For the life of me I can't understand how people can let such beautiful antiques and estates just go to waste. Such a tragic shame . Great job as always guys.

@marietteestabrook4098

Жыл бұрын

Takes a huge amount of money to keep them up. The families can’t afford the tax burden and let them go and the govt have too many to take care of.

@kkkerry2

Жыл бұрын

​@@marietteestabrook4098 this is interesting

@peony2242

Жыл бұрын

@@marietteestabrook4098 Possibly too fighting over the estate.

@dittedatte8046

Жыл бұрын

Is this the First Abandonned House Video You watched? Everytime the same question...🙄

@None-685

Жыл бұрын

It all boils down to money. Heating a home like this is on the extreme side, upkeep and so on. Watch some of the chateau renovations. It’s interesting.

I love watching you. You are such an old soul when you go through those places.

@marydesch6227

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I wonder if you, Leslie ever run into Ghosts??

@Bros of Decay : When I was sick all week, all I did was laying down and watching every single episode you made . From story telling with such soft voice to how it is filmed with each detail , each episode teaches us how much we should appreciate the time we have with our loved ones and cherish every second of it.

@peacesuneda

Жыл бұрын

@aaron___6014 I have been watching the episodes already before I got sick. So when I got sick I happened to watch the rest of them. Of course I don't remember each some run while I slept so watching those again. I can say I am a huge fan of this channel.

@manuelaburic5204

Жыл бұрын

​@@peacesuneda You took the words out of my mouth. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤ And, yes, I did it once.(I don't watch TV anymore) It was like being in a trance, beautiful. 🤍

@ampornfrank5636

Жыл бұрын

Danke Bros für die interessant vdo ❤❤❤❤

@carollabutay4654

11 ай бұрын

​@@peacesunedak

@Geheimagent456

7 ай бұрын

Es macht einem die eigene Vergänglichkeit bewusst. Alle Dinge die man selbst geliebt hat bleiben zurück und werden nicht mehr geschätzt. Vergessen...

Es bricht mir das Herz wenn ich all die Schätze sehe die hier langsam vermodern. Danke dass Du ihnen noch ein letztes Mal eine Bühne geboten hast. 👏

@terryd430

9 ай бұрын

Powinno się pozwolić komuś kupić ten zameczek i przy wsparciu finansowym państwa odrestaurować by służył innych za piątkę po czasach minionych. Jak widać, wszystko przemija, ludzie odchodzą a wszystko po nich zostaje, wszystko co kochali, o co zbiegali całe życie, pamiątki, bibeloty, przedmioty codziennego użytku, ubrania. To pokazuje, że wszystko przemija, pozostaje pustka o tych co odeszli i trochę rzeczy.

Soo many abandoned places where the kids do nothing with the property after parents pass away. Sell the land and furniture. So strange they leave personal pictures and belongings

You are the best in what you are doing. Love your comments, voice, and attention to details.

@BrosOfDecay

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your wonderful comment 🥰

That bedroom suite was knocked out! Gorgeous vanity, and that wasn’t a footstool, it was a stool for sitting. But that bedroom furniture, oh my goodness how beautiful! It really should be rescued. How sad all this is just being taken by the loneliness of passing time. That hat for horse riding is a dressage hat. I wonder if the coat and jodhpurs were in a closet somewhere . . . Porcelain doorknobs 35:26 That’s a bookend, my friend. Lovely house in a lovely setting. Thank you so much, Lesley! You take us to the best places. I really can’t thank you enough for what you do. You are so very kind too.

39:49 The wooden carved car would be called book ends. They are normally a pair of 2. Books were placed between them to prevent them from falling over.

Love the architecture! So sad that it's just rotting away, and is being forgotten.

Lesley, thank you for allowing us to explore with you virtually.

I can understand why families may abandon huge properties due to the cost of upkeep. What i dont understand why they leave the furniture, art, etc. At the very least, they could salvage those and sell them, instead of letting them go to ruin.

