UE - Whole Subdivision of Abandoned McMansions
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This was supposed to be a $1.6 billion project with vacation homes, a resort hotel, golf course, and the second largest indoor water park in the country. Unfortunately, construction began one year before the great recession of 2007, and the project was abandoned in 2009. The failure of this project saw that two individuals were sentenced to 5 year jail terms for committing bank fraud. - Zábava
I bet the architect was goin for that "WW2 war torn village " look. Mission accomplished!
This is my comfort video and I return to watch it every now and then. I’d like to buy one of them and live in this area because of the feeling it gives me
ok thank you! i feel like im alone in actually loving these kinds of
houses! im not saying they are stunning BUT the liminal feeling and childhood innocence they give me it’s hard to explain but i do want to just live somewhere like this and be alone. it’s a spiritual experience.
I cant believe he trusted those stairs as much as he did
I LOVE exploring abandoned places and old homes, even homes destroyed in a fire, but for some reason, this whole place just doesn't sit right with me. I've been in abandoned mental hospitals with tunnels, with no fear, and THIS is the one that makes me feel some type of way.
You would think that people would have been doing salvage runs on these houses. Some of the windows, doors, cabinets and countertops looked in decent shape.
Such a shame. The paintwork inside of those houses are beautifully done
The one with the balcony was beautiful! Had a lot of potential.
The bird songs are beautiful!
This was supposed to be a huge resort. With golf courses pools and a mall. But in 2006 there was a huge fraud crisis. 3 people went to jail. None of the homes were ever finished. And 2 of the houses are different.
I'm surprised people don't squat in them off grid style.
Because there’s no water, sewer
Or roads LOL
“Let’s see if we can find a way in.” Kicks down door*
[Next scene] front door laying on the ground.
😂😂😂😂
The rocks are that way to make you think of an old castle.
When I was younger I always thought vampires lived in them
That siding looks like the houses have a disease...
There's so many holes in the walls it looks like an Army of Kyles rampaged through lol
Just amazes me how much time, money, and effort went into this...and all for nothing. Just imagine being a construction guy, working long, hard hours to build these homes. Doing your best. Just to have it abandoned and left to rot.
asbrand I don't think it's a loss to the construction worker as he will be paid for his labor. I think it's the investors who felt the pinch .
Oh, I didn't mean the loss of revenue. Just, the waste of the time and effort. Even if I get paid, I don't want my work just being tossed to the side and abandoned. Workman's pride.
asbrand ok. I see.
+asbrand
These houses may look fancy but they are of the cheapest construction. These houses are of the 2x4 nature. The weakest, cheapest type. Meant for two or at most 3 generations.
Doing their best? These modular homes are quite easy to build. I'm sure it's like putting a storage together. They built a community near where I'm from quite fast. I swear, one day I was driving to work and they were putting up the walls and on the drive home people were already moving in!
I work for a national construction firm. The very first thing I thought when I saw no roads or land development is "bank fraud". Without proper land development FIRST, you can't truly make a development like this work. Somebody borrowed a hell of a lot more than they ever truly planned on putting into this sham.
so since the fed borrows the money, we would need to look at someone from inside the bank requesting the loans. if what you're saying is right it's straight up embezzlement.
hell yeah, no roads/infrastructure = scam of some sort. there was a subdivision in georgia that was like this. there were roads but no sewer or electric/utilities, nor plans for them. it was called greenleaf...was in forsyth county. there’s pics/video online that urbexers posted from before it was all demolished. smaller houses than these but still same idea. and these houses are nowhere close to million dollar homes, especially in missouri. i’d say closer to $350k-$400k.
I know nothing about construction or development, but seeing that they were building homes *before* roads existed seems really counterintuitive and foolish to me.
Seems like the people doing the construction must've known something fishy was going on. While they're installing insulation and bath tubs, delivered on a dirt road??? What a crazy scam.
Exactly what I was thinking! Usually when subdivisions are built, roads, power, sewer, curbs and erosion protection are put in first then you start building.
Those houses look like they have a skin condition.
I didn't know houses could get mange.
hives😭😭😭
Lmaooooo
Lol actually maybe the reason they left the project, they just couldnt bear the sight of it anymore!
