Posted: 7/18/2009 10:03:59 PM EDT
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wtf... how big is your house, or how lazy are you that you need an elevator? What's next, those airport treadmills?
http://www.waupacaelevator.com/r_elevators.htm 
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Wouldn't it be easier just to buy a single story range type house? What happens if there's a fire or power outage. I wonder if it would meet fire codes? These things seem to be marketed at lazy people.
"stop carrying awkward items up and down the stairs, or making multiple trips!" |
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My grandparents were old when they built their house on a small lot, three stories and they built it with an elevator knowing that old people get older. It was also useful to get lots of luggage up to the third floor guest rooms. +1 ......my buddy's grandparents did the same. Lived on the coast where land is a premium. |
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When I was growing up some friends of the family lived in what was an "Old Pasadena Money" mansion built in the late 1880s, basement 3 floors and attic all served by the elevator. The elevator made sense all those floors. And many of the larger homes in that area had elevators (Pasadena was the original big money area in Los Angeles,) the West Side, Valley, Beverly Hills were still farms.
What really impressed us was the basement toilet which actually flushed up. Most places even in the mansion kept toilets above ground level so they could easily flush to the mains. |
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If you have the money why not? Most residential elevators are in the homes of wealthy people 50+. They are planning ahead so they have the ability to move around their house when they may no longer be physically capable of moving up and down stairs. It's also useful to move heavy stuff around. Other reasons of course are people with disabilities.
$50k to $100k for an elevator isn't much for someone spending $1m to $5m on building a house (which is generally the target market for home elevators). |