Unique Abandoned Million Dollar Mini Mansion - What Happened Here? (Forgotten Homes Ontario Ep.74) 

I hate modern houses and the sterility of them. No warmth or coziness. The pool was nice once upon a time, but again, the room it's in is nothing but blank cement. Yuck. Nice job on the explore though, as always. Thank you Noah. NY Nana

Mold everywhere,great find, and what a mess

This is a mansion?

It looked like a newspaper in that one room. You should always look at things like that to get an idea of a timeline. Newspapers, magazines.

Fun to see this one in the daylight. When Armageddon happens: along with the cockroaches and feral cats there will be chirping smoke detectors. Ah those lovely indoor pools. There is actually one neat me in a home th southern Virginia. Love to see how they handle that down here. Thanks for sharing. ❤️ PS Your video of the mold is prob the best.

Thank you for the video Noah

The floor plan of this house is just awful.

They should have drained the pool

Its funny how the house can be abandoned for years but the smoke detecter still works

This house is horrible,I didn’t really like the looks of the whole property inside or out.

It looked like a DIY house and rather ugly. Interesting to see though!

Looks like a DIY house.. so dodgy, nothing seemed to match and it wasn't that extravagant of a pool to build a whole house around it... so weird

Maybe the owner built it himself...dangerous!!

I’m glad you have common sense to wear a respirator and gloves. Interesting moldy explore, lol. I cannot wait to see your future videos showing other than abandoned homes. Thank you Noah 👍❤️😊

The construction of that house didn't look very good to my eye (my father was a carpenter). The paneling - yeah, probably 60's/70's time frame. I'm so glad you were smart and wore a mask and gloves. Otherwise, I'd say stear clear of that one. No pool in a house for me, that's for sure. lol

One time, back in early 90's, we were "down the shore" (if you know what it means, you know) and we met these girls on the beach. They said they were having a party that night and told us to stop by and they gave us the address. The house wasn't on the beach but in a development right by the bay. They houses were not mansions but they looked like average middle class homes. A lot of them were summer homes since it was at the shore. We get to the address and it's a moderate sized rancher 1-story house. nothing on the outside to indicate anything unusual. THere was a nice party going on so my friends and I went inside and once we were inside most of the people were towards the back of the house. We head that way and I heard splashing and sure enough, in the middle of this house was a pool. It wasn't a screened in type of pool, but it was actually inside the house like next to the living room. The whole room was nautical themed and looked like a movie set. We didn't bring our bathing suits, but it was summer and we had shorts. at some point, after many beers, we all ended up in the pool. It was a crazy night.

Interesting home - would love to have seen it when it was in a liveable state. So glad you protect yourself from the deadly mold. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your new adventures.

whoever thought it was a good idea to put a pool in like that had no ability to think about the future. This house probably had tons of mold in it when they lived there

Have you ever heard of the lost villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway? We went a few years ago and it was really interesting ... also the Upper Canada Village was fun too

I think it may have an attempt at 'minimalist' architecture! A real failure - the builder didn't understand the real concept?

The hallways appear to be very narrow. It doesn't look like this place was built to proper building codes.

I thought that was ugly, I'd rip it down & start again minus the indoor pool

It's gotten worse since the last video I seen of this place

Wow, that mold has destroyed the place. I'm not sure about the garage looking like a zebra, it looks more like a Dalmatian to me. Another wonderful explore though Noah. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻

Hey Noah! Great explore and thanks for the "safety first!!" Looking forward to the adventures yet to come as you diversify a bit to beyond just abandoned buildings. Thanks Noah - and many of us are looking forward to the next adventure!!

The first minute showing the exterior & the landscape it my favorite part of the video! Think the flat roof with all that standing water would create problems. The low entrance seems really odd. Not sure what style they were striving for overall, but its definitely not for me.

