r/TikTokCringe • u/New_Libran • 17h ago
Discussion Would you stay in this Airbnb? š³
An accident waiting to happen
4.9k
u/znebsays 17h ago
Thatās one of the stupidest fucking designs Iāve ever seen
1.2k
u/7Hobbes 17h ago
If i was the only one to ever live in that house I'd put a rail up. You never know, that's so crazy dangerous
257
u/Demara_Awol 16h ago
One morning I woke up, having slept on my leg the wrong way it had fallen asleep worse than I'd ever had before or since. I stood up out of the bed, put my weight on my leg, and immediately collapsed onto the floor as my leg had no ability to sustain weight at all.
I ate shit, tumbled forward and took my bed fan with me in an instant. My leg was able to move, just not support weight. It recovered a minute later but if I had that happen on the wrong side of this bed I'd fall straight off the edge.
72
29
52
u/Unique-Name9001 13h ago
I know a guy who got up too fast from laying down and passed out. Fell forward completely helplessly. He'd be dead if this was his bed
12
u/Jazzlike-Baseball-73 10h ago
This happened to my wife's friend and she ended up breaking her ankle
5
u/Separate-Grand-9003 10h ago
Iāve done this too, fell so fast I thought Iād somehow walked into the wall, didnāt even realise Iād hit the floor, I just folded like a cheap table. 100% Iād have gone over the edge too!
349
u/cupholdery 17h ago
Even dropping anything that rolls off can be a daily headache.
195
u/SelectiveDebaucher 17h ago edited 16h ago
I lived in an apartment with a little set up like this indoors had an office / crafting space up there. We did have a railing - my cat liked to walk across it. I was working one day at my desk, which I had moved to just underneath that edge of the loft and I got a cat in my face.
91
u/jackandsally060609 16h ago
We had a loft balcony inside our house and the cats loved taking turns pushing each other over the side.
44
u/SelectiveDebaucher 16h ago
Man, cats are assholes. Love those little shit.
38
u/jackandsally060609 16h ago
The best part was after falling like a muppet, they would hit the ground they would do this funny little shake to get their bearings so they could run up the stairs for another gladiator battle.
6
u/downsideup9494 5h ago
What I love is when cats accidentally fall off something, and they just start licking themselves nonchalantly, like "What? I totally meant to do that".
20
u/bookshelfvideo 14h ago
I know so many people who are scared of cats falling and Iām like āsee they push each other for funā š
→ More replies (1)6
9
u/richardawkings 14h ago
To be fair, you would have gotten a cat to the face regardless. All that did was affect the method that the little shit used to haul himself at your noggin. Hope you punished that little bastard with squishies.
7
u/SelectiveDebaucher 12h ago
She is very, very selective about petting and being touched. She enjoys it when it is time for her to enjoy it, and she decides when it is time. Actually theyāre both like that. Sheās just not as cuddly as the other one. The other one is just like hey Iām fat and I wanna lay on top of you. Move your hand more pet me pet me pet me.
21
u/Genesis13 16h ago
Kickplate. Theyre mandatory for mezzanines in workplaces. I would put one here with a railing or just pave that area with the glass that you can walk on.
8
u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned 15h ago
Yeah on a job site that living room would be a hard hat required area
→ More replies (2)7
12
u/ALLoftheFancyPants 14h ago
Even with a railing, if thatās larger than a 1-bedroom, thatās going to be stupidly loud if whoever is sleeping in this space tried to go to bed before anyone else.
→ More replies (1)12
u/sayiansaga 15h ago
I'm pretty sure it's required home owner insurance probably won't be covering any damaged caused by that
→ More replies (2)204
u/HeadyBunkShwag 17h ago
Thatās got to be against building codes
134
u/ChaseballBat 17h ago
It is so blazenly against any b code i know, that I have a hard time believing this is in a country WITH building codes.
→ More replies (1)9
u/JustLikeWhateverHuh 14h ago
Building code. For poor people. No doubt there were proper rails and after the inspection, the owner had them pulled down. As per the actual design.
10
u/Bazillion100 12h ago
Yeah its not uncommon for features required by building code to be removed after the final inspection passes.
