Toronto's Abandoned Mansions
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2020
- The vastly expanding city of Toronto is home to millions of people, including (sort of) myself. I love Toronto and so do hundreds of thousands of others. However over the past decade or so, a financial barrier has been put up blocking most of those people from actually living there. All while multi million dollar homes and properties sit completely abandoned in the suburbs of the city. Even on some of the most expensive neighbourhoods in North America, there are decaying mansions hidden in plane sight. Join us as we explore this real estate issue, the problems that plague modern day people and the astonishing homes left in the wake of this ultra luxury word we are now living in.
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At the end of the day, most of these abandoned homes are not hard to find. With that being said, please do not try break in or vandalize any of these properties. Please be safe.
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A BrightSunFilms Original Documentary 2020
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Say Jake, isn't tomorrow the 6 year anniversary for Abandoned? Congrats on 6 years of success!
It is! Thank you very much! What a ride it has been.
@@BrightSunFilms It really has, the series has really opened my eyes to the inner mechanisms to business and given me something to be intrigued with. Love your work and hope to do my own soon!
Great jorb
Bright Sun Films Congratulations Jake💜
Congrats!
This is what makes for good urbex. You didn't just go into abandoned houses, but you showed us the story behind how these neighborhoods got this way. Your ability to tell a story is why this is one of my favorite channels.
Not necessarily good urbex. The documentary maker never states if he had legal access to visit the homes in this video. How did you get in? Show us that part if you want to be an honest documentary maker. Stating a place is "abandoned" is coinage to say that no one cares if one trespasses on a property for the sake of views on CZcams. These places are owned by some entity-whether a bank, private developer, or city.
@@MattRichardsonX Yeah ... You can find the Doughnut or you can find the WHOLE in the Doughnut.... Instead of commending him on the Fantastic, remarkable, outstanding, and EXCELLENT JOB he has done with this video and many other videos of his you concern yourself with silly things like "how he got in" For God's sake they are abandoned Buildings.... Who cares how he got in. I have news for you no one cares.... Get a life.
@@MattRichardsonX I agree , very few " urban explorers " gain permission to be on the property that they film.
Agreed
@@George_K1 Most abandoned places are owned by someone though.....it really doesn't matter who, if you let it fall into disrepair what difference does it make?
That 1800s mansion is the saddest, something that old being torn down when it still looks like it could be fixed up.
Ironically old homes sell for more and are far more desirable. The fact that it is being demolished is a tell tale the buyer market is Chinese. Communism has made the Chinese apathetic to historic buildings.
@@dasitmaneayylmao2729 Perfect location for their elites to build and reside over the eastern slave factory camps when they eventually invade the US and Canada
That house should be preserved as a historic property. Sadly it will turn into another builder grade house.
It has been added to the Heritage register, and will be saved from destruction!
@@johnsonluk3468 What's a "builder grade house"? I'm not from North America.
As a Realtor I worked in an upscale community of custom homes. Some of the the owners were so rich it was just one of the ten houses they owned around the world. They'd list the house for impossible prices and they would just sit for YEARS. They wouldn't rot away, their condition was fine but so many $1,000,000 houses would just sit empty. The owners simply didn't care if they ever sold or not.
That is so fucked up & ridiculous how people with a crap ton of money just let these amazing asses rot like that unbelievable smdh.
People should squat in them.
There should be some sort of law where empty buildings have to be auctioned off after a certain time.
People are homeless or living paycheck to paycheck with insane rent while rich people hoard real estate and drive up prices
A vacancy tax that escalates every month a house sits empty would be a start. And send that tax money straight into affordable housing projects.
Also non citizens shouldn't be allowed to purchase property.
*cough cough* my neighbour's house. My neighbours sold their house for $2,000,000 and the people didn't move in until 9 months later.
I couldn’t care less about that gaudy 80s mansion but it really breaks my heart seeing an old 1890s building fall into disrepair :( they have such beautiful architecture
Isn't sad, that Canada, does not preserve its most precious architecture! If you go to England, Northern Italy, there is so much land, vast amount of land, with farms, but why do we not just preserve these beautiful buildings? why must it alway be amount money.. You know why because we would rather let foreign Chinese billionaires eat up out land!
@@HopeLaFleur1975
Bingo!
I know you would think some historical organization or government would protect it, but instead all they care about is the money
Me too. :( I was ECSTATIC when this ancient house, abandoned for close to 20 years, was saved, despite it now sitting in the middle of an industrial park:
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And the view prior to its retrofit in 2011:
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Yes, it's now commercial, but the fact still stands; this old house survived.
Hope LaFleur Canada is a new dominion of england. All of its oldest administrative structures exist and most are used. The Chinese themselves, are descended from the same people who broke the ice barrier 10,000 years ago, and their religion is closer to native mythology of the first people of these lands, and from which the English take their name.
Real Talk Toronto and Vancouver have a problem, foreign speculation and investors are buying up swaths of the cities and developing luxury property with prices locals cannot afford. The luxury properties are then sold to more speculators. These investors are pricing people out of their own city, and forcing the working people to move to suburbs, suburbs that are rapidly eating up farmland around southern Ontario, and wouldn't you know, the homes being built out in Markham and Richmond Hill and Vaughan and Oakville are not affordable for those working class families. It's a vicious cycle and one day the whole thing's gonna crash and Toronto's gonna look a whole lot less like New York and a whole lot more like Detroit.
Edit: this has nothing to do with immigration, this has everything to do with luxury developers building hundreds of luxury units, governments not doing enough, and local + foreign speculation using real estate as an investment.
Yup, this about sums it up! Furthermore, they have no disregard for how it affects the area nor it’s appearance before construction even begins.
