Abandoned Kildonan House Hotel aka The Overlook Hotel. Everything left behind! Urbex Scotland. 4K
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2022
- The story of the rise and fall of one of Ayrshire's gems: a country mansion house turned hotel that celebrates its 100th birthday next year, alone! Watch us roam around this building dubbed by locals as "the overlook hotel" from The Shining to see what remains and going to complete waste!
All historical facts of the location told through this video is based on research and what we believe to be fact at the time of shooting the footage. A location's status may change as time goes on...
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We personally do not break an entry. Should we be unable to gain access through means of getting through an already open space, we walk away. We take nothing but footage and leave nothing but footprints. We are storytellers portraying the tale of an abandoned place, some locations depicting a sad one which may leave some viewers passionate or disgruntled. We mean no disrespect to the locations we visit or the people once connected to them.
Should anyone comment "it's not abandoned!"... If we walk up to a location that has not been in use, easily get access to its interior, walk about for hours filming, taking pictures and flying drones about in some cases and head home with no sight form anyone, it is in our opinion.. physically ABANDONED at the time of our filming.
We enter derelict structures at our own risk. Civil trespass, also known as "simple trespass", is not a criminal offence in Scotland. Police get involved if there's a possibility that an offence has been committed such as refusal to leave (breach of the peace), fire, physical damage or theft etc all of which we avoid as that isn't our intention. Speaking of which, we are of course not responsible for those who get into bother by visiting any of the places we've been to nor do we encourage it.
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I used to live in and manage this house as a self catering holiday let, such ashame
That's great to think you would remember it in its former glory! Could you provide more information on the building that maybe no none else would know? Or even why it has ended up totally left behind? Thanks
It’s not left. There are caretakers working every day to stop people from entering the building.
@@sar4madness Robert - Apart from the day we were there. They must have known we were coming as we roamed about for hours, taking pics, flying drones and got through, as can be seen, a big massive hole in a wall. So if it's not left, it must be right! haha
I live in this village. There are owners, and occaisionally workmen and groundsmen. The path in used by dog walkers in the village, and it's easy access to the property. The gatehouse was letted, and what was the old coach houses have people in. Nobody round here has ever called it "the overlook hotel" but it is a huge waste, that is in dire need of cash injection. It's owned by two borthers who don't really get along, and only visit maybe twice a year. Ironically they're sitting on it for future resale value, but nobody wants to buy a crumbling manor house. But they also don't want to spend the money for upkeep, doing the absolute minimum. Glad you had a nice time though, and your drone work is incredible (especially as we could see you flying it), and I am glad you were respectful
The gatehouse looked abandoned (or is it fairer to say "disused" to not frustrate the pompous watching this upload) but we were not sure. When we refer to it as "the overlook hotel" we meant more specifically local enough explorers have coined it and refer to it as that. Thank you for the additional information regarding the brothers etc.
Thank you for this. In the early 2000s my family and a couple of groups of our family friends and their kids stayed at Kildonan House for a short self catering holiday from England - we all drove up from the different towns we were living in at the time.
I was only a kid (must have been about 6/7 I think?) but I have fond memories of playing with the other kids in the living room you filmed with the red carpet, big windows, all the leather sofas and the old TV. We even have a home video of this holiday somewhere in my parents' house!
I honestly thought I had dreamt the swimming pool as well so that was amazing to see that. Such a shame it is slowly going to rack and ruin, and I have to admit I'm shocked that they've left so many lights on with energy prices the way they are nowadays haha!
Thank you for your comment. It's great to hear from people who experienced the place before its demise!
I too love the ambiance you create with that ethereal music, no spoken words and slow camera work, it really fits the dignity of this beautiful and sad (because abandoned) old building, thanks for the trip!
This was one of the most relaxing abando vids iv seen
Thank you. It wasn't very relaxing filming it as we were nervous but great fun!
Beautifully filmed. Probably the best I've watched in along time Thankyou
Editing takes so long to this extent that it's great to hear that it's being appreciated! Thank you.
Yes I agree! I was thinking the same thing 😊
Good to see you again guys to say the least a bit of a tense urbex video. Seeing a car with no owner in sight does bring a sense of unease to this viewer lol , but you came out alright and we got to see a beautiful ( yet sadly neglected) house . Thanks again until next time 🤟
Thank you for another lovely comment as always
Love your videos! Gear and Urbex was something I didn't know I needed together in my life! Keep up the great work :)
Thank you so much. Subscribed to your channel. Hopefully see some kind of uploads from you soon! :D
Always a pleasure to see you're discoveries a real treat
Thank you so much!
We went inside at the beginning of the month and there were no caretakers there all day. There are so many big homes not been lived in. We have been visiting empty properties for a number of years around the UK and France.