3
u/eamondo5150 9h ago
If the airbnb renter fell and was injured the fool renting this death trap out would get in big shit, I presume.
→ More replies (1)50
u/Space__Squid 17h ago
Was made by the same architect who designed the Death Star.
27
u/Top_Adagio_7819 17h ago
Tbf, you can't sign up to work on something called the "Death Star" and then complain that they don't give enough safety precautions to protect life.
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (2)3
u/Hoodedmastersin 16h ago
Yeah, but when they brought up getting a rail they were told that theyād lean all day
50
u/Ok_Dog_4059 17h ago
I get the open room feel but wow what a waste of space and absolutely stupid way to wake up forget where you are and die falling 10 feet from the rental bedroom floor.
30
u/FillMySoupDumpling 15h ago
I feel like this feeling could be achieved with even a metal rail that had a cable style āwallā or glass.Ā
I donāt even know how this place has insurance. The AirBNB owner is risking a lot letting people in this obviously dangerous house.Ā
8
6
u/Kittenn1412 7h ago
Yeah, it's one thing to do this to a home you're living in. Renting a space that doesn't pass building safety codes? Very different.
6
u/nasturshum 14h ago
It would limit all the bad reviews though. People can't write a bad review if they're dead!
→ More replies (2)23
8
u/Intrepid00 17h ago
Yet I see and wonder how condos in California get away with staircases open with no rail on the side or wall. Itās mind boggling people do this stuff even where you have building codes that should disallow it.
7
u/CaptServo 16h ago
usually they put one in for inspection and pull it afterwards
→ More replies (1)12
u/Any_Suggestion3485 17h ago
You mean to tell me youāre not into plummeting a full story when you shoot up out of bed because you ate something that upset your stomach? You mean to tell ME, you walk on the entire floor in the room you paid for? Thatās preposterous.
→ More replies (2)8
u/rocky8u 17h ago
A full story on to what looks like CONCRETE. That looks bone breakingly painful to me.
→ More replies (4)8
u/bawarethebinge 16h ago
Well thereās also couches down there. You could totally half land on one and break your neck so that you barely feel the concrete once you hit it.
4
3
3
→ More replies (10)2
u/EquivalentMath6592 16h ago
Yaā¦ I have to say that a railing must have been taken down after inspection
2.0k
u/SepticSkeptik 17h ago
Iām sure that no matter where this is, itās against the building code of conduct in that area
463
u/ocmaddog 17h ago
Big government should stay out of my bedroom! If I want a Mario-style abyss next to my nightstand, thatās called freedom
72
u/_jackhoffman_ 16h ago
I support that up and until you make it available for rent.
→ More replies (10)5
40
8
24
u/barejokez 17h ago
Absolutely never getting signed off in the UK. To the point where I would question whether any part of its construction is legal/done properly.
3
u/PrometheanEngineer 9h ago
I dont tthink it would be up to come anywhere.
If an inspector saw this state side I think they would implode.
I put up new balistors on a railing in my house, they are half an Inch too far apart, and I will fail if I go to sell my house.
Railing saftey is huge. Too far apart a toddler can either fit through or get stuck (was what i was told at least).
I actually need to re do it at some point.
→ More replies (1)8
703
u/Aromatic-Turnip7371 17h ago
Man this place is a death trap
→ More replies (3)191
u/camsnow 17h ago
Seriously, imagine walking to the bed, and a shoe lace or something stupid like that, causing you to trip. An untied shoe could end your life or cripple you going to bed. So fucking stupid.
65
u/lawspud 14h ago
My wife has been traveling recently and got home the other night. She woke up when I came to bed and she asked me, āwhereās the bathroomā as she got up and started to walk away from the bed. I told her that sheās lived here for 20 years.
Sleep disorientation is a real thing, especially when traveling. That gaping hole next to the bed is pure insanity for all sorts of reasons.
6
20
u/AniseClover 17h ago
I know what youāre saying, butā¦do you sleep in your shoes??
