One of the things that disturbs me about many of the recent abandonments in area is the rapid speed in which many of these houses are pillaged and often burned. In the Antelope Valley (north of Los Angeles) there’s a rumor that developer are hiring “crash crews” to systematically salvage and trash recently evicted properties is the house is in the path of potential housing developments.. While I can’t offer proof, far too many houses in this area show signs of arson with weeks or months of being cleared. This house was no exception inside, though the fire was caught very early.






The living room showed smoke damage from a fire that had been set in the entryway.






In the two previous pictures the (hardwood) door frames and doors were missing. In fact, none of the rooms in the house still had actual door frames or doors at all.




Unfortunately the boarded windows and remains of gross wall paints, made for difficult flash photography (too much washout on short focal length shots).


As we headed out, I grabbed two interior shots of the two car garage.




Perhaps the most disturbing thing about the house was what we noticed on the way out. – an indigent care medical missed appointment reminder. I blanked out the identifying marks, numbers and names out of privacy concerns


Kitchenware and IV needles


Lot’s of needles


A needle and a 9mm bullet


Insulin needles, by the score, lay near a tree close to where we parked. All unused...


Heading out..