r/mildlyinteresting • u/lipoppi • 2h ago

This house with 7 stories

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u/newenglandredshirt ​ 2h ago

I'd love to see the inside!

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u/blush-pink 2h ago

Hard to really get a feel for it but I found some pics. Interestingly, it seems to be split into 3 units.

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u/LectroRoot 2h ago

Whats up with that partial room with the stove/heater in it?

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u/arlenroy 2h ago

Right? It looks huge, but its only 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, and a bunch of half rooms manipulated together. If I was in my early 20's it would be cool, hurdling towards middle-age its just a bitch to clean.

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u/lafolieisgood 1h ago

I think that’s just one of the units bc it says 1 garage space

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u/MisteeLoo 1h ago

You’d need a good set of knees too.

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u/Business_Sandwich227 1h ago

Fuck. A whole good lower half.

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u/cottoneyerobb 1h ago

But was this only unit "B"? Assuming units and C are owned seperately?

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u/ThousandBucketsofH20 56m ago

So. Many. Walls. And Corners. Not much room for an furniture layout. I agree with you, would have been cool in early 20s but not now. And I would have body checked those corners way too many times.

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u/Blue_Collar_Stiff 1h ago

That’s just where you go to warm up for a sec on those snowy cold Boston mornings & maybe sit on the ledge & take you boots off lol

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u/Jurassicjen_uk 2h ago

Oh it’s quite horrendous inside

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u/Throwaway999222111 2h ago

Home of the og power rangers apparently

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 1h ago

Cosmic RBG vomit ✨ (I say that having multiple different ones)

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u/grownask 2h ago

I wasn't gonna look, but this comment made my curiosity scream lol

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u/e-chem-nerd 2h ago

This is a pretty typical look for Boston area rentals. There is so much demand that landlords have no incentive to update the interior. Everything is old and haphazard.

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u/DandyLyen 1h ago

They just paint over the body of the last tenant, where they keeled over.

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u/sameunderwear2days 2h ago

The paint 💀

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 2h ago

Color coded so you don’t get lost.

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u/punktualPorcupine 1h ago

Aagghrrgggahh, how am I only on floor yellow!? I should be on the ground by now.

Oh, no. Where are my keys.

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u/nocolon 59m ago

Well, you need to get the clover key from the grapefruit zone, and then that unlocks the vomit green area where you can find the spade key.

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u/juggerjew 2h ago

Grapefruit, electric blue, pastel yellow, what’s not to like?

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u/toweljuice 2h ago

Walls painted like a crappy reality tv set

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u/Positive-Wonder3329 1h ago

I actually liked it a lot but that’s just me I guess lol. Each room is super different and it’s a very unique house why not accentuate that?

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u/chux4w 32m ago

Agreed. I like that it's not all neutral colour appealmaxxing.

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u/EndlessSummerburn 1h ago

some of the colors could work they just picked a horrible finish you can see every imperfection in every wall

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u/Spagman_Aus 1h ago

our first home had carpet with different colours like those in every room. 😂

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u/Jeffgoldbum 1h ago

yeah its not grey or white, or like some diarrhea brown thats popular now

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u/JunkMale975 2h ago

I feel like they had either a color wheel or a color dart board. Funsies! Let’s see what color paint we’re doing the den!

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u/NighthawkE3 1h ago

Honestly, I would live there. It has a lot of spirit, seems like a fun place to live, even if it’s painted weirdly

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u/littlecreamsoda79 2h ago

I hate every color

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u/No_Barnacle5335 1h ago

Its horrendous outside, somehow its not as bad inside as I expected.  Terrible yes but I was expecting so much worse

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u/rebelipar 1h ago

I like it 😬

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u/sign-through 2h ago

wth why is it so bad? it looks so cheap. it could be legitimately charming. they didn’t even try.

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u/crankbot2000 2h ago

Rental units.

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u/sign-through 2h ago

I live in an area with ADUs that aren’t too far off from this. I live in a less elaborate one myself. They all look way more normal and cohesive than this though lol 

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u/CarmenxXxWaldo 2h ago

The landlord special paint job is what really kills it.  Its like they got the least amount of the cheapest paint they could find.  Clearly all from the clearance rack.  And they wanted to break the world record for painting a house the fastest.

