In the year 1960, the freshly
married couple Maurice and Jeanette bought a charming dwelling
in a picturesque French town. For them this was not just a
house, this was their home, where their memories were shared, where love
was made, and where happiness was created. This was also the place where their son Juul
was born, Juul was unlike other children. He was born with a mental illness,
but his loving and determined parents brought him up in the most normal way
and gave him all the love they got. Unfortunately for Juul when
his parents passed away he was not able to take care of himself
and was placed in a mental asylum, he still owns the house to this day
but is unable to take care of it. Today we will explore their legacy and
uncover the story of the lost home. I welcome you all back now to another
documentary on the Bros Of Decay. I'm Lesley and as you heard from the story we are
exploring the house of Maurice Juliet and Juul. A very tragic story that gets me by
the heart, but that I have to document. Sometimes these stories seem to be
out of the books and something that you would never wish to somebody or that you
would never want to happen to your own life, but they happen and this is the aftermath. The house is abandoned for 12 years now
and forever forgotten, but the internal love in this place is still present and
we're going to feel it when we go inside. So let's start off with this beautiful documentary let's give Maurice, Juliet, and Juul
a last ode to their beautiful lives. Let's go, everybody! I find myself right now in the backyard
of the place, totally at the end of it and I have to make my way through this
overgrown mess that we see in front of us. Like you always see nature has taken the
place over and has made them herself again and this one is totally no exception. This used to be their playground, their resting
area their private space, but now it's all forgotten and overgrown over those years,
over those 12 years that they passed away. I think I hear a peacock, oh it's not
a peacock it's it's just a rooster in the background waking us up
here in the morning in France. But the unfortunate thing about this
all is that their beloved son Juul, with the mental illness, is still alive, he can't
come here anymore he's not capable of doing that, that's also the reason why he lived
with his parents his whole life. And right in front of us now we are
seeing the house appearing, wow! Right next to me I have a barn but
I think that's from the neighbors. The sun is rising and we are slowly waking up, it
is actually a beautiful day today here in France! Okay, how am I gonna make myself
to this place let's try it this way see a little pathway going here? Wow, this vegetation is insane! This is what 12 years of
abandonment does to your house. Let's try to go this way, yes that's the entrance. Oh, here we are at the back porch of the house. Wow, I can see that the glass is broken over there
from the doorway let's first have a look around. It seems to be a little sitting area down here. Oh yes, this was some sort of a storage
area just a general storage area that seems not that interesting, not something
that we're gonna spend much time on. Before we go on to that back
porch let's have a look over here because there is another house to this side. And this used to be the house of
the parents of Maurice and Juliet. The house is also abandoned right now, but totally empty and also fully locked
up something we can't go inside right now. Have a look at this! It's the garage of the place and even
their car down there is still left behind. Oh my god, can I get into
this, is that a possibility? Yes, it is I'm doing stunts
right now to get inside. Oh yes, look at that the garage door is just
open, but we have their car here in front of us. It was a Peugeot car as you can see
a very typical French-made car, wow. Let's have a look at it from this
side, what a beautiful piece. This used to be the family car
where they always went around with. This probably wasn't the car that they had
the car accident in, because as you can see it's still totally fine nothing is wrong with it. The only thing that I saw is that it's
missing one tire on this side it's jacked up. A beautiful piece to find,
one more look at this site. And then we have the garage door here
in front of us, which probably leads us to the front of the house. Yes, it does, let me give you
a quick view of that side. Wow, again totally overgrown! Oh, this is going to be a climbing
challenge, let's try this out. These plants are getting in the way. Luckily I'm a very good climber. Okay, we managed. Let's now go inside of this place
let's open this time capsule up and see what internal love
is locked behind these doors. Just push them open and pull the curtain
away to reveal their abandoned place. So we just entered into their
beautiful untouched living room. As you can see this place doesn't
even look like it's abandoned, except for the moisture on the ceiling. It's just fascinating how these places
can be preserved over all these years. That just chose the respect the country has for
its properties and for people's belongings, wow. I truly adore France for that! Let's place this back in front
of the window where it was when I entered the place, and let's have
a tour around this wonderful home. First off I have to point out
the curtains they are fantastic, red curtains are very typical for France, lovely! And they make this home what it is together
with the crest display wallpaper with the flowers on there and right next to it here
we see the 12 years of abandonment in action. There are spider webs everywhere and the tv over
here is completely dusty of all those years. Of course, there is no flat screen tv
in this place, when these people died the flat screen trees were just rolling onto
the market and the first one could be bought. But they didn't bother with it. Nothing in here anymore, just a
little note from a VHS player. Vhs tapes who do still remember those? I do when I was young I used to go into the living
