an organisation tackling long-term empty homes
London has over 300,000 empty homes, and yet thousands of people still sleep rough. Instead of bringing these empty homes into use, the government prioritises building even more luxury properties for overseas investors who won’t even live in them. We’re building homes for ghosts before putting roofs over people’s heads.
ghost tour pamphlet
london loves boasting its ghost tours, so we gave people a new map and a different kind of hauntedness to discover.
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ghost plaques
In-situ plaques of famoud “dead people” placed around the city for passers-by to notice who’s never lived in their own houses
devonshire house, piccadilly
18 kensington palace gardens
forbes house, belgravia (neighboorhood as security was tight)
rutland gate house, knightsbridge
interactive map
this ghost registry draws on real property ownership data, including investigations by private eye, which revealed that large parts of prime london real estate are owned through offshore companies/investors.
the map reframes these investor-owned empty homes as “haunted” properties, documenting when each house became haunted, where its ghost currently resides, and how much was paid to possess it.
The Real Ghosts of London
Homes owned by ghosts
Inspect the map to reveal when each house became haunted, and the country where you can still find its ghost alive.
