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AIBU to think this house is an accident waiting to happen?

279 replies

Inertia · 01/10/2023 21:47

Just noseying on Rightmove - how did any of this get past building regs? I thought the lack of handrail on the stairs was bad enough until I saw the landing!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/140675273#/media?activePlan=1&channel=RES_BUY&id=media22

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thefirstmrsrochester · 01/10/2023 22:05

I’d have to crawl up the stairs and across the landing on my hands and knees.

Quite terrifying.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 01/10/2023 22:06

Bet it's a Probate sale.

And the previous owner had a little 'accident'.

Blessedbethefruitz · 01/10/2023 22:06

Maybe the people who live there don't drink, aren't clumsy, have excellent eyesight, but no migraines (carpet)...

TimeForBedSaidZebadee · 01/10/2023 22:06

The carpets and furnishings are hideous, but I love the house. All those windows and beautiful gardens.
Not a place for young children, the elderly, anyone who sleep walks, likes a drink, has vertigo, and so on.
Me and my cats could be very happy there though.

Tobermory · 01/10/2023 22:06

donkra · 01/10/2023 22:03

Man, if that isn't living proof of money not buying taste I don't know what is.

I was coming here to write exactly like this!

How can you have so much cash and sooo little taste? It’s hideous!

Saschka · 01/10/2023 22:06

RunnerDown · 01/10/2023 22:02

That’s exactly what I thought @User0000009

The kitchen is like the restaurant in a holiday inn from 1992. The carpet - I just have no words. Why is it everywhere in the house? It’s like living in the head of a migraine sufferer.

The narrow, zigzagging catwalk landing with an unguarded 3m drop on either side was just the icing on the cake frankly.

VisaWoes · 01/10/2023 22:06

Youd never get signed off to be a childminder in that house for sure!

WotNoUserName · 01/10/2023 22:07

FacebookGroupDrama · 01/10/2023 21:55

Oh god it's like bad vivid dreams

Yes, this! It's a house from my nightmares.

Surely it can't be legal.

JayAlfredPrufrock · 01/10/2023 22:07

Nightmare incoming 😱

ricecakesareshit · 01/10/2023 22:07

I’m sure the photographer has used a weird fisheye lense. The photos are all strange.

that landing is the stuff of nightmares.

Idtotallybangdreamoftheendlessnotgonnalie · 01/10/2023 22:08

Picture #24 (I think) looks like a fucking Mariokart track. Made my knees feel funny looking at it!

FrankTurnersCat · 01/10/2023 22:08

I imagine it's what Boycie & Marlene's gaff would look like.
As a clumsy severely visually impaired person, I think it would take me precisely 0.5 seconds to have an accident on those stairs...

Lou670 · 01/10/2023 22:09

Count me out! I suffer from vertigo and I am still unsteady on my staircase and that is with a handrail on both sides! I wouldn't even attempt that!

WhateverMate · 01/10/2023 22:10

Jesus, that gave me butterflies in my stomach!

CyclingLegs · 01/10/2023 22:10

That's mind boggling.

listsandbudgets · 01/10/2023 22:10

User0000009 · 01/10/2023 21:57

It looks like an old folks home

For old folks who enjoy some dangerous sports in their spare time? Bungee jumping off the landing maybe? Makes a change from sitting round playing board games and watching TV I suppose.

Weedoormatnomore · 01/10/2023 22:10

🙈 Toddlers, drunk teenagers, clumsy adults, sleepwalkers how on earth did that get approved

TiredandLate · 01/10/2023 22:12

That sets my vertigo off just looking at it!

Orangetattoo · 01/10/2023 22:12

It's beautiful but imagine walking across the landing for a wee at night 😰

Saschka · 01/10/2023 22:13

This picture in particular - it is like a house of mirrors. I can’t even tell if the catwalk is flat or tilting.

AIBU to think this house is an accident waiting to happen?
MummyJ36 · 01/10/2023 22:15

This has got Netflix murder series written all over it

whyisitallsohard · 01/10/2023 22:16

all of it is not to my taste. kinda ugly. but if it's someone thing, sure

Fingeronthebutton · 01/10/2023 22:17

What an absolute horror. The owners should be prosecuted for what they have done to that beautiful house.
some people just shouldn’t have money.

Playingintheshadow · 01/10/2023 22:17

It could be sooo nice though!!

If you gutted it...

airfresh123 · 01/10/2023 22:17

The carpets would make me dizzy and I would definitely fall down the stairs! The landing is ridiculous…not safe for any age !

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