What a shame a beautiful building just left to rot it’s so sad no one can make some use of it, You didn’t have your see-through shorts on
My daughters godmother went to school here in the 1970s. She says very little about the experience apart from the nuns weren’t very pleasant. I live in the next county, always fascinated me, this house.
You do wonder what kind of experience it would be to live in such a huge building so isolated and governed by nuns.
Absolutely beautiful thank you ❤
You are so welcome
It would be so awesome if we could have seen it in all its glory many years ago!!
It didn’t really have glory days. It was built at the end of the First World War when large country estates were being downsized. Staff were also beginning to realise they could do better for themselves than work as domestic servants.
What a majestic building going to waste 😮
I know, it’s so sad.
Brilliant vid lads👌
Thank you!
Outstanding work! What you are actually doing is a public service by capturing a moment in time and a place before it decays or is demolished and lost forever. In many years to come, historians and anyone with an interest in this building or the area will know how things used to be. Also, I like your use of ethereal music in the first part of the video, and I was hoping someone can tell me name of it as I would like to add it to my music collection.
Thank you so much. Who's to currently say what the bleak outcome of this building will be. Sadly, most likely an arson attack. What piece of music do you mean. What time stamp does it appear on our video and I'll see if I can locate it.
Its the ethereal music that starts after the piano concerto at 1:10 and continues throughout most of the video. I think you may have also used it to great effect in some of your other videos. @@DeviantDiscoveries
Oh I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of that audio used. It was all pieced together over a year ago now. Sorry about that! @@heftybuttocks
So lovely 🌹
Love the chimneys
Beautiful
Good to see another video. That place was huge! Have you ever gone to a place and then had to do a u-turn because there was someone on site? BTW, I always love the rear shots when you're both walking up stairs!
To my memory, so far, fortunately not that we've went to a place to find it's being occupied. We felt lucky with this one!
Remarkable video. There seem to be big contrasts in the condition of various parts of the house. The fact that the power is on suggests that it is visited at least from time to time. You would expect the windows to be dirty and covered in cobwebs, yet some look as though they have recently been cleaned
Yes it's odd! Adds more to the creepy nature of it!
Cool!
love to join you guys ❤️
Great editing on this
Thanks! I quite liked the way the ending worked out myself! Although, at 47 minutes long admittedly I did wonder if anyone would even get that far! Well done! And thanks again!
magnifique vidéo
Thank you very much.
What a shame to see such a beautiful building in that sad state.
Isn’t it!
Yo...interesting! I think such abandoned structures should be used for the homeless. Most of the furniture seems to be intact. Not when some of us are struggling to build a simple home this side!
Yes it's tragic to think this sits here rotting and there are people lying in the freezing cold in this world....
What a huge building!
I know, resulting in a huge waste!
It's a shame that place like that have been let go. It doesn't look like it's in bad shape.
For the time being... will only get worse.... or burnt to the ground....
I bet waxing day was dreadful. Such beautiful details so sad it's left.
From TikTok done subs,thanks
Thank you so much!
such a nice looking car im wondering why it was just left there....great video!!
Clearly it belongs to the caretaker or a workman. It’s not ‘abandoned’.
@@zilsniggy Clearly not... actually... it is registered as off road, has no tax and has no MOT.
Love this part .. 34:20 ❤
The amount of money it would need to keep it back in good shape now... I just can't imagine. Were all these lights on when you arrived? It's very surprising condidering that obviously no-one lives in there daily... Fascinating video guys, thank you for sharing. Also sexy fits and I love the way you manage to not damage your sexy gear when crossing the window 😀👍
Yea some of the lights but you can switch them off and on at your leisure once inside.
I wonder if it’s haunted l don’t see spiderwebs either it doesn’t look dusty, It’s a beautiful mansion . it doesn’t really look messed up for being a bandit
Would be so good if it was haunted!
The odd thing about Kildonan is that it was originally built as a family home, but looks like it was built as a hotel. Dozens of small rooms. Unless it was all partitioned in the intervening years, of course.
If you watch the video throughout, all is explained. 🙂
I do wish these places weren't named even on utube, just let's the vandals know where to go , unfortunately, could do videos without name
There are occasions for our own reasons and at our own choice that we do or don't name locations. However, back in say the 1960's, urbexers best tool to hide places were not to name them and keep them close to the chest. Fast forward 70 years to 2022 with so many Google tools and Facebook groups and social media platforms, the worst thing anyone could do is upload the existence of an abandoned place anywhere because that is the worst thing you could do!! This rule of "not naming" anywhere is SO heavily watered down now given the amount of tools, media and groups nowadays that naming places, in our view anyway, makes no difference in practise. However, we are all entitled to our own approaches. Thanks.
Ironically, someone with this car went there to spend the night (or two) and disappeared like a pig into the water (murder, lost in a secret room, or demonic spirits). That's why the car stayed there and the lights were on. Murder scene. 🧐😝 Yeah-yeah, I know, I watch too much movies. 💁♀️
Love it lol
Kildonan was run as a convent school by the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny, between 1946 and 1978.