They made me think of cows
I was part of the crew that moved the cabinets in those. I remember thinking damn these are gonna be nice !! Lol
So would you say the quality of the cabinets was on point for the high end type of development they were intending?? Some have said all of the building materials were bottom barrel... I just don't see that from the videos I've seen, but then, looks can be deceiving. **shrug**
@@cathy3046 “high end” or not, modern construction consists of cheap, cost-effective material and nothing more.. about the only thing that changes is size. Also, coming from an electrician, I was not impressed with the ceiling fans lol
@@Knot04 as a consumer, neither was I. LOL
@@Knot04 the insulation looks quite shoddy aswell.
lol this is the Fyre festival of housing development.
😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂
LMAO
so funny 😂
The size of those houses yet they have no gardens. If I was going to buy a house that big I would want some land around it.
A friend of mine calls places like this, "white collar ghettos." Cheaply and quickly built with no real care or quality, all look exactly the same. Only goal is to pack as many people in as quickly as you can to make more and more money. I don't know how or why anyone would ever want to live in a place like this. I guess they think it imparts some sort of status onto them. Yuck.
too bad they don't reclaim the land, even a golf course would be better, at least the bird would have trees instead of fans
I’ve always called em cookie cuter neighborhoods, and yes they are god awful. When I see these neighborhoods only one thing comes to mind, rich assholes selling garbage to the BMW driving idiots.
I think they look like warts on the landscape
You can't successfully build "white collar" homes in **blue collar** communities.
grinhousekiller preach! And they all act entitled when their 4000 square foot house isn’t even worth 300k my house only has 1800 square feet and it’s still worth at least 400k
Particle board, glue, staples and "stucco" smeared over styrofoam. Typical McMansion construction.
Someone thought the faux stonework would give the houses a more antique look. Fail. But as some have pointed out, it was a scam from the ground up.
Classic US 🇺🇸 McMansion... as another post mentions, no streets, sewers, curbs, traffic signs 🚦🚧🛑. No police or private security patrols. 👎.
The bricks looks like some strange disease
all that material that could be reclaimed. Doors, windows, countertops etc. I would LIVE to have some of that stuff.
love not live. oop
ikr, why don't they even auction the homes, it make a great show LOL
I was thinking the same thing. I could use some new dual panes and that rounded front door would look great on a little backyard office.Those french doors with the integrated blinds are expensive!
Ghastly. They should have gone to jail for public eye sores. The siding is atrocious.
Siding is atrocious as a rule. If you can't afford bricks don't fucking build it.
There are people today who actually defend these crimes against architecture, claiming that our descendants a hundred years from now will have a certain appreciation for them.
@@ts121084 There are people today that claim that the pyramids were constructed by aliens. So generally speaking we just cannot trust people.
@@WarriorOfWriters That's complete bullshit!
The people behind this subdivision are actually doing various prison sentences for racketeering, money laundering, and other white collar crimes related to this bogus subdivision and other failed projects they were involved in.
I would've suspected something's not right since there were no paved roads put in first.
Usually new subdivisions grade the land, run utilities-water/sewer, storm drainage and pave roadways before constructing the homes.
The stone patches make it look like the houses have a bad case of eczema.
"I think it was deliberately designed like that to look like an old castle, "
except there are no old castles in Missouri, so even if they'd been completed, it would have looked absurd
ch-- Let the homeless complete them. They aren't helpless. The homesteading model could work: make it, it's yours.
Salmagundiii and there's no castles in Texas yet my house has a "drum tower" just like a castle. You can have the idea of it and not make it an actual castle. Use your brain
LOL yes, that's it! Psoriasis!
Laura You're a cutie, Laura. Stay beautiful.
The designs are ugly. Especially those stone patches...
Those stone patches look like disease blotches to me.
My best guess is that they planned to put another type of stone facing there. Probably thinner, so that it almost blends together, and looks more "natural".
Magnanimous Knight I'm guessing that the stone "blothes" were a way to save on materials...if this was a deliberate scam then I'm sure they didn't want to spend anymore than necessary to make it look as legit as possible
Probably why they failed.