I hope that it will crash but at the rate we're going it seems that nothing will do it. Even with COVID-19 and the worst unemployment rate in 30 years for some crazy reason house sales keep going up and with that so does price. From a completely theoretical perspective you're right, everything should crash, but why is it taking so long? This has been going on for at least 15 years now.
It's happening in Victoria, too. The overflow from Vancouver has made things impossible here even just to rent let alone purchase.
@@feferi At the rate we're going I think every town within 200km of a major city will become unaffordable to most. And this is horrible because it's disproportionately affecting young people, poor people, and recent immigrants.
Sadie1373 Detroit looks like it does because of greedy C.E.O.'S and corporations who wanted to kill the unions and succeeded.
I'm an Australian and the same is happening to Melbourne and Sydney. The government really needs to regulate foreign purchases of property. I doubt they will though because there is no incentive - the higher the property prices, the more tax the government makes from stamp duties.
Well if Gladys and good old dan get the boot that may just happen. Alot in Sydney have come to a halt since covid and not because of the virus but because of the tensions between China and Aus.
Yep, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all need to ban non citizens from buying property.
And if non citizens circumvent these laws by using third parties to purchase property on their behalf, they forfeit all their properties, plus massive fines.
Or increase interest rates
Money laundering my friend. Canada is full of it.
Same in the US. I heard that New Zealand won't let foreigners purchase property there and good for them because it artificially inflates real estate prices.
This is a problem with much of the country: the richest few build luxury homes, or drive up the cost of what were once affordable homes, making it impossible for swaths of low and medium income people to ever afford the home that they've worked their asses off to try and own.
Blame China.
That goes right to the town or city property tax system. Tax rates and amounts should NEVRE be based on your neighbors building a mansion worth $10,000,000. next to your $200,000 home that is the crime. Your amount should be locked in with inflation only If you sell it the new owner can then pay the million dollar home tax.
@@ladyjade6446 Something has to give; as a fifth generation Canadian you start to wonder, that our own Government has forgotten about us? This sort of nonsense; starts revolutions! I wonder how we can stay honest and for how long?
God knows that is a fact!
In Atlanta buying homes only to tear them down to build "McMansions" on the lot was made illegal a few years ago.
I can see both side on this issue. On one hand it's wrong to tear down reasonably priced family home to build "McMansions" or even nice looking actual mansions. On the other hand many 50 year old home were not great quality when they were build and mold and/or termites may have done a number on them over time. I hope the law takes that into account and allows houses to be torn down and replaced with modest energy efficient homes in some cases. Hopefully with some tax breaks for energy efficiency.
@@maryvon8518 /Canada needs to vote out their Liberals. :)
@@davidrutledge5464 Leaving stupid town and traveling back to reality, "Liberals" run Atlanta.
Atlanta gang rise up
So "the land of the free" is not so free. No property rights. An owner should be able to tear down their house and build a new one.
I feel bad for that dude living in that mansion, he seems like a smart, friendly guy and has nothing to be ashamed of if I'm being honest.
He was such a nice guy.
It real shows how greed and power can take over the mind
Well, if you were illegally squatting in someones mansion, would you feel proud?
@@nightisright1873 no, it really shows how the immigration system is bringing in people who can't even stand on their own two feet when the government clearly can't even take care of their own.
@@daveyboy647 If they chose to abandon it and leave it to rot, absolutely. Abandoned properties like this should never exist, especially in large metro areas with a large amount of homeless or struggling class people.
As someone from the Greater Toronto Area, looking to buy a house, I can confirm how crazy real estate prices have gotten in and around toronto. Great video man!
I moved to London trying to get away from the ridiculous pricing increases, but it's just happening here too. People from Toronto are buying everything up and renting it for profit.
@@NikosiaMateas best thing is move to the USA if you can
@Sam Don't worry, someone else will take his place soon after the election of this year.
@@NopWorks If you have hopes for Biden prepare to be just as disappointed.
If you were an immigrant couple in the 90s, you could find a good semi-detatched right next to downtown on a modest income. Now you can barely keep up with property tax. I've lived long enough in the same neighborhood to see gentrification start creeping into the storefront streets. It might be an exaggeration, but It's becoming harder and harder for smaller businesses to make it here. There is no end in sight.
I know this is an old post but good luck OP, I hope it's not as hard for you
That mansion built in 1897 is so beautiful, so sad to see it gone to rot just sitting there unattended. Excellent video, I absolutely love your abandoned series.
It seems to be in much better condition than the newer abandoned mansions that were in this video. That house was beautiful even in its current state, imo. What it must have looked like when it was constructed would've been gorgeous!
"This building's going to go up in flames!"
The insurance policy holder probably is counting on it.
That's answers the question: "Why keep the electricity on?"
House collapse = no payout
House collapse with severed live wires = fire = payout
If it's vacant it's not covered.
@@suzysizzle didn't know that.
But I wonder what is the minimum legal requirements so it is occupied?
Maybe paying the bills and having security guard once in a while.
Would be nice if someone on the insurance business chimed in.
@@jonasfrito2 In the US a home that is vacant has suspended coverage on most perils, ie, Fire, water damage, etc etc.
On top of that, there is something called a 'hazard', or increased risk. There is something called a morale hazard which is someone who is careless.
In this situation, if you are CARELESS (Ie, don't maintain your home) and it falls apart, then there is 0 chance of getting an insurance payout.
These insurance companies aren't stupid, even if someone had a policy on this home, there is absolutely NO way insurance would cover it.
Insurance never covers negligence unless it involved BI+PD(Injury), like if someone came onto this property (VIA permission of the owner) and got injured VIA the owners negligence, then the insurance company would pay out on behalf of its client for their injuries, but getting this home replaced would be impossible.
