore further. A History video is in the works and good digging!

@@The2ndEmpireStrikesBack amazing! I’m working on their tree and I’ll forward anything interesting I find along my way.

This comment should be pinned to the top :)

@@The2ndEmpireStrikesBack So are you gonna do some renovating? I really would love to see how great it would look if tons of remodeling was done.

@@calvinhouston5015 restoration, yes - remodeling, no

Same

Me too !

Ditto

You are correct on all. We are in New England and have been in many homes like this and agree on the linen closet area and the nursery if there were live-in servants they would have lived in on third floor in a “walk-up”. Many people in their economic demographic would have had a cook and one to two domestics who would have had very long hours but did not necessarily live in.

Or made into modern houses. When they are flipped or resold, you can be sure the realtor's ad will mention all the "period character", meaning they might have kept a couple of ceiling medallions. And buyers gobble up that pap. Meanwhile the house is destroyed.

Phil Blane yuupppp.. and that’s why my boyfriend and I have chosen to do all of our own restorations or at least everything we can manage ourselves which he’s taught me a lot. We’ve only had to hire for plumbing, electrical like redoing some of the wiring, adding in more wall outlets, and then we got help with solar power and roofing today. Everything else we did outselves. He taught me to do stone masonry which o love doing now. We made the wooden planks for the flooring from scratch. Dry wall, fence building, insulation... all that stuff, I really enjoyed doing

@@bunnylacy2097 Fantastic that you know how to do so much of this stuff. I wish I had that skill. And you must have saved a fortune doing the work yourself. I spent about $300k!

Wise words. 👍

Congrats! Do you found any paranormal activities? Just curious 🧐

How did your home restoration test your relationships?

What??? You are not tearing it down and building a cheap condo?????

@@brucetrappleton6984 that is shit.

You find history.

I know they would put shoes under the floor boards to bring them good luck i found one under the floor boards when ripping up the attic floor.

My dad tore out some walls when renovating a part of our home and found old alcohol bottles from workers in the 1890s when it was built, a journal from someone in the 1880s, and a book given as a Christmas gift to someone in the 1880s (enscribed on the inside cover).

What city is this please ❤️

Loooooove to see that!

I do appreciate it, but I also understand why you don't see it any more. Back in those days, all that craftsmanship was labor intensive and time consuming. Nowadays, the price of labor would make it prohibitively expensive. So the only time a modern building has "craftmanship" is when it can be mass-produced by machinery. You see that ceiling medallion with the beautiful roses around the center? That's one of 12 hundred thousand, available at the Home Depot.

@@uncaboat2399 what was expensive to make back then would be very easy to do now, thanks to machines. What made houses expensive back then was the land, materials (i.e. bricks, lumber, carpentry etc), labor cost (lots of manual labor) and decoration. What makes houses expensive today is again land, materials (e.g. solid wood is still very expensive) and labor. But what is cheaper today is decoration.

I had no idea Victorian and Edwardian were used in the United States to describe architecture or a period of time. Assumed it was just a UK thing due to our monarchs. Great video by the way. The Best of Luck.

@@MM22333 Yes, America uses the term and idea of Victorian. My whole city is filled with homes that look like this. My house is newer (1970's) but it was built to mimic this style so it would fit in. I have the tile around my real fire place, some woodwork (yet not this grand), and all kinds of older touches to the point where many people think it's as old as the other homes in the area but it's a clear fake to me as the point the other person made. That tile is 1 in 12 hundred thousand. At the same time I don't mind my insulation, modern electric, and other modern blessings. As I need to make updates I am looking to learn how to keep my updates look old or actually be older. That is a strange thing for an American to say. Few would restore a home, many remodel every 15-20 years with WHATEVER is trendy. It's nice to see that this person is trying to restore and not paint all the wood BLUE and walls yellow like your at an IKEA! That really is a thing to do right now. 😬

@ A H it still exists, that kind of housing was for the wealthy. I doubt people are lining up to check out the average victorian working class coal miner's shitty apartment.

