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Worst designed home in Britain? Developers bulldoze period terraces for two newbuild houses – but can you spot VERY awkward design flaw?

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Can you spot this Manchester property's biggest design flaw?
  • Can you spot the huge design flaw in this 2019 Manchester new build?
  • One X user called the design “grim,” while another said it must be the result of AI.
  • The six-bedroom house does not appear to have gone on the market yet

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A newly built house has been ridiculed after pictures revealed it had a very strange design flaw.

The six-bedroom new build, which was built in 2019, was labeled “embarrassing” and “shit” by critics who even questioned whether it was designed by AI.

Shown alongside its architect’s designs, an image of the single-family home was posted on X, formerly Twitter, on an urban planning site.

Legend suggested it was the result of someone saying, “I have a friend who will do it for half the price.”

But can you tell what it is about the design of the house that bothers people so much?

Can you spot this Manchester property's biggest design flaw?

Can you spot this Manchester property’s biggest design flaw?

A recent photograph shows that there is a meter-high gap from the ground to the front door, meaning residents face a difficult task getting in and out.

One commenter wondered if the puzzling feature was the result of subsidence, when the ground beneath a property sinks, but the architect’s drawings and plan show the gap was intentional to make room for a basement floor.

And interestingly, the basement windows, as indicated by the proposed design, do not appear to have made it into the final construction.

Metal steps have been installed as of July 2022, but many have commented that this is even worse than the property’s previous incarnation.

Others commented: ‘These must be AI, surely we’re not that bad at building houses…

‘Why wouldn’t they have completed the steps to the door at the same time as the rest of the construction?…

‘I assume the lines on the driveway are to mark the landing area for people leaving the house?…

The owners were forced to install metal stairs to reach the door.

The owners were forced to install metal stairs to reach the door.

The owners were forced to install metal stairs to reach the door.

The property was a period terrace before the transformation.
The newly built house was built without a permanent set of steps to the door.

The before (left) and after (right) images show the drastic transformation from the period property to two new builds on the site.

Interestingly, the basement windows (seen below right), as indicated by the proposed design, do not appear to have made it into the final construction.

Interestingly, the basement windows (seen below right), as indicated by the proposed design, do not appear to have made it into the final construction.

One commenter wondered if the puzzling feature was the result of subsidence, when the ground beneath a property sinks, but the architect's drawings and plan show the gap was intentional to make room for a basement floor.

One commenter wondered if the puzzling feature was the result of subsidence, when the ground beneath a property sinks, but the architect's drawings and plan show the gap was intentional to make room for a basement floor.

One commenter wondered if the puzzling feature was the result of subsidence, when the ground beneath a property sinks, but the architect’s drawings and plan show the gap was intentional to make room for a basement floor.

‘Bet [the] The postman has to walk with ladders…

‘The house must be in flood zone 39 to need a floor level like that…

‘Umm, hello? Wheelchair user here? A little help at the door please!’

The proposed six-bedroom house does not appear to have been put on the market yet, but books in the windows and a trampoline in the garden suggest it is already occupied.

PHA Architects has been contacted for comment.

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