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Instead of a handrail, they installed pitons.
Suprisingly. Those stairs actually lead upto the basement.
If you are thin enough to climb that first step, you could probably just slither up a garden hose and save even more room.
What’s the big deal? It’s clearly the house of a M.C. Escher understudy.
The stairs lead to a door in the floor, which opens onto a balcony, whose stairs lead to the downstairs window, etc, etc.
If that’s a door in front of the staircase, then this isn’t too bad.
This is a prototype Ikea house. It ships in 42 boxes, all of which will fit into a standard sea container, comes fully furnished, and can be assemble in a weekend by 3 people using common hand tools and 4 “special” allen wrenches, which are included in the kit.
Is that a gas grill on the first step?
You are all mistake, for upside down house CAN MAKE NO MISTAKES!
So this is what LambdaMOO looks like.
This is one staircase that really needs a landing.
…and that was the last day the children ran down the stairs.
please don’t tell me there’s another staircase on the other side of the door
I like that they found “space” for a wastebasket.
If you look at the angle of the ceiling above the steps, it isn’t quite as steep as the steps themselves. I’m wondering if a wall was put in place/moved to make the room on the other side bigger, and this was the required result.
I think you’re supposed to climb the underside. That would be a great workout!
Designed by Ray Charles, built by Stevie Wonder.
Didn’t we see this on Trading Spaces?
(j/k, but some of those designers might just try this.)
Slinkies would LOVE those stairs!
Wonder what the rest of the house is like.
@The Cat
A door would not even begin to fix this architectural tumor.
It seems to be a new house and than that. Where is the phonenumber of my lawer.
The architectural term for this is a “scare-case”
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Or a “fright of stairs”!
Another five degrees and you can call it a ladder.
I keep expecting Calvin and Hobbs to come zooming dowin that thing on their sled.
no, wait! they saw a medium who told them they had to keep building onto their house because their millions of paperclips had killed people and they had to avenge their souls…
but then the foreclosures came…
I’m liking Ken’s explanation best.
Looks totally safe to me.
Isn’t that a house done on the UK’s design show changing rooms, that’s been redecorated?
With the housing market drop, there has also been a steep decline in architectural skill. Homeowners increasingly find themselves up against a wall, and must watch every step they take to avoid disaster.
An building inspector wouldn’t be able to stair at it for too long before issuing a code violation. A spiral stair would have been the real thing here.
I think who conceived this tried to copy Escher IRL. Actually, failed.
http://www.theintellectualdevotional.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/escher-relativity.jpg
ohh… and I see I’ve just copied #4
lol, failed too
Home building is in steep decline. Homeowners increasingly find themselves up against a wall, and must be careful every step they take to avoid disaster. Some may find it difficult to turn the corner so that they may rise above these tight conditions.
Who is the mirror opposite the staircase for? Is it to get one last look at your pre-quadriplegic self as you tumble down to that neck-breaking landing?
I am continually reminded that we may live in a 2D universe.
Ha! This is supposed to be catless week. Although my k—y would love that house.
IT’S OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CATS.
Who else would want a rise twice the size of the run in a step?
I bet there’s a trick lever to make the stairs go flat for when the owner is really bored.
Now far be it from me to be pedantic. But isn’t this site “There I FIXED It?” All I see is one gigantic horrible fail with no duct tape, hose ties, WD40 or twisted wire coat hangers in sight. I declare shenanigans!
Why I like is the landing at the bottom of the stairs. Notice how they beveled back the corner as a courtesy? Because leaving a square corner jutting out into the room just wouldn’t be ‘safe’.
In other news, it has been revealed that the first owner of this house was a guy named M. C. Escher.
how’d you like to be coming down those stairs half drunk to get a soda?
This is a perfect house for my mother-in-law!!!!!!!!I can just imagine it now…a thing of beauty!!!!!!!
I think the mirror is to help with the blind corner. I’ve seen ‘em used on more normal staircases that end in a blind corner to prevent people running into each other.
I pity anybody who falls down them, though. Steep stairs are KILLER, and the wall is just one more thing to run into.
This isn’t really a kludge, just horrible planning. Funny, though.
This looks like a dream I had. LOL
@wideaperture
ROFL. I often had that feeling about the MU*.
House for sale: Not for peple over 98 lbs.
$20 says the door opens towards the stairs.
The mirror makes it look so much bigger. It really opens the space up.