Some abandoned houses are stripped bare. This one is not. The post that published these photographs says the house is believed to have been abandoned since 2012 or 2013, and that it once belonged to the “H” family — the surname shortened to a single letter. A decade on, the rooms still hold the things a family actually used: a wedding portrait, a film projector, a record player, a dresser full of crockery.
The post was published in February 2022, and the photographs are from a visit by the explorer and a fellow explorer. Everything in this article comes from that post and from the five photographs shown here. No address is given, and the family’s full surname is not given either — only the letter H.
A house that looks tired from the road
The featured photograph is the outside of the house, and it is not a grand one. A weathered grey rendered two-storey house, with a ground-floor extension whose wide white-framed window still has cups and mugs lined up on the sill. A sliding door stands at the left, half hidden by a bare bush. In the foreground, a wooden bird feeder on a pole stands in dry, overgrown grass. A satellite dish is fixed to the wall upstairs.
It is the kind of house that could be any street in any town, which is part of what makes the photographs work. There is no broken roof, no collapsed wall, no drama from the outside — just a house that has not been kept, with grass growing long and curtains that have not been drawn in years.
The couple on the sideboard
Inside, the first thing the photographs show is the couple. A framed black-and-white wedding portrait stands on a sideboard: a man in a suit, a woman in a white dress holding flowers, standing outside a building that looks like a church. Next to it, a colourful embroidered tapestry shows figures and trees, and a yellow jug decorated with musical notes stands beside a tall purple vase and a blue-and-white bowl.
The post says the explorer was amazed at what he and his fellow explorer found, “from a old camera, tv and old vinyl record player, to pictures of the orderly couple and much more”. The wedding portrait is the face of the house. Whoever the H family were, their wedding day was still on display, framed, more than a decade after the house was last lived in.
A second framed wedding photograph appears in another photograph, on top of the dresser. The couple’s pictures were not packed away. They were left where they had always stood.
The projector, the suitcase and the record player
The other three photographs are a small museum of one household’s pastimes. An old cream Eumig film projector sits on a table next to a worn brown leather suitcase, with framed pictures on the patterned wallpaper behind and a lace cloth and papers on the table. A large light-wood pine cabinet stands beside an open wooden dresser crowded with crockery — teacups, saucers, a teapot, a cow-shaped jug — with books, another framed wedding photo, the yellow musical-notes jug and the blue-and-white bowl.
The last photograph is a close-up of an old wooden record player with a vinyl record on it, sitting next to a vintage radio receiver in a wooden case, on top of an old CRT television. The patterned carpet below is worn and dusty.
These are not valuable antiques. They are the ordinary equipment of a home that liked its music and its films: a projector, a record player, a radio, a television. The post says the house was “a beautiful once used home”, and the photographs support that — everything is worn from use, not from damage.
What the photographs prove, and what they do not
- The house was still furnished when photographed, with personal items in place: confirmed by all five photographs.
- The house is believed to have been empty since 2012 or 2013: the post’s belief, not a verified date.
- The house belonged to a family whose surname begins with H: stated in the post, full surname not given.
- The couple in the wedding portraits lived here: a reasonable reading of the post, but their names are not given.
- The exact location, the reason the house was left, and what has happened to it since the February 2022 post: not given anywhere in the post, and not stated here.
That gap is worth stating plainly. The photographs are a visit, not a history. They show what was left, not why it was left.
For a contrast with a house that is lived in and on the market, see this 1902 home in Alexandria, Minnesota, still lived in and for sale, where the questions are about upkeep and price rather than about what a closed house leaves behind. More houses in this condition are gathered in the abandoned houses archive and in abandoned mansions, and the site’s front page is abandoned.blog.
FAQ
Where is the “H” family house?
No location is given in the post, and none is given here.
How long has it been empty?
The post says it is believed to have been abandoned since 2012–2013. That is the post’s estimate, not a verified date.
Who were the “H” family?
The post gives only the initial H, short for a surname it does not spell out. No names are given here.
What was left inside?
A wedding portrait, an Eumig film projector, a leather suitcase, a pine cabinet and dresser full of crockery, a record player, a vintage radio and an old CRT television, among other things — as shown in the five photographs here.
When were these photographs taken?
The post was published in February 2022. The photographs are from the explorer’s visit around that time.
Is the house for sale?
No sale information is given in the post, and none is claimed here.
Can I visit it?
No visiting information is given here, and entering private property without permission is not encouraged.
Disclaimer
This article is general information only, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Rules on abandoned and private property differ by state and county; check county/local records and a local professional before acting.
Photos
Photos by Luke2Explore, via the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/Luke2Explore/posts/old-abandoned-housebelieved-to-have-been-abandoned-since-2012-2013once-belonged-/319801653515146/ — 5 of the 24 photos are shown here.