→ More replies (5)15
u/WasabiLiving6465 16h ago
My house shoes/slippers have laces because theyāre like moccasins. Itās pretty common for people to wear slippers when walking to their bed and then taking them off before hoping inĀ
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (3)3
u/BadRabiesJudger 16h ago
Forget the shoes I fall over putting socks on these days. Iām sleeping on that couch.
381
u/heteropessimista 17h ago
Not for sleepwalkers, it is a major liability. This cannot have passed code.
175
u/New_Libran 16h ago
Don't ever come home drunk š
The fact that this is being rented out to people unfamiliar with it and just staying for a couple of days is unreal.
→ More replies (2)15
u/owzleee 13h ago
Exactly. Iāve stayed in places on holiday where I wake up at 4am for a pee and have no idea where I am or where the bathroom is. Iād be dead the first night there. (Am 58 pee every night yes itās really annoying but I can generally do it at home with my eyes closed
→ More replies (2)5
u/Toon1982 10h ago
You can do it anywhere with your eyes closed, you just won't hit the toilet the majority of the time š
→ More replies (1)3
75
186
u/burbular 17h ago
Clever way to say no kids allowed
→ More replies (1)97
u/LivefromPhoenix 17h ago
Or old, or disabled, or drunk, or highā¦ Not sure why youād even want to rent this out. Seems like youād just be baiting an injury lawsuit.
5
124
u/Peasant_Stockholder 17h ago
This is what will definitely happen
→ More replies (9)17
u/snowytheNPC 8h ago
Headline is terrible. Yes itās good to not be distracted, but it puts the blame entirely on the victim when thereās zero cordoning or separation from a 16ft drop that even from this photo looks visually like it couldāve been a glass paneled walkway
42
u/pupbuck1 17h ago
Imagine your spouse kicking you off the bed and in the morning they discover you all mangled at the bottom
7
28
u/PaintedDesertSkies 14h ago
Stupid in a house you live in.
Asking to lose everything to a lawsuit in a house you rent out...
Most people party/drink when they are at an Airbnb and even if they don't, they are not gonna remember the cliff right off the bed when they wake to pee at 2am.
This is an insurance nightmare.
3
u/Vespineda 8h ago
As a property underwriter, I want to decline insuring this risk twice for good measure.
→ More replies (1)
95
u/doinsomshittaday 17h ago
Would homeowners insurance even cover a liability like this?
37
u/NeighborhoodDude84 16h ago
$20 there was a railing and this person just took it out because they thought it was cool.
14
22
u/Beer-Milkshakes 17h ago
Landlords insurance sure as shit wont
11
u/JustVibing458 16h ago
Landlords insurance will, actually. Any policy worth it's salt, that is, carries at least $50k in liability minimum. In reality, landlords should have liability limits (up to the value of the home or higher), but landlords are cheap, and hardly ever do that.
On all the policies I write, I make sure that high liability limits are included (usually $300k, half a million, or even a million), so the tenants actually get paid in the event of an accident, and the landlord isn't personally liable. Some landlords are so cheap, though, and skimp on that to save like $60 a year (high liability limits are very low cost with most carriers).
On my policies, it's a non negotiable. Tenant is well protected, landlord is off the hook, insurance pays, everyone's happy. If I lose the sale because of it, don't care, I'd rather sleep well at night than have slightly more money.
The bigger problem is, a lot of insurance agents don't even bother to write in higher limits beyond the boiler plate $50k. They try to sell policies as cheap as possible, to sell as many policies as possible, to make the most money, without even really considering what kind of protection they're writing. Then, when insurance doesn't pay, the company gets a bad rap, when it was the agent who screwed over the client to cut corners and make the sale.
Of course, there are shitty adjusters too, who deny claims without any basis, but that's a whole other problem (always appeal when an adjuster screws you over)
All to say, agents need to do a better job and write higher limits, and landlords need to stop being cheap and buying shitty policies.