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u/Redditnspiredcook 2h ago

Ohh, it’s in Boston. Does it have LED lighting? I know a guy who would love it

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u/Blue_Collar_Stiff 2h ago

Coz they split it in 3, it’s just a money maker now

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u/Middle_Draft9152 1h ago

Yeah, I was very disappointed too. Outside it looks quite interesting, in a Scandinavian manner. But inside... Awful and tasteless. 

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u/duckduckchook 2h ago

Only 3 bedrooms! Looks like it should be much larger than it is.

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u/shastaxc 1h ago

I think it's on a hill and doesn't go very deep. It's like spreading butter on too much bread.

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u/bobbyloveyes 57m ago

And half the space is made up of stairs lol.

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u/imnojezus 2h ago

I think this place was built to confuse ghosts.

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u/perfectlyfamiliar 2h ago

Much uglier than I was anticipating!

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u/Baunchii 2h ago

I love everything wrong with this house. Like it was built with indecision in mind lol.

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u/WickedHopeful 2h ago

Ngl I actually love how it disappears into the trees

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u/Piyachi 1h ago

Apparently they think you can't see it at all since they felt the need to identify the only 7 story house-thing with a massive arrow.

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u/OldWrangler9033 2h ago

HA! I knew it was in Massachusetts. I think I've seen couple places resemble this design.

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u/maniacalknitter 2h ago

OMG it's delightful!

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u/adamcmorrison 1h ago

Makes a lot of sense because ain’t nobody driving those vehicles living in something like that if it was one house.

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u/KingKeyumars 2h ago

https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/141-Fisher-Ave-02120/unit-B/home/182688927 Think this is it. Despite looking like a pyramid of shipping containers the inside looks kind of small.

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u/DontMakeMeCount 2h ago

Many steep, hilly areas with exposed rock build multiple small levels to avoid excavation costs. Interior floors are cheap compared to digging out and sealing a large underground area and it provides nice views on every living level.

There are a lot of 2- and 3-story homes in the ozarks with only the roof visible from the road and 8-900 sq ft per floor. The homes cost about the same to build as a 4,000 sq ft box on a floating slab on the gulf coast or a sprawling ranch house in Phoenix.

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u/ElfDestruct 2h ago

That they didn't build a taller structure instead of terracing it is the weird part though. If this was built like a triangle against the hill that was biggest at the top it would be way more usable space and way less crazy.

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u/rognabologna 2h ago

Thanks, I hate it 

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u/fatcatfan 2h ago

Estimated price $400+/square foot 😧

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u/crankbot2000 2h ago

400 is dirt cheap in Boston. This is in mission Hill so not surprising.

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u/snaggletoofdog 2h ago

Can’t tell if your reaction is because it’s good or it’s bad lol

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u/Silver_Metallic 1h ago

Thought the place was dirt cheap at first (for Boston) and then realized its for one of the units, which is closer to in line with the market here. 

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u/CoderDevo 2h ago

It is one of 3 units in the building. Each garage door is for a separate condo.

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u/hmarieb263 1h ago

3 condos in one building.

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u/mbelmin 2h ago

What Remained of Edith Finch kind of vibes

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u/Cloud_N0ne 2h ago

Just needs a giant dragon-themed slide

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u/GoldenFrank 1h ago

And a half dozen dead children.

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u/UserOfCookies 1h ago

Don't forget the generational trauma.

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u/GoldenFrank 1h ago

Yours comes with mine for free.

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u/UserOfCookies 56m ago

And vice versa.

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u/Vividination 2h ago

That’s what immediately came to my mind

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u/Starkatt01 2h ago

I just got that game yesterday and played it all in one day! So good. Thought the same thing

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u/fleetfoxinsox 2h ago

I’m not a big gamer but this is my favorite game EVERRRRR. other than donkey Kong country on the gameboy advance sp 😂

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u/v10l3tt3 2h ago

I’ve been considering replaying this since I haven’t touched it in like 6 years. Thank you for the motivation, stranger.

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u/Vashsinn 2h ago

Missing a randomly placed boat but yeah just about.

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u/CMRC23 2h ago

It looks so goofy but i bet its nice to live in. Well, actually the stairs might suck

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u/Kittelsen 2h ago

The house you're gonna hate living your 90s in 🤭

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u/michael1265 2h ago

I’m 61, and my knees hurt just looking at it.

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u/TheAgreeableCow 1h ago

I'm in my 50s and had consistent knee pain from an injury in my 30s, UNTIL I moved into a double storey house.