@@ViolentMLG Thank you for sharing.
That leaves me with with the question:
If the building has no value (as in a insurance payout) other than the ground it's on, why keep the lights on?
God. You've come SUCH a long way from the shakey, nervous guy doing slideshow documentaries on abandoned locations...now? Now this channel is absolutely filled with stunning, STUNNING work. The cinematography, the sound design... Hats off to you man, you went the whole nine yards with your quality, effort and passion. I hope we'll have lots of content from you in the years to come. ^_^
And before that ameturish cringe Minecraft videos!
Yeah, I like how he implied foreigners were to blame for most of Toronto's problems without actually saying it. Like the closeup of all the Asian realtors. Very subtle but so obvious what they were doing. smh
Yes! Such good cinematography and sound, also love the use of different editing techniques, like the J cuts!
Hi, your documentary is interesting but it's giving me a headache. I was wondering, did you ever hear of a gimble?
There should be some sort of law where empty buildings have to be auctioned off after a certain time.
People are homeless or living paycheck to paycheck with insane rent while rich people hoard real estate and drive up prices
Sadly the people in power have no desire to regulate these things because they would be losing money if they did
that is the law of the land now, courtesy of the 'great reset' and davos group
But if you own something you should be allowed to do what you like with it, I get it it's sad to see such beautiful houses, mansions left empty but that's how these folks work, the land appreciates or they keep till it does....
@@almilhouse9059 i’m not “sad about beautiful houses” i’m angry that people live in poverty without a roof over their head
@@almilhouse9059 And this is where the difference between personal property and private property comes into play. I agree that you should be able to do whatever you want with _personal property_ (belongings a person can reasonably use for themselves). However, _private property_ (things the community needs that generate profit for the owner) should be eliminated. Your first, maybe second home? That’s your personal property. Beyond that, there are people who need that house who can’t buy or even rent because housing prices are so high. Why are they so high? Because people come into the community, buy empty property, just so they can rent it back at a profit.
That guy in the beginning living at the abandoned house almost made me cry. Immigrants lives are so hard no matter where in the world you are. Minimum wage and really high rents in bigger cities which in the other hand, offer more job offers but still it doesn’t pay off. Here in Lisbon most immigrants rent rooms which sucks because most times they won’t allow more than a single person or a couple per room. A lot of people also have prejudice against immigrants, specifically Brazilians, Africans and south asians. To the point I’ve seen advertisements of people only accepting Portuguese people or Erasmus students. But of course it’s not always the case, but you gotta be lucky with finding an affordable place and an open minded landlord. It’s also really hard for young adults. Most of them still leave with their parents because who can afford a 500€ studio with a minimum wage of 705€? Unless you’re privileged enough to have a great paying job, it’s almost impossible to live on your own. I was lucky enough to find a “hole” for 285€. Sad that homes in general all over the world, specially in big cities are getting absurdly expensive not compatible with their respective wages and cost of life.
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@@zeze3305 🤡
Such a shame. Beautiful homes and historical homes gone to waste.
Many of those old mansions are getting replaced just due to the fact that theyre so energy inefficient and outdated stylewise
@@Trainy2 Its almost like they are historical buildings.
oh wait, thats what he said.
Its fishy leaving the power on. Like they're hoping for an electrical fire with the old wiring.
@@DeadNoob451 Im pretty certain the third house use to be some sort of a farmhouse. The area of York Mills was a giant farm in the 1800/90s untilt he 1960s or so.
They aren't really "historic", they're just big and cost a lot of money to build. Nothing significant happened in these places, they're just homes for rich people.
That guy living in mansion out of desperation's very honest... We in NYC have exactly same issue going on...
Not really NYC has had the ability to plan for years... NYC's problem is the people that live there and the people they elect...
Jay Man blm is not marxist group
@@christianftt3136 Oh yes they are. The proper organization is at least though maybe not the grassroots movement. If you don't believe me here's one of the two leaders of BLM self-proclaiming to be a trained Marxist. czcams.com/video/HgEUbSzOTZ8/video.html or search "We Are Trained Marxists" - Patrisse Cullors, Co-Founder on CZcams. The same video will pop up if you don't want to click my link.
@@christianftt3136 it is, one of the founders even said they were a trained marxist in an interview, not that it requires that, its just obvious from their charter.
Extra funny that its run by alphabet women since a good chunk of police being called on black men is likely from black women themselves.
@Jay Man you're an idiot.
The worst part about the Toronto prices is it is driving people to go surrounding towns and cities where they rebuild and the towns prices go up too. Some people who work in Toronto drive an hour and a half to get to work because they can't afford the places. It is starting to affect my home town.
It’s the same thing everywhere around the world. But city planing is terrible. It’s like if cities don’t talk to each other to planifies road, highways and public transport...
Sure I have to travel a further 2 counties to work in Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
It's been going like this for years, most of us working can't afford to live anywhere near where we work....
House prices have gone up 50% in places in the last year alone.
Our house we got a mortgage in 2019, house price €245k now worth over €305k
Can confirm, I'm 1.5-2 hours east of Toronto and my house has doubled in value over the last 4 years because of the city folk moving here.
As a fellow documentarian from Toronto I really appreciate this. Especially because I’m very worried I’m not going to be able to afford to stay in the city I was born in. Renting a 1 bedroom + den for 1900. Starter houses nearby are 650k +
Sad when a youtube documentary on this topic is the most in-depth, well researched and empathetic coverage of this plight is an indictment on the worlds media. Well done and keep up the great work. These get better every time.
