General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[ijmorlan]

There might be fire code reasons that a door through the garage is insufficient. FWIW I've never seen a property with no exit other than through the garage. But I agree in general that sheltered stairs would be good. This does seem like...the low cost option. I also like the sweeping stoops that are iconic in places like NYC and on Sesame Street. They give the street some interest.

Just to clarify, I’m not suggesting a door through the garage. Houses like the ones in the Google Streetview link I provided in my experience at least have a hallway beside the garage; I’m suggesting punching a person door between the outside and that hallway. The door would go immediately under the door which actually exists one floor up and would come out inside the area currently taken up by the stair structure which leads up to the upstairs door.