Hello again!

So this house is basically a gold mine if you love anything old. Hope you are all enjoying looking at these as much as I do finding out what they are.

Anyway. Here is loads more images of things I have no idea what they are. If you know I'd love to know too. Thanks again! May come back with another post if I see more interesting stuff.

Hi Jules, yes, very interesting seeing stuff like that "in situ".
The whole thing is fraught with ownership, trespass and liability issues, very sad.
The sad thing is the developers move in, flatten the lot and all the stuff goes into the tipper truck bins and becomes land fill.

The actual monetary value of the stuff you can see is like a lot of stuff just "junk" value, but someone bought and used all the stuff and the story is there. So sad to see stuff that can never be made again, just lying there and rotting away.

There is a value in that some of the electrical gear could be restored and made to work again, that is like throwing 50 dollar notes in the air!
You would probably like to remove all the things and store them (more 50 dollar notes in the air) and then find the story and look at restoring things. I wonder who owned the stuff, it looks like an audio enthusiast re the tape decks and sundry equipment.

Any idea of the back story to the place?
Fred.

If I was you I would just bring a bag and take all the valves. Trying to get more is too fraught with the risk of getting caught.

Most of the really old stuff is quite badly damaged and would cost more to restore than it's worth.

I recommend taking nothing. Here's the simple reason why.

If you take valves from a television, or even the whole television itself from a council clean-up pile the most you can get ripped for is scavenging or a basic larceny charge. It's a summary offence and a slap on the wrist from a local court. But still a criminal record.

If you take so much as a backboard screw from that house you will go for break, enter and steal. An indictable offence that comes packaged with a ten year plus gaol term. It's all about what the court deems you went to the house for. Taking your camera and making a film or taking photos isn't a biggie. Taking tools and a bag to collect samples is.

Steer clear of it guys.

Yeah guys I don't steal.

Take nothing but photos leave nothing but footprints

Unfortunately I know of a few people in this photography community that do. Worst thing is they don't realise they're ruining the location for everyone else.

Was not aware it's illegal to take items from council kerb-side pickup though. Thats news to me. I found a decent record player one time. Good to play all my dads old records on. Ended up on the next years pick up though haha.

Hi Fred Lever.

I'm not too sure on the history. But I'm pretty sure this elderly couple own about 4 houses around the neighbourhood including the one I've mentioned. But they just use them for storage... I hope

Lots of televisions and car parts in another. One of the houses also has a radio permanently on in the kitchen and all the power still works throughout. However all you would need is one electrical fault and the 1000's of newspapers they have stacked to the ceiling would ignite and ruin the place. It is a proper hoarders home.

And there's still one house I'm yet to check out. Keep getting told off by the neighbours. :/ I'm sure its more of a case that they don't want people to steal stuff which I'm sure has happened in the past.

Also don't think developers will be around anytime soon. They've been left alone for at least 10 years already.

At one point many years ago virtually all the TV's in our house were from "Lawn Shopping".
Usually the faults were easily fixed.
I was aware that it is allegedly illegal but never enforced to my knowledge.

Hi Jules, great to see you just document and leave.

Two things mentioned.

Hoarders, I used to drive past a house, the road was elevated so you could look down and view the whole block.
The entire block was crammed with white goods, cars, boxes from fence to fence both ways.
Then I suppose the house was sold and someone with a careful view "dismantled" the block piece by piece!
They pulled the (rotting) side fence down, then burrowed across the block in sections carefully removing lines of cars parked nose to tail, fridges and so on. Then having broken the lot into squares they dismantled each section until they had the house exposed with clear land all around. After that it was a bit hard to see, but through the windows you could see the newspapers and stuff up against the glass!
I suppose the inhabits had squeeze trails through the rooms just like the sole one from the street to the front door.

Council cleanups, we used to have them 4 times a year, then it became ring them and order a pick up.
While we had cleanups, a war started between the council and the scrap merchants, the scrappies would drive around before the council could get to pick up. The scrappys would pull down neatly stacked piles of goods and generally make a big mess, some fights were seen over a few power cords and the bastards would smash a TV apart just to get the yoke and power cord and leave broken glass all over the road by necking the tube from the front!
The council got jack of this, so did the residents, and a fine was applied for pilfering, one trader told me it was a substantial fine around the 500 dollars and off to court if you did not like it. Those scrap merchant scums ruined it for every body!

