Very sad news. Why are they demolishing beautiful properties like this.

What a waste of a good home.

Ethan Minnie did they salvage anything from the house?

Ethan Minnie, so sad! I would take that house in heartbeat. I agree, that would be my dream house too.

@@AuntyM66 like a lot of places, as cities expand the cost of the land exceeds the cost of the building on it. grab a garden build an apt block get 7 times your money back. its all greed/economics depending who you listen to

Jeremy T Baseboards made from cardboard, yuk. Why are the well built houses being demolished?

@@irenemax3574 yes, painted compressed cardboard to reduce cost. People want new and what looks pretty at the time I suppose.

I 100% agree with you. The house I grew up in was built in 1961 by a guy who had a couple of helpers. Not like the subdivisions that go up overnight. The house was sold in 2015 and was literally the same condition as 1961. Solid wood everywhere.

Aint that the truth. So sad

You Got That Right

Yup totally agree

I feel the same. My Best. Out.

House made of Lego blocks better built then these modern one

Hurts my soul too! Absolutely no reason to destroy beauty and quality for modern junk.

Kim Dalessandro People used to take care of things. Made better & lasted longer.

If you read his description - because it has not been sitting vacant since ‘62 - you’ll see the ppl lived there until the end of 2019. Also - HOW DOES THE HOUSE HAVE ELECTRIC?

@@JenDoe1 Good point. Why would they leave the electric on if it's going to be demolished?

My thoughts exactly !!

Agree my home back in Kentucky was built in 1962 and still stands TODAY real wood nothing cheap INSIDE NICELY BUILT, THATS *IN MY OLD HOME* TEARS 'boo' who ITS H O M E I'm no longer there older and went to CALIFORNIA

I agree

That's damn well sure. Prefab shit that will fall apart in less than 10 years, and is likely to have nowhere near, the same character and charm this place has. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

Ugh, that house is amazing! I’d love to find a house like that and renovate it but still keep that mid century vibe. My husband is crazy about mad men/ TMMM.

I'm in love with this house

Prob depends on if there is any mildew smell in the rug or anything like that.

Kelly Henderson I was wondering the reason for the demolition. 🤔. What a beauty!

if there's a mildew smell in the carpet. clean the carpet. no need to knock the whole house down !!!

You Got That Right

I loved that bathroom too !!

I agree! This house would make me so happy!

Thanks David, I appreciate it!

Yes they know it’s gonna he knocked down. They sold to the builder

Ethan Minnie 😱

Kristi Evans I’m assuming owners died and kids or even grandkids perhaps sold to builder.

ABSOLUTELY FAKE as I note I was alive and a 1963 home looks nothing like this. from the wall outnet numbers to the moulding not available and on and on. this is much newer. The man picked the wrong fake date to be original and untouched. There are thousands of people doing this same thing . and it only works as few would Be able to tell you all that is WRONG that did not exist.

Bo Staph-Maverix people had to update outlets to accommodate today’s devices .

@@darlenestone2983 You would not understand having not done electrical work. the original wiring would not have had that number of boxes on any given wall to install all those boxes and updated the wall would have to have been torn out to get at the wriing the suggestion the house was untouched defeats this suggestion. So either the man is lying about the age and it being untouched. The house is more modern as in the 1970's or later as we have suggested from evidence in the images seen.. few online would know what a 1963 home wall construction wiring electical outlets moulding etc would look like. The man is a few things and reputable and Honest are not the words that come to mind.

@@bostaph-maverix5836 : Whether he got the date wrong or not, makes no difference as the house is gorgeous and immaculate anyway, and should NOT, be destroyed. Also, the outside looks pretty, damn, 60s looking to me. Maybe the inside got renovated at some point but it's still, retro and very beautiful. OK? My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

Ivan J. Conway right I agree, I think the whole point is that someone is tearing down a perfectly good, clean home. I don’t care if it’s from the 1960’s or from 2005 made to look like 1960’s, the fact that it’s a well taken care of clean home that’s being bulldozed in favor of building new is what stings.

Thank u!

Came up today on mine too! New sub here!

Mint condition, yes. It's a damn, crime. My Best. Out.

YES!! God Bless You Garden, EXACTLY!!!! I rale about this endlessly. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

Why are houses now so blank?

