Having fought a long, and ultimately pretty successful, war against ivy, that picture gives me anxiety.
I bet the amount of bugs that get inside is insane
There’s one in every town. This example is way better than the one near my house, lol.
Certainly one in every place I’ve lived.
The one near me has frayed/stained lace curtains and a burnt out car on the drive, this is palacial by comparison
The house of Mr. Rebus.
It’s called rewilding, all the rage now days don’t you know!
In the town where I grew up, an ‘Arts And Crafts’ house slowly and gracefully collapsing into its foundations. Owned by a couple of lovely people, but they had their problems.
The wife was a GP, and a florid alcoholic. The Hubby ran a lovely little model shop. I bought many airfix kits from that shop.
The house was quite something. Broken stained-glass lights all the way up the stairwell. South-facing porch, all choked up with brambles. A Rover P4 Coupe quietly surrendering to oxidative chemistry in the driveway.
edit: The house is still there, and as far as know the owners are still alive.
There’s one on my road. The tires of the Saab on the drive have moulded to the ground.
Had one of those houses in my street actually. Nice part of town but one guy just let his house be overgrown by nature. It was like that for about 20 years and I saw him only twice – both times at 3am. The postman even stopped going up his path for the last few years.
He was only in his early 60s when he died, so he lived like that since his 40s at least. Dread to think how long his body had been lying there as he clearly had no family or friends or anyone to check on him.
There was a house like this where I grew up and everyone said a witch lives there and would throw stones at the windows to try get ‘the witch’ to appear.
Thought it was funny as a kid, but I imagine they spent everyday pissed off which is probably why it went up for sale.
Beautiful and a major respite and habitat for loads of wildlife. Wish we saw more like it.
The amount of spiders…
When I was working for a supermarket delivering online orders I delivered to a house like this, it was a pain to get the shopping to the door and I thought I was going to be murdered, but the woman inside was fine and didn’t seem that bothered by it all.
Yes be we don’t talk about it..
I live in the suburbs of Copenhagen and there’s one just like that two roads away.
Still, dunno who owns it and there’s no sign of life in it.
Maybe they’re just playing Jumanji and haven’t finished it
There’s one near me like this but with pallets of breeze blocks ton bags full of sand and a cement mixer completely over grown covered with ivy.. like a renovation project came to an abrupt end I’d love to know what happened.. its been untouched for about 15 years
Mine has the plants growing out of the roof
The one down the road from me was sold, pulled down, and is now a block of flats.
Maybe you have elves for neighbours
Every town has an Elm Street.
Isn’t this where Miss Honey lives?
There was one like that near me. Garden completely overgrown and stuff. The woman that lived there went off the deep end after her husband left her for someone else, became an alcoholic shut-in. I dread to think what the inside of the house looked like.
The one in my town also has a Skoda Fabia on the drive too. Must be something about the people who drive those cars, haha.
Wanstead ??
I honestly don’t understand the bad will directed at people whose homes are like this. If your home is nice then be content. If it still bothers you, go discreetly introduce yourself to your neighbour and ask if there’s any home maintenance they’d like help with and offer some time. No one expects you to do it all; no one expects you to do any of it but offering to help with even a small section can make a big difference. They might be disabled. They might be elderly. They might be caring for someone with a terminal illness. They might be depressed. They might be renting and feel dejected about maintaining some landlords home when they might be struggling to cover rent and the rise in the cost of living crisis. Maybe theyve struggled with homelessness and are just grateful to finally have a roof. Now, I’m sure you and people like you might think it’s not up to you to solve then you’re right. This would require some sacrifice on your part of time, resources or both. You might even get to make a friend or feel good about helping someone. But if you’re so convinced it will cost you thousands in decreased home values, then a little initiative delivered in a well meaning friendly way may be worth it. If you’re still adamant it’s not up to you to help solve then I’d say it’s also not up to you to judge. And if the resident says no, they may just be ashamed and embarrassed. If they’re angry, that’s fine too provided you’re not threatened or harmed in any way. At least you tried to be kind. And you may be the only kind person they’ve encountered in a long time. Do it or not, it doesn’t impact upon me. But when my dad was near death with his cancer and i was stuck overseas, it would have meant so much to my step mother to have had some neighbourhood help or grace.
There’s one in my town, huge place completely overgrown.
Mum loves it, has got stainglass windows, big old cast iron railing fence, carved front door, proper sized balcony.
When I win the lottery it’s one of the first things I’m buying for her.
The spiders roam in packs, always searching for that postie who stumbles.
We’ve got one down the road. Two siblings inherited it but they hate each other. One wants to sell but the other doesn’t so he’s currently living in the upstairs rooms and letting the downstairs become unliveable just so that his sister can’t ever sell it.
It’s been going on for years and the poor house is now in an absolute state. I feel bad for the immediate neighbours.
I see one where I walk the dog and a tree has grown in front of the caravan parked on the drive…
There was a little old lady who lived alone in a semi-detached house nearby when I was a kid. Rumour had it she was an old concert pianist and in her house were piles and piles of old pianos.
House was overgrown, but as kids, we’d go into her garden and tidy it up when it became too much. She’d wave out of the window, but we never saw her face.
There’s two next door to eachother in Bournemouth, “legend” says they’re owned by two brothers, they both have thick vegetation as high as the roof from front door to the pavement. You can see some rusting chassis and dilapidated outbuildings through the foliage. One of them has a Whisteria that has grown out over the top of everything, and it is beautiful when it’s flowering.
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Having fought a long, and ultimately pretty successful, war against ivy, that picture gives me anxiety.
I bet the amount of bugs that get inside is insane
There’s one in every town. This example is way better than the one near my house, lol.