My guess is, they wanted the houses to look like old stone cottages, with plaster falling off and the stones underneath showing. Like all mcmansions, it's all for show and no substance. The houses aren't made of stone, but particle board, the stone is very obviously pasted on, rather than the plaster wearing off and showing the stone base, wanting a cottage, but building it way too large for the style, making it look fake as hell.
hearing all those birds as you walk around is just mesmerizing...
"A federal court has sentenced three people to serve time in prison for their role in a failed housing project in Stone County ... sentenced in a federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, on Wednesday for their role in committing bank fraud in relation to the Indian Ridge development. The failed development has been dormant since 2009, with several homes still in their unfinished state. David Drake, age 76, and Donald D. Snider, age 57, were each sentenced to five years in federal prison, while Heather A. Gibbs, 54, who is Snider’s wife, was sentenced to three years probation. The sentencings are the latest in a series of fines and sentences relating to the Indian Ridge development near Branson West." - More details in fraud case related to failed Indian Ridge development by Cliff Sain Jan 27, 2017
Can you link where you read this?
Funny how they had enough money to stay away from court over 10 years.
Representative Press ☞ they’d get more time than that for 5 pounds of marijuana lol
America, the fraudulent and wasteful.
Fuck, their sentence was nothing. I'd do that time for the kind of money they walked off; they still come out ahead with a pile of money in a offshore acct, that needs a good scrubbing is all, before you can spend it. Easy to do; after you get out of prison. 5 years is nothing.
I used to do construction. Erosion walls are supposed to be built, even on a small house. No wonder they got a huge fine.
In Britain there’s no room to just abandon buildings like that. America leaves like cinemas and shopping malls empty it’s so weird.
It's called depopulation.
even in australia with all the room, we don't have as many abandoned buildings. a couple of mining towns maybe but nothing like this.
Um that’s because America sucks at having money
@@mytube6538 We like to spend money on war. Example-right now we are at war with 8 countries and we have been fighting/warring for the last 18 years! Real sick of this!
Oh no see America would rather run itself into the ground and destroy acres of natural land rather than repurpose old property
I see these at least 2 times a day. I love theses houses.
Are they near Branson?
This makes me incredibly sad. I hate waste.
nywvblue me as well
No its a good thing, these houses were tacky pieces of shit
Should turn it onto a paintball park.
B. R. Thats an amazing idea.They could even do a zombie themed version in the fall! It could contribute to the nearby cities and not be such a waste of space.
I actually really like that idea.
Airsoft
you said that in jest, but where this is located (Branson Mo) - someone could probably make a successful paintball park there, because they're all about entertainment for tourist.
B. R. good idea💡
Lots of valuable things to reuse!
For 1 million dollars those homes should have been constructed with stone & brick not foam and wood.
Wood houses are ductile. They are built in places that are prone to earthquakes. They do not fall down as easily as you think they would and are very durable. If the house was made from stone and brick and metal/concrete then these houses would be in even worse shape after a decade.
@@Clamen if you properly build stuff with stone/concrete it will stand forever (see roman architecture)
You should see what a million dollar home looks like in Connecticut, they are half the size of the ones in this video smh.
I don't think you know how homes are built. Or how they are priced.
I live in California and have done plenty of masonry work in Beverly Hills and Brentwood primarily in mansions. My first thought is, these are not mansions. More like just big houses. Also, on the stonework that’s a look some people like. Where there’s no stone on those houses you complete it with a rough stucco to complete the look. It’s similar to old Spanish mission style where you place brick veneer in scattered spots on a stucco coated wall for that old rustic look.
These McMansions are cheesy in a 2004 "Desperate Housewives" kind of way.
You can tell those McMansions were build a cheap as possible so they could be build them as big as possible. they were not built to last and would run down more quickly than a normal home, even if finished being build and lived in.
It looks like the builder never had any intentions of finishing the project right from the beginning. The houses look like they were just built to look abandoned and unfinished because maybe that was the plan all along.
Money laundering...
Help me understand, how would abandoning help/bank fraud?
@@getrudeobbayi they took millions, spent thousands and bailed.
Did very little time in a federal resort min security prison, and they are free and clear.
Christy Taylor thanks 👍🏽
In 1000 years people will discover this and lie about how wonderful it was and put it in textbooks 😂
It'll be deteriorated to nothing then. There's nothing of substance there.