I have seen one like this before and it's such a shame. The house has alot of character but it is ruined. I agree that it appears to not have been constructed well. Honestly, I would love to have an inground swimming pool in my home but after seeing these videos, outside will be just fine. Great video and I enjoyed such a unique house. Take care, stay safe, God Bless! xoxo💖Kat

I believe the house was unsympathetically remodeled at some point; although I doubt it is vintage, the bones bear all the hallmarks of the International Style, first made popular in the 1920s and 30s; usually characterized by flat roofs, pilotis (the round columns for support), the main living area raised up on these, and lack of ornamentation. Le Courbusier’s Villa Savoye is probably the most famous example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Savoye As far as resale? I woulld guess it has much less to do with an unpopular design (International has been making a comeback for a while), but more to do with the proximity to the highway - when did that go in? I don’t imagine anyone would have chosen that as a construction site - it’s nice piece of land that you could never fully enjoy with the constant traffic noise. I imagine when first built there was no wood on the walls at all - just pristine plaster from floor to ceiling - it would have been impressive with the right pops of color from art & furniture. This just makes me sad; but another exceptional explore, Noah - thank you.

It really is a unique house with a wild layout.I think the pool is the big reason for mold.Anywhere moisture is mold grows.I like the wood stove.Man mold has really got that house.👍🇺🇸💗

Really unique looking house. Love the drone footage. Thanks for the awesome adventure 😃👍

Some other youtuber explored this same place a couple years ago. The mold has grown alot.

That mold was really horrible ! So glad you were wearing your mask and gloves! Take care and stay safe! Oh yeah! Thanks for NOT showing the toilet 🚽!!

There’s a very good & logical reason why that place is condemned- NOT “abandoned”. While it was interesting to see inside it, it was NOT worth the health risks you are subjecting yourself to for the long term, debilitating issues that will take time to emerge. The more you go into places like these without more than those little dust masks you wear the more damage you are doing- the only question is to what extent will it effect you when it emerged later. I genuinely pray for all urban explorers to use rational judgment bc i get the attraction to urban exploration, but I’ve seen & experienced what being exposed to black mold does to a person long term. It’s not pretty.

Carlo Paolozza did an adventure on this very house. Someone who knows the family did comment on his video saying that a pipe burst causing all the mold throughout the house. How true it is, I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the pool itself contributed to the mold as well.

Hey Noah Great explorer. I just saw the video Brandon put out on this home and the video you did was a year ago I'm not sure when he did his I didn't see a date but it's much worse than when you were in there mold is way worse other vandals have been in there and and copper thieves and things like that so it's pretty beat up now but yeah very smart of you to wear a mask in there cuz that black mold is some deadly stuff. Looking forward to all your new explorers coming.

I don’t believe that this was a private home. The design and layout of this building suggests and points to that of a facility of some kind like a private rehab center or program was held here for people of different ages. Probably a non profit organization that lost its funding at some point.

Thanks for the tour, Noah. This house, and that smoke detector should be torn down.

I know this is an older video but I was wondering if you ever re-visited it and if anything changed inside or if the house is gone.

When he showed the ceiling above the pool. I feel like I learned watching Holmes on Homes that there needs to be a ventilated area at the peck of your house and the reason for those roof vents you see on roofs. Like areas in attics don't often have insulation or much as to regulate and vent off any warm wet air. Because the very top of the house is the peck above the pool and it's insulated with no clear ventilation, I feel the wet air has no where else to go but into the house. It looks like who ever designed this house knew the concept of ventilation and that's why it's nice and open above the pool. Maybe there was some communication issues and the builder was stupid and insulated the ceiling above the pool anyway or tried to save money by not adding some kind of ventilation. I don't know. I'm definitely not an expert in this, just an observation. If there's anyone with real building knowledge please help me out or tell me where I'm wrong lol.

You can see the waterline from a flood. That's part of why so much mold.

I'm just disappointed that your buddy never got ahead of you and jumped out to scare the crap out of you and your viewers. THAT would have livened things up!! 🤣

More indoor pools please!!! So many 70s houses had them no?

Your videos are the best --- I hope that none of that mold got on you or your clothing --- Stay safe my friend --- Debbie

This house is not that old judging by those maytags in the laundry room.

