Little Oak Place - Middlesex - Jan 2013 [Pic heavy]

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MrDan

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Little Oak Place

I don't know a great deal about this property, other than what I learned whilst mooching around.
I'm guessing it belonged to an asian family, and although basically a shell, still a very interesting visit for me.
Has great potential, but effectively a building site requiring A LOT of work.
It was a nice surprice to find an outbuilding on the land with a swimming pool and sauna!
I found a copy of The Sun from 2004, and also some polish reading material dated 2007 which I guess belonged to squatters.
The property is in a fairly affluent area on a road with around 50 other properties,
with an average house price of £1.8m and the highest recorded sale at £2.5m for one property.
Although not sure why this land is derelict, one can only assume that the owner either ran out of money
or started his work without planning permission, however of course, there are 101 other possible reasons.
As you'll see; the site has been vandalised, I can only be grateful that I don't think
there was much here in the first place to be trashed.
Sorry, I did try and reduce the amount of photos as much as possible :neutral:



1. Gated entrance from the road
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2. First glimpse of the house
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3. I hope you guys can appreciate just how big this house is
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4. Two front doors - One leading through the the first floor (ground level)
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5. The other leading to a staircase up to the second floor
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6. Not wanting to miss anything, I headed around the other side before going up stairs
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7. Curved stairs up
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8. Just about the only things in the main building that relates it to a habitable property
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9. Old eyeball light fittings, I can only presume these were removed from the building
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10. Maybe the builders left because they didn't have a good view of women to oggle at
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11. You can see just how secluded this site is, although near a main road
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12. So many large windows
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13. Some of the graffiti wasn't half bad
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14. The only way up to the third floor, there were no stairs *yet*
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15. Certainly needed a partner for this explore, and daylight I'm sure you guys can appreciate!
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16. I hope you don't mind heights
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17. ...and out on to the roof
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18. I might return in the summer to sunbathe :)
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19. Professional roofer required, any takers?
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20. Tiles supplied
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21. Trees, trees and more trees
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22. Back down to the 2nd floor, around the other side
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23. This is also your respawn point
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24. The builder's choice
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25. Heading out of the main building
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26. Onwards to the garage... the builders had thrown down their hats and gone home!
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27. An unusual door
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28. I spy a piano!
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29. Although severely blocked in by junk, I did manage to have a little go :)
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30. Around the back of the garage, there was another building with a nice surprise...
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31. Though I didn't fancy a swim for some reason
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32. Neither did I fancy lifting up the cover, the stench was pretty awful!
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33. A sauna for those stressful evenings after work
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34. The handsoap amused me, one of the only things in the house that was as it were left
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35. Sand filter for the pool, with a microwave (of course)
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36. & the boiler for the pool
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37. I'd recommend putting the shower upright before using it
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38. Polish squatters in 2007? Translation:"Curse of the passengers" ?
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Looks like a nice explore mad how is just been abandoned look like some money was spent on the gaff the valfac skylights ent cheep crazy thanks for sharing
 
Looks like a nice explore mad how is just been abandoned look like some money was spent on the gaff the valfac skylights ent cheep crazy thanks for sharing

Yeah, not sure who owns it or anything, but there's some serious money that's been practically thrown down the drain here!
 
I'm taking you for sure!
As you can see we need to do it during day light though!
 
Thanks for your kind words, lovely to read some positive feedback.
A friend who isn't in to photography or urbex as such told me about this site, it's a local one to myself though I can't find any stories in local news about this building.
 
Needs a lot of work is an understatement!

Sad really, it has the potential to be a great home, if somewhat lacking in character.

Thanks for posting this. :)
 
Mad they got to the point where the rooflights were in before giving up! So close yet so far!
Looks a really beautiful explore, cheers for sharing!
 
It was a strange layout, not gonna lie, but I wouldn't mind living in this if work ever does continue here.
 

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