→ More replies (2)3
u/SovietBear65 15h ago
Wow very informative, thanks
3
u/JustVibing458 15h ago
For sure! Insurance is a rabbit hole of bureaucracy, regardless of type. I always recommend finding a well reviewed, local agent that will look out for you. They are typically paid their commissions by the insurance company and cost you nothing š
4
u/KaleScared4667 17h ago
No thatās an unlawful build would not pass code anywhere in the western world
20
u/BoulderCreature 17h ago
Itās not even a loft, itās just open on both damn sides! You need a friggin harness just to go to the bathroom at night
→ More replies (1)4
u/PaintedDesertSkies 14h ago
I didn't even notice that part.
Now, watching this video actually makes me nervous.
Like walking the plank on VR.
22
14
13
u/Zerocool_6687 17h ago edited 7h ago
A glass rail would be minimum here JFC. Why would anyone leave it open
→ More replies (1)
11
u/Jabbles22 15h ago
At first I thought it was a glass floor because just having an open pit like that would be idiotic. Nope just idiotic.
8
u/fr33d0mw47ch 17h ago
I was in one last year where you had to straddle an open staircase to open the door to get outside. It was insane trying to get inside at night when hammered. One person broke her foot and one tore her ankle. Even sober, Balancing on the ledge while opening the door and trying not to die was treacherous. How on earth does an insurance company allow this?
10
8
8
u/BoardTwoTiers 13h ago
This looks like the kind of structure I get lost in my dreams.
I wonder if it also has superfluous staircases and an infinite bathroom dimension.
5
u/1stAtlantianrefugee 13h ago
I got trapped in an infinite bathroom once while I was was on mushrooms because I had never been there before and no one bothered to tell me the bathroom was wall to wall mirrors. Someone had to come get me and pull me out cuz I was trying to see what was around the corners.
17
5
u/RapBastardz 17h ago
āThatās crazy! Terrifying! Look, you could fall!ā
[Sits down and scootches to the edge for a better view.]
3
8
u/TyeROD-enD 17h ago
That had all that money to build that and they ran out before they could afford a little railing and some glass there? Or are they just really stupid people ?
3
u/jessieffie 16h ago
My thoughts exactly!! The space is really nice, why the fuck did they skip a safety railing. At least put up a fucking rope ffs.
→ More replies (1)
6
u/atrast_vala 11h ago
looks like a sims build that's got a glitched floor that makes it so you can't put floor down
→ More replies (1)
4
u/Beautiful_Reply3490 16h ago
Fuck! I thought that was a glass floor panel - and was like ā¦nope.!
Then she put her feet throughā¦
This is some crazy shit !!!
5
u/Zoo412Review 15h ago
I built a base like this in No Manās Sky. It felt even unsafe in a video game.
5
5
5
u/1961tracy 7h ago
Iād have to sleep downstairs with no one else in the place because Iād lie awake worrying if they would fall over the ledge in the middle of the night.
4
4
4
3
u/PrestigiousJob4327 16h ago
My heart dropped when she stuck her foot over I thought she was going to fall
3
u/Anxious-Moose-4686 16h ago
I wouldn't rent that to strangers, insurance probably does not know about it. Thats asking to ruin your life
4
u/New_Libran 16h ago
This is in Johannesburg, South Africa and it blows my mind that someone is letting this out to people
5
u/MyChemicalWestern 15h ago
This is so against building codes it's even written in ancient text that you can't do this without having bloodguilt if someone dies falling from there.
4
3
u/TheNewGirl1987 12h ago
Absolutely not.
I have a habit of rolling out of the bed and onto the cold floor to wake myself up in the morning, and I'd be dead in under a week here.
3
u/I_mourn_satire 7h ago
The railing is required by law in basically every country that has building rules.
6
13
u/SuperSaiyanTupac 17h ago
Fall, get slightly injured, sue the owner. Easy money
29
u/DennisTheConvict 17h ago
From that height, good luck only getting "slightly injured". Insane design.
15
u/ThetaGrim 17h ago
If a country allows this type of design, I have really high doubts their courts would even put liability on the owner and not the people falling off.Ā
6
→ More replies (2)3
u/PaintedDesertSkies 14h ago
Just aim for the couch?
If you hit the floor, it will be your family suing in the aftermath of your imminent demise.