Certainly one in every place I’ve lived.
The one near me has frayed/stained lace curtains and a burnt out car on the drive, this is palacial by comparison
The house of Mr. Rebus.
It’s called rewilding, all the rage now days don’t you know!
In the town where I grew up, an ‘Arts And Crafts’ house slowly and gracefully collapsing into its foundations. Owned by a couple of lovely people, but they had their problems.
The wife was a GP, and a florid alcoholic. The Hubby ran a lovely little model shop. I bought many airfix kits from that shop.
The house was quite something. Broken stained-glass lights all the way up the stairwell. South-facing porch, all choked up with brambles. A Rover P4 Coupe quietly surrendering to oxidative chemistry in the driveway.
edit: The house is still there, and as far as know the owners are still alive.
There’s one on my road. The tires of the Saab on the drive have moulded to the ground.
There’s one in the news today.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13055599/Neighbours-reveal-nightmare-living-door-home-consumed-trees-ivy-allowed-grow-control-40-YEARS.html
Had one of those houses in my street actually. Nice part of town but one guy just let his house be overgrown by nature. It was like that for about 20 years and I saw him only twice – both times at 3am. The postman even stopped going up his path for the last few years.
He was only in his early 60s when he died, so he lived like that since his 40s at least. Dread to think how long his body had been lying there as he clearly had no family or friends or anyone to check on him.
There was a house like this where I grew up and everyone said a witch lives there and would throw stones at the windows to try get ‘the witch’ to appear.
Thought it was funny as a kid, but I imagine they spent everyday pissed off which is probably why it went up for sale.
Beautiful and a major respite and habitat for loads of wildlife. Wish we saw more like it.
The amount of spiders…
When I was working for a supermarket delivering online orders I delivered to a house like this, it was a pain to get the shopping to the door and I thought I was going to be murdered, but the woman inside was fine and didn’t seem that bothered by it all.
Yes be we don’t talk about it..
I live in the suburbs of Copenhagen and there’s one just like that two roads away.
Still, dunno who owns it and there’s no sign of life in it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6483628,12.3131271,3a,75y,35.8h,85.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sljuwwN9PtyctOkr3FrBuXw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Maybe they’re just playing Jumanji and haven’t finished it
There’s one near me like this but with pallets of breeze blocks ton bags full of sand and a cement mixer completely over grown covered with ivy.. like a renovation project came to an abrupt end I’d love to know what happened.. its been untouched for about 15 years
Mine has the plants growing out of the roof
The one down the road from me was sold, pulled down, and is now a block of flats.
Maybe you have elves for neighbours
Every town has an Elm Street.
Isn’t this where Miss Honey lives?
There was one like that near me. Garden completely overgrown and stuff. The woman that lived there went off the deep end after her husband left her for someone else, became an alcoholic shut-in. I dread to think what the inside of the house looked like.
The one in my town also has a Skoda Fabia on the drive too. Must be something about the people who drive those cars, haha.
Wanstead ??
I honestly don’t understand the bad will directed at people whose homes are like this. If your home is nice then be content. If it still bothers you, go discreetly introduce yourself to your neighbour and ask if there’s any home maintenance they’d like help with and offer some time. No one expects you to do it all; no one expects you to do any of it but offering to help with even a small section can make a big difference. They might be disabled. They might be elderly. They might be caring for someone with a terminal illness. They might be depressed. They might be renting and feel dejected about maintaining some landlords home when they might be struggling to cover rent and the rise in the cost of living crisis. Maybe theyve struggled with homelessness and are just grateful to finally have a roof. Now, I’m sure you and people like you might think it’s not up to you to solve then you’re right. This would require some sacrifice on your part of time, resources or both. You might even get to make a friend or feel good about helping someone. But if you’re so convinced it will cost you thousands in decreased home values, then a little initiative delivered in a well meaning friendly way may be worth it. If you’re still adamant it’s not up to you to help solve then I’d say it’s also not up to you to judge. And if the resident says no, they may just be ashamed and embarrassed. If they’re angry, that’s fine too provided you’re not threatened or harmed in any way. At least you tried to be kind. And you may be the only kind person they’ve encountered in a long time. Do it or not, it doesn’t impact upon me. But when my dad was near death with his cancer and i was stuck overseas, it would have meant so much to my step mother to have had some neighbourhood help or grace.
There’s one in my town, huge place completely overgrown.
Mum loves it, has got stainglass windows, big old cast iron railing fence, carved front door, proper sized balcony.
When I win the lottery it’s one of the first things I’m buying for her.
The spiders roam in packs, always searching for that postie who stumbles.
I painted a picture of my local one. More of the roof has gone since then. https://imgur.com/gallery/owKHwia
There is one on my street
Arts and Crafts houses are gems
We’ve got one down the road. Two siblings inherited it but they hate each other. One wants to sell but the other doesn’t so he’s currently living in the upstairs rooms and letting the downstairs become unliveable just so that his sister can’t ever sell it.
It’s been going on for years and the poor house is now in an absolute state. I feel bad for the immediate neighbours.
I see one where I walk the dog and a tree has grown in front of the caravan parked on the drive…
There was a little old lady who lived alone in a semi-detached house nearby when I was a kid. Rumour had it she was an old concert pianist and in her house were piles and piles of old pianos.
House was overgrown, but as kids, we’d go into her garden and tidy it up when it became too much. She’d wave out of the window, but we never saw her face.
There’s two next door to eachother in Bournemouth, “legend” says they’re owned by two brothers, they both have thick vegetation as high as the roof from front door to the pavement. You can see some rusting chassis and dilapidated outbuildings through the foliage. One of them has a Whisteria that has grown out over the top of everything, and it is beautiful when it’s flowering.