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Post #1923580

2026-04-16 10:27 UTC

Grand Union Walk terrace houses were built in London in 1988 and are heritage listed. I would not want to try to climb those stairs. https://themodernhouse.com/sales-list/grand-union-walk-iii

Replies (19)

  • @frogglin@theblower.au 2026-04-16 10:29

    @weirdestate Those are my perfect stairs! For my elderly husband that I happened to take a life insurance policy out on just last week...

    Open ##1923957

  • @Natanox@chaos.social 2026-04-16 10:30

    @weirdestate The stairs look totally fine, I've seen worse. I'm more concerned about my little toes, looking at the bottom end of those stairs.

    Open ##1923966

  • @nosaj@aus.social 2026-04-16 10:30

    @weirdestate Honestly I dig this a little bit. Ok maybe a lot :P

    Open ##1923967

  • @Tooden@aus.social 2026-04-16 10:50

    @weirdestate More like a companionway on a working ship.

    Open ##1923968

  • @tregeagle@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-16 11:01

    @weirdestate I remember when they were built and have always coveted the idea of living in one. An unlikely dream.

    Open ##1923969

  • @Oggie@woof.group 2026-04-16 11:06

    @weirdestate The stairs look way, way worse than they are, assuming they're like the ones I have used before. The steps are surprisingly short and it's actually fine, as long as you're not carrying anything too heavy and use the railing. The problem is going down them my brain has a little panic reaction. But give me this over most witch step stairs any day.

    Open ##1923970

  • @GoteerTxuria@derg.social 2026-04-16 11:24

    @weirdestate@eigenmagic.net The interior gives me the feeling of living in a boat, I kind of like it The exterior looks interesting but I'm not too fond of it

    Open ##1923971

  • @RavenLuni@furry.engineer 2026-04-16 11:35

    @weirdestate Looks like one of those overpriced cramped piece of shit houses

    Open ##1923972

  • @cheryanne@aus.social 2026-04-16 11:37

    @weirdestate climbing them would be less of a problem than trying to get down again.

    Open ##1923973

  • @Frantasaur@mastodon.ie 2026-04-16 11:39

    @weirdestate these stairs are pretty normal for the Netherlands, if you remove the robust handrails, and then also curve them a bit so they take up less space. The Dutch word for stairs is “trap”.

    Open ##1923974

  • @Gulfie@yiff.life 2026-04-16 11:46

    @weirdestate this wall art is sending me

    Open ##1923975

  • @kkarhan@jorts.horse 2026-04-16 11:58

    @weirdestate that's nit a staircase, that's a fixed-install ladder…

    Open ##1923976

  • @weirdestate We all live in a yellow submarine…

    Open ##1923977

  • @idren@mstdn.ca 2026-04-16 12:19

    @weirdestate I love it when architects aren’t afraid to collapse stairs back into the ladder they should be.

    Open ##1923978

  • @soulcutter@ruby.social 2026-04-16 12:21

    @weirdestate I love this one. I do think it’d be easier to back down the stairs than descend forward-facing, but otherwise very cool character

    Open ##1923979

  • @h5e@tech.lgbt 2026-04-16 12:24

    @weirdestate Oooh I like these houses (although I have my doubts about those stairs, how are you going to take drinks and snacks up to the terrace using that??). Too bad they're on terf island 😔

    Open ##1923980

  • @200ok@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 13:28

    @weirdestate Pretty cool in lots of ways, although I can't help but think it's probably a nightmare (or at least very expensive) to maintain. Wonder if that round window has some kind of blind? The stairs are ... uh... sub optimal. I think they go up to the terrace? How the heck do people carry things up there?

    Open ##1923981

  • @Satsuma@glitch.cat.family 2026-04-16 16:45

    @weirdestate i slept in a flat that had stairs like those once to get to the top floor bedroom and they weren’t actually too bad once you got over your initial wtf reaction (initial reaction in this case was worsened by having failed to sleep on an overnight flight and so being VERY discombobulated) not sure i’d want to have them on my main bedroom just bc hauling a laundry basket up and down them every week seems like a bit of a pain, but for a guest bedroom or a study or something i dont think its too terrible

    Open ##1923982

  • @weirdestate Looks cool, but also looks like it's a case of function follows form...

    Open ##1923983