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#1 Mixed365

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Posted 21 December 2016 - 08:25 AM

This forum is to post anything about residential buildings (single family, townhouses, condo etc.) that are abandoned in Greater Victoria. 


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#2 Mixed365

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Posted 21 December 2016 - 08:27 AM

I recently came across http://abandonedadve...es.blogspot.ca/ and saw that the website is not available anymore! 

Does anyone have any leads on abandoned places to go check out! Post them below! 


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Posted 21 December 2016 - 09:00 AM

Ever Been to the Power House in Jordan River its a fun place and a place where you need to be careful or you can get killed from falling through the floor into a dark water filled place.

 

 

 

 

 

these Pics are from last week

 


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#4 Mixed365

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Posted 21 December 2016 - 12:13 PM

That is so cool HB. 
 


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#5 Bingo

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Posted 21 December 2016 - 12:21 PM

That would be a great residence and that space could be the grand ballroom. 

I can just imagine the orchestra playing the last waltz as dancers disappear through holes in the floor.

 

Ever Been to the Power House in Jordan River its a fun place and a place where you need to be careful or you can get killed from falling through the floor into a dark water filled place.

 

 

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these Pics are from last week

 

That would be a great residence and that space could be the grand ballroom. 

I can just imagine the orchestra playing the last waltz as dancers disappear through holes in the floor.



#6 todd

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Posted 21 December 2016 - 12:32 PM

I recently came across http://abandonedadve...es.blogspot.ca/ and saw that the website is not available anymore! 

 

 

http://webcache.goog...n&ct=clnk&gl=ca

 

 

 

I love abandoned webpages.


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Posted 21 December 2016 - 10:57 PM

That is so cool HB. 
 

If you ever want to go and see it ill give you directions very easy to find so close to Hwy 14 yet hidden from site by trees..It has some of the best graffiti inside than Ive ever seen locally and one of the artists has done a few pieces on the big ass water reservoir on Bear MtN in Langford I recognized the name

 

 

 


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#8 Mixed365

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 08:39 AM

I can't believe it actually used to look like this. 

 

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#9 Mixed365

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 08:43 AM

Apparently the heritage house at 902 Foul Bay Road (Google Maps) was lived in by some crazy lady with a huge number of cats and then Large & Co bought it? Looking through the records, it seems after it was purchased a demolition permit was requested (then denied) and the building mysteriously "burnt down." 

Victoria Heritage Foundation:
http://www.victoriah...FoulBay902.html

TC:
http://www.timescolo...-fire-1.2157959

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Edited by Mixed365, 22 December 2016 - 08:48 AM.

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#10 Jill

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 10:47 AM

Yes, that was discussed on VV at the time.

 

I'd be surprised if there are many truly abandoned residences.



#11 todd

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 02:09 PM

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#12 HB

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 02:12 PM

where is it and explanation with the pic would have made it interesting..you know history of it etc


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#13 todd

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 02:17 PM

where is it and explanation with the pic would have made it interesting..you know history of it etc

It's in Oak Bay. It's as if one day they just forget about it


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Posted 22 December 2016 - 02:46 PM

Wow that really is informative.



#15 todd

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 02:56 PM

Wow that really is informative.

 

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https://maps.crd.bc.ca


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#16 amor de cosmos

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 03:02 PM

I always wondered why that road was there & i had no idea there were any buildings in there.

#17 todd

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 04:01 PM

I was just going to slither down the creek to forage for food in cadboro bay, but make sure to knock if you stop by.



#18 HB

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 04:38 PM

Much better now it time for the treasure hunt

#19 Mixed365

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 05:27 PM

Wow. Nice find - thanks todd!


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#20 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 April 2023 - 03:09 AM

Neighbour of once-elegant Beach Drive house calls on Oak Bay to adopt derelict-property bylaw

 

https://www.timescol...y-bylaw-6841115

 

The roof of the old house is covered with tarps, and its doors and windows are boarded up. Two Mercedes Benz and a Rolls Royce parked in the buckling driveway are a real draw for teenagers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know.  Maybe try this:  contact the owners and see what they say?  Seems missing from the article.

 

Maybe if it's a serious issue the municipality can put a fence up on public property.

 

 

 

Streetview:

 

https://www.google.c...!7i16384!8i8192

 

The rock gates are on public property, just string a fence across them.


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 April 2023 - 03:11 AM.


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