After the nuns ran Kildonan, it changed hands a number of times, but has been owned by family firm Blue Strand Ltd for the past 17 years.
Barrhill man Kevan McColm is a partner in the events side of the business, and is on-site site manager.
He said: “We think the time is right to get Kildonan back on the map, and we’re getting a lot of interest through the internet and facebook.
Is it clean ? Looks like with no dusty. Like somebody maintain it well.
In certain areas it's better than other areas.
Would take millions to recommission. Lost all of its character as well with those ridiculous hotel rooms. Such a shame places like that are turned into leisure facilities!
It's not so bad if it saves them.... but even worse if it doesn't as in this case.....
Just been here now. That car was outside, parked in a different location and it was impossible to get within 20ft of the building without setting alarms off. After about 20 minutes of us wandering around the outside a red jaguar came speeding up the drive. By the time we'd made it back to the car at the south side she was pulling up there. She didn't get out of the car or say anything to us
That’s fair enough. We were there a good year ago now and there were certainly no ladies in red jaguars back then and we were lucky to walk around the whole place without anything going off.
Went to school here. Early, 1960’s
Would be great to see pictures of it from that time period!
Tried to get in here two weeks ago and you can’t get near it for motion sensors, sirens and cctv. It’s still looked after by two business men down south, just not occupied.
The two businessmen down south are two brothers who apparently don’t get along at all and have very little interest now in this place. Especially not as much as the locals who are trying to protect it since it’s such a lovely building.
They’ve ran out of things to do with the building and no buyers showing any interest giving its location. Locals are hanging on to with the skin of their teeth. As we understand. Buildings like this in such locations nowadays are sadly doomed.
It’s a squash court
when you're in the billiard room, is someone playing or hitting the balls of each other, because If you listen carefully you can here the sounds of a snooker game lol.
No? We never touched them. I'll try and have a listen but don't think I hear anything you describe. That would be so cool! What time stamp is it that you hear it?
12:44 and between 13:44 and 13:58, I can hear them quite clearly with ear phones on@@DeviantDiscoveries
WoW! You are cool! Is it possible to specify the exact location of this hotel or castle?😪😜🙏👍
If you just google Kildonan House Ayrshire you should get everything you need to know. Don't say we're not good to you. Marry Christmas :)
Google Maps Kildonan house Ayrshire Scotland
Such a shame uts the upkeep of places like this that makes people abandon places even tax invasions
Has he got those Lonsdale pants in all 3 colours?
No just grey buddy
i really like how You film in your sportsgear.
Even more in rubber suits. Have you been seen by People (and complimented on the suits)?
I don't imagine if we ever bumped into anyone wearing rubber gear that we'd get many compliments lol. However, so far we haven't seen anyone anyway and probably for the best lol.
Well i would compliment you. It looks great. It makes me want to put my rubber on as well. Two pretty men in rubber. A third man in rubber makes it perfect.
You should film some content and upload it to your channel! @@ikke8585
@@DeviantDiscoveries i think it would not be appropriate 😉
Kesini karena tiktok
Been there , walked around there was no entry
That’s unfortunate. When we were there there was a massive big hole in the wall. .. 10:02
15:43 38:58 40:39 44:32 nice view
MMMMM the best view indeed
There's no escaping our cameras sometimes haha
What a waste
That was so creepy when you were filming outside and the lights were on 😳
Definitely a house you want to stay at in case there was a Zombie Apocalypse outbreak
If we got in, zombies would get in lol
1923 was the year of Hitler's Pursch in Munich.
Such a beautiful place such a shame to see it left like this. I love watching you guys hot as f..k love watching your videos
Thank you! Hope you're keeping well!
I would rather seen less bedrooms and baths and more main rooms
It was hugh.
a lot of stuff wastes even offering it to charity is better than leaving it to rot and ruin
I wonder what happened
You don't need to wonder. The history is explained throughout
A shiny shilling says the caretaker was there - he just kept out of the way because he kept hearing noises, and was more convinced than ever that the place is haunted...
That would be so good. I’ve never thought of myself as a ghost. Like something out the film “The Others”
12:28 and 1338-44
Only use for such buildings is a community retreat for either prmanant residents or transient residence, grow edibles grow gardens.
If the property is just for some individual let it rot, open all doors n windows let nature have its way.
I think it's rotting bad enough with most of the windows and doors closed ....
Well done lads nice explore looking sexy as usual lads xx
Thanks mate and Happy New Year when it comes. Speak to you soon!
The fact there was no narrative was annoying
It’s typed on the screen to assist the deaf. Just read it!
@@DeviantDiscoveries I saw the few xomments
Hope whoever in there pays there council tax 🤔
No one resides there.....