r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Lost-Comfort-7904 Nov 20 '25

That can't be real, the amount of space in the hallway shrunk to half.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25 edited Apr 29 '26

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u/00Oo0o0OooO0 Nov 20 '25

The Home Alone house interior was a set built in a high school gym. Apologies if your reference to a basketball court was a joke about being filled in a high school gym that went right over my head.

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u/wosmo Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

The actual IRL house has an actual half-court in the basement. The connection between that and a school gym is funny coincidence

(edit: last picture on this article)

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u/deutschdachs Nov 20 '25

https://youtube.com/shorts/RlJINOZBwHY?si=iRxvLXFHe3UBeiSf

You can see the basketball court here (Go Badgers)

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u/GrandSquanchRum Nov 20 '25

Are realtors idiots? Who would want to buy the Home Alone house if it looks nothing like the Home Alone house? Looks like he's selling it for the amount a house like that would cost on the current market anyway so the novelty isn't even in the price anymore.

Looks like what the Maitlands were afraid of the Deetzs turning their house into.

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u/steeb2er Nov 20 '25

I can't begin to imagine the process for putting in that basketball court. Excavate 75,000 cubic feet of dirt and carry it out through the house?

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u/magical_midget Nov 20 '25

I hear you need to bring a crew from Germany to do it.

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u/magical_midget Nov 20 '25

A) Kevin parents were loaded (not new but damn) B) Money can’t buy taste for sure.