I had to pixelate a few images of "The Dairy Farm House" as I would rather not have it further violated.
This one was one lucky find, or maybe not so lucky depending on how you look at things and was a random drive-pass.
I do know the real name of this 'for sale' property and for that reason, it made me uncomfortable to peek inside. It was formally a house with a dairy farm, presumably open to the public.
The last time it sold was in 2014 for over £500,000 and for whatever reason the new owner decided to let it rot away until recently. Quite normal behaviour I would say.
We quickly vaulted the low wall and didn't have any problem accessing the former 'showrooms'.
Inside was lots of crap. Beds, cabinets, shelving all broken up, as well as the odd sofa. I was starting to think this used to be an old MFI, not a milk factory.
Who would leave their baby pictures behind?
I had to watch my footing lest I tripped over the old clothing and other miscellaneous shit.
"The Interrogation Chair" is a common sight within old buildings. It has doubtlessly hosted many a deceased tormented prisoner.
It does say 'Farm Shop'. Could it be they changed their business to shelves and furniture at a later date?
The stories that plastic chair could tell us.
Some good sense by the owners, or more likely they were forced to add the sign. Indoor smoking has been banned in the UK since 2007.
Could it be a trainee abandoned hospital in the making?
There were quite a few rooms and small buildings most with little to see.
Jean-Claude has seen a little too much sunlight I feel.
The sofa would have made for a refreshing break if some bastard had not nicked the cushions.
It was now a question of scouting out the main course and ascertaining any weakness.
It's amazing what people will stack up, and climb to get in an upstairs window. One slip, or one movement of all that stuff and you are looking at a hospital.
It used to be a sliding door but is now securely filled with concrete blocks. Smashing the glass isn't going to help so why bother?
Up the drainpipe? Possible but then where.., we don’t break or smash open anything.
…and there it was. On the bin, cast a self-weightlessness spell and you're up and in. I left my spell book at home, goddamit.
I could see the lovely 10ft drop below and if this balsa-wood makeshift roof was not going to collapse then it would be a miracle.
Slowly or take it fast. It was somewhere in between. I am past doing anything fast in today’s world.
An astonished
From the first few seconds, I was underwhelmed. This house was in the initial stages of refurbishment.
If I had known, I would not have bothered. I don’t knowingly trespass anywhere that is being renovated…, but…, if it’s a mistake I may as well make the best of things and look around.
You can always tell; the panelling missing and seeing bare brick walls does give it away.
It did smell of the homeless but without sleeping bags.
We are not the first to risk our lives with that dodgy roof. If there’s no cock graffiti, then there’s something amiss.
The view from the top of the stairs is akin to a horror move. New windows and it will be good as new.
The attic was suffering a little from green mold and water damage, as are most abandoned places.
Little remained in "The Dairy Farm House" and what was left was stacked up together. If they are doing some work on it then it's in the early stages.
"The Dairy Farm House" is very salvageable, needs some new windows or that roof destroying to stop the vandals from getting in and creating more cocks on the wall.
Crawling backward and praying that I was 30 lbs lighter, I managed to get a foot on the bin, and we left with me feeling a mixture of both gratification and guilt.
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