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Port Hopeless House

Demolished House in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

Sep 30 2009

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Recent status Demolished
Location # 879

"From the road, we were already questioning the structural integrity of the house, as its roof appeared sunken in and warped. It looked as if the house could collapse in on itself like a house of cards at any moment. A closer look was mandatory, of course, curiosity continues to push the explorer forward.

The back of the house was wide open and the interior walls were leaning in opposing directions. A strange feeling of trepidation came over me as I took a few tentative steps inside. This trepidation was almost instantly justified, as only a few more steps forward revealed the collapsing living room and kitchen floor that had already begun swallowing the house whole. Steps were retraced back outside, but Ninja's voice urging me not to re-enter was already fading behind me as I slowly made my way back inside and peeked into the bathroom, which was suffering the same fate. Heart rate increased, and with palms sweating profusely, adrenaline rushed through me like heroin injected directly into the bloodstream.

A smart explorer minimizes risk and maintains control. I stepped back outside and regained my bearings. A few moments later, the should I or shouldn't I's took over, as I stood at the bottom of the staircase leading to the second floor. The staircase was leaning heavily to the right, waiting for its moment to collapse into the rest of the house and be swallowed up. The risk v reward factor comes into play. But curiosity killed the cat, it didn't pet it. I put some weight on the first stair, and then the second, and third, and fourth. The creeks of rusty nails loosening in the rotting wood grew louder with each step and I could feel the staircase slightly shifting under my weight.

Trust your instincts, follow your gut.

I gently stepped backwards down the stairs, shifting all of my weight to the left, and exited the house. Better safe than sorry, and dead."

-jerm IX

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9 years ago

The Photos I uploaded are mostly of whats inside the house. I took some other photos but I took them on my film cameras so I wont have them for a few days.

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9 years ago

*an abandoned trailer.

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9 years ago

I started to create a gallery but my internet isnt great so ill try to upload photos tomorrow. The staircase in this house isnt actually as broken as it says in the description as I was able to walk up it. Would not recommend walking around upstairs though. The neighbours dont have Windows facing the house so its not hard to get in unnoticed. Theres a trailer and some other stuff behind the house.

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12 years ago

Good set jerm and that is a fantastic disaster of a place. Oh the fun I could have there.

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14 years ago

OK I have one final gem to share with you Kent. This one is OLDER than all the rest. It looks like and old wooden sawmill behind some trees and beside a small creek on Lakeshore Rd in Clarington, Durham Region. Take Lakeshore past Port Granby and then past the 2 main tracks (where the CP and CN lines converge) and then keep heading west. Eventually on the south side is this beautiful wooden struct