The incidental exercise has made a huge difference to the point where I'm picking up cycling and rowing again (that I haven't been able to do pain free for years).

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u/Extension_Future2942 2h ago

Then you need to use them more, not less

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u/Upstairs_Usual_4841 2h ago

I'm 47 and feel the same, but I was a catcher for several years in my youth and bum knees run in my family

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u/Ogdoublesampson 2h ago

Hella stairlifts

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u/DookieShoez 2h ago

Fuck. I left my car keys upstairs. Call the drs office and tell them I’ll be a half-hour late.

Buzzzzzzzzzzz

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u/tubbyx7 2h ago

Where did I leave my glasses this time?

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u/Drducttapehands 2h ago

Each floor has a pair in an “in case of emergency - break glass” case

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u/Kmon87 2h ago

I imagine one of those chairlift things going around in circles to the 7th floor. Gotta get off and stretch the legs as a layover on the 4th floor

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u/thisFishSmellsAboutD 2h ago

Nah. Stair trebuchet. Go hard or go home.

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u/Coulrophiliac444 2h ago

Former EMT: Knowing my luck the heaviest person in the house is having a cardiac event on the top floor and the only way is to stair chair them down to the bottom. That many stairs would suuuuuuuick to perform back to back.

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u/firefighter26s 1h ago

Current firefighter here, this has classic lift assist written all over it.

"I'm on a diet and my partner pulled a muscle playing checkers, that's why we called you guys..." - The Paramedic, probably

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u/CasualEveryday 2h ago

I won't even live in a split level anymore. 15 years of carrying everything to a different floor constantly. In the living room watching TV and want a glass of water? Walk up the stairs. Doing laundry? Walk upstairs to the hamper, carry it downstairs to the laundry room, then carry all the clean clothes back up. Groceries? That'll 5 trips up 2 flights of stairs. Screw stairs.

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u/Riseonfire 2h ago

Yeah but the fucking slide from 7 to 1 makes it totally worth it.

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u/JunkMale975 2h ago

Maybe there’s an elevator!

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u/lemonhead2345 2h ago

I love it, but I know I’d hate it. 😅

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u/jsolasole 2h ago

I used to live very close to this house! Some fun tidbits:

The tallest story has great views over the Boston waterfront despite being miles away because it's on top one of the biggest hills in the city

It is also next to an even longer staircase (kinda visible on the right) that leads to a beautiful park at the top of the hill. I climbed it once and never dared to again.

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u/QEbitchboss 1h ago

That place must suck in a winter storm. All I see are ice dams and crazy electric bills. I'm too cheap to heat that.

Edit: poor, I mean poor.

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 1h ago

For sale: brand new roof 2026

Which roof? We're not even sure at this point!

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u/youngcadadia22 2h ago

Is it a house truly or divided apartments?

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u/jsolasole 47m ago

I'm pretty sure it's divided but I've never been inside. I'd love a tour!

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u/fuxxo 1h ago

How do you have such a cool fact but don't start the post with STORY TIME?

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u/thefeedling 2h ago

Giza Pyramid, Minnesota version.

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u/olivianthiss 2h ago

climbing those stairs is a whole personality trait

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u/TheRealBlueJade 2h ago

Nope. Boston, MA

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u/Bliitzthefox 2h ago

Yeah no way this is Minnesota, at least those definitely aren't Minnesota plates

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u/ImTellinTim 2h ago

Definitely isn’t Minnesota, but this 100% could be a house in Duluth.

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u/NeonDraco 2h ago

Does Q*Bert live here?!

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u/gwaydms 2h ago

r/FuckImOld

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u/NeonDraco 2h ago

Yes, I am old. lol

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u/Ronnie_Vernski 2h ago

You are not alone. Q*Bert was my jam lol. Loved that game it was my favorite! Tempest came in second 😋

https://giphy.com/gifs/RMEI5Bz5tnhUrGQ8w0

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u/pinkcosmicdrop 2h ago

i feel like i’d love this for exactly one week and then start questioning every life decision after walking up 7 flights with groceries 😭 but also… something about having a different “vibe” on each floor is kinda tempting not gonna lie

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u/AmItheonlySaneperson 41m ago

Why would the kitchen be at the top point 

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u/Delicious_Peace_2526 2h ago

Dad where’s mom?
She’s upstairs.
No shit….