So beautiful but so so sad. I cant ever understand how the kids dont go back for the memories. Thank you so very much, from Texas.

Lesley, thank you for sharing this video. Everything is so intact and so many personal items left behind by the family. I love how the house has not been desecrated by anyone including you and your colleague. Even the alcohol! I love old architecture and this is one of my favourites. It is half timber framing common throughout Western Europe but mostly Switzerland, Germany and North Eastern France in the Alsace-Lorraine region. There is a variant of the architecture in the UK that is called the Tudor period around the last of the Tudor kingdom reign of Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I. Beautiful Castles, Chateau’s and Manors still survive well today because of this sturdy design. The filler in between the timber frames is called “wattle and daub” it is a woven framework of twigs or sticks that fits between the timbers, and a mixture of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw, that is mucked into the framework and settles as a thick dense wall. It is sealed with a whitewash. One of the oldest structural designs, it has been around for 6000 yrs. This castle in the forest may be older than it appears. The material in the foundation is the clue. Inside the house is a treasure trove of many finishes and furnishings that reveal the wealth of this family. First of all, the finish carpentry and interior trim is of Belgian walnut. I also see European beech wood and European oak. The large ornately carved dining room hutch is Belgian walnut and the ornately carved chairs are Asian mahogany carved or commissioned in France. The furniture and artifacts are probably as valuable as 10% of the home. Such a treat to see!

If their ghosts are hanging around, they’re probably getting a good giggle out of your respectful but imaginative depiction of their lives. I love it. Love your tours.

@s.o.f.t..

11 ай бұрын

Indeed, we do

@anandamuas

5 ай бұрын

​@@s.o.f.t.. are you the grand daugther? 😮

@abdokara7956

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂​@@s.o.f.t..

@abdokara7956

5 ай бұрын

​@ananda😅😅😅muas

Loved the video. I'm curious as to why explorers don't close the windows or shutters to prevent further decay.

@cookiesspirit2329

Жыл бұрын

That’s how these people get in, at least that’s my guess.

@Jenn-io3it

Жыл бұрын

True. But they can still close the windows and shutters. Ugh

@sactownstamper5400

Жыл бұрын

It’s always amazing that the the beautiful houses are left to rot! Thanks for another great tour!

@okm5406

Жыл бұрын

@@Jenn-io3it leave everything except your footprints! Rule number one when exploring. Just leave everything as it is.

@bilanaaugustin2772

11 ай бұрын

When a house is closed up it decays quicker . So the best way to preserve it is to keep it open. Cause heat can cause quicker decomposition .

What a nice place! The bed and the dressing table in the bedroom are exquisite! The fog and the landscape make it all seem a dream! Thank you for this interesting exploration!

34:12 I don't know who was this fan of anime but has my respect for getting mangas in a time that was difficult to get japanese merch

Leslie this was a great exploration of a very caring and loving family. You can tell by the nice furniture especially that chair,it was incredible. I can't believe it has been abandoned for 17 years. At least no one has destroyed anything in the house. Well I can't wait for next week's exploration.

This place and its contents should be preserved as a national treasure with security as live in paid for by the public purse. It's an absolute treasure.

@Jenn-io3it

Жыл бұрын

So true! Just goes to show how people just don’t care. Very sad.

@brunol-p_g8800

Жыл бұрын

It is not that people don’t care, nor that they leave it abandoned. This place isn’t abandoned at all, it is just that the kids and grand-kids live abroad and didn’t move in since their parents death. They have relatives going every month to take care of it, but since a few years and the whole exploring thing, people have been starting to brea in and leave the windows and doors open, that is the reason for the decay. If you were dispatched abroad for a few years to work, would you like people breaking into your house? There is a very good reason for them wearing gloves when “exploring”, they know very well that what they are doing is illegal.