I love the videos of exploring abandoned places.... but it really hits me hard, the waste of it all.... I've been homeless, displaced before, nowhere to go in the cold of winter, non survival in a car in the heat of summer.... These trashed abandoned homes are like a slap in the face, almost torture to someone who's struggled to keep a roof at times over my families head....
Molly Paananen so true. and the fact the government allowed it is crazy. i wish i was the builders or knew them personally because it would have ended so different.
Molly Paananen Wow Sorry hun. This is sad. Ridiculous, the amount of waste in this country the people who suffer.
Molly Paananen I hope you are ok hun, and that you are in a better place now.
Hang in there my friend. Life has some wicked chapters, but nothing we cant handle.
Molly Paananen I'm so glad by the Grace of GOD u were able to move on and recover from that. Especially cause this winter was way harsh very.
want to know why they exist? Quite basic, simpletons. 3-way scam (everybody knows everybody): 1.bank 2. loan applicant 3. construction company. Get massive bank loan for development, hire friendly construction company (pay too much for everything and split money), loan holder files for bankruptcy, bank gets property and loan insurance money, bank auctions property for fraction of cost right back to same people under different umbrella. Who loses? The taxpayer.
Same thing happened in Phoenix AZ back in 2007-2009. Building projects went up and were left unfinished. Construction firms even left truck and other equipment on site upon going under. It was very creepy to see for such a big metropolitan area.
If I lived in Missouri, I would invest in some solar panels, finish up the most complete house and live off the grid like a boss
These are right out side of Branson, Missouri if I remember correctly. It would be hard to take over one of these are they are off of a very busy road.
and its not as easy as that. all the walls and roofs will be rotted and need replacing, same story with the floors and framework. Repair would probably be more than building a brand new small home.
See Cha my thought exactly
Ben Maxwell lol steal good materials off other homes to repair and finish one
what are squatting rules there???
What a waste of beautiful property, time and money!
Perfect set for a creepy thriller....
I remember in 2006 my husband's best friend is in construction and he told us if we needed anything built we better do it because in 2007 the price of boards would go up 3 times what they were then. He was right! But even if he wasn't this project was doomed from the start.
No roads, this project was meant to fail.
f thomas there are/were roads. Look at it in google earth. Roundabouts were made and roads were made, not to mention roads deteriorate when not being used/repaired often.
Most subdivisions have the road FIRST (along with proper drainage, sewage, electrical work underneath) and then the housing. Definitely DOA.
In my area ... it's against the law to start building houses until AFTER the water, sewer, Electricity, AND paved roadways are installed, AND payed for.
Yeggster Shane same where I'm from , it's a code requirement .
It seems strange that houses are being built before the streets are finished.
Gordias Gordian not strange at all. Very common when starting a new development. Also if you google earth the location you can clearly see the roads that were made....and are still there
Theres a huge mansion in my area that was built like 2 years ago and now it is ordered to be destroyed because when they built it, it wasn't constructed on an existing road
where?
Growing up we would go to Table Rock Lake every summer. I remember seeing these from the highway. Cool to finally see them up close! Thanks for sharing!
What was the point of trying to build luxury homes anyways under all these high intensity wires? I think this was a scam right from the beginning there's no infrastructure and no sewage lines like another commenter said. This definitely was never meant to be lived in... none of them... it was all a scam and the state fell for it.
or the state was in on it
Mass Lass well all the people in charge of building these homes are sitting in prison right now so....
Mass Lass fell 4it, or greased thier pockets_more likely the Later. Why do you need a Billion 4this Bullsh*t Everyone Got a Piece_smh
Why don't you search Chinese ghost cities they got thousands of those cities all over China
I live in the area where this mess is.
Springfield developer Jim Shirato and a business partner pleaded guilty
to violating the state Clean Water Act. Three people associated with the
project (not Shirato) admitted to conspiring to commit bank fraud
and/or money laundering. Another two pleaded guilty to concealing a
felony.
The buildings are CHEAP on the inside/outside. They've been sitting untouched
for almost a decade. Doubtful you could use one as a home (or would want to).
A lot of people in the area want the whole thing torn down and just put back to
trees and grass. Our former governor Jay Nixon was even touting how wonderful
this was, when the entire thing was nothing but a scam!
