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welcome back to the brothers workshop my
name's Dave this is Sean and today we
are headed out to check out the cheapest
abandoned mansion on the internet I'm in
the market for a house I'm looking for
some of the renovate as many of you may
not know I'm an architect
and preservation is an art
but we like to build stuff on this
channel
since I'm in the market for a new house
I'm thinking why not buy something
that's a fixer-upper we could bring you
guys a lot of content so what we're
doing is we're heading out to take a
look at this thing today
as an FYI I know some of you are gonna
be wondering how much this thing cost it
was listed for $50,000 initially tell
them what it's worth now David tell them
what it's worth tell them what it's
worth it's listed right now at $27,000
so we're gonna go take a look at this
tent bedroom mansion that's gonna be in
it for the past couple of years
and we're gonna go see if it's something
that the two of us can tackle if it's a
project worth it and if it's you know
cool enough for us the feature on the
channel so stay tuned we're taking you
guys along for the ride
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then what you think it's not bad what's
this thing down here this is lever down
here under the we make that lever down
there yeah high beams are no that's the
high beams fam oh no no I'm sorry you're
playing that's the emergency brake
that's the high beams down there that's
your high beams down there on the floor
Oh guys I love that one too this right
here check it
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where's your regular beans regular beans
are right here
this is openness of the windshield
wipers
no cigarette lighter to plug in the
GoPro
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breaking necks
breaking necks cash checks
it's all Johnny
I felt like it'd be a great idea to jump
in with you and give you a guided tour
of this mansion now the listing photos
that you guys just saw they don't do
this justice they make it look like it's
a lot better than it is the building is
actually in really terrible shape I
expected something like that
Shawn expected something like that but
we didn't quite expect this now it's not
like somebody came through and
vandalized the space but as you can see
from the front porch it's a lot of time
neglect and whether that really started
to take this building and kind of put it
into the condition that it's in now you
can see around the front door there's a
lot of separation between the woodwork
and the stone and even the front door
itself more industrial alludes to a use
that was no longer a private residence
now opening this gigantic industrial
door we enter the foyer on the
right-hand side there is what seems to
be a smaller living room or maybe at
some point was used as a bedroom and
then just beyond that was definitely a
space that was used as a bedroom
very interesting as you could see
ceilings are coming down that is black
mold for sure right there in the center
of the screen and we're just going to
step out of there back into that living
space was could have been used as an
office or something like that or as kind
of a more private space living space for
that bedroom here you can see that the
plaster is completely pulled away from
that wall there is some water damage and
water getting into the wall there
exposing Nets that brick that's not
something that normally happens but that
is one main living room and then we're
going into a secondary main living room
with a bathroom off
and what is a chapel believe it or not
this building we did find an article
that notes that this building was used
as a long-term care facility so that is
a chapel that was probably an addition
or repurposed little nook that was
utilized for that that space we just
left was this a first-floor bathroom and
now we're in what was a Sun porch and
probably used as a dining space when it
was the long term care facility again
you've got a lot of moisture problems
with that roof hall and ceiling pulling
away from it
we got a storage this storage room
facility kind of space right off of that
we're heading back into that main
hallway looking out back into the
backyard you can see all the way through
that back porch roof that's that's
something that's gonna have to get
pulled off right away looking back down
towards the front door there to the left
here we go
into what is the kitchen and it doesn't
look like it's been updated quite a
while there's a lot of mildew and mold
all over the place on that thing you can
see it sprinkler line running through
there and it is in rough shape headed
back out into the hallway now we're
gonna turn left and look down into the
basement we did peek our heads down in
there it was too dark to get any footage
and it was a lot of mildew and mold as
you can see here that whole ceiling is
pulled off and there is water just
pulling that's standing water it's about
an inch angel water right there half
inch of water
nice millwork on the right hand side
there to the left here you can see the
kitchen and then to make another left up
what was the servant's stare at one
point up to the second floor now in that
same article that noted this as a alarm
term care facility it did say that at
some point someone lit a fire in the
basement with a mattress and the
sprinkler systems went off I do not
believe that standing water is that
sprinkler system water I believe that
there's that probably was cleaned up now
you can see the mainstay are there and
then going into what is a third bedroom
or second bedroom on that first floor
with its own bathroom it was definitely
a 90s or mid to early 2000s addition
this room here is in terrible condition
plaster pulling away mold mildew as you
can see here right in the center of the
screen black mold right there and it's
in rough shape going back out to the
main hallway and then we're gonna head
up the main staircase here this
staircase is in great condition actually
didn't see too much wrong with it the
millwork is amazing
and here you can see what was in
stained-glass window that somebody
pulled and replaced with just sheets of
Plexiglas so that is definitely an issue
there's a thermal transfer as well as
just the ability of water to get into
that because it was not actually sealed
it's just tacked in here we head into
another bedroom and there's a very large
bedroom and you can see on all the tarps
on the floor water just coming in from