@mickzammit6794

11 ай бұрын

@@agnestraverse you should perhaps have a permanent watchman to keep people out

I truly love following you. You don’t just walk through the homes, but you make them come alive. You came across a Motel~T car. I was hoping you would wind it up, so wanted to hear the music 🎶 it played. I bought the same one for my son. It played Quentin’s theme. It is an old waltz. Anyway, thank you for all you do for bring these wonderful adventures to us. 😊

The exorbitant inheritance taxes cause the children to walk away because they can't afford it. The same thing happens in England. It is too bad they can't at least auction off the furnishings

@Jenn-io3it

Жыл бұрын

Ok. But! Why don’t they take their family photos? None of it makes sense.

@corinatrian.2073

Жыл бұрын

​@Jenn-io3it The photos the clothes the toys, why they left everything behind, I wonder why;;;🤔

@rickrivethead

11 ай бұрын

Cant they just sell it??!!

@frederickpile3599

4 ай бұрын

It happened also to our family. My grand parents (british living in france home, an ancient went to decay.

@urischwartz6711

29 күн бұрын

It's best to leave your earthly belongings while still here, otherwise any potential beneficiaries will have a difficult time dealing with legal proceedings and taxing. I find inheritance tax extremely unfair, people worked for / received their earthly posessions for decades of life, paid the taxes on them, now again these are being taxed, why? I find it cruel and cynical.

that's so odd that the family didn't want this home there is so much history there

Someone needs restore this place.

Thank you Lesley. Amazing! In the mist that beautiful chateau looks positively mythical. I think the architectural design of this place is one of the most beautiful and unique of any you have shown us. My mind still boggles at how such treasures can be left to just dissolve away.Thank you for taking us along. I can"t wait till the next adventure.

You don’t see beautiful woodwork like that anymore. Just love it so much.

Walking through a time capsule! I really enjoy how you showcase the home and family story. What level of wealth or apathy does one have to just abandon this generational home and memories to the elements?? With every video, I am so heartbroken by the decaying of memories, the complete waste of useable items and, the gradual decline of homes that another family would love enjoy. I just don’t understand this. I probably never will. Thank you Lesly for the touching tribute to this family. Your videos remind me that life is short and to get rid of stuff I’m not using. Sending a smile from So Cal!

@user-jx2pk6tw1h

11 ай бұрын

Excellente obs mon ami(e), l'homme ne que de bêtise avec son argent.

@priyanthialwis8811

11 ай бұрын

I agree with you the Buddha said that in his teachings all the things are destroyed by the nature

@greenbelly2008

11 ай бұрын

@@priyanthialwis8811 And terrorist Muslims (sorry for being polliticaly incorrect) I´m Argentine and I watched the news from France on TV. I see how it´s burning.

@francesco245

8 ай бұрын

@@greenbelly2008 🤡🤡🤡

@francesco245

8 ай бұрын

You're not "politically incorrect". You're just racist. @@greenbelly2008

Wow! Leslie, It’s really something to see how people just leave everything behind! Especially when they leave the family photos! Truly unbelievable!!

@jesswestet927

11 ай бұрын

Yeah....how are the plants STILL alive if no one is there???

@evelynzlon9492

11 ай бұрын

Maybe the photos were left behind because these memories were attached to the house. A lot of valuable and easily portable items were also left behind. It seems the house was quietly preserved as a nostalgic sentimental monument regardless of financial considerations.

@Bros Of Decay Hello Lesley, I know I asked you this before about places abandoned in Scotland, and you mentioned there weren't any. I recently saw a few castles that are abandoned, but I'm not sure if you're able to record them. Anyhow, i love your show! 😊

@groofoot

Жыл бұрын

Love old abandoned Scottish castles! I mean, I've never been to Scotland, but I love watching videos about them ....