room in the morning I started the record button to record my favorite show so I could
watch it when I got home from school. Those were the times, now we have
Netflix and everything is so easy. A lovely display cabinet here in front of us, are
there still VHS tapes in this display cabinet? No these are books just some ordinary
books, but still very wonderful to find. A bottle of perfume from one of the former owners
of an ode colon from Paris and it still smells, it really does there's still some perfume
in there, as you can see it still functions. Wow, this smells fantastic! And they collected these little artifacts, these
little puppets in the display cabinet over here. Then let's head over to the
sitting area I can still see Maurice, Juliet, and Juul, the lovely
family sitting here together on the bench. Probably watching some television. They also had something to
celebrate as you can see they got a lovely bottle of champagne
standing on the table from the year 2000, wow! There's still some residue
of champagne left in here, maybe they had a celebration
before they passed away. That is a horrible thought
but that might have happened. Above the coffee table here, we
have this wonderful brass chandelier spiderwebs that are taking it over. That thought of them having a celebration
probably a few nights of the night before that they passed away, that that's
such a horrible thought, everybody. Here we have a lamp that's beautifully
designed, with a city in France, I think it is. There's some description on it, it seems like
Italian description because this is not French, it could also be Latin. Wow, the first signs of deterioration we see
over here, something is completely crumbling away and that's the ceiling over there,
it's starting to fall apart this place. Beautiful pink cushions, this leather
bench and above it we've got this tapestry wonderful design the french alps. As most of my viewers know
these are one of my most favorite pieces of furniture that
you can find in an abandoned place. And just for everybody that has been new
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get seen and you get a notification every single time I upload a video. Let's go further with my most favorite piece
of furniture, the secretary desk, wonderful! Let's open this one up, here the family used
to do all their paperwork their book work their accountancies. You can see there are also still
some pictures of Juliet left here. In a not-so-overgrown backyard, we got a picture of them being on a ferry this
is just made from the back of the ferry. Here we got the third picture
of a French board I think it is. Not sure, yes it seems like a port
like a dock or something like that. Wonderful all their accountancy stuff is still
here, all the letters that they send out, even the glasses of Mr. Maurice are still left. And here right next to it
we see a wonderful picture of Juliet and Juul together
the mother and the son. And I think this picture might have been
made in this room, that might have been true. Look at this, yes that has some resemblance in it. Wonderful artifact to find
in such an abandoned place. And above it, we got this lead piece I think. Liver an old French dining room, some
people sitting there, craftsmanship! I love these doors as well that opens up the
glass in them and shut off the dining room from the living area and then we
have their wonderful dining room this is something you would expect in a big french
mansion and a manor a dining room like this. But it's just in this tiny French house
and I must say I totally adore it. Wow, it seems like the table is still made
from when they left this place behind. The crystal glasses, their fancy
glasses are still here like we saw on the coffee table, it looked
like they had a celebration. So maybe they were preparing for a
celebration or something like that. A very unique bottle of
French wine *Speaks French* it's made into a wood shape, a wood block shape. But also have a look at these upholstery
chairs that are around the table. They didn't uphold a dime to decorate this place. A box of scrabble! Wow, and then we have a depiction of
the last supper above the cabinet here, one of the most famous
paintings in the entire world. And another wonderful display
cabinet right in front of us here. Another upholstery, but made
into a frame of some flowers and here we got another chair when an extra guest
came around, that they could properly seat them. This is the front of the house, the front yard
actually you can see it's totally overgrown. It's where we just wear with the car and
nothing is left of it just totally nothing. This is also something very unique that
you only see in France and Portugal. Back in the day they used to fly over
houses and they took pictures of them from the sky but you can see over
here this is a picture of their house and Maurice his name over is over here
he bought it and this is from 1992. But you can see the whole backyard in the front
yard had not been overgrown at that time and even their parents house that's right next
to here is also still in pristine condition. It's a very unique find, wow! And then everybody the grand piece of
the dining room the tapestry on the wall. The biggest one that's in the house and
their most proudest possession by far. You can see two beautiful ladies relaxing. Wow, sheep in the background and i must
say this is just a wonderful craftsmanship and a wonderful piece. And then we have this wooden clock in front of it. That they could keep the time on. Fascinating I must say! Another picture in this place is a class picture maybe Juliet is somewhere on here but I
can't recognize her from any of those. What are those? I'm not sure some little flowers are
worked into these holders it seems like. They rest in this little box, this little display
box, I'm not sure what they were used for. Paperwork, calculator, and