Yes, it really bothers me to see that so many renovation projects involve painting perfectly beautiful wood or brick. It's not like paint is easy to remove at some future date when the paint goes out of style.

Same here, aside from the fact that victorian homes aren't common out here I also dread the prices one would go for. Definitely would be way more costly than other states.

in my area of california there are A LOt of victorians, it’s an older area, do you live in a newer area?

@@tuileriesantiques9057 Central Valley. In the city I’m in, there’s....a handful. There was a major earthquake here in mid century that might have contributed to us having significantly less. I should have also added - the few available are notoriously expensive.

@@tuileriesantiques9057 also, the whole street in this video is beautiful....like all the houses there....just stunning.

@@jasminlobasso8460 very very true, a lot didn’t survive, but where rebuilt, our town a lot survived. it’s a historic town, a lot of them. it’s just this area- it’s disgustingly expensive, our 2400 sqft house is nearly 2 million now, as to when it was purchased it was a fraction of that. the victorians are a mark up, and with strict protection guidelines ou need to follow (which i support because i hate modernization) but i can’t afford it, ours is a 1950’s ranch (or was a ranch home) . that’s why i won’t live here, lol.

I ripped out all my walls in my old house 10 years ago. Ive since added back walls over the years. But where I wanted them. Just like this house didn't orginally have restrooms, neither did mine. When I was younger, I didn't understand the need for separation.

So that's why I got it in my recommended - thanks Restoration East ❤️

This Victorian house certainly has some lovely bones. It will be exciting to see it brought back to life with residents who will love on it as well as appreciate some of it's special history. 🤓It's complete hogwash to make restoration all about copying the past. It's asinine bcos most of us don't live quite like that any longer. Most of cannot afford live-in staff. Most of us enjoy modern plumbing. The reality is most modern homeowners living in a house of this magnitude will want a glorious kitchen in which to produce fabulous meals. Kitchens could be dingy in the old days bcos the help alone worked in them -- and had to make do. Seems a crying shame in 2020 to keep a dreadfully pokey kitchen bcos that was original floor plan. Besides, unless you remove the bathroom to restore the pantry. A stately home of this kind requires a butler's pantry. In this case, it might've seen double duty as a regular food pantry. It also needs to retain that glorious root cellar that is designed to store produce at better temperature for all seasons. Most cooks would kill for that alone. If you're going to serve ppl in that grand D/R in anywhere near the style in which those guests were accustomed or deserve today, you need proper storage for the required dishware. Also the storage needs to accommodate bulk staple food supplies (oatmeal/porridge, flour, dry beans, yeast, sugar, coffee, etc.) of that original era. In the old days, they didn't shoot off to the supermarket every 5 minutes for something. They kept adequate supplies to feed the entire household, staff & guests. They usually had a separate breakfast room in the "back of stairs area." In more informal households, this is where the family could break their fast in a cosy, slightly more casual fashion. The staff alone would dine in that space before or after the family. The fancier room upstairs would be the nursery with a smaller rooms next door for the nanny|governess & maid. What he's calling the maid's room is too large for someone of that lowly station. It would be for a housekeeper|cook. Likely, she was married to the butler|chauffeur|groundmans. You might have to double duty in a house of this nature in those days. Otherwise, some staff would also need to live in the basement. It's fine to do an homage to the past. Also to restore the beauty of all those finishing details. You also need to accommodate those actually living in this century.

Eh. I'm on my third house - 1912, 1983 and 1966 - and I'm approaching 50yo. I have removed walls in each of my houses and still think they were good decisions. I have a young family (second round) and, before the pandemic, we entertained every weekend. An open concept home facilitates our lifestyle. My eldest son lives in my first house (1912) and he prefers the improved traffic flow, as well.

...where pocket doors come in, making it possible to make it more open or to close off the rooms.