Rusty Harris I live in Nixa. Where are these homes located in relation to the Springfield area?
Ben Stark .... I think I saw this near Branson
Doug N Branson
I believe right off hwy 76 near Branson.
If you go West from SDC, before you get into Branson West on the South side its pretty easy to recognize.
Embarrassingly bad design. Brickwork looks like mold or a really bad rash.
Bro in law in ATL owned a fencing/deck company and when the invasion of cheap mexican labor peaked early 90s, he went bankrupt. Comp was using day labor,min wage under the table. They would throw up houses in 3 days. Entire communities in a month. People did not buy price but payments. Cheap labor/cheap/illegal materials, no code enforcement. Within a few yrs they started falling apart. Elec/water issues,drainage,dangerous chinese drywall.
Only the banks made out like bandits and protected by the politicians.
It really is hideous isn't it. You get the same awful stuff here in Japan - even worse - like hollow plastic bricks glued on the outside of big plastic cladding "rendered plaster look" tiles. I wonder if anyone involved realizes that the "look" they are doing is supposed to be rendered brick where the render has fallen off in places, exposing the brickwork... so the bricks would actually be recessed, NOT stuck on the outside and protruding!
I live in Branson and i remember when they started building this... Ive heard recently that someone bought the land and is planning on bulldozing all that. Im not sure what's replacing it
Man I bet this is creepy as heck @ night! Thanks for sharing some of the back story. Most peeps don't.
uhm million dollar homes? as an architect I can confidently say those are cardboard dumpsters...
Aren't all McMansions and houses like that made from low quality materials?
i build better and more functional homes in Sims
Exactly. Its matchstick construction. Its all for the foe rich.
Yeah, didn't know. Everyone on youtube is an architect
Not just cardboard, but profoundly bad design. Actually no design. At all
I wonder how many contractors, carpenter's and other trades got screwed on this project? makes me sick.
John Abney , I was thinking the same thing.
Could be why it was never completed.
And the utter waste of resources in a world that already wastes so much, too. Awful!
They got paid for the work they did, lol.
They got paid what probably happened was someone took out a huge loan/grant made these cheap as possible and ran off with the extra
I drove by this last week. Several units are knocked down with only foundations remaining. I lived in the area when the project started then ended after the housing crisis of 2007. It's an eye-sore from highway 76 which is the road you see in front of the power lines in the film. It was going to be another of many timeshare resorts in the area. They would've had small yards and narrow two lane roads, a lot more buildings, a huge water park and hotel for pitching timeshare sales. Might've looked nice once finished.
Where is this at?
@@elizabethgray1654 It's just outside of Branson Missouri, USA, past Silver Dollar City on Highway 76. It's called 'Branson West' but it's really it's own incorporated city/town. (it used to be called 'Lakeview' before Branson became famous) There're Time Share Resorts all over that place and this one started construction and halted after the AIG insurance/Housing morgage crisis debacle that crashed our economy in 2009. Branson is in deep southeast Missouri. Beautiful area. Hope I answered your question!
I drove past this on vacation this past year and I was curious what that was.. funny I found this video and explained it to me. Thanks!
And not one person from Wall Street went to prison for the national devastation they created.
Max Kinge Obama even bailed them out.
Darren Currie Was there a vote I missed?
2008 and 2010
This wasn't Wall Street, it was banks, and as of 2016, over 35 bank execs went to prison. Of course, 100s more got away with gross malfeasance. I wonder which bank was behind this scam?
Duke Coughlin Don't blame that shit on him. You wasn't there so how would you know that?
I don't know what you see but I see a lot of salvage in those houses.
I saw some granite
True and it would clean the land up. This situation is the sucky side of capitalism for sure.
Kobain You mean Americans don't have a Roma Encouragement and Social Support Programme? If the UK didn't, what would happen to the economy of Calais? ;-) Good thing it's not wasteful like the Americans.
Greg Espinoza leave , Asshole !
Kobain ; You want us to kick your ass again !
Those developers DESERVE to be in prison! Plumbing and roads BEFORE you build the damn houses! Hello?
