I was exploring on my scooter in the hills last week and came across an abandoned ‘Estate’ left in ruins.
The Google map address is: 仰德大道二段70巷.
anybody know the story with this place? It is in a ‘well to do’ area, and next door and all around is some very pricey real estate. It’s worth a look if your cruising along YangDe Blvd. on your scooter. Makes you wonder how such a piece of real estate can be left for ruin like this.
I think it looks like it might have been a private school of some kind (there are two large abandoned structures). one looks like it might have been a small dorm while the other was the school. The only view is through a locked main gate, the entire compound is surrounded by walls.
Interesting. I never thought of that, I just see an extremely valuable piece or property sitting in ruins. next door (and around that neighborhood) are some $10 - $30 million NT estates. I am so hoping there is an awesome story behind this place.
There are lots of empty plots of land in Taiwan’s cities, and just as many empty buildings. Oftentimes there are multiple owners who can’t come to an agreement whether to sell or develop the site. These complications worsen over time. The original owner dies, and all of his children inherit a share. As they start to pop their clogs, the number of parties with an interest grows…
I’d like to see a law in Taiwan giving the government powers to seize idle land. Of course, they would have to be transparency and a proper appeals process. But I think this is needed because it would lead to the redevelopment of what in the UK are called “brownfield” sites, and would thus save “greenfield” lands from being built on. I write from a corner of Tainan where closed-down factories stand empty for years, while next door perfectly good agricultural land is torn up for housing or new industrial plots.
Hazarding a guess, I would say he has been here long enough to know the skull-skulduggery, corruption and financial tricks that seem built-into the Taiwan way of resolving legal matters concerning items or property of real or potential value.
This makes sense if it was a school, since most schools have a ghost story or two. Perhaps one of the tales/ghosts got a bit out of control and scared everyone off
Some places languish due to some kind of dispute. For years there was a hulking structure located at the Ren Ai Circle that sat unfinished and falling apart, because of a legal dispute. Eventually it was torn down and a new building was put up.
Hazarding a guess, I would say he has been here long enough to know the skull-skulduggery, corruption and financial tricks that seem built-into the Taiwan way of resolving legal matters concerning items or property of real or potential value.[/quote]
I’ve been here most of the time since mid-1991.
I’ve never been involved in a property dispute, so everything I’ve heard is second- or third-hand, but it seems any subterfuge, corruption or trickery subverting the legal process is minor compared to what siblings do to each other when it comes to inheritances.
Also, I know propertied (and thus powerful) Taiwanese would never permit such a law to be passed.
Most of the reason was that everyone thought it was haunted.
Didn’t one of the owners ruin another of the owners so he had to give up his shares for free and so he jumped off the roof or shot himself or something, and then everytime they tried to re-start construction, there were copious sightings of ghosts and all manner of poltergeistaneous hijinks??
you can get a sense of the property from satalite view. If you live in Taipei it’s worth a look. If you are an urban splunker, this place might be a treat! I’m so ready to jump the wall and explore!
you can get a sense of the property from satalite view. If you live in Taipei it’s worth a look. If you are an urban splunker, this place might be a treat! I’m so ready to jump the wall and explore!
Curiosity…taking…over…must…fight it…![/quote]
I love old abandoned structures and the stories that go with them. You don’t have to hop the wall. Get some friends who can speak Chinese, scooter up there, remark on how interesting the property is and I’m sure the yokals would love to tell their stories of the place. Maybe they’ll show you a crack in the wall somewhere in the back.
Just learn the trespass laws… and forgoodness sake… don’t vandalize the properties. The permission to see many a great NJ piece of abandoned history was spoiled by vandals and those owners who are sue happy…