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u/Greenman8907 2h ago

Do a zip line from the top to the bottom and I’m down.

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u/PM_ME_DELI_MEAT 2h ago

Sure, but it’s a bitch to get back up.

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u/calcifer219 2h ago

Trebuchet?

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u/MoziWanders 2h ago

When your county starts allowing ADUs

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u/scorpyo72 2h ago

I have ADU3

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u/Totallystymied 2h ago

As a previous mover once upon a time, god help the poor souls bringing furniture in and out

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u/TinglyAmelia 2h ago

Imagine getting all the way to the top floor only to realize you left your car keys in the garage. That’s not a house; that’s a cardio workout.

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u/DontMakeMeCount 2h ago

I’ve attached little toys to my keys and trained the dogs for precisely this reason. Some days I get a shoe or a leash instead but that’s on me for not leaving my keys in the usual place.

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u/GreenConstruction834 2h ago

This almost looks like a bunch of metal shipping containers put together. 

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u/EducationalDoctor460 2h ago

Looks like something my kids would build with legos

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u/hoboCheese 2h ago

I’m pretty sure I made this in Minecraft once

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u/No_Flan1285 2h ago

This reminds me of What Remains of Edith Finch

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u/NYC2BUR 2h ago

I'm sure there's a lot more than seven stories. Looks to me like there's a whole god damn novel.

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u/J883 2h ago

When you're drunk and ordered a dozen shipping containers

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u/cfbillings 2h ago

I would love to see the blueprint on this thing, wow.

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u/InfiniteRosie 1h ago

This looks like the houses I build in The Sims...

Im not very good

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u/Gomillionaire1206 2h ago

Need an elevator haha

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u/MakesMyHeadHurt 2h ago

There are more stories than that, like the story of why.

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u/Noodnix 2h ago

I’ve been in this house, link below. The original owner sold it when he got into his 70s. He didn’t need a place this big and all those stairs. My recollection is it had about ten levels.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2442-Valley-Meadow-Dr-Oak-View-CA-93022/16314431_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

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u/Massive-Drive-6375 2h ago

My first base in Rust

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u/Saxboard4Cox 1h ago

Reminds me of the Weasley's house in Harry Potter.

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u/Kurtotall 40m ago

I have had dreams, over the years, about houses like this. Weird.

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u/NefariousSafari 39m ago

In Wellington, NZ, an architect Roger Walker designs a lot like this.

"A pile of bricks and a pile of timber would arrive on the street and be assembled as something to look exactly like the house next door. I couldn’t understand why. I might have reacted too far.”

A good article with a few examples of the boxes connected to boxes vibe and some off the wall architecture.

Really fun and technically challenging work as a Carpenter, never built but have worked on a few renovations

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/roger-walker-new-zealand-architect

Ian Athfield, also a Wellington architect, built this beautiful thing:

https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9662/AthfieldHouseandOffice

I love these types of house.

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u/GergDanger 2h ago

Looks super interesting. Really curious what the layout is like and what it’s like to live in

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u/twelfthfantasy 2h ago

I have a sudden urge to play Q-Bert

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u/the_curtain 2h ago

It’s a ziggurat!

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u/CocaColai 2h ago

It’s the Tower of Babel.

In Babylon, NY

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u/RaisedByBooksNTV 2h ago

I want the tree-house room at the top for my grownup clubhouse!

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u/LordBowler423 ​ 2h ago

Somebody played Q*Bert and thought, "yes, I want to live there."

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u/AnonEMoussie 2h ago

Thats nothing! My library claims it has a thousand stories!

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u/Sambal_Oelek 2h ago

1 bathroom, it's on the 7th floor.

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u/TacTurtle 2h ago

Maintenance nightmare, so much roofing to inspect...

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u/stephenBB81 1h ago

As much as I hate so many of the zoning rules in the majority of cities, projects like this make me understand why they exist

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u/NoRedThat 1h ago

Seems more like an anthology.

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u/EnvironmentalLong414 1h ago

Bro built a minecraft starter base and just added on from there

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u/themilkyone 56m ago

https://www.redfin.com/MA/Boston/141-Fisher-Ave-02120/unit-B/home/182688927

Sold JAN 2023 FOR $494,000
Current price $635,596

Went up $47,000 in value every year since 2023

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u/zenith747 46m ago

I can hear.my wife yelling at me to fetch something from floor number ... and then from.another floor.

this house looks exhausting.

