A game fence by a busy Finnish highway. And a gate, which asks to be closed.
The fellow urbexer, who I met the previous summer and who shares their discoveries with me, calls this place ‘The House Behind The Game Fence’. That’s why I’ll also call it that way.
I already found this location when I went to pick up my stuff from my family’s home earlier that spring. I was supposed to explore it after the Entrepreneur’s Farm, but it turned out, that the location could only be seen when driving the road to one direction. From the other direction it was invisible because of a forest. That’s why I this time arrived deliberately from the right direction to spot it.
And there it is as seen from the forest obstructing it. A rather large old farm house, which has seen better days. And a strange scaffolding around it.
Somebody has deliberately cut a square shaped hole in the wall. And somebody has obviously tried to set it on fire at some point.
Remains of an old looking bottle on the yard.
And an equally old, intact bottle. Looks like there are old things ahead.
A look inside the basement shows what looks like metallic roof sheets.
Even the telephone is enjoying the beautiful Finnish summer.
Among the mess in the basements are very old magazines and newspapers. One of them is advertising a trip to Cairo. This is probably from the 1970’s, as that was when ordinary Finns started to travel abroad.
And here you can see the house. The metallic sheets in the basement are probably because the roof seems almost brand new. This might also explain the primitive scaffolding. Somebody started renovating and again quit. This seems to be a very typical story on my explorations.
The door is open. So why not head in.
First looks from the hall show extremely old interior materials, excessive vandalism and two contrary messages. The Finnish one says ‘you’ll going to regret’.
Sports pages from 1997. They are surprisingly modern considering what I’ve seen so far. Or then that is the date when the new roof was built.
Back then I had just turned eight. I was on second grade and knew nothing about abandoned buildings.
Now this is an interesting and a pretty working innovation. The benches in the hall also act as storage space for small things.
And here we have a far older newspaper. The other ad is of a local hockey match between Ilves and Tappara, the other one is of a home electronics store. It promises to ‘bring Grenoble to your living room’, which means that it is probably from early 1968. That was when the Olympics were held there.
And here we have the first room. A very old chair and a very innovative, yet old foldable double bed.
Looks like a very old telephone book.
I don’t know anything about renovating, but it looks like they’ve put old newspapers between the old and new wallpapers when renovating. Again pretty interesting.
A very old oven.
And an attempt at my traditional, classic window shots. Not one of my best, though.
A different kind of oven. I’m still a bit confused about the dates in the newspapers. Everything in this house just screams that it hasn’t been abandoned in the late 1990’s, as the newest item shows.
A fairly fancy lamp. Which doesn’t hang straight any more.
Let’s move on in the following post!