That last home...it's criminal. What was a perfectly good historic home, allowed to rot like that? This was a very well-done video and the time put into the research was apparent. Good job, Jake! Admirable work you're doing.
Big money for the art work!
Negative interest, on income...
He lived here, research his own memory!
14:53 You know it's Canada when even the abandon mansions have Tim Hortons
I'm not gonna lie this video brings me to tears I've always dreamed of living in a home but because of the Apartment and Housing market that dream is unrealistic it's a trend that needs to end in both Canada and America, it's no Secret places like Toronto, Vancouver, New York and Los Angeles have large homeless populations and that's what scares me if the market gets so bad the streets will be home.
New York sounds like it's being abandoned in this pandemic. Should be a nice warning, but if it's foreign hounds pushing Toronto to the brik, it will happen
@@MaddJakd people will come back
You could move to areas with cheaper prices. Where I live, a house that costs 200k would cost well over 10 million in New York or Toronto. One of the houses that I have lived in was a 2 story good sized house while a decent sized backyard and was in a Cul-de-sac. We moved a long time ago, still miss that house, grew up in it from Elementary to Middle school and I still remember many details of the house lol.
@@PilotTed it's not so simple I have too much stuff here school, family, etc although I plan on moving in too the inner us
@@starkillerdude1914 Yeah moving is never simple lol, well good luck my friend.
That old colonial style home is gorgeous. Sad to see it in that state.
Logan Jones. I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds modern architecture disgusting. Put a bunch of random shapes together and call it “contemporary” because that requires no real skill. And when someone attempts to make something “classical” it’s a horrible mishmash of gaudy elements that don’t go well together other than to say “I can afford this and you can’t”. Even though the “details” are most likely made out of foam.
Thecrazeecow are you joking? There is nothing easier from an engineering standpoint than making a classic colonial style home. Modern architecture is so impressive because of the incredible amounts of engineering required, and the craftsmanship needed to pull it all together.
Jake: I'm about to lower the property value of an entire high-end neighborhood by 10% with this one video
That burnt out house on Bridle Path with the no trespassing sign was my buddies grandpas house. Super sad to see it like that. Think it burned in 04-05
Wowww that’s actually crazy... They weren’t able to restore it?
Thank you. This hits a strange nerve with me. My family used to own a home on the Kingsway, and it's sat empty for years now. It's in limbo between being renovated, and being listed a historical site, but there have been no updates for a long time now (coming on 2 years). Meanwhile, we try to create affordable housing and are told that it would decrease property values. I honestly can't tell anymore which is worse. At least people would have somewhere to live. It says a lot about what we prioritize (foreign money over the wellbeing and security of their populace). The rental market is abysmal right now. I don't see it improving until empty lots become taxed.
@dump lump you must not know the Kingsway area, “dump lump” 😂
This type of growth is plaguing a lot of smaller college towns too. It's on a smaller scale but the cost of living is still, relatively, skyrocketing. Great video!
this is so true! I lived in a college town in America for a few years and could barely afford to rent an apartment! the prices of most places are astronomical, and it's so awful that they prey on a community of people that barely make any money from the part time jobs they keep while also going to school
@@maggiecheyenne Its crazy when commuting a few hours to university every day for a year is cheaper than actually living near it.
This video could have been about Miami. Another way normal people are getting priced out is that in a recession although interest rates collapse normal people cannot get loans. So in 2009-2012 at the bottom of the market all the bargains were had by foreign investors and hedge funds paying cash. the locals that waited to buy at the bottom of the market could not get loans even with decent income and credit.
Its really telling when one of the old properties gets split up into 13(!) new houses. Imagine paying millions to get a 5 inch airgap to your neighbour and literally no garden.
What a waste!!! The destruction done to these homes makes me sick!!!! We have a homeless problem and we have an abandoned homes problem. You would think 🤔 that the 2 things solve each other and resolve both problems!!! But nope, they would rather the homeless die in the streets than let them stay for free and maintain one of these abandoned homes!!!! They would rather the homes be destroyed by the elements, rats and roaches than let a homeless person stay there for free and maintain it!!! 🤷♀️🤬 Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!
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It’s not just that... it’s how big the economic gap has become that some people discard their properties so easily since they’re “not profitable anymore”; while other people don’t know where their next meal is coming from. How have we let this go so far?
Lucia: yes, all of that is true as well! Honestly, when I look out my window I don’t recognize this world anymore!!! It seems to have gone completely insane 😱
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Lol you think the homeless can maintain a home like this 😂 ok commie
Clayton: uhhh, I think a homeless person could maintain one of these houses far better than the rats, roaches and elements of nature!!!! Are you so ignorant that you think a person who doesn’t presently have home is incapable of taking care of one? Silly rabbit 🐰 trix r 4 kids! 😝
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You think the owners of these houses care about homeless people? They care ONLY about their money lol
Imagine the history and energy in that house built in 1897.. such a shame it was left to decay. Great video! Thank you
Another amazing video buddy! Was happy to be a part of this project, and can’t wait to see what you make next!
Why was this made a day ago the video wasn't out.
Doesn't seem like any of these homes were lived in is that true?
I live here. Toronto's housing market is insane, and it's only getting worse. Glad we moved here before the prices skyrocketed!
Lucky! grats!
Progressive policies and banking cartels doing what they do everywhere they take root.
We moved out a few years ago, we bought our home dirt cheap, when we moved we sold it for almost 900k
Fucking Trump!!! 👎
Dude, it's beyond fucked. Younger people have zero hope of ever owning a home. There's really zero hope for young people who aren't families of hyper rich Chinese families. Canada really is a playground for the Chinese 0.1%.