@Evak888

Жыл бұрын

@Gregory Zahn I love Scotland myself. If Lesley is allowed to film there, that would be an incredible show. There is so much history there 💖

@groofoot

Жыл бұрын

@@Evak888 Back when I owned my house, I had a crazy, elderly neighbor across the street; he would sometimes go out on his front porch, about 10 pm, with his bagpipes, and play them, Fully dressed in a tartan kilt, white shirt, and beret-type cap. He had a long flowing white beard ... it was like watching a ghost on the old Scottish highlands ... it was a sight to behold.

@Evak888

Жыл бұрын

@@groofoot Wow, that is so beautiful. My boyfriend is from Clan Macdonald and McAlister. I love Scottish culture, music and everything.

@mynamedoesntmatter8652

Жыл бұрын

@@groofoot You should’ve spoken with him. He could tell some stories, I bet. Maybe he was a piper in WWII. Oh man, too bad you didn’t speak with that man.

Thank you for sharing your incredible story-telling journey with us. It is bittersweet to see all the belongings once touched by members of this family. I am so curious about what would happen if someone in the family happened to see this video! Sophie might cry to see those manga books...

Hi Lesley, what a beautiful place this was at one time. The pictures show how happy the family was, the grandchildren and even their parents should still be alive, I hope they are happy and thriving, I say this so much, it still amazes me how this happens. Thanks for the tour. Love from N.Y.

Thank you for bringing us with you Leslie. ❤

Lesley, do you ever get contacted by a friend or family member of any of the locations you present? Love watching your podcast.

Love your heart! Your kindness shines in all your work!

Hello hello, dear Lesley, what a wonderful gem of an enchanted looking mansion! - I am already looking very much forward to hear more about that amazing location, bro! - Wishing you all the best, peace and kindest regards from sunny and warm Switzerland. Hope to see you soon, my friend!

@annsmith4739

Жыл бұрын

Hi Willy,blessings to you to lv Ann uk 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️

@DeeTee2112

Жыл бұрын

Hi Willy, I'm the Homegardener, your buddy from the study! Please don't believe this pseudo guy! It's true, that I created him and so he will always be my beloved son. But nevertheless I detest him, because he's a real bad creature.

And again my blood pressure rises dangerously as I always get so fucking angry when I have to watch those magnificent buildings crumble down.

@kayleyholland5655

Жыл бұрын

Don’t have anger instead learn from it. Things aren’t permanent and this is why you should live everyday the best you can

@billmiller4972

Жыл бұрын

@@kayleyholland5655 Thanks for your kind words. All the best!

@RetroCaptain

Жыл бұрын

Just too costly to live in them unless you're really wealthy

@msdolly6101981

Жыл бұрын

​@@kayleyholland5655 : well said😊

You showed us a castle for Christmas and shared with us such beautiful homes, and now this beauty,, that kitchen so charming. What a massive house with a turret? What a wonderful home and grounds, thank you for sharing with us

What a captivating chateau Lesley. Thanks for the tour and the mist and wintry forests and atmosphere surrounding really add a mystique to it. Those grand antique chairs and that beautiful Jules Verne book! Very nice 👍

You’re my favorite explorer ❤love how you explain things in detail and give us history and background on places. It’s almost like you were a noble in a past life 😊

Cannot get over, its so gorgeous & no one from the family, go save the furniture! Thank You for showing us these gorgeous places.

Love this place so beautiful! Love watching your videos! Thank you for doing what you do!💚💚💚

I'm quite curious as to why there doesn't seem to be a lot if any dust - my house gets dustier than that in just a couple of weeks - everything seems to clean to have been abandoned all that long ago.

@Violet_55688

5 ай бұрын

In my opinion because someone keeps like this on purpose as if the people have just left. I wonder how the people from this channel got in too. You can't just enter through the door in such a house.

@elianav7509

5 ай бұрын

Hemos pensado exactamente lo mismo, yo desde el sur del planeta y tú desde el norte 😅

Thank you so much lesly for showing us this beautiful castle ❤

love your videos. thank-you for showing these places I'll never be able to see in my life time !