stuff like that, we see in here. On this side there's nothing. Let's make our way straight right
now let's go to the front door, oh no this is the side entrance excuse me, we
have the side entrance in front of us here. You can see the shutters are
still closed after these 12 years, and this one is also completely locked. But here they most likely came in themselves
as you can see you can close this one as well. And right next to it they had their
toilets just an ordinary French toilet. And a bathroom right next to it, wow! Everything is also still left in this bathroom all
their soaps all their bottles all their perfumes, nothing has been taken in the afterlife, everything is still left in this place, from
the day to the died in the car accident. Over here we can see some
more deterioration in place, the living room and the sitting area and
the dining room, looks very pristine. But we can start to see some deter
deterioration after those 12 years. It was also very common to have
this some sort of this little table here in the middle of the
hallway, where you came in. And the telephone as on there,
my mother used to also do it, but nowadays people all have their own cell
phone and don't use these telephones anymore. And also in this room, we have a little closet
with some clothes still stored in there. These look like this is a women's jacket,
but we also got some man's clothes in here it's again a women's jacket, wonderful! And I believe over here we have the
kitchen of the place, yes exactly. Everything is overthrown... Very typical French kitchen as you could say. This copper exhauster oh my
god, I had not seen it yet. This is actually a very nice piece, wow I love it! Some artifacts on there and even some bills where I'm not going
to go very close on are still left here. Mr. Forgot Maurice, that's his surname
it says it over there on the bill. *Lesley Speaks French* This is a plate that celebrates their
50 years of marriage, 50 years together! That seems unimaginable for
me, I'm 20 years old right now, 24 years old right now that would mean that I
would be married until 74 with my partner, wow! That's just such a wonderful plate to
find everybody, such a wonderful plate. These people truly loved each other,
they had their son Juul in the house who was mentally disabled and they still cope
with it they care for him every single day. And that is just so lovely to see! But even to the best people
in life, tragedy happens... Over here we even got some unwashed dishes
standing here on the floor, never got washed. An ode to my lovely brother Jordy who
always loves to look in the fridges I am going to open it up and there is still some
food left from the day that they passed away. Oh, I'm going to close this
the smell is horrible... We got some documentation of them and
even some toothbrushes up here, wow! Now it's time to go into the most
private part of the house, the bedrooms. And I adore this when I see this in front
of me, here the costume of Mr. Maurice is still hanging here in the hallway
before we go into the bedroom. This was the hallway of the house, where
the guests would be let in as you can see. But first, let's head into this wonderful
bedroom right in front of us here. So pristine and preserved, oh my god! The bed is still made! But the first thing that grabs
my attention in this room is these paintings, onto either side of the bed. This was Juliette her side of
the bed where she would lay down, right next to her beloved husband whom she
was married with for 40 years Mr. Maurice. You can still see Juliet lying there where he's
lying here they probably slept in the same bed for the duration of 50 years, can you believe
that, that this happened to these people! One little moment of silence for them, please! Okay, I just had a little moment
for them, let's now go further. Right next to the bed here we even
have the slippers left of Mr. Maurice, voyage it says on it, beautiful red slippers. A gun case, where you would carry a
gun inside, it's also still left here. And even a walking cane because
they were married for 50 years so if you assume that they
got married at the age of 20. He was at least 70 years but
probably older, he was in a very advanced age of his life and he
needed a walking cane as you can see. We even have this mirror right next to here, there's this glaze on there this you
know it's probably from the abandonment. Coat hanger with the purse of Juliet's, a costume,
and even her blue hat on the top of here, wow! See if there's anything left in here,
some cloning of them of his lovely wife. Probably each one of them had their own closet, this was most likely Juliette her closet
and the other one was Maurice his closet. I can't seem to open it up, one last thing
I want to do is look here in the nightstand. Oh, we got a leather glove lying in there. Fascinating! And then we end up again in the hallway
of the place where the people were let in. And as I told you their son Juul also
lived in this place and this was his room. This is where he spent the entirety of his life
and if we assume they got a child at the age of 25 which is very reasonable it would have been
around 50, 60 right now, and he is still alive. A very low bed as you can see so we
could easily step into bed at night, he maybe was mentally ill but also maybe
physically a little bit, who knows? Even still some bandages for him
here left yeah those might have all had something to do with
his illness throughout his life. A telephone to easily call emergency, see
the emergency speed dials are also put into here police, fireman, the ambulance
everything is put into there for him. his glasses also still left here his head
still hanging from the side of the bed those are such wonderful things to see. We also got some decoration all around the room,
again that upholstery coming back on the wall. And they were true lovers of it
because it's literally everywhere. This window right in front of us
here is literally completely blocked with vegetation as you can see!