the ceiling they're looking out the
window you can see that there is a
balcony on that off that bedroom but
that all of that brickwork has been
blown out assuming it's from freeze-thaw
cycle and poor man's headed back out in
the hallway we're headed into what is
I'm going to call the fourth bedroom you
could see a ton of water damage going on
up there
actually what there was a little pipe in
there and you can see that is a shower
drain from the bathroom above out this
door here there's a balcony off on top
of the portico share
so leaving this bedroom we head out back
into a main hallway making a left and
we're seeing what was a main badger
we're seeing what was a main bathroom
this noted on the door as the ladies
room there's a lot of what seemed to be
original fixtures in there cast-iron tub
stuff like that but as we continue down
we're at the fifth bedroom with possible
sixth on the back side here looking over
there that could be in a sixth and we're
a living space for that bedroom again
more water damage on the ceiling that
plaster just pulling away put it back
out into the main hall here we're gonna
look up the third floor stairs as you
can see all of that is covered black
mold
all of the walls are all of the ceilings
are there's ceilings chunks of ceilings
missing headed looking back down the
servants stairs to the kitchen coming
back into that fifth bedroom with the
possible sixth off of it
turning left here you have a another
bathtub bathroom bathtubs cast-iron so
that's another thing that's possibly
original to the building being on a
plinth like that doesn't suggest that
and you have another smaller office or
single bedroom they're very small
probably not used as a bedroom but it's
good chance it was and then we're
looking at the final bedroom on this
floor ton of water damage here and
that's directly above the space on the
first floor that had all of that
standing water so I've got a feeling
that water's coming through here sitting
on the floor here and then dump it back
down that first floor as you can see
here bathroom that tub is filled with
water and there is no ceiling so a lot
of that is also probably coming down
through and sitting on that first floor
in kind of with that that's the all the
extent we saw there we didn't bother
going upstairs to the third floor
there was a kitchen two baths and I
believe three or four bedrooms up there
as well but that doesn't really matter
to us because that would have to get
completely gutted all right we're gonna
take one last look down the main hallway
and up the main stair on the first floor
and we're gonna head outside to take a
look at what's going on around the
building there's a lot worse condition
than just that interior as you can see
here it does have some really cool stone
columns and a fence around it which
is really unique and ties into the
building headed underneath the portico
chair you can see there is a lot of
damage on that right-hand side under
that little window here I've got a
feeling that there's moisture that's
getting onto that portico share or water
from when it rains and then headed down
somehow on a crack between that overhang
and the rest of the building and sad to
say but on the backside of that is where
you saw all that plaster pull away in
the living room and that exposed brick
so there is a lot of water that's
actually getting into the wall here you
could see events for dryers the outside
of the Sun porch
which was probably really interesting at
one point and entering the secondary
entrance to the basement there was to
that one going into the slave of the
boiler room
and the backyard is completely paved it
was used as a parking lot so interesting
enough we did find an article that
listed this building as having been a
long-term care facility not too long ago
I was able to find that article it also
listed it as somebody lit a fire in the
basement of my mattress set off the
sprinkler systems and this is like 2012
so that caused the sprinkler systems to
dump and at one point I believe that was
probably the last time I was occupied so
it's been sitting vacant for seven to
eight years in in my assumption you can
tell nobody's maintained it and it takes
a while so that's almost a decade of
neglect especially on this back side
that porch has gotten getting pulled off
and headed up the stairs here you can
see they have done an addition and a
little back in the back room there and
you can see holes all the way through
that door now this is not stuff that
can't be done can't be repaired I think
it's really kind of ease of fix it's
gonna cost money and it's gonna take
some time so that's something to keep on
keep on your mind when kind of
attempting a project like this looking
back over the rest of the building
you can see there's some stone work that
needs and brick work that needs repaired
the sprinkler system right now I don't
think that actually ever caused an issue
I think that water is all from the roof
that's sitting in the building now you
can see that neighbor's fireplace
actually sticks out in between those
columns of the porte-cochere I think
that might be an issue if it's not a
issue directly affecting this building
it is definitely an issue affecting
zoning of the plot there's an
interesting situation there so with that
I hope you guys enjoyed our guided tour
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alright so that was tour of the mansion
not sure if you guys really got a good
sense of what it was
it was a little on the beat-up side I'm
no how was she holding up I was how to
happens I think standing it should be
condemned
it is toothpicks I want to say minimum
last time somebody was living there was
about ten years ago it has a lot of work
that's needed to do
we're missing a roof an entire section
of the roof where you guys saw that blue
tarp that
completely missing under the tarp push
so water isn't pouring in and the entire
third floor we didn't get to show you
guys that part of the building but it is
covered with black mold so we're gonna
need a remediation team in there
I'm thinking it might be a little above
my expertise and a little higher but if
how many likes we would say we get a
hundred thousand Mike's on his video
let's say a hundred thousand likes
ah straight up by that thing I don't
care you got a hundred thousand likes on
this video I'll buy that big was being
held up by termites big Japan yeah
termites hole in the hands that was
basically what we just saw whatever
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