10-02-2016, 11:14 AM
My "house" is a shipping container set on four stacks of three 6" x 18" x 18" foundation blocks so it is basically 18" off the ground. I am always amazed by how much the container still rusts and I attribute this to the container being only 18" off the ground. To be sure it would still rust if 8' off the ground but I bet a lot less.
My mother recently had her second stroke and this one left her basically unable to climb stairs on any useful level. We got her a stair lift which she appreciates but it is clear that it is not the same thing as not having stairs. So for what it's worth I can see the benefits to having no stairs. This from a guy who climbs stairs just to get into bed at night. Also FWIW a major complaint she had prior to the stroke, just from being 80 years old, is that she wished she had a bathroom on the main level so she didn't have to climb stairs just for that. Having a bathroom on every level would go a long ways towards mitigating the getting old thing even if there were still stairs to climb.
My mother recently had her second stroke and this one left her basically unable to climb stairs on any useful level. We got her a stair lift which she appreciates but it is clear that it is not the same thing as not having stairs. So for what it's worth I can see the benefits to having no stairs. This from a guy who climbs stairs just to get into bed at night. Also FWIW a major complaint she had prior to the stroke, just from being 80 years old, is that she wished she had a bathroom on the main level so she didn't have to climb stairs just for that. Having a bathroom on every level would go a long ways towards mitigating the getting old thing even if there were still stairs to climb.