That makes me tremendously sad. That historical house probably is under historical house sanctions but the current owners are likely purposely negating that allowing it become completely direlict for the purpose of demolishing it.
Wow. Your firms are phenomenal. My grandmothers old house was one of the new townhome developments. They built their home in the late 1950s when Bayview was a dirt road. It’s been very sad to see it torn down and turned into townhouses that are obscenely priced. I was actually happy when it was abandoned for a few years because I could preserve the memory.. but it’s gone.
My condolences for your loss!🥺🙏
May they live on in the heavens!
*And burn their enemies in hell🔥🔥🔥*
Muhahahahaaaa...🥴🔥🔥🔥
The oldest house was the only one I really liked. It's a shame that someone will just end up knocking it down. Watching the walkthrough made me wish I could restore it.
Exactly the way I felt. That house could last forever and be VERY comfortable to live in with just some care and upgrades.
I liked that house too! Very well built too, and comfortable looking. Too many of homes had electricity turned on... insane.
I could see the last house restored. Must of been nice living there in the day
I was shocked that some had electricity on, it worried me after seeing how much water damage there was. I find it crazy that people spend millions of dollars on these places then they just sit empty. It's incredibly sad considering how many don't have a home at all and these huge ones go to waste.
What makes me mad is the amount of money people put into these homes to just let them rot.
It's not a situation of someone going bankrupt or having some property dispute. It's from people wanting to make as much money as they can and them not doing anything with it. It hurts to know what that money could have gone to instead of being made into a home that was made to do absolutely nothing, rot, and be built over just to repeat the cycle again.
Totally agree. So wasteful.
@@BrightSunFilms hey jake, absolute love your vids
It is their money and they can do with it as they wish. It sucks, but thank God we live in a free part of the world where people can do this.
@@marksuave25 just because it is a thing they can do don't mean I can't criticize it.
Even so, the likely gains from taxes are a net positive which is why they do it. On the other hand the migrants eat up this windfall, so the same politicans undermine the gain. Large chunks of the population aren't a net tax gain, and any housing they use degrades over time, very detroit.
my heart broke a little bit while watching this, especially with the 1890’s mansion. all the homes would be so beautiful if they were maintained. it kinda feels somber that such huge, beautiful homes are wasting away. especially when so many people go without shelter every day
I grew up in TO. There is no reason to ever pay 1 Mil to live anywhere. We let property costs get crazy. Housing cost should be regulated.
That problem is in all over the world. If I had it my way, if you own a property and it is vacant for more than a few months the city should tax you at 10+% of the value a year. That would ensure that the homes get sold or advertised for rent at reasonable prices.
I second that.
Something like this has actually been implemented in Vancouver (I can't remember the tax amount). It really hasn't done much though.
They should raise the tax amount so that the foreign investor/speculator would get hit hard if s/he dares to leave the house vacant.
Or better yet, follow the New Zealand route and completely shut out all foreign speculators from the housing market.
Please be our world leader! 😘
Land tax is definitely the solution. Land hoarding is ruining most Western cities at the minute. In Ireland every builder just applies for planning permission, passes it, then sells that land on again at a massive increase. Nothing actually gets built they're just flipping sites endlessly.
It'd be a great shame if the 1800s mansion was torn down. You really wouldn't see a building like that demolished here in the UK.
TheKieranator They will tear down anything over here if money’s involved
There's not many people here who would buy that. In Britain, there's lot of old money so the huge estate lifestyle is a thing but here, not really.
@@tatydial12 Canada is part of The New World so there is new money. Canada has plenty of land & raw building resources such as lumber, wood, steel, aluminum so it’s in our nature to build & rebuild....a luxury small Britain doesn’t have.
I moved east 10 yrs, and it was getting bad then. I miss a lot of what Toronto has to offer. But now I live in a basically stress free place with houses starting at 30 thousand, and no virus!
“This is right out of the 80s, that’s for sure.” I can picture Tony Montana sitting in that tub, smoking a cigar.
it’s so weird to think about how at one point the house was full of furniture and life, look at it now, kind of sad
I know it’s a weird sight to see and thank about
Exactly
it’s not toronto without cranes all over downtown
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I have to agree with your statement. I was there last year for the corey hart concert. and I could not believe the amount of construction going on in the city.
its not toronto without plywood floors on union station for 30 years
@@dwldjon Lol, like walking through a construction site... wait...
For someone that lives in Toronto this is such an awesome video! I honestly didn’t know how many abandoned places there were in Toronto.
I have no words for the huge amount of loss and waste😔
Mans gotta do a Toronto fan meetup
Sincerely, A fan from Toronto
One day!
@Scumfuck McDoucheface I love your name😌
@Scumfuck McDoucheface Windsor aint that bad is it?
@@BrightSunFilms Pick an empty mansion! Large venue, easy to book, enough mold to fill a game dungeon. What's not to love?
That'll be the day!
- a fan from a small town about an hour from Toronto
I had to move out of Toronto cause I couldn’t afford it anymore. I wish the city would develop more affordable housing and not just condos for the rich. The whole city is losing its culture and charm though. All my favourite mom and pop shops gone, priceless landmarks like Honest Eds in my old hood gone too. No longer the city I fell in love with.
Same had to move out to Kingston, nice here but also prices rising out here already... fucking nutters, I'm going to move back to newfoundland soon if this keeps up!
Tell that to the greedy city government. A third of the cost developers Dave when building are directly tied to govt fees and taxes
real talk i miss honest eds....in spanish we could call it "las bolas" (the balls) because of all the bulb shaped lights it was my fav place to go after a visit to my doctors down the street on bloor.
