Tales of the Urban Explorer: The House of Neglect

I don't think I have had to ever pixelate so many of my images. Even though 'The House of Neglect’ has already done the ‘Tour Bus’ last year, I would rather it not be made too easy to find.

Urbex Terminology: Tour Bus – When a location gets so popular that every bastard visits it, resulting in you potentially meeting other ‘explorers’ while there.

‘Buses’ of tourists who are not explorers then start arriving, creating graffiti, spray paint, and who have a fondness for smashing windows and anything in the property. Items of value often get stolen and sold on eBay.

I found ‘The House of Neglect’ using clues posted by others, so if you are reading this and want to know where it is, then stick on your ‘clueso hat’ and work it out for yourself.

I can't go into too much detail about the history for fear of the second wave of Tour Buses who would line up outside, with maybe some enterprising twat asking for an entrance fee at the gate.

The family ran into financial difficulties in the 1980s with the owner eventually killing himself using the carbon monoxide trick in his truck.

The wife and daughter continued to live there until 2007 when it was abandoned. They decided to dump all their possessions for some strange reason.

We vaulted the gate and walked down the lane to where @grindle visited months before me.

The sofas were still outside ready for the OAP party, though looking a touch damp.

Getting inside was hardly an issue and I was once again blown away by the sheer amount of stuff left behind.

…’not the main way in, though it looks like it could be. The nights could get a little draughty I feel’…

In some rooms, it was hard to walk due to the amount of gear on the floor. I am not a fan of walking over people's old memories and possessions.

Now this postcard clearly says 2011 which means the information I previously quoted is bullshit. You can’t believe everything you read on the internet.

This is a bill of sale from 1981. From what I can gather the owner got into financial difficulties around 5 years later. Was this a sale or purchase for £700?

Sad memories left and neglected.

Were they planning on taking the books, why are they tied up that?

Getting out via this potential exit may prove a little difficult.

After 5 minutes or so we could hear noises. There were people at the back of the house, shouting and talking too loudly. I didn’t take much notice and figured they had arrived on an earlier ‘bus’.

A tin of vintage drinking chocolate. You open it with a can opener and there’s no way to re-seal it again. How things have changed.

Why do they have to tip the books all over the floor?. They look much better stacked on the shelf.

Some parts of the house were beginning to look a little derpy.

Our red post boxes have not changed much over the years and are still dotted around the country.

‘the new money’ – the exercises are not completed. Does this mean decimalisation? If so these are from circa 1973.

This looks educational if you can get past that pensive writing.

Why this bill is here is anyone’s guess. It’s a different property but it’s good to see someone actually in credit for once.

I was literally digging items out from under my feet. The number of things to look at was overwhelming.

No this is not 'Eldwick Farm Cottage'. Look at the date, even older than me!

Is this paper really from 1961? It looks unmarked and in amazing condition for something that is 60 years old.

Someone collected newspaper clippings. A thing of the past I would say, although those killers do it all the time. I watch too many movies and series for my own good.

I love the style of fifties advertising!

A rather personal letter dated 1992 to ‘Anne’. By this time the husband and farmer would have been dead.

I struggled to read it due to the handwriting style. The images are high-res enough to zoom in if you really want to be nosey.

Now if that is not straight out of the seventies, then I will eat my own dick. Oops, that’s a little clichéd.

Upstairs had even more goodies. If you would care to dig a little, then more gold would come to the surface.

Items from the 1950’s on the ground, people had walked over them.

Someone or something..., had a little accident in the corner.

Yes, Charles really did have hair once. (...Camilla is the one for me mutters Charles..)

I dug and dug and found this. It’s some kind of game from likely the fifties and never been used by the looks of things.

Many cheques, and all written by the deceased owner. He dished out a lot of money once.

@dizzydiscovery and I climbed through a window and made toward the source of the noise.

Meanwhile, @goblinknackers was lost and in his own world. He did mention to me later he snapped out of the dream, found himself alone, and got the solo jitters; bloody amateur!

The last lot of people had seemingly disappeared though fuck knows how because this one was kind of a way system. There was only one entrance/exit if you get my drift.

‘The House of Neglect’ was hardly photogenic from the outside. Too many trees in the way and the leaves were yet to fall.

The outhouses were a little disappointing. An old record player was lounging around in a barn.

As well as this suitcase that was past its selling by date and eaten by rats.

What a place! I can count the time capsules I have visited on two hands. This one is not even one hundred miles away from where I live.

Long may it remain in deep seclusion, and hopefully forgotten about by all but the most ‘proper’ explorers.

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