I would love to see the other sights in Canada. I will probably never visit the country in my lifetime. So I would enjoy that, very much.

Small windows about 70’s to 80’s. It’s more of an Australian kitchen style esp fridge, As for the rest its like a shack for holidays, not a home to live in, that mould would be the reason uninhabitable demo job

Hi guys! For me, this is not a house, it's a bunker!! No good vibrations.. I felt something evil. Is it normal to put a lock outside the children door??? No! Something weird/bad happened in this rooms.. And... Cheap furniture, cheap material, cheap toilets... Sorry for my English.. Anyway thanks for sharing with us! Bye from Italy ☺️

Someone's spit collection under those shelves?

That washer & dryer are from like 2000-2010’s, my Aunty still has the set.

What a moldy mess, wow, Liked, StaySafe

that place needs to be demolished

imagine being the original owner of this house and exploring it in this state

I would love to know what that beautiful tree was that was turning co,our.

Consider your own safety.

Very interesting! The layout was so odd. It makes you wonder on all these old houses what happened. Have you ever had someone see these videos and tell you it was their family home?

Somehow you appeared like a week ago& now I'm addicted to following you into empty houses. ..for Nowhere

This is an interesting house and I think it would have been comfortable and fun to live here--except for the pool room situation, which was just ugly! Why surround a pool with cheap concrete and blah wood paneling, without enough windows for sunlight to enter? Also, the way the ceiling was set low over part of the pool was weird. Thanks for braving the horrors of all that mold to share this place with us.

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Glad the coffees help you out Noah! This house is so odd! Its almost like they built a box around a house, and its pool in the back lol Also, weird they didn’t drain that pool before they boarded it up. Its like they wanted to ruin it on purpose. Smh what a waste of a pretty fun party house!

When I see so many empty houses and know there are so many homeless , I wish we could help communities take some of these houses and have people live in them for a reduced rate with the expectation of property improvement while they live there. I think a lot of families would love an opportunity to do this. I know there are places in Italy where they do this but the property needs a lot.

Surprised that nobody has already salvaged / rescued the stove / wood burner . Thanks for another good exploration video.

Sad to see a house like this. At least tear down the house and have a outdoor pool. Problem fixed

I don’t know, but this house kind of reminded me of an office building rather then someone’s house, very odd layout, and the hallway looked super narrow, don’t think this is somewhere I would want to live. No wonder it never sold, with all that mould it needs tearing down, it’s too far gone to be recovered.

Walls look like the terrazzo tile style with all that mould! ! Lol. It seems like it wasn't built very well, for such a unique place. Keep safe! Fabulous video, thank you! Look forward to seeing your new explores, waterfalls are beautiful.

You are 100% correct about the pool, definitely not a good idea to put a pool or hot tub in your house without the proper ventilation. Definitely a crazy layout, a bit hard to call it a mansion.

What an interesting old house! Thanks for sharing this explore with us! I can't wait to follow you on your other excursions!

Yuck! Very gross!

A very awkward layout - 70s style!!

That was one bizarre house. First off, the stairs (ok, not a fan hihi) but the first room with all the stuffies, uhm, did anyone else notice the chain lock? Didn't really see a living room and next to the kitchen must have been the dining room/eating area. Another factor for the mold also would have been that everything was boarded up. Even new, apart from the pool, just not seeing it. :) Thanks Noah

What a terrible dreary depressing house. And that's without the mold. I hope the people who lived there are safe and happy and healthy now. That mold is terrifying.

Wow that mold was horrible. I can't understand why anyone thought building a house around a pool was a good idea. Good video. Thanks, Noah

Nice job masking up boys! Your friend, steve the medic.

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Everytime the smoke detector beeped, I had all 3 dogs bark.......everytime!!!🤬🤬

I want to say the house was originally designed to have a skylight in the center 2 story atrium

I enjoy revisiting your older explorations very much. I like the enthusiasm here. Plus, of course, the most wonderful intro of yours.