@Randy Shackleford: I have no idea. Another trend I hate is, no curtains on windows. Or, only a valance. It's so cold and sterile looking.

@Ivan J. Conway: Thanks for your kind words. God's blessings to you, too. We all need it, these days.

@@gardendormouse6479 : Thank You Garden, I completely, agree. I've been years now, screaming my head off with the direction the current, modern, interior design, trends seem to increasingly, be going but sadly, there is not enough of us out there, doing this, to make a difference it seems. Sterile is an extremely, good word for pretty near, everything to do with current, modern, interior design, and unbelievably, we seem to be going ever, further in that direction as if we have not gone far enough already. How much more white and bare can we go, anyway? Places now, are pretty much, all white; completely, open concept for as much as they can get away with; and as bare and basic as you can possibly, make a place; then if that were not bad enough, they have to be throwing all this metallic shit in, everywhere, to seal that coldness and sterility still, even, further. It's driving me absolutely, crazy! Then they will say; well, we want things "bright" and "uncluttered" as if the slightest thing to make a place the least bet warm and cozy will send them into some sort of confused, frenzy or something. Never in my life, have I heard so much ridicules nonsense concerning anything that even, smacks of warmth and coziness as I've had to put up with, over the past, 20 odd, years or so. Isn't 20 odd, years about as long as any trend will last? Why the hell, are we not starting to see things change now?! Two things I hate with a bitter, burning, passion, that being; current, modern, pop music, and current, modern, architecture and interior design. I loath both beyond words. I honestly, don't understand the mentality that allows people to be comfortable with pretty much, any of this. I blame a lot of it on the computer age and the computer mentality everybody seems to be developing; stark, dry, dead, cold and extremely, sterile. I don't think it's any coincidence that we see this level of blandness and sterility in interior design at the very same time that computers, smart phones and modern technology have completely, taken over our lives. We are not connected with nature and the natural world any longer, very few of us anyway, very seldom, so we don't see that reflected in the world around us. Browns are evil now. Greens are evil now. Unpainted, hardwood on anything other than your floor, is evil now. Bad, backward, dated and passe. But it's all these things, and these very colours that have always, added warmth, comfort, character and charm to a place. Always. Then things designed with intricate detail to add that added touch of sophistication as well. I personally, still, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, spindles and ornate legs on things, and things of that nature, and would have as much of it in my place as I could get away with, if I had my own place to do it in. And tons and tons of various shades of greens and browns everywhere! There would be NO, damn, open concept as I love my rooms and the change and privacy they provide, and to hell with all this stupid, minimalist, nonsense as I'd have my place chalk full of lovely, wonderful, things that would add as much warmth, coziness and character and charm as I could create. Even renting, I've done a lot of that now, already. And drapes; yes, I'd have tons of luscious, luxurious, drapes everywhere, with wonderful, rich, colour in them again. Love sheers too, but with and in front of the drapes for extra privacy and coziness as we've done forever, until recent years. Absolutely, EVERYTHING, that is NOT, being done today, and I'd be damn, proud of it, as well, and no one would EVER, make me feel it's the least bet "DATED" AT ALL! There needs to be certain, basic, standards in interior design that are recognized and considered TIMELESS, for EVERY, generation and I think some of those I've included here. So yes, it pains me beyond words, when I see lovely, older, places like this, that maybe, need to be tweaked just a little, to make them more cozy, more to modern standards, completely, gutted as we see in these shit, reno shows, or destroyed altogether, to make way for some matchbox mansion, as another commentator called them, that will be as bland, boring and typical as anything, and that may fall apart in maybe, half the time it's taken for this place to stand here, in this video. It's not improvements at all, but decided, downgrades on every level. So it's an extremely, sad time indeed, for those of us who have more, "old school" taste, and wish to see SOME, older things PRESERVED, as they are part of our collective history and SHOULD, be preserved, anyway! IN TACT, pretty much. Would you not agree? Sorry I was so, long winded there, but this is something that has been tormenting me terribly, for years now. Two, full, damn, decades to be precise, and I'm pretty much, beside myself with it all, now. My Retro/Vintage Best. Stay In and Be Safe. Out For Now.

Indeed. Soon, if we keep going in our current, direction people will be crying to get back to looks and styles more like this, anyway. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

i THINK THE PAST OWNERS MOVED IN BACK IN `62. i think the house itself dates back further than that; maybe 1952-54? I see styling cues that tell me it's older than that.

