Find it. Pin it. Share it.
A community map for finding, pinning, and sharing abandoned or underused properties so local vacancy is more visible.
Community Plans
Help improve your neighbourhood by identifying abandoned or underused properties that people already know about locally. Abando turns those observations into a simple shared map.
- Pin a place
Add the location of an abandoned or underused property
- Add local context
Upload photos and write down what people can see from the street
- Build the public record
Help create a clearer community map of vacancy and reuse potential
About Abando
Around twenty years ago, Peter Kable began photographing and recording abandoned properties in Dublin. Many of those buildings were already familiar gaps in the city: fenced, weathered, and waiting for a future use.
Some are still neglected and unused today. Abando grew from that long view of vacancy into a practical community plan: make underused buildings and sites visible, understandable, and easier to discuss locally.
Peter Kable
Peter Kable is exploring how joined-up thinking can turn vacancy from a scattered local problem into a coordinated reuse opportunity, linking community records with the systems that shape housing delivery.
Peter was awarded the Budding Entrepreneurs Award by the Brisbane Lord Mayor for automating planning assessments. With Abando, he is applying that long-running interest to a simpler public task: helping communities record neglected properties and build a clearer shared picture of local vacancy.
The aim is practical and local. People can pin properties, add observations, revisit the map, and use the growing record as a basis for better conversations about bringing neglected buildings back into use.