This has Marty Byrd written all over it
NorthPhillyKane love that show
🤣🤣🤣 right
You're close with aJason Bateman show but I'd say it's more George Bluth vibes
this one wins 💀
Strange the houses were almost finished and the roads were not paved and with curbs and drainage areas.
Tammy Smith that's what I said .. they always build the roads first
I thought the same. I've always seen the roads go in first in new developments. Makes you think they didn't put sewer and water in either. Almost like it was intended to fail.
Plasmacore V sometimes I wish they would find more details on these kinds of places to answer all our questions. The rocks are put on like this for reasons for sure. Probaby going to have succo on the blank spots. I hope the go back and show an update on the few houses that are finished. MILLION DOLLARS HOMES to waste.
Tammy Smith Can't you see the matching colours/finished paint work? No more stucco here, that's the finished product. Not real good is it
Simon Corbett I have seen houses built before where they did this to stone and filled in with finished product. That brown color is probably some kind of primer or sealer. I have also seen million dollar homes having a finished product and it passes inspection and later found major problems with the structure and roof supports. It happened to a million dollar subdivision here in the area. Made the paper.
I lived in Utah for five years there were several neighborhoods of million dollar homes completely abandoned, either the buyer or builder just couldn't afford the prices in the housing market.
Very interesting thanks!
The titles on houses could be transferred to families who need them - it is such a waste .
Would anybody mind if you helped yourself to whatever you wanted? You could get enough wood and everything else to build your own mansion.
I think the stones are supposed to look like old Italian homes. Made of stone walls plastered over but you can see the stones where the plaster has fallen away. Only problem is, with that style the stones should be sunk into the walls, not stuck to the outside. Looks kinda stupid the half-ass way they did it.
You can really see the erosion on Google Earth, flowing down the valley, killing trees and ruining other peoples lakeside property by filling in the northern tip of the lake.
i agree that the look you describe appears to be what they were going for...i imagine the exterior walls that didn't have stone were to be built up like stucco, and thus would have been at least slightly thicker than the stone walls. there is at least one more video of this place on you tube...the "Indian Ridge Resort - Branson West, MO" is this place, if i am not mistaken.
here's an article i found that i believe is about this place:
www.ky3.com/content/news/indian-ridge-fraud-sentences-411809725.html
McMansions are usually designed badly and build from cheap materials.
Whatever it was meant to be, they look like they have leprosy
Watchful Warlock a bunch of them said sold on side if them..that's how they do it in CA...so obviously, there was fraud going on...
Half assing is the Murican way,and the Latin immigrant way. They half ass work to make it seem as if they are hard workers,but they are slackers. I know because I live and worked amongst Latins in Amerikkka.
Everyone real estate owner slaps a new coat of paint on a 50 year old home they paid less than 20k for.Now the home is valued at no less than 200k. Half assing and inflation it,the Murican way.
2 people got 5 years maybe did half. one owes 14 million, peanuts, somebody stuck more than 500 million in their pocket.
the bastards ought to be in prison for long terms. problem is nobody cares anymore.
even now some of the ruins could be used but no, just leave it till it burns.
not used THERE. I would say they new that place would fail. just a big con. gonna try to get the nearest city to pave the roads.
These jobs are usually cash cows for quite a few good ol boys. Contractors, land owners etc.
Davidautofull Oh it was builder fraud??
+Davidautofull The plan was for a 1.6 billion project I don't see even close to 14 million into this place with no roads and utilities installed. Usually the bank lends as the project progresses so I highly doubt they lent more than the 14 million.
Looks like the ol kickback to me. With some investigation, some loan officers will have squashed and puckered hemorrhoids.
Really really nice bird houses. They live better than I do. WTF!!
Jack Frost The most expensive bird houses in the state! 🤣
Seems like a legit place to have a good paint ball war!!!!
who else loves this channel.
This would be the perfect place for a Walking Dead episode.
gage4g ture shit my dude
So True!
gage4g yesss!!
Rick: "We have to find Carl."
Me: "Did you try the grave in the back yard? He may be in there." 😀
yes right on it wud be cool
This is literally just down the road from where I live. The entire community is pretty perturbed by the eye sore this has left behind. In our VERY touristy area, it's a splotch on the landscape. It was a big deal when it became apparent that bank fraud was the main scheme. People are still hoping someone will buy this property and do something positive with it.
