With family snaps scattered on the dresser and clothes still hanging in the wardrobes, it looks as though the owners suddenly decided to do a moonlight flit.
And that's the way one house has remained, frozen in time and waiting for someone to return and bring it to life once again.
The only person to walk through its door recently has been an urban explorer who described his discovery of the former family home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire – now long empty and unloved – as "mind-blowing."
Kyle Urbex, 25, who has explored hundreds of abandoned properties in the last few years, then documented what he found inside with his camera, reports The Mirror.
The images show dozens of old comic books, dating back to the 1960s, decaying on the kitchen counter, family photographs and wedding shots eerily left out on display, while toy cars thought to be around 50 years old have been mysteriously left grouped together.
In the bathroom heaps of clothes lie dumped in the tub, while a towel and piece of soap can be seen near the basin.
Elsewhere, old dolls are arranged in seated positions on a chest of drawers, a yellow telephone sits unused and faded from the sun and a lonely Elvis Presley clock ticks no more.
Pots of paint, vases and rusting work tools also go neglected in another room, just one of many whose walls are cracking and whose paint is peeling.
"Outside the house is so seriously overgrown it can hardly be seen from the main road," said Kyle.
"After fighting through the brambles and nettles to reach the back door, which was wide open, I came to the room where passports had been sprawled across the table.
"On one of the passports bore the name Mr WHJ Benham, so I can only assume the house was once occupied by a man and his wife."
He added that the occupants appeared to have left in a hurry, with the home clearly not lived in for a number of years.
"I also found it quite sad that a wedding photograph – a cherished possession by which to remember someone's special day – was just sitting there, left behind for whatever reason."
Kyle said he's often drawn to abandoned buildings, especially homes that appear to have been suddenly vacated, leaving plenty of mystery.
The clandestine photographer sometimes spots pictures on Facebook before heading over to do some exploring of his own.
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