Whilst driving through town to have a look at the typhoo factory, saw the boards had gone up around this. I had thoughts about it being empty for a while, but never ventured any closer. The boards confirmed it though and we returned back to have a look. Visited with Thooooom and two other non members.
Bit of history from uk housing wiki,
Once within the boardings, spent about 20 minutes mooching around outside (avoiding all the needles) until we spotted a relatively easy way in.
It's pretty gutted inside. Some floors contain partially furnished flats, with some interesting finds (like a barbie bike!
) Some flats, and in a few cases the entire floor, had huge steel doors securing them with signs everywhere that read,
CAUTION
"This property has been subject to an invasive survey by Birmingham City Laboratories. Under no circumstance must any persons enter this property without prior permission.
After a little bit of smartphone research we found out they were there surveying concrete and not doing human experiments or anything ha. So i obtained prior permission (all be it from Thooooom
) we proceeded.
Rooftop was pretty decent too with what looked like privacy glass around the edges. Good view of the surrounding areas. Overall a pretty decent afternoon spent. If you go watch out for all the used needles and related items around the outside and the unfavourable members of society exchanging what i can only imagine were football stickers near the gates
batman logo on the window!
I see you selfridges!
The big doors i mentioned earlier. I think these were here because they were surveying the building whilst people were still living in it.
Wish i took a wider lens, and also wish i could find a place that'll dev and scan film without leaving all the residue on it :mad
thanks for reading!
Bit of history from uk housing wiki,
Once within the boardings, spent about 20 minutes mooching around outside (avoiding all the needles) until we spotted a relatively easy way in.
It's pretty gutted inside. Some floors contain partially furnished flats, with some interesting finds (like a barbie bike!
) Some flats, and in a few cases the entire floor, had huge steel doors securing them with signs everywhere that read, CAUTION
"This property has been subject to an invasive survey by Birmingham City Laboratories. Under no circumstance must any persons enter this property without prior permission.
After a little bit of smartphone research we found out they were there surveying concrete and not doing human experiments or anything ha. So i obtained prior permission (all be it from Thooooom
) we proceeded. Rooftop was pretty decent too with what looked like privacy glass around the edges. Good view of the surrounding areas. Overall a pretty decent afternoon spent. If you go watch out for all the used needles and related items around the outside and the unfavourable members of society exchanging what i can only imagine were football stickers near the gates
batman logo on the window!
I see you selfridges!
The big doors i mentioned earlier. I think these were here because they were surveying the building whilst people were still living in it.
Wish i took a wider lens, and also wish i could find a place that'll dev and scan film without leaving all the residue on it :mad
thanks for reading!
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