Cheers Fred.

Fred,,,throw outs. This week the council took all our bins away and put in smart bins, apparently it has chip in it so what you put in the bin can be traced back to your house...I've not looked at it yet ,I'm only going off what the people in the street told me and I have 4 new bins on the drive way.
Haha what next ,,,but it's no wonder people dump rubbish, recently I was doing a job for a guy and he asked me to take a ute load of soil to the Tip for him and so I did, but the Tip charge was $360 because the soil had some grass in it .........
Pete

The best way, if you see an item of worth on the footpath on a council kerb-side pickup, is to knock on the door of the house of the people that put it out there, most people are happy that you have approached them and it is good as you can get a history of the item from them, it is recycling. Vintage e-waste recycling...and they have gifted it to you, no law issues, we hope.

Julesbrick, those houses would have to be on the north side..(just a bit of Brissy north vs south of the river rivalry)

Quite so Pete, while I was running a workshop with goods to dump, the tip fee per what I could fit into my 93 Corolla (about 1 msq) was say $30 by weight. That started to creep up and at about $90 I stopped going to the "recycle centre" as it became called. There used to be a long queue to get in, last time I went only a couple of customers at the same day time...………………

I just made sure each week garbage bin was filled to the top legally and never went to "recycle center" again.
I could also put a bit out each quarter without stretching the friendship and then the idiots that ripped open taped boxes, smashed glass, and so on spoilt it all.

I picked up tables, chairs, white goods, doors, while the going was good, not any more.
I don't have the Tardis size Corolla (a small pallet or fridge would just fit in the back) any more. I just drive past now in my new Yaris and look straight ahead! I had reinforced the tin cargo floor of the Corolla and once had 800Kg of Lead acid batteries on a pallet in the back. Steering felt a bit light!! That year I had to re-set the rear axle geometry, think I bent the beam a bit, good thing there were adjustments! Good old days...………….
Fred.

apparently it has chip in it so what you put in the bin can be traced back to your house

https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/councils-are-rolling-out-wheelie-bins-bugged-rfid-/3159192/

Flukeoneseventyfive

No they are southside haha. Northside does have loads of abandoned houses though so I've heard. But southside's got the goods too. All the hoarder homes seem to be on this side.
I especially enjoy old cars machinery or electronic goods. I think they're probably the coolest things to explore. Theres a few good ones southside with loads of cars in the bush. But the owner didn't seem to be in a good mood the day I went to ask if I could snap some photos. So I haven't been round to them.

Fred. That sounds like it would've been an amazing explore. That whole paragraph made me sad. You should have gone in for a peek. Also scappers have to be an arch enemy to the exploring community. Legit couldn't hate them more. They take sometimes perfectly working items and break them just for a bit of copper. And my god are they quick too. I've seen them driving around at midnight before, scavenging through items on the kerb. It's impossible for me to even go round for a look because nothing interesting remains. Sucks so much. I'm not sure if the rules are the same in QLD.

I'd say honestly though with a lot of old houses where hoarders lived or collectors. Once they pass away, the family either sells all the stuff or just throws it in a skip. That's the saddest part. Or if theres no family I guess its either auctioned off or just trashed. So yeah. Really hope that doesn't happen to the ones near me. But I guess thats the cycle of development. Places are constantly getting demolished. Just like in Newstead, West end, Woolloongabba. Those are probably the fastest hit suburbs. So many amazing old buildings were knocked down almost instantly and high-rises replacing them. Just gotta be quick these days if you want to see a slice of history before government just demolishes it. Sad reality

Once they pass away, the family either sells all the stuff or just throws it in a skip.

... Unless estate clearers get to hear about it and it all ends up on eBay. Thankfully, the HRSA offers estate auction services to the family of deceased members.

How would they trace the rubbish to your house?
Once the bin is emptied into the Garbage truck it turns into one big pile.
Usually when they replace your bin it's to give you a smaller one.