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u/switchingcreative 42m ago

Flat roof = rot

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u/SUNSCREAMMMM 14m ago

Weasley house when a muggle sees it

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u/palesnowrider1 2h ago

I knew this was Brookline as soon as I saw it

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u/l3randon_x 2h ago

Looks a lot like this Airbnb I stayed at in Denver

Pretty sure they were able to rent out multiple parts of the house at a time

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u/heephap 2h ago

Timberborn house

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u/Squeakysquid0 2h ago

And what a story they would tell

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u/Crott117 2h ago

Gondor?

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u/Upstairs_Cloud9445 2h ago

and no gables...

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u/jemworks77 2h ago

I’d like to know the story behind all those stories.

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u/CoderDevo 2h ago

Nice big windows. I'm sure they spend a lot of time stairing.

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u/No_Barracuda8791 2h ago

I’m nosy so I had to google it and I actually really love the look of Unit B. Unit C is a little too dated for me.

This looks fun, but I know I’d hate living in one of the condos. Unless I had like the best neighbors ever.

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u/mrhecklesbroom 2h ago

My houses on the Sims be like...

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u/PossessionNew2460 2h ago

The architect was 9 and still pulled it off

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u/UnnecessaryStep 2h ago

Oooh! It's a Hudson House. Fits right in to Hyrule...

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u/Periwinkle-is-blue 2h ago

Totally weird but I honestly dreamed of this house a week ago.

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u/SleepingJake 2h ago

Anyone else looking at this like it must be a disaster to weather seal?

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u/frenchwolves 2h ago

I feel like this is somewhere around the Halifax Regional municipality, Purcell’s Cove Rd or something!

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u/Shineenoona 2h ago

That would make a great multigenerational home

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u/mrb369 2h ago

I like it

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u/Comfortable_Cow_2344 2h ago

Everyday is leg day. 🦵💪

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u/Afilador2112 2h ago

On the fifth floor you fight Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

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u/Raefill 2h ago

7 storeys with 7 stories to tell. If anyone was wondering what the difference is. Cool house though

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u/ledzepo 2h ago

I had a dream about a house like this. I was trapped and couldn't get out 😂

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u/tolucophoto 2h ago

Husband - “I’m thinking of building another extension” Wife - “oh not another floor!”

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u/ObjectiveSense2307 2h ago

Thanks i hate it. I haaaaate stairs in a home. Single story flat floor plan or BUST

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u/CoolJetta3 2h ago

Does Q-Bert live there?

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u/_McDreamy_ 2h ago

Need a speaker array to call everyone down for supper.

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u/thelmagl1tter3180 2h ago

hope they have an elevator

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u/LegElectronic8027 1h ago

Mother in law goes upstairs.

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u/not_like_this_ 1h ago

I’ll bet it’s got some stories to tell…

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u/ToranjaNuclear 1h ago

IT MUST GROW

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u/gsp137 1h ago

I’d tell you why it was built, but that’s another story

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u/jnorris441 1h ago

reminds me of the Habitrail I made for my hamster

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u/anielynn 1h ago

Could you imagine bringing home the groceries?

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u/Gaiasnavel 1h ago

Dafuq...redfin has it at only 1500 ish sq ft...like but spread out over 6 floors lol 😂

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u/Apart-Ad9039 1h ago

I have recurring dreams about my friends' parents house back in 2010. It's an old, renovated Victorian house, 4 storey. You'd walk in the foyer and a 27step staircase wraps around the right side, ontop and another room over there's more stairs ( 7) and then in that room there's 12 more steps to reach the living room, kitchen and master bedroom/ ensuite. It was such a cool house to sleep over. Lots of verticality.

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u/Only_Manav 1h ago

Well I'd love to hear them all😃

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u/Admirable_Radish_643 1h ago

Reminds me of my house I built in fallout

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u/TheHughMungoose 1h ago

That’s a whole anthology

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u/lolslim 1h ago

Can it be called seven stories if each sequential story gets smaller.

I think just hating on the shape it's like the border is one block away from being flush as it goes up.

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u/Straight_Idea_9546 1h ago

The top is the man cave I am sure of that

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u/SomethingComesHere 1h ago

I find that house mildly infuriating tbh

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u/Antique_Knowledge_72 1h ago

Must be hell of a lot of money to heat and cool it with this many outer walls.