Очаровательно!!!Я и мечтать не могла о том чтобы увидеть такой прекрасный дом!❤❤❤

All the furniture in Marie's bedroom is reproductions, 1990s. We have that suite too.

@carlawick2704

7 ай бұрын

Which parts? None of it matches.

So sad. It’s as though they were renovating and then illness and death struck . What a terrible shame it is not restored to new glory . The furniture pieces were so beautiful too

Hi Lesley thank you for the wonderful job of showing these homes

Love Love this!!! Great job Leslie always enjoy your adventures!

What an amazing find, so architecturally different to the usual manors in France. Very English Tudor on the outside. The furniture etc was amazing too, l hope someone saves them real soon! 🦘🤗🥰

@juliaduncan1438

5 ай бұрын

No, the house is no English Tudor at all. It is on the style of a German hunting lodge

@frederickpile3599

4 ай бұрын

Typical of normandy.

@frederickpile3599

4 ай бұрын

@@juliaduncan1438 normandy calvados, typical of.

Ugh the remaining children & grandchildren should be ashamed. Several lifetimes of memories, heirlooms and antiques. It’s soul crushing!

@RoseSharon7777

Ай бұрын

There may be a lien against the house or maybe the memories are just too difficult to bear. From what it sounded like the husband took his own life after Maria died of cancer. The grandchildren probably can't do anything without parents approval. Its really sad. Its like everyone just disappeared into thin air.

Absolutely stunning castle. It's hard to comprehend the antiques left behind and such an enchanting place. Another great explore!!

25:53.... The small round chair was for the vanity as the Victorian dresses would not fit comfortable in the armchair. Love your videos. May you be blessed with many travels & safe journeys.

What an amazing picturesque place. Love the angles you did, just had to take a few snapshots of it. 😊

Fantastic location! Thank you for the journey.

Always excellence and content that has a spiritual touch. Thank you

Really enjoyed your videos on this channel, keep up the good work!

Never stop making videos like this! I really enjoyed every videos of yours:) so inspiring

@francesco245

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, encourage braking in private property and filming without permission, way to go.

Makes me wonder if something happened here to make them leave all this behind.

Thank you Leslie. Nice tour. 💕

Love the mist in the picture. Looks great 🎉❤

The untouched antiques in that place is simply amazing! And I especially like the gilded mirrors! Those mirrors were made using mercury that age over time and gives them a beauty that can only be made with time and they're highly sought after. The woodwork on the furnishings and the Tudor style frame of the chateau is pretty grand also!

@yaykruser

5 ай бұрын

i wonder why nobody looted that place?

Beautiful mansion! Incredible that there are no bathrooms, didn't people in that house take a shower in the middle of the 20th century? It was missing showing the small room and the attic. Good exploration. Big hug from Brazil

@francesco245

8 ай бұрын

So, the trespassers not showing any bathrooms and the house not having any is to you the same thing. I doubt there isn't at least one bathroom there if they had a washing machine.

Beautiful mansion! Congratulations on the beautiful report.

So beautiful! So much soul in this home.

I really can't wrap my head around how it's possible that there's so much left behind in there. So many personal things and valuable artefacts and furniture. Either the entire family, including the grandchildren passed away, or they're inhumane, or some tragedy happened there... I just don't understand. And if the grandchildren are still around somewhere, like Sophie Traverse, why don't they come back to the place to claim their belongings, or at least some of them. I'm very curious to know what happened here and why it's left like this. Also: props for not looking through all of the things in the cabinet in the living room. I would probably scavenge though all of it. But you're very respectful that way. I'd love to do research on these kind of places and ask relatives, neighbors or town-members the big question: why did people leave everything behind? Love these videos by the way. Blijf ze maken!

Leslie Hun I love how you intro and talk about the past life while bringing them to life.:)You say thats not worth it some rooms! @ i believe everything has a worth time piece to look at natural or decay it is the details that you bring light upon.:)Love all your explores nothin dull to see . Love you bunches Leslie a friend of mine to keep for many years to come i hope?.Besafe in life .