I can't open it up anymore
it's just completely stuck. And they had some green curtains right next to it. Let's see if Juul clothes are
still in here and yes they are. Juul, Mr. Juul!
Wow... And then we got a drawer over
here, oh and this is a picture from when he was younger playing an instrument. A vintage picture of a lady maybe one
of the grandmothers of this place. And this seems like a jewelry box, yes it is! With a mirror in there and everything, let's
close it up and it's made in the city of Paris. All his ties are still left in here, as you can see he liked to dress nicely, he had
hundreds of ties laying here in this drawer, wow! And some clothing of him as well. over here we got another nightstand with a
very big candle, red candle on top of here. Just beautiful, I will give
you again another overlook of this fascinating room
before we go outside of it. Thank you Juul for your
life and I wish you the best and the time you still have left on this planet. I'm back in the hallway right now,
but I saw something laying here, I don't know what this is... It looks like dried-up food and the
box over here is literally full of it. And again for another some sort of
weird reason they also had this vanity here in the hallway of the place, all the
cosmetics, and everything still on there. And again a wonderful painting of a
French landscape hanging here on the wall. Okay everybody, in front of us we've got
the stairway so let's head upstairs and I don't know what we're gonna find
upstairs, but yeah I'm very curious. Some purses of Miss Julliete still hanging here. Oh, I got some more pictures
of Juul playing the accordion, and here's the same one coming back of
him playing that beautiful piece of music. Let's go up here to the top floor, wow! There's a rug laying here on the
stairway, where does this lead us to? Oh, we got an attic space to this
side with some exposed brick. Okay, here we can see the deterioration, the
insulation is just falling down over the years. Again the same pictures of Juul are lying
here in the attic, so it was probably for some special occasion that I made these
and gave these to friends and family. Some general storage stuff,
it's all falling apart. A bedroom as you can see, this used to be a
bedroom, but it's now been completely overthrown. And this one you can definitely see the
deterioration happening at a fast pace. We also got these rolls of wallpaper
lying here on the floor, wow! That's just some samples to see
what they would like on the wall next because every few years these French
people used to redo their walls with wallpaper. And the richer these people were, the more
frequent they did it because they gave their house a new look and it showed people that
came inside of the house that they were rich. We've got one more room left here in the
attic and another general storage area. The thing I see is this cabinet is completely
filled with the clothes of Mrs. Julliete. The last part of the house, everybody the basement let's go in there and let's
show you what's leftover there. Okay again lots of general storage left here, let's go in there oh it's very
very narrow as you can see. Even got some food storage still
left up here, we've got some beans some carrots some other things, completely
rusted away cans to either side of here. Let's go into this basement. Okay, interesting! I can see that Juliet used to dry her clothes and everything on here you can see some
towels still hanging here from that day. Some hats lying around. These basements are also very interesting from
time to time like this one is just yeah it's not really that interesting, but sometimes you
find really cool things in these basements. Like wine cellars and most
French castles and manors, this is just a general basement
to store food and appliances. We got some bottles of champagne still left
here that's very interesting to my opinion. Oh and here on the floor, we can
see a typewriter left behind. Those are some nice things, oh and I saw another thing look at this broom
that they made from feathers of a bird. And they also had their
frying pan still left here. Some fridges some more general appliances
to fix the house, tools to fix the house. What a place everybody, what a place! We got a racing bike here in the back
an old-school French racing bike. France is very well known for their racing events like tour de France in Belgium we have
it as well, it is a very common thing. I saw one more thing that piqued my interest here in the basement, that's
this picture this baby here. And this picture of this baby might have been Jull
and that's where i'm going to end the video with. Just as if I was about to have
dinner with these lovely people I'm going to sit down at their table here. Most likely nobody will show up
for this party but I'm very glad and happy to have been able to document,
this building and bring it into eternity. And give these people the
last voice of their life. I want to thank Maurice, Juul, and Juliette, especially for their wonderful lives, their
wonderful home I wish them well up there, and I want to thank you all
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