Upside down house to open in Germany

15 March 2010 - 15:07
By Ananova.com

A completely upside down house is to open for tourists at the end of the month in Germany.

Standing on a pointed roof and supported by steel beams in the attic, the house has an upside-down kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom.

This bizarre upside-down house was created on the grounds of a zoo in Gettorf, Germany. The roof is reinforced with steel girders, reports the Daily Mail.

Local carpenter Gerhard Mordhorst and his colleagues Gesellse Splettstober and Manfred Kolax put the unusual building together.

"It was a challenge for us," Mr Mordhorst said. "You had to constantly think of the mirror image."

They described the job as the "craziest" one they had been asked to do and found the bathroom the trickiest to put together because of bulky items like the shower.

In total they screwed 50 separate pieces into the floor-ceiling, including beds, tables, a microwave and pictures. The heaviest piece of furniture was a 100lb wardrobe with mirror.

The men spent months to perfect every little detail and even took to needle and thread to keep the bed linen in place.

The 'crazy' house was thought up by Hamburg investor Dirk Oster. He will open it to the public at the end of March.

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