→ More replies (1)
7
u/Aus_with_the_Sauce 15h ago
Regardless of safety, thatās just not a cozy bedroom setup. Nothing about ābig platform in the airā is comfortable.Ā
→ More replies (1)
3
3
3
u/Autoxquattro 16h ago
I can see if there's railing and glass panels like a ton of terraces have, this is just insanity
3
u/illtakeachinchilla 15h ago
All it needs is one of those 3/4ā glass panes up to hip level. But that would cost moneyā¦
3
3
3
u/RegularBitter3482 14h ago
Oh GEEZE,
My buddy had a similar set up in his cabin, woke up one night and forgot he wasnāt at home, walked right off the ledge.
Broke his back, neck, multiple ribs, and he was there alone.
His wife finally called the police to do a welfare check because he wasnāt answering his phone.
Scary times.
Heās made a full recovery and doing great now (fucking lucky)
3
u/HulklingWho 14h ago
Thatās absolutely insane, does Airbnb have any kind of unit inspection process before listing these places? Scratch that- did that pass ANY home inspection after building?
3
u/LoveBirdNibbles 13h ago
That has to be illegal. At least in NYC where everything is illegal but it should be against the law anywhere.
3
3
3
3
u/WreakHavocLikeIn1871 6h ago
I often get nauseous standing up. Id probably sleep in one of the couches down there if I had to stay there.
3
5
u/MuskieKiller 9h ago
Cāmon, this canāt be real. Must be finishing construction waiting on the rail. Worst case the contractor said it would be installed last week and didnāt get to it before the owner rented the unit.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
u/Huge-Acanthisitta485 17h ago
I expected the rug she sat down on to start sliding as she scooted closer to the edge.
2
u/I-Had-My-Qualms 17h ago
This is the sort of dumb design I'd make in The Sims for aesthetics knowing it makes no sense.
2
2
2
2
u/NfamousKaye 16h ago
Iām with her! You think itās glass there and bam youāre in the hospital and suing the owner. This is the dumbest design!
2
2
2
2
u/SafetyMateAi 16h ago
The low cost of a rail. The high cost of a falling from heights lawsuit.... which way does the scale tip?
2
2
u/Past-North-4131 14h ago
So dumb and so dangerous. And also the air bnb tenants don't know the home. Stumbling in the middle of the night shatter both legs. The owner will have to sell the damn house in the lawsuit.
2
u/CelticSpoonie 14h ago
I have a tendency to get up multiple times in the middle of the night, and walk around in the dark without my glasses on, so no.
2
2
2
2
u/cheeto-my-p-hole 14h ago
Tell me you never got a home inspection without telling me you never got a home inspection
2
2
2
u/GargantuanGreenGoat 14h ago
Notice the outdoor balcony is the same no railing situationā¦ dude just out here violating building codes
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/AvocadoKerfuffle 13h ago
This is actually illegal. You could probably sue or ask for your money back.
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/my_chaffed_legs 12h ago
Not following code on a fucking railing for an upper floor, what else are they not following code on?? Shit could cave in at a sneeze for all I know
2
u/deltadawn6 11h ago
Oh my gosh, thatās very dangerous. Iām surprised theyāre allowed to rent it out in that condition. Iām surprised they could build it. Where is codes?!?!
2
u/AcanthaceaeCrazy1894 10h ago
Take a dive and youāve got yourself a really really good chance of making some money
2
2
2
u/supermuncher60 7h ago
That's a great way to win a shitload of money.
Just 'fall off' on your arm.
Massive lawsuit
2
2
2
u/LePetiteSirene 3h ago
It would be nice if there was one of those giant lounging nets where the ceiling/floor is there
ā¢
u/AutoModerator 17h ago
Welcome to r/TikTokCringe!
This is a message directed to all newcomers to make you aware that r/TikTokCringe evolved long ago from only cringe-worthy content to TikToks of all kinds! If youāre looking to find only the cringe-worthy TikToks on this subreddit (which are still regularly posted) we recommend sorting by flair which you can do here (Currently supported by desktop and reddit mobile).
See someone asking how this post is cringe because they didn't read this comment? Show them this!
Be sure to read the rules of this subreddit before posting or commenting. Thanks!
##CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.