Looking at this house you could be forgiven for thinking the world had turned upside down

Life in world's first upside down house

Looking at this house you could be forgiven for thinking the world had turned upside down

The 23ft-tall house has an upside-down kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom.u00a0 It was also built on a slight incline to challenge the viewer's perspective.

The topsy-turvy building was not designed to be lived in. Instead, it was created for a zoo in Gettorf, Germany.
What a challenge


	The inspiration
	The 'crazy house' is reminiscent of a home described in Roald Dahl's children's book The Twits. In the story a group of monkeys are forced to hang upside down by their owners. They have their revenge by sticking all of the couple's furniture to the ceiling and convince them to stand on their heads.

Local carpenter Gerhard Mordhorst and his colleagues Gesellse Splettstu00f6ber and Manfred Kolax put the unusual building together. "It was a challenge for us, You had to constantly think of the mirror image," Mordhorst said.

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.

They screwed 50 separate pieces into the floor-ceiling, including beds, tables, a microwave and pictures.

The men spent months to perfect every little detail and even took to needle and thread to keep the bed linen in place. But Splettstu00f6u00dfer said their pains were worth it.

"It's a nice feeling, so to make something unique," he said. The zoo owners hope the house will give visitors a "totally new perspective on a familiar view".

The house was thought up by Hamburg investor Dirk Oster. He will open it to the public on March 30.

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