Thank you so much!!

Thanks Ivan!

Totally agree and thanks for the tour! What a nice throwback to a simpler time!

@Katherine Guthrie Thank You. I don't watch Ethan's videos much, anymore, as I find them too upsetting. Much Love and Warmest Wishes. Be Well and Safe. Out.

Hallelujah to that no imagination and no style. I'm in need of a new reclining love seat sized cloth covered manual action piece to replace my 20 yr old one and I can't find anything as nice as what I have it's all look a like no matter what store you go in all grey or graphite 1960's ugly crap no style no color like everyone likes the same garbage. My love seat is a beautiful Emerald green(with other tiny fibers of red and blue that make up the look) and is like a troweld chenille matterai cleans nicely and has worn like iron since I have lots of animals both dogs and cats. One mechanism came apart and I can't find anyone to fix it. Otherwise I'd ha happy with it for another decade.

Exactly, Mary. Spruce up the inside a little, maybe, but beyond that, leave everything else, pretty much, as is. Lovely style, lovely construction, actual, damn, rooms for a change! Pretty much, perfect as is. I hope people start a movement to stop this insanity soon, as too much older, vintage, character and charm is being stripped from this world and being replaced with stuff that is nowhere near, any better. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

Greedy people with money.

lori dunham thank you so much!

My thought as well. Must be a strip mall going in...

I read a new house is being rebuilt in the beginning with over 6,000 square feet, on this property, Too bad they can't keep parts of this house it's awesome.

That house is awesome. I'd love to just rent that basement.

Shadow Dancer I wondered the same thing myself. So many of the features were well crafted built-ins, so it would have been hard to remove that beauty without compromising it. But plenty of doors, handles (the lucite towel loops were sweet!) and even bath fixtures could have been salvaged. I work restoring homes of mostly wooden construction up through 1959, when the majority of building materials changed. But houses like this were built like fortresses! It is such a shame more people don’t see past a cosmetic change to keep these well built structures around for generations to come. Good luck with your restoration work!

It is! My Best. Out.

@Jeffrey Barton : Jeffery, do you honestly, think that what they will replace this place with will have even, one quarter of the character and charm that this place has?! I very, seriously, doubt it. The way architecture and design are going today, is utterly, disgusting. Completely, devoid of any, warmth and charm or heart and soul, at all. And nowhere nearly, constructed as well, either. There's two sides to everything, and this side is just as valid you know. Out.

@Jeffrey Barton : Yes, certainly, and you honestly, think they care, much, what goes in place here, unless it makes more, damn, money for them?! I highly, doubt it. As I said in one of my other comments; you'd understand fully, if the place were already, falling apart and were rat and mice infested and that sort of thing, but this place has that lovely, old school, charm, and we can clearly, see that it remains still, in mint condition. How many more of these places are going to be left in the world? It is typical of a style of building and architecture that is no more, and for that reason alone, not to mention it's still, in mint condition; it should be preserved and left, more or less, as is. But people who think ONLY, of money care nothing for things of this nature. For the sake of damn, money they would destroy everything in this world that is beautiful and has any real, character or charm, at all. And that I find highly, sickening. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

The most common reason is that the land far outshines the house in today’s market. These guys appear to be around Toronto. Super high prices.

I'm sick knowing this is getting demolished!!

I don’t know where you’re from but I do know that we have tons and tons of homeless shelters in United States and they choose not to use it because I’d rather use drugs some homeless shelters you have to be clean and you can’t use wall in their areas and you can’t have drugs on you so a lot of the homeless choose not to do anything about being homeless a lot of them if you talk to him he rather be homeless then get help I’m from the states that’s just where I’m from

Ah interesting, thanks

Back in the days when people were knowledgeable about canning and preserving their foods

I think this was crawl space under a part of the house. If it were for canned items there would have been shelving.

According to the information I was able to find.. the house was built in 62 and the basement was finished in 65.

