# Construction fall picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978 "2019-08-21T00:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/1 "2019-08-21T00:43:13Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m sure some of you have seen the photo that appears in numerous construction fail lists that shows a two story home and what appears to be a garage door on the second story. The photo in question is taken from what looks like an off ramp of sime sort. Why in the world would anyone put a full sized garage door on the second story of a house? The picture I’m taking about is here [https://me.me/i/mmc-hahaha-archlechure-fail-memecenter-com-photoshoper-a-second-floor-garage-door-9936540](https://me.me/i/mmc-hahaha-archlechure-fail-memecenter-com-photoshoper-a-second-floor-garage-door-9936540) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/2 "2019-08-21T01:14:57Z")
Hard to tell if that’s even a house. Could be just storage of some sort that a forklift could put pallets of anything into with ease. ---
**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/3 "2019-08-21T01:30:13Z")
If I recall, they eventually put an elevated driveway from the garage, connecting to the street. I would assume that was planned and they just hadn’t done it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/4 "2019-08-21T01:35:07Z")
There was a thread here in GQ about that photo a couple of years ago, if anyone can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/5 "2019-08-21T01:39:15Z")
I think [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818679) is the earlier thread, from February 2017. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/6 "2019-08-21T01:39:45Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > There was a thread here in GQ about that photo a couple of years ago, if anyone can find it. Yep. The house is in Southern California, where it’s not at all strange to put a garage on top of a hillside house, with a driveway connecting to a street on the uphill side. IIRC, that pic was taken while the driveway was being replaced. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/7 "2019-08-21T01:46:29Z")
> [@yearofglad](#): > > If I recall, they eventually put an elevated driveway from the garage, connecting to the street. I would assume that was planned and they just hadn’t done it yet. Yes. And I believe if you pull up the house on Google Maps, you can see all the neighbors have the same setup. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/8 "2019-08-21T01:47:34Z")
647 Dimmick Drive, Los Angeles, if you want to look up the house on Google Street View. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/9 "2019-08-21T12:50:32Z")
Here is the link to the finished house from the other thread. [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/cDmVGafTR5v) I wonder how all the publicity has affected the property price? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/10 "2019-08-22T15:25:44Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > I wonder how all the publicity has affected the property price? For sale now for [$1.4 million](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/647-Dimmick-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90065/20760995_zpid/). ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/11 "2019-08-23T07:39:35Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > For sale now for [$1.4 million](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/647-Dimmick-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90065/20760995_zpid/). When was that house built? I’m amazed at how small the front windows are: I’d have put glass all the way across. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/12 "2019-08-23T13:57:36Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > When was that house built? I’m amazed at how small the front windows are: I’d have put glass all the way across. According to the Zillow listing, 1997. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-fall-picture/838978/13 "2019-08-24T01:59:03Z")
Cripes. We can see tha one side has a few windows, the ‘front’ has some windows, the back into the hillside none. I’m gunna assume that the ‘front’ is west or south facing, and they didn’t want too much afternoon sun. Am I missing something – what about the other side? Would I expect to see that other side (perhaps north facing) with more glass, of are those few windows all that’s expected in that area?