This house screams mid-1970s disco era! The houses and house decor, in the '70s, was not very pretty! I think of the movie Boogie Nights, when I say this house. Jack Horner's domain🤭😉

NO flat rooftops in North America (water sits and drains INTO the top floor and walls, rather than running off and mold develops. Yech! And the weird growth in the closet LOOKS as if they had an infestation of red spider mites or spiders...is there a dead animal up there? The garage: it looks as if they were in a flood zone that took a long time to drain, OR they are a property that was built on TOP of a graveyard the bodies were not removed from before the home was built. EEWWWW!

You need very specific building materials to have an indoor pool like that. Pool also has to be heated causing even more humidity. I guarantee they had to move because of mold problems. The other obvious thing is the effects of chlorine byproducts wafting above the pool. Even if it wasn’t strong, chlorine causes all sorts of lung problems. Between the mold and the chlorine the whole family probably has lung problems or they’re dead 😳

Nice footage old house they haven't made iron spiral staircases in years

Young brother, just wanted to make sure you understand how dangerous black mold is, it's deadly, and I pray you had at least a mask on , but that won't do much against black mold, I respect what you do but I wouldn't recommend exploring any other places with black mold

I couldn't understand anything you were saying cuz of the mask. You should do your own closed captions since you know better than RU-vid what you're saying.

Yikes. Did anyone else notice the chain lock on the outside of the girls room!?!?Flat roof and no drainage/gutters, wood paneling in/out, plus the pool made this house a petri dish for mold. The owners probably made this home and quickly found out that they had to vacate asap due to the toxic mold. There would be no way to control the moisture/humidity at that level.

I would of loved to have seen this when it was first built. Bet it looked lovely. Now not so much!

Flat roof,worst design for a house.water collected can just sit for weeks at a time applying pressure to and eventually finding it's way in, especially when the property is abandoned.

I've seen this house before and I've always thought the owners enclosed the pool themselves. They poured a 10 foot foundation around the patio, then added the long family room down one side. They also did it on the cheap, lots of wood paneling.

Love your use of a drone.

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That place has absolutely no redeeming value. Ugly architecture from day one. I’d be delighted to run the excavator to tear it down!

Throws chair in pool...kerplunk...decade of silence passes...and here we are.

Good close up drone shots Noah! 👍👍👍 Seen Brandon's vid yesterday.

This is a very depressing place. It seems to have an aura of failure and sadness over it. Bad, bad Feng Shui here. The way it's built funnels the moisture up to the living areas and when I saw the drone footage I thought that the land was too damp to build on. When you give the introduction toads can be heard from the woods. I bet there's a lot of ponds or a creek or two around there. It's like they built this house to be a moisture wick. Like the video but hate the house.

I think this house would’ve kept longer if the pool had been pumped empty before the owners left. And I would also bet that the waterproofing and moisture barriers were either installed incorrectly or not at all.

Awful home - someone didn't know what they were doing. Loomd like owners divorced based on the one message you read. Sad.

My question is why hasn't all the water evaporated from the pool over the years? Also, you would think it would have been drained once everyone moved out

The layout of this house was weird! So glad you guys wore a mask! Stay safe!👍

Too bad that you have no historical records about who owned the house and why it was abandoned. I am glad that you wore gloves, that place is nasty. I am glad that you did not fall into that nasty swimming pool.

Looks like someone who did not really build and just went amuck piece by piece. I never would call it a mansion for sure. We had an indoor pooland sauna in the bottom of the lower level and never had a drop of mold anywhere. but we did live in it. ut it was and has to be properly vented .

Noah, what we learn is to separate the pool from the house and at least give it ventilation its like if the owner peeled back the roof from above the pool this house would have been saved. those toys and adult shoes bedroom is weird. i say the owner was jGym unkie and the drugs got the better of them now they are in prison or worse. good tour glad your wearing PPE

Safety first BUT I DONT THINK THERE IS ANY MOLD IN THE WORLD THAT CAN HARM YOU FOR BREATHING IT FOR A HOUR OR TWO