Wow! 😮 amazing!
Thank you fir sharing.
Ugh. The sporadic stones. Looks like the houses have leoprasy.
DoxyLady leprosy
I know. Realized afterward. Too lazy to correct.
Looks like it is chipping
This is in Branson West, MO... I was there a few months ago and there was a really terrible storm moving in and it was a little creepy. This was caused by a bank scam... it was supposed to be a resort with an outdoor and indoor water park and tons of other stuff. It's crazy!
Dustin Prenger yes it was a scam that ended up getting the responsible party federally charged.
Makes sense, why would anyone vacation in Missouri? I mean, the Ozarks are kind of nice, but St. Louis is closer to the Appalachian foothills (which are about the same size as the Ozark "mountains"), and KC is like Tulsa or Houston in that people go there to make money, save as much of it as they can, and retire back to whatever Southern or Midwestern region they came from as soon as they can afford it. Some stay for the BBQ, but they get too fat to hike in the mountains. Everything in between, except maybe Springfield, is too poor for timeshares. Applebees and Olive Garden, boiling summers, freezing winters, rampant property crime by methheads, and racism ruin it. The Appalachians have all of that too, but there's enough natural interest and beauty to overcome it. In Missouri's case, the percentage of non-Missourians who even know the Ozark mountains exist is probably in the single digits, and almost all of them would think they were only in Arkansas. The moment I heard him say they look like vacation homes, I knew it had to be a scam. Imagine if someone built a 5 star skyscraper tropical resort in Valparaiso, Indiana? That would clearly be money laundering. It's not that it would be a bad destination for a scenic vacation in the spring or fall, but come on, KC or St Louis millionaires who can afford the $500k+ the developer would charge will just fly to Hawaii or the Rockies anyway.
Dustin Prenger
Hello
I wanted to ask you more about these property's. Where is the location of these property's. And what was the story and who was the owner? Thank you so much.
MrUbuntuking Branson is a major tourist town. Lots of shows and a theme park etc. I think it makes a lot of sense to build a big resort there. Maybe not on this scale, and the 2008 crash definitely led to the failure of this project. But either way, it's not so crazy to build a resort near Branson.
Dustin Prenger. Hello do you have any more information about this sub division? What could have the street name? Do you know the owner's name? Thank you
"Now the story of a wealthy family, who lost everything. And one son to try to keep it together... It's Arrested Development" 😂😂😂
This is near Branson. I've driven past this many times and always wanted to stop but never have. Now I don't have to! Thanks!
"and they're all made out of tickey-tackey and they all look just the same."
I remember that old song haha. Goes to show that this is far from new - it's been going on since the 50's.
Certainly the song, Little Boxes, was inspired by the other boom after WWII, some reading found it was inspired by a drive from Berkeley past Daly City, as the author looked upon the hills with houses. The song in it's entirety for the younguns (catchy tune):
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
Usually have the streets & infrastructure in before construction.
Exactly, this was a failure from the start.
Joe Brown looks like a medieval village
Blue Bird yes...i thought it looks like midieval village too!..Great movie set!
Blue Bird That would be cool if it could be developed into like a year round ren faire park. Lots of shops restaurants, food stands, demonstrations of archery and alot more. Christmas time would be beautiful. Sleigh rides , tree sales. Unfortunately I guess not.
No, not really. I can tell you right now, just in my little town here, there is probably 8 or 10 subdivisions, right now being built, not even gravel roads yet! All still dirt. There's on by my dad's place that they are building... oh I'd say about 30 homes or more, at the same time (killing my old bmx bike riding trails mind you) and there are concrete driveways going to a dirt path.
Well done. Thank you!
god I *LOATHE* these kind of cheap looking houses, my friend bought a brand new home from one of those huge construction groups it cost over 300,000 and the doors were crooked, there were gaps in the walls and stairs some of which you could look through and see OUTSIDE, and just all around cheap crappy fixtures, paint, and finishes. I'll take an old craftsman house anyday over some bullshit like this.
why would people buy cheap suburbia land with a shed for a few ten k for 300k?
