Apartment hunter finds secret exit hidden in kitchen cabinet
The hidden stairs apparently lead to a door to the back of the house
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Most kitchens have a garbage can hidden inside of a cabinet, but this takes things to a whole new level.
While checking a potential apartment to rent, a London resident came across something truly unexpected. Apparently, the kitchen comes with a hidden exit.
Jamie Wilkes shared a video he recorded of the bizarre feature to his Twitter page, where it has since gone viral. The footage begins by showing what appears to be a normal, cramped apartment kitchen.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The kitchen has what one would normally expect, a sink, a stove and what appears to be a marble countertop. Things take an unexpected turn, however, when the camera pans to a seemingly empty area on the countertop.
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Wilkes then lifts up the countertop, revealing an empty space. He then opens the fake cabinet door, which reveals a staircase hidden behind the kitchen counters. The stairs lead to a door to the outside of the building.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}On Twitter, Wilkes wrote, “Viewed a flat today and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop thinking about the back door.” Since posting the footage, it has been viewed over 4.8 million times.
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Social media users were torn as to whether or not this was a good idea.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One user replied, “So not only can you pretty much never use that counter if you want to use the back door, you also halve your cabinet space.”
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Another user disagreed, however, writing, “As long as you don't store anything on the counter, you have the use of it (for food prep, say) 99% of the time. And you're not losing any cabinet space because it wasn't a cabinet to begin with; it was a stairwell. You're gaining worktop space. I think it's genius.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One user summed up the general reaction with a post that said, “I can't work out if that's the most genius thing I've ever seen. Or the most disturbing. Possibly both. Mind blown though!”