And nowadays, people use the cellphone screen and a beauty filter as a mirror.

Good observation, would have never thought of that

It was a doorway connected to the other houses during the construction, and at some point closed off. At least that was the case of another very similar building, with an alcove just like this to the left of the main entrance. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Z76MiQv0zg.html

@@98Zai Looks like this house is not connected to one next door tho. I had a look at your link .Liv Tylers house is stunning. She explained the archway yes. A mirror would look amazing in this home!!!

@@omiluna7362 irl, nothing replaces a mirror. It’s like the wheel - timeless! 🤗💜

i could do that ,,,hee hee

Oh I need a job

Reminds of kuroshitsuji...

I think xD there won´t be any money left when this house is fully back. But my god, this house is great !

Oooh! He should do a tour acting as the butler! Yaaaasss please?

You are so right about that. Arsenic is what was used to MAKE that green color. Good looking out.

I agree the small area was nursery. Afterward could be used as a sewing room.

Because of all the old electricale wires and other old parts of the system?

@@stefan-ox8qs definitely lol that place is probably full of junction box surprises 😃

He also said the whole house still has knob & tube. He said "I do not think that it would pass code". hahaha

For real! If this guy is using ANY original wiring for power, he needs to full stop immediately. It will absolutely catch fire. There's a close example of that with the YT Channel Ghost Town Living. The guy uploads videos of his living experience on the old Cerro Gordo mining site in California. Anyway, the several buildings on the property were all 1800's era, filled with historic bits and bobs as well as other artifacts. The nicest building he had was the hotel/bar. Absolutely beautiful, very well preserved by the dry desert environment. What's the guy do? USE THE ORIGINAL WIRING!!!! It 100% burned to the ground one evening. Total loss. Literally an ash pit was all that was left.

As a hobby historian, specialising in Victorian times, the wiring (and the gas fixtures for that matter) give me the heebee-jeebees 😰😰

The problem is it's depreciating surroundings.

@@Al_Dente-d1p I don't see people, only unkept and desolate surroundings. Where's this black folk you see?

@@Al_Dente-d1p Who are you to speak on what we do or do not care about? What facts do you have besides the BS you’re conditioned to believe about my people? Yes there’s plenty of black people who don’t care but please believe there are plenty of other types of people who are the same way. Don’t single my people out and act like you’re stating facts. You haven’t proven anything but your ignorance.

@@Trinergy-Livewire buy low sell high buddy

@@27management The intention here will not match the result without better scenery...which could happen if...

That's was my first thought .

Exactly what I was about to type in the comments also!! Great minds (Mommas)think alike!

I was murmuring, "Nursery. Nursery. No, a nursery," over his commentary, hahaha.

Same here!! Lol. I kept wanting him to zoom in on the wallpaper. & look to see what was under it. Definitely a nursery I'm thinking. Well said.. close to the Nanny/Servant but far enough not to have the baby wake them up in the middle of the night. Lol. Or perhaps a room they rented out, to lodgers. My great grandmother had that.

I thought perhaps the maids living room and dining area. They wouldn't have been allowed to eat or rest with the owners. The through door from master to second bedroom had me think that that room may have been the nursery. Access for the lady of the house and seperate access for the maid.

all of these houses are much older then they told you 😉

I think the bell dome is a cloche.

Me watching this video: “maybe I’ll buy and restore a Victorian home!” Me after reading your comment: “mmhmm maybe not” 👻

@@megano6612 My house (England) is between at 250-300 years old and I've never had a scary experience - you'd be fine ; )

I've lived in several houses. 2 of the "mid-century" (1950s?) houses were... interesting. But the 1 Victorian, 2 Craftsman were fine.

I live in a huge 3 story early craftsman from 1890s and while sitting alone one night while everyone slept I heard a woman call out my name. Sister has heard music and laughter like a party going on. Pretty amazing!

