abandoned home
Left behind house
A home that has been vacated and left without care or maintenance.
The phrase implies neglect—overgrown yards, boarded windows, accumulated mail.
Unlike a vacant home, which may simply be unoccupied, an abandoned home suggests the owners have no intention of returning: Kids dare each other to explore the abandoned home on Maple Street.
Real estate and legal contexts use the term to distinguish properties requiring intervention from those merely between occupants.
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- vacantWithout an occupant
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- emptyHolding nothing inside
haunted · ghost town · overgrown · urban decay · decay · ruin · squatter · squatter's rights · boarded · condemned · no trespassing · crumbling · weeds · dust · cobwebs · silence · ghost · forgotten
abandoned homefamily home
Residence shared by kin
residence · full house · primary residence · household · homestead
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