@@andychris7647 I am safe, thank you 😊

And what they will replace them with will fall apart in a quarter of the time this place has stood here. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

The government wants to waste money for no apparent reason unfortunately. It’s pathetic I know 😒

@@annadaniel6405 : I'm not sure I understand this reply Anna. I think the government should enact stricter laws as to what can and cannot be destroyed. Any places that are 40 to 50 plus, years of age, that clearly, show the design styles of when they were built, should be considered of historical importance and preserved. Preserved for the fact they don't build houses in those styles any longer, and as time passes, these looks and styles will be increasingly, of architectural, historical, importance. Those that are disagreeing with me here, on this, are looking at it from an economic point of view and only, that alone, it seems. Also, if all this land development were being done to improve the communities as a whole, and to benefit as large a population base as possible, maybe, I could live with this more, maybe, but as always, it's about putting money in the pockets of the rich few, to make them that much richer still. Nothing more. Because, how much money will people need to move into these bright, spacious, modern, INFERIOR, places, anyway? Of course, it was only, the rich that ever, could afford to live in these older style homes, as well, as far as that goes, but this is about preserving older, vintage, architecture and style, for me, which simply, does not exist anymore and where no one today, is recreating anything similar, so these looks and styles are in danger of dying out and being forgotten forever. Sorry, I for one, do NOT, want to live in ONLY, an all white, open concept, world. Anyone in their right mind, with any level of taste, at all, shouldn't either. My Old School/Retro/Vintage Best. Be Well. Be Safe. Out.

Ivan J. Conway I’m from Detroit and there are tons of homes and other places that are in the poorest conditions yet they are still standing for whatever reason and it makes the community look bad. This place is obviously in top condition and it’s being torn down? That was why I made that comment. Sounds like a bunch of corporate greed for me. It’s pretty sad to think about. This place could’ve been saved. It could’ve been a beautiful family home but the rich would rather spend money for no apparent reason. I wholeheartedly agree that the government should enact stricter laws to save certain places because this place deserves it. But it seems like they don’t care about anything else but money. 😒

@@annadaniel6405 : I am extremely, pleased to see an American thinking and talking this way, and of course, I completely, agree. I've always, said that absolutely, everything should not come down to money, but blind, mindless, die hard, capitalist never can see that. So you see, despite popular opinion in the U.S., we have our die hard, capitalist here, as well, who seem to care for nothing but money and only that. Sacrifice absolutely, everything to the almighty dollar. Yes, corporate greed likely, sums this up nicely. Honestly, have you EVER, seen BETTER, abandoned homes as Ethan features in his videos?! I certainly, have not. Still, trying to figure out where, in Canada, this is. Must be some area rolling in money that's all I know. Yes Anna, Detroit is a very, sad state of affairs indeed. One of the worst cities in the U.S. if I'm not mistaken. I understand the government in the U.S. does not like to interfere in State affairs, and the people, themselves, do not seem to want this, but maybe, Detroit should be an exception here. Maybe with several million dollars infusion of capital into this city, maybe the residents there, could find a way to turn things around, again. Yes, you have rows on rows of lovely, older, homes in deplorable state. Extremely sad indeed. These neighbourhoods must have been absolutely, gorgeous at one time. I saw a video once, of Detroit back in the 50s and 60s and they compared it to today, and is was horribly, heartbreaking. Detroit was a really, nice place, once, and I'm lost as to why it can't be again. I remember being in Windsor, Ontario back in the mid 80s, as I was there on a summer, work term, and I had considered, crossing the boarder into the States to visit Detroit, to at least, say I've been out of Canada at least, once in my life, and I was told back then, that it was a place that you would not want to go into. And this was around, 1985/86. Can't imagine what it's like now. Regardless, I never had proper documents to get into the country, even, for a visit, anyway. But this was the mid 80s keep in mind, when cross boarder visiting and shopping was so much easier. Yes Anna, I don't know what's going to become of it all, Darling, I really, don't. I'm fighting for the preservation of vintage, architecture, and style and so forth, in an ever, increasing, dead, drab, dry, boring, all white, open concept, world but I feel like a voice crying in the wilderness, with the vast majority of people not even, caring, at all. But I will say, the comment section to most of Ethan's videos is quite, encouraging, indeed. It seems that I'm not as alone as I first thought. Even with younger people, which is quite, encouraging, indeed. All My Best. Be Well. Be Safe, Darling. Out.

Modernized in what way? If you mean turning it into a white, empty, shell then it's just as well it get torn down as everything that makes it worth saving would be gone anyway. Out.