Why is it always Victorian homes hauntings can happen in any home

Could not agree more. Jay Leno has the same philosophy with his car collection. What is amazing about Caleb's house is how much of the original elements are still there. Our house is a fieldstone farmhouse circa 1860 and we realize we have the privilege of occupying it for our time. It will be around long after we are gone. We are not purists, though, our house is decorated to 1890's because we like Eastlake furniture.

Must be beautiful.

Yes, nursery, and before a sewing room, after the baby is weaned, craft area or enlarged sewing area

Walk in closet?

Scooby-Doo

Thank you Larry for your kind words.

You are most welcome! Keep up the good work!

I've never heard of a sleeping porch. I learned something!

I had a good idea where this was located once I saw the arch and the towers... I got pretty close without looking it up.

Fellow St. Louisan here and I got so excited when he started because I just knew that was from my town! I am curious which area of the city it is in, I suspect from the views it may be South City area but I'm terrible with that sort of thing. I know there are a ton of those type of homes still all over the city. I'd love to own one someday!

​@@moflygirl If you pay close attention to the videos, especially the drone shots, you can figure out where it's located.

I knew this was a St Louis home too born and raised there as well

I had a mummified rat

Should display it under that "weird glass dome thing".

@@garyruss3529 God DAMN , if that’s not the best idea ever, I don’t know what is!

We had a mummified possum!

I was thinking the same! 👶🏻

I was going to say this as well!

That's what I was thinking, especially with the more intricate woodwork in the side room, which would have been the nursery.

@@ronievans3436 exactly as a brit Maids top floors nursery would be more ornate than the nursery.

Absolutely was a nursery! And that was the nannies room 😊 if they had any additional live in staff they would have stayed in the basement 😅

This was my thought as well.

Ding, ding, ding, ding!

woah, didn't know that! thanks for sharing!

Oh that is interesting because here in the UK they are calked Ceiling Roses..

@@vikkimoran9206 Fascinating! I bet they were used in the UK for the same purpose of eliminating unsightly smoke stains?

@@765kvline I’ve had a little look on google but all references suggest they’re decorative and to hide unsightly fixtures

Yeah, that could be a myth. I’ve found mostly info saying they were just decorative and hid the hardware used to attach it to the ceiling. 😕🤷🏼‍♀️ historymyths.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/revisited-myth-24-ceiling-medallions-were-placed-above-chandeliers-to-keep-the-soot-from-showing/

Have fun!

me too!

Dont forget the mummified squirrel part

My friend designed a house on sims took it to a draftsman, then built it. How cool.

Haha! I’m glad I’m not the only one with this habit

when he told us that the closet was made of Cedar, I took in a deep breath and imagined how amazing a WHOLE Cedar closet would smell!

@@kyliepechler smell new, I don't know the half live on that smell but it's likely below 10 years... Leaving a century old wardrobe smelling like new boxes or so

I grew up in a very well-built home. * blue print ~ c1937 My bedroom had a walk-in cedar closet with a 3-step walk-up staircase. * I was enveloped floor-to-ceiling in cedar. 💝 It retained the same potent aroma 💖 in 🍂 autumn, 2010 🍂when I regretfully sold it to the estatic young couple to whom I handed my key. 💞

@@WhenImBackInChicago why

@@mightyobserver12 Are you inquiring as to why the scent stayed strong decades later? If yes, it's likely because the walls in the home were very thick, equally so was my cedar-closetlike room. 😊 Merry Christmas, Rosh! ☃️

Maybe a library?

@@joyreno1034 Thinking the wet nurse.

If there were no people like you, we would lose all the beauty. I am grateful for anyone who decides to renovate an old building even if it were more convenient to just demolish it and built some modern cheap ugly box 🙏 Bless you

Bet he isn't laughing today, with the cost of materials going thru the freaking roof!

We are never owners of these old buildings, just the caretakers. It was absolutely worth it

$100k profit after four years isn't much.

I love your story:)

Should be a fun one. the place is so intact that i had to share it. cant wait to give tour and such in the future.

