An urban explorer has discovered a “time capsule” house in Yorkshire that has been left untouched for 19 years – with the owner’s possessions left to decay and plants growing up the walls.
Daniel Sims, 32, searched the abandoned home in Selby, Yorkshire, and entered the property via an open window alongside a handful of fellow explorers.
The property belonged to a woman called Anne, who lived alone in the house after her husband passed away until her death in 2003.
Ever since, the home has been left to rot – with all of the late owner’s possessions still inside.
Daniel, from Huddersfield, regularly shares his forays into abandoned buildings on his YouTube channel, BeardedReality, and filmed his time in the home.
The group entered via the window into the living room, where they found a large wooden cabinet filled with letters, with decorative vases and family pictures displayed on the top under a layer of dust.
In the video, Daniel says: “It’s absolutely crazy the amount of stuff that’s been left behind here.
“It’s so sad to think if you die and there’s nobody here to come and get your belongings it’s just all left.”
He travels further into the property, noting the coats still hung up in the hallway and plants growing inside the walls.
In the bathroom, toothbrushes and toothpaste are laid out as if ready for use, with dirty bath water still in the tub near what appears to be a mobility bathing aid.
In the kitchen, HP sauce and stacks of crockery have been left on the worktops, as well as tins of peas in vintage packaging.
Upstairs, Daniel explores a filthy bedroom packed full of various items, where black-and-white pictures are left on the dresser and graffiti can be seen on the walls.
In another room, similarly crammed with furniture and possessions, Daniel finds old records, shoes, and signs of the ceiling decaying and starting to fall in.
Daniel described the furnishings and appliances as like a “time capsule” – with nothing having been updated since the owner’s passing in the early noughties.
They even find a Daily Mirror newspaper from 2002 and handfuls of Christmas cards.
The group dub the property “the house of sadness” thanks to its dilapidated state and lack of living family members to care for it.
Daniel said: “A wave of excitement rushed over me [as we entered] as this was my first time seeing a place like this which is commonly referred to as a time capsule and a glimpse into someone’s life.
“Inside everything from Anne’s life was left from out from pictures to bathroom supplies and her teeth which was super creepy.
“Old ornaments and her clothing still hung up in the wardrobes and old letters written and received.
“The kitchen was full of food still unused and rotting away which suggested that the property was vacated suddenly and just left.
“The house itself on the upper floors was collapsing and falling apart due to nature retaking over.
“It was really weird seeing all these memories and life laid open and bare like this for all to see and incredibly sad to see the place left to rot and decay.”
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