These days, it’s not unusual to see houses left vacant for extended periods of time. No one usually know exactly the reasons for the inhabitant’s desertion, it just seems to happen.
Many times, a family is forced to move for one reason or another, and are too far upside-down to be able to see the property. In many of these cases, the home is simply abandoned because the owners simply give up and move on their lives.
In other cases, an owner might move into a retirement center or assisted living facility. Or they might simply pass away intestate with no heirs to claim the property.
Sometimes, there is a foreclosure and the bank that now owns it simply adds it to its portfolio and it sits idle and empty and NOT getting any newer on its own.
Whatever the reason, once Mother Nature is left to her own devices, it doesn’t take very long for the house to succumb to the primeval forces of unfettered overgrowth.
And before you know it, the house will be gone forever!
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Great shot! I saw the same (yet different) story last week. The 'lawn' wasn't a lawn anymore. I found out that it had been vacant since September.
Great shot! I saw the same (yet different) story last week. The 'lawn' wasn't a lawn anymore. I found out that it had been vacant since September.
Great shot! I saw the same (yet different) story last week. The 'lawn' wasn't a lawn anymore. I found out that it had been vacant since September.
Great shot! I saw the same (yet different) story last week. The 'lawn' wasn't a lawn anymore. I found out that it had been vacant since September.
This reminds me of that series they did on the History Channel, "Life after people" or whatever it was called. Richard, do you have that invasive vine that if unchecked just chokes everything out in Georgia that they were talking about in the deep South on that "Life after People" series?
ps-you have beautiful vegetation that is overtaking those abandoned properties! ^_~
Hi Richard...It makes me sad sometimes when I see abandoned houses. I think of the families that would like to make them their homes. What a waste.
Kate
Hey that looks like one of my listings and honestly I'll get it cleaned up. LoL
It doesn't take long for a property to go south.
Hi Richard,
What a great shot. It really does not take long for a home left behind to look and feel abandoned! It is too bad when there are many who could make it their new home!
Hi Richard ~ And it only gets worse with time!
Liz
When there built from wood they return. The animals move in, party awhile then move on.
Seen many second homes at some remote lakes. Back in there time!
Hi Richard. One next door to me is vacant for one of the reasons you mentioned (retirement center). Perhaps it's human nature to hold on thinking that maybe it will be possible to return some day. At least this one is being kept mowed.
Richard...I have always said this about the old farm steads around the country.
Hi Richard... well I suppose that's one way to camouflage a curb appeal issue with a home! LOL
Hi Richard-
Pretty soon, you won't be able to see the house at all - just the vegetation holding it up!
--Sara
Richard- I worked on Bainbridge Naval Station in 1988 it closed about 10 years prior and the buildings were falling down all over the place. It was like a ghost town.
It's actually pretty amazing how quickly lawns die in our area. We're mostly desert and it is pretty obvious after only a couple of weeks which houses are in trouble.
You are right. Properties that have been vacant for two years or more will need a lot of work. I tell folks that are purchasing foreclosures be prepared to invest in a lot of elbow grease...
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Very true Richard. Have you ever watched the television show (I think on the Discovery Channel) that shows what would happen to the earth with out people. Your post reminds me of that show.
Your words do a good job covering that.
However, I see things like this, and I see money.
Liz, I see things like the picture you posted EVERY time I go into the City of Detroit. Here, I do NOT see money, unless you mean money leaving my pocket.
Awesome pic Richard. We have some of these on the North side of town also. Just waiting for the banks to release them to REO agents.
Richard:
That photo is a good reminder of just how important landscaping is to a home. If you don't trim, mow and spruce up your home, it can quickly look like it has been abandoned.
Abandoned homes quickly become nothing but a shell inviting the critters to come on in...Sad to let them fall into disrepair.
I can picture my vacant short sale listing eventually looking like that if I do not sell it! At least that home has some color to it :)
Richard: The effects these vacant houses have on the homes around them too is depressing. Neighbors stop cutting their lawns. Why should they bother? The house next door looks like crap.
Richard: The effects these vacant houses have on the homes around them too is depressing. Neighbors stop cutting their lawns. Why should they bother? The house next door looks like crap.