Anna Raffaela ([info]annaraffaella) wrote in [info]abandonedplaces,
2011-03-28 14:35:00
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Abandoned House.

Hey everyone! :D

So, you might remember my last visit to a massive pink piece of architectural roadkill - on a favour by someone my mom knew.

Well, said person was kind enough to offer to show us another house, and really, who says no to a UrbEx excursion? Off we went!


Rumour has it this house has been abandoned for about twenty years now - though I have my doubts, for it looks rather well-kept all things considered. You'll see what I mean.




And worse, the electricity still works. o.O
Given we had to tamper a bit with the main switch, but still.




The kitchen was particularly awesome.



There were two staircases in the house, so we took the tiny one behind the kitchen as opposed to the main one - maybe we do enjoy sneaking into tight places and hitting our heads on the ceiling. Notice the ironing board holding the door. :)


Upstairs, we found two more bathrooms.



There was another fireplace downstairs, but since I couldn't manage to snap a decent picture of it, you get the upstairs one.



This is the hallway looking from the main staircase.







There were more bedrooms, but alas, they all looked the same all things considered. They all had pretty cute ceilings and lamps too, though!

Anyway, we eventually found another staircase to the attic.



Those are curtains. If you go back up you'll notice just how much these people must have loved curtains.

I'll leave you with that terrible attempt at humour, then, and hope you excuse my uncharacteristically un-verbose post. I just happened to waste all my words translating EU laws. :S

Thanks for looking, and have a nice day everyone!

xx
Tags: europe, portugal, residence, residential

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[info]anxi22

March 28 2011, 14:02:03 UTC 1 year ago

nice ;)

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:13:36 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks! ;D

[info]skerolf

March 28 2011, 14:57:45 UTC 1 year ago

absolutely terriffic1!!

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:14:01 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you!

[info]atomgal

March 28 2011, 16:04:53 UTC 1 year ago

That fireplace is beautiful! And I love the blue room with the multi-colored lamp.

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:14:44 UTC 1 year ago

That blue room is lovely, isn't it? Thanks! :D

[info]silvolf

March 28 2011, 17:07:21 UTC 1 year ago

Nice photos! Looks like it was fun to explore :D

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:15:50 UTC 1 year ago

Haha, it was! Particularly because every room had a little bell switch thingy and it rang down in the kitchen and it was just generallly fun to activate them. :D Thanks!

[info]nomorewords

March 28 2011, 17:27:37 UTC 1 year ago

Sweet! Loving the room with the light glowing through the curtains and the broken tiles on the floor. How you captured the light there was just great :)

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:16:21 UTC 1 year ago

Aww, thank you! :D

[info]julessims

March 28 2011, 18:10:57 UTC 1 year ago

This is a beautiful house, and your pictures are stunning, too.

It always makes me sad to see such lovely places being left to rot.

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:17:33 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks so much!
Same here, it really saddens me when I think back to what these places must've been, and what they are now. :/

[info]pansypoo

March 28 2011, 18:49:05 UTC 1 year ago

that place needs to be saved.

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:18:05 UTC 1 year ago

Indeed. Thanks for taking a look! :)

[info]pansypoo

March 28 2011, 18:53:19 UTC 1 year ago

and what is on that soap?

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:19:06 UTC 1 year ago

Also, it's like... mold or something. Can't blame the soap, it might just be 20 years old! LOL

[info]pansypoo

1 year ago

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[info]melaniemenard

March 28 2011, 19:49:31 UTC 1 year ago

love the pic with the bathroom sink and mirror, for some reason it reminds me of a Dario Argento movie and freaks me out :)

The other house, the pink one, is just amazing! Do you find many such big houses with beautiful decoration inside in Portugal?

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:29:07 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you! Twice, I guess. ;)

Answering your question, though... I mean, there are hundreds of abandoned houses around here, both tiny and huge, the thing is the bigger and therefore richer ones are usually closed down, boarded windows and doors, the whole package. Most of our abandonment comes from legal issues with inheriting the houses, say... you have a palace and two kids, and chances are when you die, they won't care about the house because they're probably rich enough to move out to Lisbon or so. So the house falls down but it's technically still their property, meaning they still bother to keep it closed, usually even hiring caretakers to watch over the plot for them. It's quite sad, really, because people have no idea of what's quite literally rotting under their watch. There's a perfectly good example of this in one of my previous sets, you can find it by clicking the Portugal tag and scrolling down a bit (it's the one with the metallic doll thingy) - that house is full of furniture, beddings, curtains, clothes.... but the family's living in Lisbon and just doesn't care about the content, which is probably worth quite a few thousands. :/

Ah, and sorry for the huge reply, I wanted to take my point across! LOL

[info]lyssa8913

March 28 2011, 21:44:17 UTC 1 year ago

Cool

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:29:32 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks!

[info]cece00

March 28 2011, 21:54:35 UTC 1 year ago

Awesome site & pics. That mold or whatever on the soap made me cringe!

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:30:00 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you! And... well, ditto. ;)

[info]loli_cat

March 28 2011, 22:08:20 UTC 1 year ago

Yay moldy soap! That place is beautiful! I love the wood floors & coved ceilings! I think the tile roof has saved it over the years if it's been abandoned for over 20 years. Oh and I agree w everyone - it is so nice it should be saved!!

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:32:02 UTC 1 year ago

Haha, yip yip hooray for 20-year-old moldy soap! Or something.
Thanks so much for taking a look! :D

And hell, I'd save it... if I wasn't already committed to saving every house I've ever visited ever. Not likely, but I'd sure love to. ^_^

[info]katiefoolery

March 28 2011, 23:14:31 UTC 1 year ago

It's a fantastic house - thanks for the tour. I am in love with the main staircase and now wish to adopt it.

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:32:53 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you!
And here, have the staircase. Let's save the house piece by piece! :D

[info]aquarian_days

March 29 2011, 10:41:07 UTC 1 year ago

Loved these. :D

[info]annaraffaella

March 29 2011, 11:33:20 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you. ;D

[info]sunneyone

March 31 2011, 19:59:53 UTC 1 year ago

Whoever let such a gorgeous house fall into disrepair should be shot.
Nice pictures.
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