RJ Carrillo I really wish whoever designed the condo buildings going up there would have incorporated the original Honest Eds signs into the building, they were iconic! I loved the way it lit up Bathurst and Bloor, it gave it so much character.
Nick True. The city used to have much more colour than it does now. It's been sold to corporations. So sad.
I live in that neighborhood and I absolutely hate that people just let these beautiful homes rot.
Land Development Engineer from the GTA here, The abandoned mansions are sad, but it is all part of a cycle that will hopefully bring more affordable housing to the GTA. You are going to see a lot of single family homes on big lots get converted into several dwellings over the next couple years. Unfortunately the approval process for land development stuff takes an extremely long time, decades in some cases, that is why these houses lay dormant for so long. I still wouldn't suggest trespassing or squatting since there technically still is an owner.
Honestly what suprises me and honestly disheartens me is that with these buildings and pretty much all the abandoned things that are gone into detail on this channel is that how much money goes into all of these invesments, projects, businesses, and they just end up abandoned, the money gets thrown into a metaphorical void that at this point could have done so much more for neighbors, communities, society as a whole rather than ending up as the equivalent of continental paper weights on the planet.
Great series, always love to watch and learn the deep history behind all of these, just shame it's all something became history when it could have been so much more.
I'm always shocked by how much gets left behind. The kitchen cabinets, the lights, the doors, (maybe) the windows, hell even the light switch covers could have beeen taken down and used in other homes. Now they're probably covered in mold and worthless.
@@maryvon8518 yeah, i can't imagine some stuff can't least be salvaged before being left to rubble and ruin
@Charlie Vetsworth i know, the rich only want to get richer, just a fact of life at this point unfortunately
My heart breaks for these homes. I grew up a good chunk of my life in a small 100 year old mansion and my parents poured so much love and care into it. These houses are art consumed in corruption and decay. Painful to watch.
Used to travel to Toronto on business twice a month. Never realized this existed. Great footage.
Yeah anyone who in America needs a passport to visit Canada.
You sure are brave going into those abandoned mansions, that scene in which that bathroom still had power, legit terrified me, I was half expecting some kind of ghost or slasher to appear
Everyone watching this is like “oh my god 5 million dollars for a lot” and everyone from Toronto watching this is like “yes”
I live in Richmond Hill and it is easily one of the worst places to live. It's ugly, boring, has no decent restaurants or shopping and is so damned overpriced, I don't understand why anyone would live here...me included. I would move if my circumstances were different (family thing) The people are so pretentious and it's nothing but ugly condos and houses that are way to big for the tiny lots. Zero character and zero quality of life, constant traffic problems and construction everywhere. It's a nightmare! Stay away!
There are way too many of these Mcmansion's in the GTA
I used to do ductwork installations in new construction some years back
Ridiculous oversized junk!
lol same my family has 2 condos but we live in a four garage house in Richmond hill and it has no places to go
Toronto suburbs, like Richmond Hill, are mostly ugly! Your description nailed it. Condo and town home crammed, zero character, cement neighborhoods. Fortunately for me, I live south of Bloor near High Park in former Toronto. Homes and neighborhoods with distinct character, lush greenery tree lined streets, shops within walking distance - that's the way to live, especially for the average Torontonian :)
@@maxs.455 "crammed" is a better use of land space as opposed to over-sized "sprawling" houses that are completely impractical to live in (walking from point'A'to point'B', cleaning, heating/cooling)
a lot of the townhouses built are actually quite elegantly done, ngl, even though I fully appreciate old houses
Also suspicious that you are a Torontonian, with your American spelling of "neighborhood"🤔
@@walterbrunswick The world uses & prefers Americanized spelling, vocabulary, vernacular, slang....get with the program (not programme) 👀
Ya first I thought the random dude was crazy. Then I saw his art and felt so bad like mama said never judge or assume. Humble man
He was genuinely so kind.
Ya I need a reality check. I judged hard thanks for the reply. And I love all your videos.
Best of life
I was giving respect and it’s a house that is left neglected and abandoned so why not let someone put the house to use. Unless he’s causing harm or illegal stuff I’d say good for him. And hope he catches his break
I am blown away on how beautiful you guys made this documentary. Thanks for the great work!
That's insane. McMansion Hell needs to do a Canada special...
that last house is so gorgeous,, its so sad to see it in such disarray, and it'll probably be replaced by some ugly mcmansion ://
Make sure to paint everything, black, white, and grey! Don't forget the shiplap.
My Dad’s family lived there for close to 20 years, when he was growing up. Late ‘40s to mid-late ‘60s. It was a red brick Georgian style house when my grandparents owned it. The front entranceway was also different.
I feel this could have been made in any first world city at the moment. Here in London (UK) it has gotten so bad with foreign investment that now some of the most exclusive parts of London don't have many people actually living there. Probably has a lot to do with dirty money.
@@jaylward7216 What the hell are you talking about? I can't tell if this is a joke because your punctuation is terrible.
@@jaylward7216 Having read your comment again, I think you're trying to brag about the American property market. To quote you ''y'all hate on America where this doesn't happen''. I highly suggest you actually go to school. In 2007/2008 a financial crash took place in the US, caused BY A PROPERTY BUBBLE!
This is exactly and without question what is happening again, just in more cities. AND YES THAT INCLUDES THE US.
Of course being American, you don't seem to remember your own financial crash that caused a world recession.
I've also watched this video and re-read my own comment and I can't one mention of the US. So I'd love you to explain your comment about people 'hating' on you.
Grow up you tit. You give your fellow Americans a bad name.