I bet we have enough if we both find one . I have some money but not enough .

@@Sabrina-01 what if I have some more money? Let's save one mansion together

@@sheikprofessional I'm so in. Let's do it !

@@sheikprofessional I also know how to drop sheet rock , tape and float and paint . My father does all interior work and floors and carpeting

@@Sabrina-01 thats amazing may I know where do u live?

Thank you. I really have a huge amount of love for this place and its history. Im just bursting at the seams every time i walk through the door.

I feel the same way about beautiful wood being painted. It can be stripped, but it will never be the same as when original. It's difficult to get the paint out of the grain. But, with determination, he might find a way to somewhat restore it.

Glad you enjoyed it

That's exactly what I thought, a nursery.

Or a principle housemaid manager’s room

I was thinking the same thing

Yes I agree with you. I believe the veterans clinic below stairs was a kitchen at one time. The tile in the floor looks original to the building of the house and the outside door would have been for delivery’s. The kitchen in the basement would also have kept the rest of the house cooler in the summer. The first floor kitchen may have been added when they no longer had servants and may originally been a “butlers pantry”.

Original Kitchen was def that tiled area in the basement

Workmen didn't come to the front door, Mr. know-it-all. A house that size wouldn't have multiple reception rooms. You've been watching too much Downtown Abbey. This isn't a "mansion" at all, just a comfortable family house.

@@Marcel_Audubon You may be correct, but oh so unnecessarily rude!

good luck

That's a Second Empire house. Those have mansard roofs.

You can buy one with a low budget in Wheeling West Virginia

@@allysellsitall yeah it would be really nice to do that some day tho I'm only 16 at the moment and live in Europe but hopefully one day my dream will come true

I want to stay in the bed and breakfast when it’s finished!!

It could be a happy 👻 ghost!

I currently live in a house from the 1930s without any spirits, in contrast, I've lived in a home that was only five years old when we moved in and it was very haunted. Age isn't necessarily a determining factor, it just increases the chance.

@@Feiy16 I agree. And land can be haunted too. Moved into my house when I was a kid and it was brand new. I've seen and heard so much shit here, I'm worried for whatever new home or land I move into being haunted too considering the circumstances

@@Feiy16 that's the same as me. I experienced 6 paranormal things happening in my parents new build house which was build over old mines in Scotland. Not had any experiences with my 1930s house.

Vengeful 🤣😳😱

🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣 soooo true

That was funny. Are you a writer???

Hilarious !!!!!

My renos (2 at this point) have never been on a scale like this and my most frequent recurring nightmare is... buying an old house to renovate 😂😂 I will literally wake up sweating from those dreams, sometimes I wake up mumbling "I have a house, I have a house"... the struggle is real 😂😂

When he mention the walls at 23:17 i immediately thought of asbestos.

Have you seen Tokyo Llama's channel? If not check it out. He is refurbishing a traditional Japanese house.

@@shaggyrumplenutz1610 will have to check it out. Thanks.

According to my wife, also called bell jar and quite valuable!

Finally! I thought I am the only one. 😅🤣

wow lol duwag lang😂

How else could he move the camera to show the house? It is not like he was spinning in circles. Videos are much better than still photos - thank you for showing us..

I feel the same. Sometimes I get scared for no reason whenever he move the camera in another angle. 😆

😂😂

Americans live poorly now because they use words like Potential! A house with potential! Money, cheers, business, make money. Yeah, Girl-wife-family = No, prostitute, money, calculations. What is the potential? You have to live like a person. Dignity, beauty, honor. Preserve history because history and ancestors. And not because Potential - Capitalism - Sell. Speculation. Everyone is crying that there is no housing, but everyone wants to make money by renting out housing and basements. (Deadlock of the English World) Potential! We won't work! We will rent! (The government is the same. It does not feel anything towards the population. And it surrenders the country to the Chinese and Mexicans)