Great video Lesley & Dan As always. Thank you Love 💕 from Republic of Panama 🇵🇦

What a grand old home so beautiful in its olden time ! So sad to see it's grand beauty going to nature! Must have been so wonderful for the family to have lived there ! Gorgeous furniture in the lady's bed room ! Sad to see how this loving happy family ended there. Thank you for showing us this lovey grand place and a look into a fine family life . RM.

This was a really good one! But of course they are all great! One of my favorites is when you boys did your grandfather's house. I love all of your videos. Keep it up.

This historic mansion should be turned into a museum.

Absolutely love yous, really interesting that you try an get info about most of the history. Keep up the great work informing the younger folks and discovering history .✌️❤️ I also, watch Adam Mark and laugh when, yous can't figure out what something is... that's just my age showing.😂

Grt work..luv watching ur videos

Is there any update if this place is selling? It's a shame to see it being taken over by nature. I'm sure there's a price for the right buyer to save it!

That place was awesome thanks I enjoyed watching all your videos

The Rifle & the Dinning Table Did you notice the dinning table had a decent layer of dust on it's table top but the rifle seemed almost dust free ? I'm fairly sure the lack of house dust wasn't camera angle & lights . I'm just sayin.

@carlawick2704

7 ай бұрын

Likely they'd already picked it up.

Beautiful house. How can they just leave so much there to go to waste. It’s a shame

Lesly thank you for sharing.I love watching your youtube channel❤

I would buy this house. So Beautiful ❤

Watching it now , completely beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉,amazing so great ❤❤ ,so really made with talented hands❤❤❤

Why haven't there been collector's or scavengers cleaning out that place? So much priceless beautiful furniture and glassware. Are there no children or grandchildren that are laying claim to any of the contents or the the house and land?

The attention to detail these houses had back then is insane

We love you too!! Thank you for everything you do.

Thank you I watched the video till the end a really enjoyable tour and the place is very beautiful

So nice! Amazing the first piece alone Im sure is worth so much! the thickness of the wood, plus the entricate details on the heads! Amazing! It must have been from over 150 years ago to be made so exquisitely!

I appreciate the respectful way you guide the viewer through this 'castle", I saw beautiful antiques and it gave me a nice impression of how these people lived in their time. I loved it .

@francesco245

8 ай бұрын

Respectful way would be not to enter a private property in the first place, don't you think? (But maybe you don't.)

i love antique also.. old houses old places..

Hi Bros, I love the video you posted , its great. Watching from the Philippines you have a very soft voice. God bless always

So nice sharing !

Wow very beautiful and filled with magic

U do such beautiful work!

Greetings from West Virginia Your videos are always amazing!!

@robbye01

8 ай бұрын

I'm also from WV.

Thank you lesley , its beautiful castel and architec..i love this palace..wow

This video is the best of the best Lesley...💖

Intriguing. Thank you from Australia 🇦🇺

Very nice house. Thank you Lesley! The building itself is a great design. A homey home.💙🌙🐌🌸

Hola Lesley, hermoso castillo, con muchos recuerdos Que triste que sus hijos, hallan dejado en el abandono la casa de sus padres Lo que más me gusto de este castillo, es, su cocina, simplemente hermosa, y muy completa, con todos los electrodomésticos, necesarios en un hogar Saludos desde Colombia 🙋‍♀️👋👋👋❤️🍃🥀

Oh that is lovely. An abandoned castle in such a preserver state. A tragic history behind it. A chilling location surrounded by trees and mist. That definitely looks like my kind of dream house.

@chenchen8065

7 ай бұрын

請問是什麼悲慘的事 啊 ；謝謝您

Hi from California! Awesome tour thnx😃

Siempre con respeto❤. Que maravilla de mansión en medio del bosque y que muebles tan hermosos tallas. Gracias por el video 😊

Loved this one.