@@jaylward7216 Did you literally just say "America has never been better for actual working people" while the US has the highest unemployment rate and the highest loss of income for those not unemployed since the great depression? Our government is literally fighting over another stimulus that should have gone out months ago! People are losing their houses left and right. And all anyone can do is fight like a bunch of high schooler rooting for their favorite football team. America has never been WORSE for actual working people.
@@dylvasey As an American, don't listen to Jeff. We have the same issues in our largest cities. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Washington DC just to name a few.
@@jaylward7216 What are you talking about? I never 'heard' anything. I stated a fact.
Now I'm getting a little annoyed. You want me to believe that you ..... You who cannot spell and can't seem to grasp basic punctuation earns $120,000 a year? Hahahahah. I don't wish to put you down, but if that's the case, the average wage must be well over a million!
As for your racist ending, I really don't understand what you are alluring too. You truly are a strange little man.
The US, like most countries at the moment is in recession, boarding on a depression. You mentioned there has never been a better time for a working man in the US. Tell that to the roughly 10% of your country that are unemployed - Most of whom are newly unemployed. Are you even aware that over 40M people had to use food banks in the US last year? For you to try to show off to me, about money is disgusting at a time when your own countrymen are suffering horrendously.
Lastly, you know nothing about me. I live in one of the worlds most expensive cities. In a country with one of the best education systems. With one of the best average wage in the world. Trust me when I say trying to show off to me is futile and childish.
This really puts on full display the affordable housing crisis taking place in the country, It's just now become more visible than it was a year or two ago.
Yep, there’s a reason I still live at home at 35 years old. Housing prices in and around Toronto are bloody ridiculous!
Modern world. Where we have homeless problem and regular people cannot afford homes. Meanwhile there is many houses abandoned like these mansions are.
The last mansion was gorgeous. The cornice work, chair railing...especially for the time it was built? It would’ve cost a small fortune. It would make an amazing bread and breakfast. Too bad that gorgeous house is going to be torn down for a mega McMansion. Thank you for the episode!
Amazing finds. I appreciate the obvious research you put into your videos to provide context to what we're seeing. So many others just wander through while speculating ignorantly about what they see. Thanks for sharing.
I am happy to live far far north away from big cities.
Can I give you a suggestion? I think you should do a part two to this, where you look at more of these. I think all of us who watched would like to see more. c:
Replace Toronto with London, New York, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Etc and nothing changes. Big, expensive horse rotting away while young people struggle to even buy a bathroom!
Lol 😆 funny comment but it is sadly true.
I'd rather the new development than it being run down and old. Imagine if only the homes from the 1950's were left or that no money was brought in to help growth.
Agreed! London is much worse than toronto is now, I don't know how anyone lives in London...
That's what happens with Neo-Liberal economic policy. The government really needs to build more subsidized housing. Or just subsidize the cost of current homes.
Not to mention the need to outlaw foreign home buyers.
I'll never buy a home in Toronto or the GTA. Better save up to live in a trailer or box
All these abandoned visit videos look like found footage film to me. Makes me uneasy, yet I can't stop watching. Stay safe out there. Thank you for sharing these content.
I’m so happy this video showed up on my home page! Well done guys!
I’ve been a fan for years. But this one was knocked right out of the park. Beautifully done in terms of how you shot and edited, as well as narration. Fascinating, thought-provoking, and without being overtly political. Urbex meets investigative reporting meets CBS Sunday Morning meets CZcams. Holy shit. Y’all just made me a massive fan from an already big fan. Bigger fan than even those exhaust fans in the attic of the elderly gentleman’s former home. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that and comments like this are why I love doing this!
Been to a few of these mansions shown in this video, there’s a mansion NEXT to the Bridle Path one he showed, some weird shit goes on there. Only few have been inside. I checked it out from the exterior with a buddy, all we did was look through some windows and left.. by the time we walked to our car down the road and drove by, there was a SUV with the gas running in the driveway. We didn’t notice any cameras or sensors or alarms or anything. But people showed up within MINUTES to do who knows what to us if we stayed... The inside is filled with furniture and alcohol and clothes and bedding and luggage, its weird af. Something sketchy going on for sure.
Creepy!
Bryan Cheron yep it was weird man. Havent been back in that area since but i will definitely return soon
Child trafficking safe house. Maybe.
Where is it?
@@DVincentW
Good call... Cannabis factory? We get that a lot over here in the UK.
Romanian child/people smugglers take over abandoned properties and use them as "halfway houses".
The Cannabis Factories are often manned by a couple of Vietnamese "Gardeners" smuggled into the country and basically farm the weed 24/7, never leaving the house in order to avoid detection. The dealers use runners to drop them off food and clothing etc.
Born and raised in North York, I've witnessed the meteoric rise of condos along Yonge & Finch to Sheppard & Yonge in the past 20 years. It feels like every other day, another unaffordable shoebox condo or apartment building pops up out of nowhere. A lot of these luxury condos, raise the prices of the surrounding houses which 25 years ago might have sold for 350k-500k for a reasonably sized bungalow. Today most of these old bungalow's are sold for 900k-1.5m depending on the market. Unfortunately, these are immediately torn down by developers who then go to work creating (most of the time) a soulless cookie-cutter "monster house". And these "monster houses" are then sold for 2 million to 3 million+. Further driving up the costs of housing in the area to the point where the people who were born in the neighbourhood can no longer even dream of purchasing their own home.
This series is class! Ive been watching for ages and I love it!
Amazing how that 3rd house fell into such a state of disrepair after just 7 years of no-one living there.
$2k per month for rent is only for the cheapest houses in the poorest parts of the city I live in. For a 3 bed/1 bath home they start at $2400/m. The average house price is on 1M. The problem with foreign investment in housing is it becomes unaffordable, pushing up prices of goods and services to the point the economy slows down. Now my country is in stagflation with a decreasing OCR and increasing house prices at 10%pa.