The rule of thumb should be to never buy anything unless it's complete and you can inspect it. Better yet, buy something 10 years old or older. If it's not got major problems by that time, it's probably OK. If you buy pre-construction and you get a lemon, they builders and warranty companies will do everything they can to see to it that you never get a dime back.
La Guera Tamalera sounds like a Mattamy house one of the crappiest builders in CANADA and they also build in certain states
McMansions are so cheaply built that even if they find idiots to buy them, they better be a rich idiots or they will be tomorrows slum. The maintenance and re-work would never end. Never understood who would buy this junk when the same money would buy and older home where the whole house doesn't shake when somebody runs up the stairs.
Seems like the foundation settled after the stuff was put in.
Why would someone spend 1 million dollars on a house but have neighbours so close you could spit in them! 😳
Richard clarke have you seen the ones with abandoned mansions along the coast in California? $25 million mansions packed almost on top of one another.
Shawna Mathews No. I don’t understand people. I bought 2 30 acre wood lots side by side and I am putting my cabin right in the middle! Total cost $20,000. I live better than these “rich” people do. And I have great neighbours that live far away lol.
" I live better than these “rich” people do." - that is what you think,
"rich people" probably think they live better then you,
you have right, they have right, all of you are happy
Richard clarke, I hate being shoe horned in, I'm leaving the uk for france, massive open spaces, no neighbours to moan about boundaries 1/4 of the price and only a few hours away... Why would i
Richard clarke EXACTLY MY POINT😖
As a roofer (I promise), I can tell you that shingling turrets is hell!
"Look at that soil. Oxidized clay. Wouldn't be any good for farming." Uh, yeah, you're in the middle of the Ozarks, Sherlock.
Wow, McMansion hell.
This looks like a pretty textbook money laundering scheme to me.
Matthew The Great Coin Roll Hunter have you ever watched the show ozark? This is in the ozarks haha
That award goes to . . . Bitcoin.
I'm currently watching Ozark on Netflix and this reeks of Marty Byrde to me
lmao yes it does
They have lost there damn mind! I would pay 1 pont 2 cents for that cheap ass CRAP!!
These would have been beautiful homes. I hope someone comes in and saves this project. 2008 sank a lot of projects, but this one sounds like there was more going on than the recession in its downfall. This needs to be salvaged!
Seems very odd that the houses appear to have been constructed before any type of proper roading, paving, and drainage was installed.
Ken NZ I'm glad you guys know how America's built....yall gotta be smarter than this. if that's the case all roads lead to Rome
I thought the same thing because every development I’ve ever seen started with the road layout and paving. As I read the comments I realize it was a full on scam and not just a legit project gone bad.
Ken NZ i
Any building permit should be preceded by completed and inspected septic systems.
That area is beautiful. I second the comments that the homes must be burned and the land restored. Branson area is gorgeous
Pretty zany project. Thanks for sharing
squatters paradise
NO SHIT
If this was next to the Mexican border, these homes would be saturated with drug dealers, gangs, and prostitutes. Unmonitored children would run wild harassing people.
Rob Bennett these are in Missouri I'm going to go squat on these shits
"drug dealers, gangs, and prostitutes" or as Obama would call them "dreamers".
Now that this has been posted, I wonder how long it will be before someone burns this shit down/
The rock patches are clearly meant to look like the mortar fell off an old house, to reveal the brick below. Except whoever designed it has never seen an authentic period home.
Thats the other thing that modern builders do that is so stupid, they try to make brand new buildings look weathered instead of just building them right and letting it happen naturally over time , it doesnt work
I think they meant to cover the entire facade with fake brick, but didn't finish.
tuberculin no, that’s an actual thing... having been in the trades for 25 years I’ve seen this kind of shit all too often. Again , it supposed to look like old school architecture but they fail miserably
I think that even in their finished state, these houses would have looked tacky as hell.
frank hargreaves ah more stone less patches of mortar
NO WAY IVE SEEN THIS BEFORE! I’m from St. Louis and went to a lakehouse in Branson missouri for a week with my family and saw this. Its like 5 miles away from silver dollar city
9:39 The Silver Dollar City train whistled lol.
that would be one awesome place for air soft and paintball matches. almost like nuke town.
Joey Pilewsky right!
Yeah, at least they can't camp the spawn.