For some of these mansions: T___T It gets me thinking on why not just hire a realtor to live in those building to maintain it for FREE instead of letting the element takes its place which will overall degrade the value of the home itself. Not everyone who can afford these plans to demonish them to build a new (either due to additional cost or 'time' the construction would take).
It would have only taken a small under 1% fraction of the cost to upkeep the building that way.
In my old neighborhood there was a builder who would let his employees live there free until it sold. The people would move every 8-9 months but they were living for free, the home was occupied so it would sell better and not become a nuisance or eyesore to the neighborhood.
What an expertly done film! I love how you weave your narration and cinematography with hard facts. Well done! Please, keep making more films like this!
That last one should be on the heritage register and protected from demolition. Cities should not be approving luxury homes when they are sitting empty. And as a Canadian, I want to see a ban on foreign ownership.
Same thing happening here in America, particularly from Chinese investors. I’ve been saying for years it shouldn’t be allowed to happen
Then tell other Canadians to stop buying in Florida, Arizona, Dubai, etc. What you are stating is foolish.
@@petert1692 those countries are welcome to set their own policies for foreign owners.
That wouldn’t solve anything
@@ezeo.7315 it would reduce aggregate demand for real estate, especially when a lot of demand is coming from countries with stronger currencies, lower taxes, higher wages, and huge grey economies/corruption proceeds.
The 1890s mansion is so beautiful. I wish someone would save it...
Same.
Excellent video, and very sad. Also, great music mix. I really enjoyed this one.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT FILM!! YOU GUYS HAVE GOT THIS DOWN AND ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK...THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING US SUCH INTERESTING STORIES AND LOCATIONS AND TOLD SO WELL. CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP GOING ON !
No abandoned mansions here, too bourgeois for my country
😂😂😂I almost choked.
😂😂😂I almost choked.
I seriously thought you were dead....and your sis killed you.....😬😬😬
You so crazy Kim!!
Haha at least yall got them durr tape worms😄🙌🏼
I grew up in New Jersey in the United States, in an area where 2 bedroom homes sell for $700k as the norm. In 2014 I moved to a smaller Midwestern city for work after graduating college. The city I live in now has a stagnant population growth (with about as many people moving away and dying as there are people moving here). The average home sells for around $180k. I cannot tell you how much of a relief it is to live in an area where my rent ONLY goes up 2% a year... Its no glorified NYC or Miami Beach, but its better for my mental health.
As long as China continues to eclipse the economies of the West, world class cities like Toronto, NYC and Vancouver will only continue to see foreign investment driving up costs. You can try to make it better by implementing taxes on foreign purchases, but I'd imagine that will become moot as investors just find other ways to get around taxes (shell companies).
How about imposing new laws that residential homes can only be purchased by individuals and outlawing corporate structures to purchase residential homes. That will atleast make sure that all beneficial ownership information is known. Canadian citizens who were born and raised here, paid income taxes all their lives should be entitled to affordable access to housing and should have a say on these matters. something is terribly wrong when the government no longer serves the interests of citizens who were born and raised here.
Love the 30's music. (19min) really nice touch to the video. Helps the viewer imagine the house in its prime.
It is so sad to see these beautiful houses falling apart. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Watching this from my $400k+ tiny little North York condo that won’t be paid off any time soon. The wealth in this city is really just astounding.
Grew up smack dab in the middle of downtown and can no longer live in my home city. The cultures and people who made Toronto cool and interesting different are long gone. Now it's all people from out of town and chain restos.
It's spelled *RESTAURANT* 😐
Yeah probably..
And all the people fleeing from Toronto are driving up property and rental prices elsewhere... Not a personal attack or anything, it's just the issues plaguing Toronto real estate ripple far beyond even the GTA.
Cat D Stratford Ontario, many people from Toronto move here…
Yup, Toronto is no fun anymore, whenever I'm in the core, I ensure I have a pocket full of joints to keep me sane till I get to a calmer area of town.
I think this is one of my favorite episodes you've done, Jake.
I did some driving lessons in the Bridle Path two summers ago and my teacher kept pointing out all the abandoned places!
"until the family moved to a larger home" haha... I'm laughing as I live in a 1,300 Sq ft home I'm perfectly happy with. The brick home was my top pick.
god i wish that were me
The same thing is happening in the Tower Grove neighborhood of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Developers are now building $300,000 houses, but the average income for the people who live in the Tower Grove neighborhood is about $20,000 per year. It makes no sense. This will all backfire 10 years from now.
Hello I am loving all your videos and I am originally from London Ontario and I also live in Port Colborne Ontario for 8 years and I see so many abandoned homes and buildings and malls ! Blessing and keep safe on all your journeys!
Incredible intro! You really nailed the hook.
it's a shame that third house might be torn down. It's so nice inside and still in pretty good condition. Houses aren't built like this anymore
Abandoned: Toronto. Wait. Wrong series.
Abandoned: Washington State
Abandoned: Oregon State
Abandoned California
just watch.....people are leaving blue states like crazy lolz
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@@anuj638 it's sad to see Trump supporters can't even spell their Republican Choice properly as well as they're using the Liberian flag. Also it's the year 2020, not 202, I pray to God this is a joke
@@darthXreven You'd better hope everyone doesn't leave Democratic states because who's going to then susidize all the poverty stricken red states?
There is something so calming yet so sad about walking through these abandoned mansions. I wish I could join you guys for one of these :). Subscribed!
This was a great piece. Also you guys are brave as hell for going into these homes. When the lights turned out I got the creeps.